October 23, 2007

• the last lecture

  in addition to working on my craft and on my instrument, i worked on myself.  i went to one weekend and one week long retreat to work on myself.  i think it's a disservice people make to themselves and to the entire world if they don't commit to growing in all areas of their lives.  it's a disservice to get complacent.  so i worked on myself.  i had to take a look at all of me, the good, the bad, and the ugly.  it wasn't a pretty picture in some areas, and it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be in other areas.  in other words, no one's perfect.  if i feel it's better to befriend an inanimate object such as a gun versus making friends with people, i can choose that attitude, but i need to be aware that i'm responsible to that choice. 

  so yeah i'll admit, i spent this past year on personal growth in addition to my craft.  mainly because i had to walk the talk of "nurture the person, nurture the artist" philosophy i've been preaching.  and yes, unapologetically, i was taking these growth courses via a network marketing training program.  so what?  i've worked w/marc accetta years ago for a network marketing company.  when i found out he was still training, i contacted his organization immediately because i knew what was taught and reinforced would benefit me endeavors tremendously.
  http://www.marcaccetta.com/pages/training/corporate-seminars.html

  ok, so you're weary about those "pyramids" companies.  they're all talk and pump you up for no results?  fine, you're entitled to your opinions.  then how about listening to a computer science professor at one of the top universities in the country?  you won't listen to a self-made millionaire because he's involved with "pyramids," but i'm sure you'll listen to a professor at a prestigious university, right?  randy pausch is a professor of computer science at carnegie mellon university.  upon learning that he's suffering from pancreatic cancer, he decided to give his "final and most important" lecture recently and it made the news on abc news to the wall street journal.  though he's a professor of computer science, he doesn't lecture about computer science.  how interesting that is:

  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184

  i PRAY that you'll make and spare the hour and a half time to this lecture.  it can be a life changing talk. 

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