Look into Someone’s Eyes for One Minute

June 18, 2012 By 7 Comments
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By Stuart Young

 

Take the opportunity today to look into someone’s eyes for one minute without touching or talking.

Think it’s easy?

Once you’ve stopped giggling and blinking, settle down to do it seriously.

The whole giggling thing is our defense from someone getting too close.

Allow them to get close because guess what – you’re getting that close to them.

Be aware of your thoughts as you do this, notice if you are feeling more or less connected to that person.

Notice if that person seems comfortable or awkward.

Do you notice something different about them?

Does your mind start to wander?

You are only as vulnerable as the person you are sharing this with.

Having said that – you may find it really easy and enjoyable. I hope you do.

If you do find this quite easy, try doing it for two minutes or three.

 

About the Author: Stuart Young writes his thoughts on his blog How To Change Your Life One Day At A Time. He has just launched his book on this topic and if you are lucky enough you might still get a signed copy. Click here  to get your copy now!

BLOG ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY
 
For today’s giveaway, we are giving away $20 gift code to use in  any products on Prettiful Designs to ONE lucky commenter.
 
 
 
Here are the rules:
 
1. Check out Prettiful Designs and notice one great thing about Dedra’s art work, templates, kits, paper packs – any thing on her website.
 
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Use the Opportunity

June 17, 2012 By 4 Comments
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“Sleep is the new broke.” – Eric Thomas

 

Photo of Randy Legaspi

By Kenton Sefcik

I’d like to think I get a lot done in a day.  I work out or practice Kung-Fu almost every day.  I write almost every day.  I see patients four days a week.  I walk my dog, feed my cats and most recently have been cleaning little chicken’s bums.  I have an absolutely beautiful family as well that needs tender loving care.

I have dreams, goals and aspirations.  I enjoy all the things I do and I am very blessed I get to do them.  I also want to push myself farther and higher and I believe I must use my time wisely.  In fact, every year that I get older, I go a little faster because I know the countdown is on.  I only have one life to do all the things I want to do.

I have an exercise ball where I work.  I also have some small weights that can be tucked into a corner.  Between patients, I bang out 10, 20 or 50 sit-ups on the ball.  If I’m somewhere else, I know that push-ups, crunches, squats and back extensions don’t require any equipment.  A 10 minute ‘coffee-break’ can be used effectively.

I also write in my free time.  I try to look for these little gaps in my day.  I jot something down – sometimes it turns into a full article or a blog post or maybe nothing.  Maybe I send a few emails.  Maybe I stretch instead.

I try to get up early enough throughout the week to walk the dog in the morning so that my wife can sleep in a bit.  However, sometimes my plan is foiled because I can’t control my children’s internal clocks!  Before that, twice a week, I’m waking up to hit the heavy bag and run my sprints.

On the way home, or if I have a larger gap in my day, I’m picking up some groceries we might be lacking.  This allots more time on the weekend to be spent with my whole family so we can be together at home instead of taking a couple of hours to venture to the mega-grocery store.

Perhaps it’s my martial art’s fault – its theme on striving for simple and direct resolution of a problem.  However, as I write for more outlets, as I strive for better fitness solutions, as I make those global connections, one thing’s for sure: I keep looking for those little pockets of time where I can put something inside that will bring me closer to that feeling I’m striving for.

 

 About the Author: Kenton Sefcik is a father, husband, Registered Acupuncturist, published author and martial artist. You can read more of his ramblings at AMSDaily and at Dark Wing Chun. 
BLOG ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY
 
For today’s giveaway, we are giving away a pair of classy earrings from xoxo Rachel Sayumi! She recently went to Japan and as a gift she is giving this beautiful earrings to ONE lucky commenter.
 
 
Here are the rules:
 
1. Check out Rachel Sayumi’s website and notice one great thing about her site.
 
2. Then, come back to this post and leave your comment. Include your name and email in the appropriate fields so we can contact you if you win. Only one comment per e-mail is allowed.
 
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AMSDaily Turns 1!

June 16, 2012 By 19 Comments
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Happy blog anniversary AMSDaily!

I can not believe Aspire.Motivate.Succeed! turns 1 today! Thank you God, thank you everyone!

Here we are, one year still writing, inspiring, motivating and sharing our knowledge and experiences to you dear readers and connecting with the whole universe! How exciting!

What marks this day special are the readers, followers, fans, writers, photographers, contributors, commenters who have stayed with us throughout the past twelve months. Today is also the time to celebrate what we all have accomplished as a community that continues to become better, bigger and bolder in spreading good news, smiles, inspiration and motivation!

To all of you, CHEERS and THANK YOU very much!

