Why - and- Why Now?

If you read success materials, and I try to, and hope you do;
you usually see some inspirational item about starting, or,
doing it now? Have you read such? Do you usually feel like
that's right? You should start now, and, sometimes you even
are in the midst of doing something? So it's a good feeling but
an odd feeling, since you are already in the process? Can you
identify with that? This brief set of thoughts comes from a
deeper and more extensive work called "keyhole success," which
is due out soon; my hope is that you will find it useful and
also, truthful and even helpful. My sense is if you read this
and smile, that's fantastic, if you read this and smile deeply
and warmly, shucks, you might donate some bucks to keep me
eating, and if you read this, smile deeply and warmly and share
this with some others...WOW...who knows what could happen?

Why, is a challenge for us at all times, in my youth it was how
my mom let me know she was in charge, "Why!" got met with, "Because
I said so!" Which might have been followed with - a sound effect,
how about, THWACK! Remember such, wow, those are warm memories.
Why is a challenge for us at all times, as teenagers our dates
are usually wondering, "Why are we going there..." My hope is
that there is a good reason, my fear is that frequently the
reason may appear good but it isn't? Why moves up in intensity
as a challenge to us at all times, as adults we begin to want
to earnestly explain the need, to explain and even comply with
the urgency of a given task that requires the question, why?
Why is so good for us, that it is often not wanted; we just
don't want to hear it, ever experience that, and yet, just as
surely as we feel that way, what comes at us? Ah my, someone
invariably will ask, "why?"

Many times we don't know, why- and so at that moment we go
into the next phase, which is, now, why now? We feel like
it would be better, and certainly better for us, if we didn't
have to deal with it right now? Ever feel that way? If you
have, consider what follows, it's meant as a compliment.
Every person knows what makes them happy, they just sometimes
forget to recall it. Let's focus on that for one second more,
every person, knows what makes them happy, they just sometimes
forget it, or forget to recall it. Here's the point in picture
form; chocolate makes me happy, it's known to do that; heard
there is actually a certain chemical in it that does help
lighten a heavy mood- were that true, it makes sense because
chocolate makes me happy. Especially good chocolate, the sort
that has no heavy after eating twang, but has a nice, smooth,
warming glow to it. Know the stuff? Usually sold at a
specialty shop, usually costs a bit more than the typical
candy isle stuff, but usually it is also worth it, would you
say? When my mood is really not where it should be, if
there is some of the chocolate around, my mood can get better.
You may have something that has a similar effect on you,
hopefully without the calories? Now comes the fact of this,
in the past, when something important involving my personality
would be in the mix, if my mood weren't exactly fantastic,
it hadn't occurred to me to eat chocolate, today it surely
has, and does. The result? Better results, why, more smiles-
and why now, because the new smiles are needed.

Curious about the step that makes the difference, curious
about why? Curious about why now? Fantastic, leave your
comments and your questions and the author will get back to you.



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Knowing Who

In the brick and mortar world of business you get to meet
folks and see their body language, facial expressions,
how they dress, how they handle themselves, how they present
themselves in a group or personal environ. Those are
great keys to behavior and trust and sales. Those physical
keys are lacking on the web where physical is mixed with
virtual making the outcome less certain through email
than a smile across the table. Thus in the world of
virtual there are some things which a person ought to
get out in the open early in the process of making business
deals, one of these is, who you are dealing with.

Who you are dealing with, is more than a title, titles
are, in the virtual world, easy to come by, and tend to
be functionally defined. A Vice-President of marketing
may be one of hundreds spread out all over the globe; with
no power, finances or clout to carry out contracts or
negotiations. This differs drastically from the brick
and mortar world where Vice-President's of banks and
other transacting businesses are empowered and have the
ability to affect financing. First aspect of establishing
the "who" process then, might be looked at as, don't pay
attention to the title, instead, test out the title of the
person, can they do, that their title suggests? How
is that to be determined? Can they enact contracts? Make
payments, and transact business? This is easy to determine
from many different sources, almost without fail, if a
person can transact contracts they have the credit line and
use of card to ensure such; so it is easy to verify that
they do. What if they don't have such? Then it becomes a
bit trickier, but still can be determined, if you are looking
at a large business transaction and you want to be sure
as to who you are dealing with, why would it offend them to
ask to see a copy of the articles of incorporation for their
business? Almost every business has such, and I can guaranty
you that a person who is genuine about who and what they
are won't have a problem reflecting such to you.

