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Re: Is Your Destiny Leaving You Clues?

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 10:38:57 -0000

This is very timely. I'm looking to change companies in my career. I keep telling people I'm returning to my first love - engineering. But every time I make that statement I feel like I'm lying, my first real love is music. I too gave up playing in college to pursue a more practical career. I will play again some day. Occasionally I check craigslist or Amazon for saxes. This post is very encouraging. Thanks for posting Michael!

Re: How to Set Yourself Up for a Productive Day

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:59:12 -0000

I needed this today. I bought a house just over a year ago. After living in one place for nearly a decade I didn't realize how much a move to a new home would interrupt my daily routine. In fact I didn't realize how much of my life was grounded in a routine. With my old address I drove pass the grocery store every day going to & from work. Now, I have to intentionally go to the grocery store. It's little stuff but last year I felt out of sorts. This year I committed to new routines and rituals because the old ones just don't work anymore.

Re: A 4-Step Process for Making Better Decisions

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:33:58 -0000

I've been reading George Bush's book "Decision Points" which is really about making decisions in complex situations. I'm getting a lot out of that book. This feels like a good follow-up to that book. Anyway to improve decision making will help me out. There are times I feel like I have 'decision fatigue.' I need to fight that.

Re: 3 Reasons Women CAN’T STOP WATCHING Scandal

Laurinda Bellinger — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:07:05 -0000

I finally watched that show a couple of weeks ago. So I'm one of those people who live under a rock. The big thing that jumped out to me is seeing an interracial couple particularly black woman, white man on TV without dealing with the stereotypical racial issues. In fact, she gets hit on by all kinds of men. I think Shonda Rhimes does diversity without making 'diversity'. does that make sense?

Shonda Rhimes has come a long way since writing the script of Princess Diary 2.

I'm gonna go back under my rock.

Re: 10 Types of Social Media Updates—How Many Are You Using?

Laurinda Bellinger — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:54:18 -0000

My first social networking site was Twitter. I started by just posting Leadership Quotes I found at ThinkExist.com. This gave me a chance to learn it without posting stuff from me. I still don't post a lot of personal stuff. I participate in TweetChats and share other people's stuff more than anything.

Facebook is way more personal. I started Facebook a year after Twitter. I got reconnected to friends from High school and family members. I don't use it to network like other sites. LinkedIn is becoming more interactive and I am a member of several groups. I participate in those discussions.

Re: Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:49:31 -0000

in 8th grade, I was in my school's jazz band. It was the last concert of the year and I had a solo. I had rehearsed for months. A week before the concert our band leader/teacher gave the solo to a 9th grader. I was so angry. I didn't say anything until my dad said to confront my teacher. The next day I did and I came off a little more "in your face" than I probably should have because I was pushing through the fear. He only said, 'it's my band I can do what I want.' After the concert, he talked to me and told me he likes to honor 9th graders in the band because they are going off to high school. But he was glad I had confronted him because he honestly didn't know I cared. I didn't think anything off it. Well the next year while I was in 9th grade - EVERY performance I had a spotlight and won all kinds of musician awards. Lesson Learned - speak up!

Re: Should Books Be Priced According to Their Length?

Laurinda Bellinger — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:02:01 -0000

I majored in Engineering - my engineering/math/science textbooks always cost more than other textbooks but not necessarily longer than other textbooks. They were more expensive because of the subject matter. I don't get the $20 for a short book issue your customer has.

I enjoyed your e-book. I will say there are some crappy ebooks out there for ridiculous prices. But we consumers need to be discriminating.

Re: Blog Post Frequency

Laurinda Bellinger — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 11:07:16 -0000

I have yet to read all your posts, so you got enough content to recycle and only post less than 3 times per week.

Re: 7 Steps to Finding a Better, Third Option

Laurinda Bellinger — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:46:48 -0000

Great post Jeremy. I've experienced profound moments of creativity by embracing tension. I also refuse to sucked into the extreme side of any issue. I think the media has a lot to do with polarizing the different sides. But even within the church, the "creationist" vs "evolutionist" debate is getting more polarizing. I've wondered if there's 3rd option between the two.