Today would not be extraordinarily special if I will not review what the first year of AMSDaily has brought:

~ On June 14, 2011 I posted my first post on what was I originally dubbed as IdentitySolutions personal blog on WordPress.com, as a response to my own search of my life’s purpose. In July 2011 when an upswing of readers came through, of which the majority of them at that time were only my friends and classmates, I realized I needed to get a domain name to shorten the URL from http://identitysolutions.wordpress.com to a simple http://amsdaily.net, derived from the initials of my name as well as from the acronym of Aspire.Motivate.Succeed!

~ About three months later, on August 6, 2011 the first series of Saturday Success Story went live as my close friend Claire Claflin of Mom Fashion World agreed to share her success on fashion blogging. Since then, we have featured extraordinary individuals who have accomplished more than financial successes but personal contentment serving the needs of humanity. Among the mostly read and applauded posts were the interviews and stories of Yahoo! Philippines Pitong Pinoy awardees such as Jay Michael Jaboneta, Tomas Leonor and Anna Oposa. The Filipino-Canadian celebrity, Daphne Osena-Paez also openly shared her story with AMSDaily along with many other Filipino movers and shakers in the social media and charitable industries such as Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet, Mon Corpuz of the Black Pencil Project, Dr. Antonio Ingles of Aral Pinoy, Cromwell Bacareza of FIT Philippines and John Michael Dellariarte of I CAN make a Difference.

All of these stories, along with the other individuals featured here, were all my source of inspiration. It is my hope that as we continue to look forward to many more weekends filled with success story that you will aspire to become as great as these individuals in your own pursuit of happiness and success.

In celebration of our anniversary, we have the following well-known Filipinos whose stories are worthy of sharing to everyone, lined up in the next few weeks:

Anna Meloto-Wilk

Tricia Gosingtian

Carissa Villacorta

Rommel Juan

Anton Mari Lim

 

~You have also seen various transformation of the site’s theme from a simple wordpress.com free theme to what you now see a more interactive, easier navigation lay-out. (Check out our previous look.)

~Today, after a year of contemplating on an AMSDaily logo, I am now unveiling our much needed logo. What you see on the picture is a collaborative work between myself and our very own AMSDaily Tuesday contributor, Ronald Colunga of Life’s Stepping Stone. You will now see this logo on the header of the site, and will remind you that in your daily life, there is daily inspiration. And, in your daily search, you might as well consider AMSDaily as part of your routine!

 

~One of the best things that have made AMSDaily as successful and inspiring as it its names are the people behind it. Yes, my daughter and my husband both see how engaged I am with the process of blogging and how dedicated I am to bringing you daily inspiration by staying up late and communicating with several people around the world. They see it all the time – but you probably do not.

So, today in honor of the most talented and best inspirational writers/contributors we have, I would like to thank the following individuals for their unbelievable commitment and great collaboration with me, as the site’s founder and editor:

Stuart Young

Ronald Colunga

Buenaflor Laoang Rosete

Avdhessh Arya

Elizabeth Scala

Ria Rombaoa

TK Soni

Here are also the photographers who have blessedly shared their beautiful pictures:

Randy Legaspi

Shem-shem Pablo

Frederick Claflin

Michaela Cruz-Ungos

Feliza Carrera

Thank you guys from the bottom of my heart!

~ As the Editor of AMSdaily, I look forward for the future of AMSDaily! With the launch of our first book next month and all the other blessings we plan to undertake we want YOU to feel more welcomed than ever! We want you to continue to stay with us, read with us, share your story or your photos (remember if you have any black and white photos of happy people, contact AMSDaily) – and together we will grow!

So, today I would like to invite you to participate in the weeklong ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY on AMSDaily starting tomorrow until next Saturday, June 23, 2012 by interacting with us via facebook or twitter; you will also get more entries upon liking our sponsors’ social media accounts and sharing each contest’s link on your twitter/facebook account and tagging @identitysolved and @Aspire.Motivate.Succeed! on FB.

Here are our great and wonderful sponsors:

June 17 Rachel Sayumi at @RachelSayumi (Twitter)
June 18 Prettiful Designs
June 19 Aspire. Motivate. Succeed.
June 20 Ciera Design
June 21 Notes on Lifestyle by Georgina
June 22 Blue Vanilla
June 23 Rocks Paper Metal Design

Help me celebrate AMSDaily’s Anniversary, by spreading birthday cheers and inspiration! Share, interact, comment, follow, like and just say “hi” below – that way I’ll know you are with us on this special day.

As one of our readers commented, “….that alone is inspiring me!”

Cheers! And more cheers!

 

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