http://guidingvision.com Goal achievement, dreaming big and making a difference in the world requires a powerful guiding vision. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:49:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There's way too much crazy talk about healthcare reform hitting the airwaves.  While the internet often adds to misinformation, there are also some great online newspapers and other websites that provide a way to sort it all out and find out the real deal. Here are 8 points of information (with ... http://guidingvision.com/8-things-to-know-about-healthcare-reform-in-the-united-states/ Each Monday I'm greeted in my email box to a great newsletter from John Chappelear.  He always includes positive affirmations.  This one about balance really speaks to me today. Positive Thought of the Week I will take time each day to keep myself in balance. I will use Quiet Time ... http://guidingvision.com/positive-thoughts-for-the-week-success-through-balance/ Late last night I got a message from Congress.org regarding the issue of health care reform.  I'm not 100% sure why they framed the question this way, but at least it's attention getting:   SHOULD AMERICANS PAY MORE FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM? Although final Congressional action is still many months away, ... http://guidingvision.com/four-reasons-for-healthcare-reform/ The first time I applied for a car loan, the loan officer at the credit union did everything he could to discourage me.  And I quote, "buying a car is like throwing money down a hole."  After being stranded on the side of the road many times by my prized ... http://guidingvision.com/are-you-throwing-money-down-a-hole/ Super quick links today...posts on my other sites: On CauseBlogger America’s Week Blog Roundup: MLK Day and Inauguration Week Over on Step by Step Fundraising I posted a couple of articles with videos (from YouTube/news sources) In Honor of Martin Luther King, We Must Work and Inauguration Day Celebration for Everyone Now I'm ... http://guidingvision.com/reflections-on-the-week/ Shepard Fairey is the artist behind the iconic Obama "Hope" poster in blue/red as well as variations thereof.  A version was on the cover of TIME magazine and now he's released a special poster for the inauguration. I caught an interview with Shepard recently on The Colbert Report.  He also talked ... http://guidingvision.com/artist-of-iconic-obama-poster-also-imagines-inauguration/ As I was just saying... Be happy. Start your day with exercise http://guidingvision.com/okay-ill-exercise-already/ My comments on Marilyn's post When Projects Collide are the closest thing I have come to new years resolutions this year: One of the things that I did drop off completely in the last few months was working out and yoga. Thinking I didn’t have time for it. Wrong. Even if ... http://guidingvision.com/new-years-resolutions-just-say-no/ Quote of the day via Twitter: Franken defeated Sen. Coleman in MN. Somewhere in the US, a suicide hotline volunteer is trying to talk Bill O'Reilly down from a ledge. :) Dennis Metzcher, @dmetzcher http://guidingvision.com/minnesota-finally-has-a-new-senator/ Just like many people this time of year I've been quite busy.  So I haven't found much time to post to this blog since last month.  So to make up for it, I thought I'd post a year in review. Here are a few professional and personal highlights from 2009... Hired Jim ... http://guidingvision.com/2009-a-year-in-review/