Archive for January, 2009

January 11th, 2009

Friends, Where Do You Meet Quality People to Hang Out With?

We don’t know when we will meet people that will change our lives. I met somebody last year that has changed my life for the better and am looking to grow with her for the years to come. However, it is hard to meet male friends after finishing college. Most of last year I was telling my girlfriend and that I don’t have many male friends. She told me that I do have some close friends and that it will take time for you to meet people that you can connect with. I didn’t put much thought into what she was saying and continued to live my life. I did make it a point to hang out with my close friends.

You never know who you will meet when and where…

I met my girlfriend in a bar and most of my close friends I met in college. Some are friends that have fallen off because of their own doing and also because I was and still am doing things outside the norm of a engineering major should be doing. Most of my friends are working their day jobs, going out socially with their friends and girlfriends/wives, and whatever else. I was doing some of the same, however, I drifted in starting a failed business, wasting money on business courses, reading any type of book that I could get my hand on, and ultimately starting this blog that has got me here and will take me to new heights. I believe people go through this phase of their lives only to realize that they haven’t stopped growing and will eventually meet people that will help challenge one’s self and will continue to peel back the layer of orange skin that creates the zest of life that that person wants to truly live.

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January 2nd, 2009

New Year Goal Phrase for the Year: “When Opportunity Meets Preparation”

The new year has begun. I am so excited for it and like always expect great things from me. So far I have started the year off right. I actually got started a month before to get me ready for what I plan to do from now to the rest of the year. The reason why I am writing this post is because of this sports radio talk show host from ESPN, Colin Cowherd, who I listen to on a regular basis, mentioned why people who get what they want out of life isn’t so much luck, but preparation. I also heard about this concept of luck a couple months back while listening to Tavis Smiley interviewing Will Smith when his movie, I Am Legend, was coming out. Will Smith talked about how he doesn’t believe anyone can out perform him in his career and in life in general. Mr. Smith also mentioned that one of his favorite novels, The Alchemist, explains this very point of destiny and preparing for it (great book!). When opportunity meets preparation…blah blah blah…when opportunity meets preparation. I heard this very phrase so many times, but didn’t act on it or where to start. I also wrote this phrase on my ipod and recently pulled the case out and there it was: “When Opportunity meets preparation”.

So when I sat down yesterday for New Year’s dinner with my girlfriend and some of her family we were going around the table saying what our New Year Resolution will be. Everybody said what theirs were and I said that I want to write every single day. I don’t know fully how this is going to happen, but I know that I will make it a point to do.

For the Year 2009 my phrase will be, “When Opportunity Meets Preparation”.

There are a couple of things that I have planned for the year. They are to travel with my girlfriend, spend more time with friends, read more books, and become a writer. My personal goal is to become a writer. I am going to accomplish this by; read books on grammar, attend seminars, proof-read my work, learn new words to add to my vocabulary, talk to fellow writers and editors, and simply write. I will apply for magazine freelancing gigs, write in this blog, write about my thoughts and dreams, write short stories, editorials, random sayings and coining phrases that I think of, write a novel, and whatever else that deals with writing. I know that my preparation (also add dedication) and opportunities will help me to reach my goal and extend my life long dream of becoming a doer and have all of the freedom to touch other people’s lives and people touch my life.

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