If we can't depend upon the title to key us as to the
vitality of the person we are dealing with, what can we
use? In some sense the vernacular, the method employed in
their communication can tell you a great deal about a
person. What sort of language do they employ? Do they
seem to be in command of good faculties in terms of projects
and completions? Are they timely- when they tell you
they are going to be getting back with you, do they? Do
you sense in the dynamics of their web presence, which
is their web site, a trustworthy feeling? Do they
give the impression of having the same sets of values
toward the transaction or communication that you do?

There are deeper and more lasting items of a person
that you cannot always access in a virtual way. Where
a person comes from, their upbringing, their education,
their belief system, their way to taking care of things,
these are all items that we like to gather in person which
in a virtual way may not be as easy to obtain, and in
the speed of the virtual transaction, they may not be
necessary. We should also interject a note of caution
here as to the degree of the transaction being considered.
A minor purchase requires little consideration, whereas,
when one is contemplating a major transaction, larger
in scope, having the ability to gather more realistic
data can be important, if not, essential.

Is it possible to separate who a person is from their
gender? We live in an age where gender is diminished as
to it's importance, other than, to indicate only that their
exists a difference between male and female- yet, in an
age where the lines which marked the distinction of gender
are becoming increasingly blurred, in the virtual world,
the distinction must be understood. Non gender specific
names are important to bring on the question "pardon me
for asking but are you male or female?" You may get a
response about any number of things, from, the item
requested, to, "none of your business." At this point
in the transaction, you have to decide, is this a person
that you are comfortable dealing with? Also bear in
mind that because gender confusion is present in the
virtual world, men can be presumed to be female, and
vice-versa; so ti is best where it is possible to try and
determine which gender you are dealing with; especially
if you are handling a gender sensitive issue. It is not
easy to add this to the conversational line, and
frequently forms on the web which are filled out will
include the question as to male or female, when moving
into that process, it makes sense to make sure that
is filled out on your inquiry form, and it makes the
further conversations easier when it comes to this
very important item.

We've looked at the defining characteristics of a person
online from the standpoint of what they do, whether they
are effective in getting back to you, if they appear to
have the ability to complete the transaction, and letting
the nature of the transaction being contemplated determine
the depth of background type information that we would
gather. We've also brought to light the difficulty of
gender in the virtual world and that it is important if
it can be determined but that finding out the gender of
a person is not an easy thing to do- the old saying is
that one should employ the "Porcupine principal" in this
endeavor. That is to say, "how to Porcupines make love?"
Very carefully. In all virtual transactions the nice
elements of the physical are missing for the logic and
sense of the dealing must be heightened accordingly. The
speed and ease of use for communications of email and
blogs and chat sessions must be considered in light of
the topics within this realm of who we are dealing with.
If you have specific questions regarding this please make
use of the comments section following this article.

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It Makes Sense

As you are working on your network of contacts and people
that you communicate with; doesn't it also make sense to not
only enjoy the time you get to spend with them, but also to
use the technology to help you with the process? It is in the
using of the technology that we want to ask you if it doesn't
make good sense to keep track of things that matter to your
network connections.

We often speak of who, what, when, where, why/how as
the five W's of effective communications and networks, so that
who is involved, what and when they are involved and where
they are involved from, are all worth noting. When you can
note particulars about people and use the system to keep track
of those types of information, you can help those people feel
that you are connected to their lives. Such connection helps
them feel an interest in your behalf. By using the system you
can effectively help others with such effects. An example of
this is the birthday note which arrives in the email. While
most people aren't that excited about it, my sense is that it
is nice to receive a note saying "happy birthday."

If you've received such a note, maybe you'd like to contribute
to the overall learning of this group by saying if it was a good
experience? Hard to imagine it not being good? Until the
next get together, in a few days, let's think about how we
might use the technology we have to secure good stuff to
share with others...