Re: How to Launch a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in 20 Minutes or Less

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 11:00:04 -0000

I wish I had this 3 years ago when I started. I got ripped off trying to learn the difference between self hosted blogs and hosted blogs.

Could you go over how to move your domain registration? I want to drop GoDaddy.com. I haven't begun to research the topic yet.

Re: Leadership, Success, and Accessibility

Laurinda Bellinger — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:05:09 -0000

Great post. I'm not at the level you are at, but there's so much I want to do in life. I'm very protective of my time and establish proper boundaries. I had one of my engineering professors tell me "always know the value of your time. You define the value of your time, not your paycheck. Once you know the value of your time, don't waste it!" I've been duped into thinking that I was helping a friend only to have them suck the life out of me and move onto someone else. Years later they haven't changed. The advice you laid out here is for everyone regardless of where they are in life.

Re: Platform Is Officially a Bestseller

Laurinda Bellinger — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 11:21:25 -0000

Congratulations! That's awesome news Michael. I LOVED that book. It was an excellent read.

Re: The A Group 10th Anniversary Celebration and Open House

Laurinda Bellinger — Sun, 20 May 2012 01:04:32 -0000

Congratulations and your new office space is beautiful!

Re: Join the Platform Launch Team and Receive 5 Exclusive Benefits

Laurinda Bellinger — Sat, 05 May 2012 11:14:49 -0000

Great idea. Looking forward to watching this process!

Re: Don’t Buy My Book—Yet!

Laurinda Bellinger — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:31 -0000

I'm looking forward to your book! I've enjoyed watching your journey as a fan.

Re: 6 Characteristics of Spiritual Leaders

Laurinda Bellinger — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:45:10 -0000

Great post Bob! The spiritual leaders that have had the greatest impact on my life also were very transparent about their strengths and failures. It's something I strive to do as well. Thanks for sharing this.

Re: The Trap of the Critic

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:55:17 -0000

"Sadly, the internet has given all of us a perfect dark place to hide and hate." great quote Maurilio! I agree that social media has given individuals their soap box to spew criticisms. I find that I have to use extreme discipline to not do the same or to respond to someone with different beliefs.

Re: Ten Annoying Meeting Behaviors

Laurinda Bellinger — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:06:38 -0000

I would add:
Being unprepared
Not showing up

Crucial people (like decision makers) need to know if they don't show up, then time is wasted to meet.

Being unprepared is wasting people's time.

Re: Inside My Mentoring Group

Laurinda Bellinger — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:05:57 -0000

Thanks for sharing this! Love this post and all it's ideas. I just bought a house and I am not married nor do I have kids. I keep thinking I need to start book club, mentoring group or the like. This gives me some great ideas. Have a Merry Christmas Michael!

Re: How to Avoid the Power of the Drift

Laurinda Bellinger — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:40:36 -0000

Great story and great post. It's so true you have to plan. This year nothing has worked as I orignially planned but I'm achieving every single one of my goals for the year. It's prov 16:9 in action: "A man's heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps". There's something to sitting down, planning and then trusting God. I'm convinced with out the plan I would be drifting & achieving nothing.

Re: What Makes You Memorable

Laurinda Bellinger — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 12:58:13 -0000

Great quote by a great woman. Thanks for sharing.

Re: Help Me Choose a Platform Cover (Round 1)

Laurinda Bellinger — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:22:54 -0000

It could be me, but all that red turns me off. It's also not a color I associate with you. #3 was my favorite.

Re: Help Me Choose a New Life Plan Book Cover (Round 2)

Laurinda Bellinger — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 16:06:42 -0000

I love the GPS! thanks for the revote.

Re: 5 Ways to Retain Your Top Talent

Laurinda Bellinger — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:01:52 -0000

Turn over rate is so important. I amazed how easy most companies ignore
turn over rate. Even within departments - if a manager constantly has
people transferring out of the department, there's a problem. I know
with the recession, some companies have been smug about this. But the
unemployment rate for educated is much lower than those with degrees.

Re: 9 Suggestions for Taking Better Headshots

Laurinda Bellinger — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:39:55 -0000

It's worth finding a professional photographer and building a good relationship with him or her. I'm about to go through another round of pictures. It's a great experience. I would just add, be willing to pay the cost of a great photographer. The brand is you and if you're cheap it will show in the shots.