Onward and Upward!
NASA just threw a $125,000, six-month grant at a project by Anjan Contractor, a mechanical engineer at Systems and Materials Research Corporation in Austin to develop a working prototype of his proposed universal food synthesizer. The feedstocks for this device, including all the carbs, proteins, macro, and micro nutrients are in powder form. Does placing … Read more
Dear Folks: 1) Be Proactive (responsible, independent, imaginative, self-aware) 2) Begin with the end in mind (conceptualization, visualization, creation) 3) Put first things first (effective time management, start with matters of importance) 4) Think Win/Win (mutual benefit, successful, integrity, maturity) 5) Seek first to understand, then to be understood (good listener, communication) 6) Synergize (communication, … Read more
Dear Folks, Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. — Author Unknown The first thought that came to mind when I read Spontaneous and Neighborly was to be open to the opportunities life and luck present to us. Look for the chance to give a smile, lend a hand, or be tolerant … Read more
Consider the Source
Consider the Source
Dear Folks, The purpose of life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whomever is around to be loved. — The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) Author I find it hard to think before I say something. It is a lifelong quest of mine to think before I speak. The ideal of … Read more
Dear Folks, Every man is the son of his own works. — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616) Writer It is good to have an agile body or a handsome face, but we know these will fade with age. What will continue to grow is an Agile mind and a Handsome soul. Jim AGILE Definitions: … Read more
Dear Folks, Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality. . — Tenzing Gyatso [The Dalai Lama] (1935 – ) Does Dreaming inform Knowledge or does knowledge give substance to your dreams? Peace, Jim DREAMING Definitions: (1) a state of mind marked by abstraction or release from common reality; reverie; (2) something … Read more
Dear Folks, Whatever you are fascinated with, you want to create more of. — Avinash, Teacher Your Guiding system is what you believe to be of value. You will use all of your Resourceful focus to pursue it. Distractions abound, but life presents us with a myriad of ideas, people, and situations to gain experience. … Read more
Dear Folks, A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it. — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121–180) Philosopher I love the qualities which have two or more connotations. One can be Philosophical in the academic sense or in the it-will-all-turn-out-ok sense. Either way, one is engrossed in the love of wisdom. There is a Sleek … Read more