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Gripped (B10MOYL) ! Uh huh...

The bottle was falling - as fast as I could,
with every bit of strength I could muster,
I had to stop it. Grabbed for it, needed to
grip it- sure didn't want Ketchup all over
the floor! Been there? Milk's pretty rough
too- have you heard the old cliche' about
spilled milk? Well, why not cry over it?

The fear that is in that moment can't last
because either, the bottle will be gripped
by your hand, or the floor? Hmm...before
you have time to contemplate it, you're
into the next, NEXT- a very interesting
place to be. I remember the Colonel I call
him; he had a car had the license plate
on it said, NEXT; it was a half Cadillac
and half Rolls Royce; guy was so wealthy
he had a Rolls chopped in half and somehow
a Cadillac front end was put on that
pup, he said he liked the Caddilac
transmission, but the ride of Rolls was
one of kind? That was one bizzare looking
car- but- that license plate, wow- that
was what stuck in my head, because he
explained it as a theory to life- NEXT!

He said, some will, some won't, so what?
NEXT. He said if some wanted to follow,
great, next, if some didn't, great, next,
if somebody wanted to do something, great,
next...he was always onto; next.

Without realizing it, he had put me onto a
course of HOPE- you see, hope is...NEXT!
I believe in next- a lot of people around me
don't believe in next- they see what they
see as where they are, and they base what they
believe they are going into upon that, so
strongly, that they aren't ready for NEXT-
even though it just might happen to them?
What about the person who goes to work
every day believing they are going to
experience the same ol' mess? They really
believe that- they really do- so they
don't say, "I love you," to people they
love, they really do, they just don't say
it, because they don't believe anything is
going to be different, they believe it is
all going to remain the same...but ever since
that night when the Colonel explained that
license plate to me, life has been a steady
series of, NEXT- so I always try to let folks
know I love them; as a way of getting ready
for NEXT! You see, we are never ready for
disaster- not really- just as we are never
really ready for, success, not really. We
would like to think we are, but the truth
is, we aren't- because we never really
know, and we can't really, what is- NEXT!



So now the question becomes, what will you do with what you know?

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A Hoot - Sometimes we need it...

This came to me via email...
it was forwarded to me...if you'd like to
feel free to forward it out...

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him, resting on the seventh day..

He inquired, "Where have you been?"

God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, "What is it?"

"It's a planet," replied God, and I've put life on it.. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a place to test Balance."

"Balance?" inquired Michael, "I'm still confused."

God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth. "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor.
Over here I've placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things."


God continued pointing to different countries. "This one will be
extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."


The Archangel , impressed by God's work, then pointed to a land area and said, "What's that one?"


"That's the Commonwealth of Virginia , the most glorious place on earth. here are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, beaches, and plains. The people from the Commonwealth of Virginia are going to be handsome,
modest, intelligent, and humorous, and they are going to travel the world. They will be extremely sociable, hardworking, high achieving, carriers of peace, and producers of good things."

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then asked, "But what about balance, God? You said there would be balance..."

God smiled, "Right next to Virginia is Washington DC . Wait till you see the idiots I put there."


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The Thrill Later

Just finished watching a movie that
by design wants you the watcher to
go, "wow"; only, it goes into
overdrive on the "gotcha", just a
tad tiny bit. Ever have that happen?
I say that I remember my first kiss,
in some sense that is true, her name
was Rhonda, and somewhere in the
2nd grade in Torrance California,
somehow I managed to kiss her- don't
ask me how, that was over forty
years ago (being kind to myself
on the age factor here) but this I
remember, all the hype that people
around me put on that first kiss-
it just weren't so.

Back in the days when we still wrote
computer programs (I know some still
do, and do an excellent job of it)
instead of copying off on already put
together systems; someone took the
time and effort to teach me some
programming in UNIX, which is
essentially C programming by any
other name. Wow was I ever proud
of that first program; but the
thing about it is, now, nearly
twenty five years later, it's
practically useless in a video
social networking age.

