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  • 2013
    • December
      • My Fifth Step - of Napoloen Hill's six steps.
        12/07/13
        Step number five of the six steps states:
        5. Write out a clear, concise statement of the object of your desire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for it, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.

        The objec

      • Napoleon Hill's Six Steps.
        12/07/13
        The six steps to transmute desire into tangible things.

        1. Fix in your mind the exact thing you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say “I want plenty of money.” Be definite as to the amount.

        2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the object of your

      • Seven Ways to Reclaim Your Power
        12/02/13
        Seven Ways to Reclaim Your Power
        1. Avoid casting blame on an external force for your bad feelings about life. Nothing outside yourself can control your thinking or your actions.
        2. Avoid blaming yourself for not being in control. You are doing the best you can and you are on the way to re

    • November
      • What are my fears and payoffs?
        11/30/13
        What are my fears and payoffs?
        - Fear of confrontation - I can't handle confrontation - why not? What is my payoff?
        1. Wanting to 'be nice' all the time (regardless of how the other person behaves) is a fast-track route to repressed bitterness, and sends clear messages to th

      • Power
        11/30/13
        From Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway - page 23

        It can be seen that the secret in handling fear is to move yourself from a position of pain to a position of power. The fact that you have the fear then becomes irrelevant.

        Let’s talk about the word “power.” Some people say th

      • Five Truths about Fear
        11/29/13
        Five Truths about Fear
        1. The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow.
        2. The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out . . . and do it.
        3. The only way to feel better about myself is to go out . . . and do it.
        4. Not only am I going to experie

      • Black Friday!
        11/29/13
        Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving. This was my first Thanksgiving alone in many years. I went into NYC and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. It was cold but fun. R&E and Diane invited me for dinner but I needed to be my own person and not rely on others or feel sorry for myse

      • Day 4 of CM trading
        11/21/13
        The ES is not providing many tradable patterns. Austin is thinking he may not trade through the end of the year! I will use that time to sim trade to work on minimizing losses.
        There are some items that still need to be worked on:
        - The trade plan (business plan)
        - When do I start tra

      • I took the opportunity!
        11/20/13
        I signed up for Austin's Intensified Trading!
        I bought a 2nd display and more RAM for my computer
        Austin is only trading 18 more days in 2013 and I have 7 days vacation so I will be taking those vacation days as mornings. Jan 2014 I will see how it's going but probably request p

      • Priorities change!
        11/09/13
        Only six days since the last entry asking about my priorities and change has already happened! The major priorities stay pretty much the same. I have made good progress on the Property Settlement Agreement activities. Done nothing on the oil situation, made good progress on de-cluttering and simplif

      • What are my priorities?
        11/03/13
        It's been a while. I went to the UK for a vacation after the last entry and had a wonderful time with college friends some I hadn't seen in 30 years! I returned to find that 11 people had been laid off. The combination of the good vacation and Mindray's disregard for it's employe

    • October
      • Day 8 - Sunday
        10/06/13
        Spent most of the day practicing trading. Had a lot of losers, but still more than a $1000 positive. Did squat tabat (15) and pull up practice. Texted Deb and talked to Inge!

      • Day 7 - Saturay
        10/05/13
        Only managed 5 today. pull ups, tabata (14 squats), Afternoon and evening with Shan, a lot of time practice trading. and this journal.

      • Day 6 - Ftiday
        10/04/13
        Managed six today. Squat tabata and pull up practice. Dinner and evening with Ron and Evie Text with Shan and Deb. 73 tick trade!

      • Day 5
        10/03/13
        Managed 7 today. Pull up practice and tabata this morning. Listened to Master key in the car. Texted Deb, ate healthy and updated the journal. Spent quite a while on Options and CM trading and may a couple of good trades. up $610 on 3 trades.

      • Day 4
        10/02/13
        Managed 10 items today. Talked to Enid, Texted Shan, Diane, Deb. Skyped Grace and Maggie. Did some pull ups. Made 2 CM trades (net $130), practiced guitar. Litened to MasterKey and visited Slightedge.org. Paid bills.

      • Day 3
        10/01/13
        Another long day. Tired from yesterday. Shoulders and legs still sore from Tabata and Pull-up practice. Did work on Pull-ups, email to Enid, texts with Diane and Deb. Emails with Deb CA. Listened to "The Master Key" in the car and ate quite healthy. Six out of 20 ...

    • September
      • Day 2
        09/30/13
        Last day of the quarter at work. Was at work until midnight.

        Just completed five on the list today. Pull-ups, tabata, this journal, family and friends.

        Short journal as it's already 12:40 am.

      • Day 2
        09/29/13
        The list in the Daily activity reminder has 21 items. It is not reasonable to have progress on all 21 items every day. I think a reasonable goal is 10 items every day. We will see how it goes. Today (Sunday) I made progress on 12 items and am happy with that. All 12 items were easy to do and would h

      • The first day
        09/28/13
        Today I bought and started reading "The Slight Edge". I am now at Chapter 12 and 85% through the book. I spent a lot of the day reading and not doing but I did do some things to celebrate:
        - I bought the book
        - I read the book
        - I worked the exercises
        - I started this j

      • The Slight Edge
        09/28/13
        This is the first entry of my Self Reflection journal. The purpose is to write down at the end of each day the things that I have done to move me forward in all areas of my life: family, fitness, finances, friends, fun and freedom.

        In each area of my life, did I do those things that are e