tuesday morning thoughts [04.05.11]

• Amazing weekend with the boys of findingBethel at Silver Dollar City – thanks for all your kind words!

• Felicity and I started weight watchers 3 weeks ago and are starting to find fun ways for our family to eat lighter. This newsletter supplied us with this great tasting pizza  

(which we ate last night) and has become one of the new ways we’re simplifying our lifestyle change. So many great ideas from Hungry Girl.

• The future is here, but I wonder if we will have to invest in Windex-by-the-gallon.

• Do you like free books?  If so, Steven Pressfield is offering the Kindle version of his upcoming book “Do The Work” for free. Once it releases it will be downloaded to your device/app. The WHY of why this book is free is even more interesting and could be a game changer.  It is well explained here.

• Fun site of the day: if your bladder is full and you happen to be at the movie theatre but don’t want to miss the show then pull up this site on your mobile browser.  It will tell you which spot in the movie would be a good time for a break & how much time your break lasts.  It also gives you a brief synopsis of what you are missing. I used this with my kids when we took them to “Toy Story 3” and they thought it was very cool – so did I.

• Today is TOMS One Day Without Shoes Event. You can learn more about the cause and what they are trying to do here.

• If you didn’t see my friend Jason Soderlund’s Custom Wood Work from the comment section of last Monday’s post, then you need to check it out. Very cool work Jason!

• “How much money does David Barrett make when CBS plays “One Shining Moment” every year?” – what I wondered at the end of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship last night, so I looked up his story. Interestingly, the song became famous because of the action he took next. After writing it he passed it off to a friend (who worked at CBS) who then passed it off to the CBS Sports Creative Director. The rest is history. The moral: sometimes you  have to make the “ask” because a friend/relative/acquaintance is the gateway to help you get where you cannot go on your own.

• Last thought for today – after this past weekend  I realized I have some “asks” to make.  What asks do you need to make that you keep putting off? What’s the worst answer someone can give you – “no”? And yes, I’m mostly encouraging myself here, but hopefully it helps you as well!

DJ