Put those two salient points together-
they intersect at a place called
speedy change. Many years ago one of
my favorite drummers, Buddy Miles,
did a song cover on "Them Changes."

A place called speedy changes - we're there.

So the question is, are you capable of keeping
pace with it, or is the speed of these changes
going to do you in? My sense is that you
either get on this train, or it runs you
over? And given a choice between seeing
things through the eyes of change, or having
rail marks all over my backside, hey,
I'll take the changes, what about you?

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Suppose Its True About You?

One of the most difficult circumstances to
contemplate is the circle of life. We all
know that this exists, we sense it, at some
place deep inside our souls, we know that
there is something about us that does
matter, we just know it.

One of the reasons that this is difficult
for us to deal with is it means we have
a responsibility to life, to our life,
to the lives of others, to do what we
can to make the life we lead, better.

We do what we can, while it seems that
often, others don't. Therein lies the
challenge, we have to see past those
who present themselves as an obstacle,
we have to move to a point where what
they do not do, does not become what
we participate in.

What we are working on, both in
"keyhole success" which uses the
acrostic to spell out five chapters
of awesome material on manifesting
success in a concrete fashion; and
in 3Deep, which moves the process of
"keyhole success" into the actual
day to day of your achieving a
level of success that you can enjoy;
what we are working on, is AXIOM-
and our promise to you is that in
that simple term AXIOM, you will
discover a richness and a wealth
of material that is totally
interactive in a way that has been
missing from so many very fine
efforts that are two dimensional in
their approach. AXIOM is designed
to delve into media, especially social
based media, and take the principles
that are discovered in "keyhole success",
and made useful in 3Deep so that they
will become clear and achievable to you.
So here then is a hint of the principle which
begins AXIOM - Acting.

Sounds simple enough doesn't it, acting.
This is that instance that you have heard
described as being deceptively simple,
you see, acting, as Shakespeare pointed
out, is world creating, world maintaining,
and world moving. Acting is what you and
I and everyone else, participates in, to
the degree that we are able to achieve
acting that is guided, to that degree
we will be spoken of and remembered as,
a success. Sounds simple but in reality,
acting isn't simple at all.

My friends, my wonderful followers and
readers, my promise to you as we begin
to delve into AXIOM is that when you
decide to commit to the guidance and allow
yourself to grow, you will find these
principles doing for you what you have
only dreampt of.

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Yes - WAY different than - NO

Michael Korda wrote about power, in his writings he talked about how powerful the term "NO" is. While reading that, so many years ago, to this day my memory feels the outright awe of how much that statement made me contemplate the power of "YES" which was Korda's ultimate goal in teaching.

Perhaps you've not thought of yourself as a communicating dynamo? Maybe you have overlooked the obvious, and it's obvious power? In your lifetime, if you get in on the electronic revolution; you will communicate to more people than anyone ever believed possible. In your lifetime, if you get in on it, you will become a T.V. type personality, from the relative location of your choosing...check this one out:


It is way more than angst- it is way more than we actually feel comfortable dealing with, for the simple truth is; we have a freedom here to express our ideas, and if those ideas prove to be useful, fun, fulfilling, or even, worth peoples while; then they will go out into the ether and grow contacts by the millions - to see a proof of this check out the "Obama girls" where they came from and what happened to them as a result of their idea! NOW...stick with me, invite yer friends, join us on MySpace and FaceBook and I guarantee, something you will rarely hear me do...but I guarantee you, you'll get an enormous bang(!) for your buck!
Luv to ya..drd4u.com

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It is worth it...is it worth it

One is a statement of worth,
one is a question of worth.
Worth it is what drives us,
it is what we want, it is
what we believe we must
have, and yet, worth is also
what we perceive. There is this
strange attraction to things,
for some odd reason, we
desire most strongly those
things which we believe we
can't have? Has this been
your experience?

Now the question becomes, what is
this that we value? A dear lady
that is really becoming quite the
involved spokesperson, has written
a marvelous set of descriptions about
the plight of those we find ourselves
occasionally guilty of ignoring.

She makes it easy to love the
truth, and makes it easy to
see why so many people love her.

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