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Blog Action Day: Climate Change Multi-Dimensionally

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“There is nothing more powerful than an Idea whose time has come”

When oil hits the scarcity point; i.e. $150 per barrel, according to Paul Zane Pilzer technology [Unlimited Paul Zane Pilzer] will kick in to either make it more abundant or replace it completely. So what does this have to do with climate change?

I look at the word “Climate” as multi-dimensional. First, the word is commonly seen as the weather. It is also the values of a marketplace. Either way, it is the environment in which people live.

Yes, the world weather climate affects everyone. So do the markets in which goods and services are exchanged. Before the collapse of the global economy last year, oil prices crept upwards, altering consumption trends.

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He felt naked in his parka, hat and scarf. The bitter winter winds pierced his clothing tearing his flesh to the bone. Shivering in the near zero cold, waiting for the bus to arrive, battered by a wicked lake effect snow storm.

The swirling blizzard snow, reduced visibility to a few feet. Piled high mounds of snow buried the curb making it difficult to stand. The storm harsher than usual, businesses closing early. He was isolated, cold and alone.

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She lost her job. He lost his. I too have lost jobs in the past due to economic downturns. How about you? It’s a sinking feeling. When you first get home, it’s far from business as usual. Then, you search and search online day after day on all the sites posting jobs around the world. Each day rips at your soul.

You plan success, but you reach dead-ends. The wrong job haystack keeps growing, yet no needle. All that searching is anything but free. [Read more →]

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What is poverty? Is it a financial situation? Is it a moral challenge? What about an intellectual one? Maybe it is most and foremost a mindset and esteem issue.
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Why do some people instantly seem to master things while others take forever?

For example, Olympic 25-year-old Silver Medal pole-vaulter Jenn Stuczynski made it to world class status in less than 4 years. While the Gold medalist 26-year-old Russian Yelena Isinbayeva spent over 10. What was different about their training? [Read more →]

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His name is Bill Bartmann and he was presenting at a major seminar on “the millionaire mindset”. Mr. Bartmann is a billionaire with amazing credentials. He was talking on one of the most important characteristic of the wealthy, without this one characteristic they would never reach their lofty goals. What is this one attribute? What is this one trait?

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Do high gas prices get you upset?

In the United States we are finally catching up with the rest of the world regarding gas prices. In Norway they pay over $9.00 per gallon. The UK is about $6.00. Yet in Saudi Arabia they pay $.45 per gallon. Maybe it’s time to rethink energy in general. [Read more →]

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Have you ever participated in a 30 day challenge? As mentioned in an earlier post, I’m smack dab in the middle of one.

The thing about challenges, they test your resolve. Life pulls you in one direction, the challenge in another, your career a third and family still one more. Then someone asks, “How Stressed Are You?”

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Life has been pretty good to me. I am healthy, have a loving wife and amazing kids. Plus I get to do the one thing I really enjoy. Yet each year, the last day of the season is always the saddest letdown for me. What is the ONE THING?

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