Success Warrior: The Blog That Embraces ADHD

Sword Point Saturday - Who's at the Helm?

The country is headed for an economic dead end.  Even knowing the teeny bit about national economics that I know, I think I could have done a better job of keeping things going.

What this leads me to believe is that what's happening is not an accident.  There is a reason why we are being steered toward a depression while being told that there's going to be a bit of slow-down in the economy for a few months.

We all know that King George isn't smart enough to tie his own shoes, let alone run a country.  He's obviously part of the whole disaster and probably being paid very well.  How much is a legacy worth?  I don't know if you could pay me enough money to be the worst president ever.

Anyway, this leads to my question for today?

Who's driving this wreck?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - When you gotta

What kinds of tricks do you use to get yourself to do things that you don't really want to do but that you know need to be done?

I have two favorites.

1.  Break it down into small tasks if possible.  Just get a little bit done at a time.  It eventually reaches a point where I just go, "Screw it!  Let's finish this."

2.  Delegate.  I find people that enjoy doing the things that I don't and have them do it.

Your turn.

Sword Point Saturday - Totem

  I was only able to get a couple of hours of sleep last night so instead of doing any real thinking, I did a bit of surfing and came across this quiz on totems.

No surprise to people that know me but I think my totem is the Wolf - loyalty, family, intuition, and adaptability.

Tia's, without taking this quiz, is the Bear - industrious, instinctive, guardian of the world, and will power.  She has dreams about bears all the time.

I took this quiz to see what it had to say about me and it said that my totem is the Lion.  I don't know who gets to choose these things and if you took a bunch of these quizzes, you would probably get all kinds of different answers.

Anyway, this particular quiz put me as a Lion.

What was your result from taking the quiz?

Does this totem represent you or is there one that you think fits you better?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - The One In/One Rule

Have you heard of using One In and One Out to avoid clutter.  I thinks it's something that's is done a lot with kid's toys.  If you get a new toy, you have to get rid of an old toy.  My wife and I do with it with clothing too.

If you could expand the concept beyond your personal realm, what would you apply the One In/One Out Rule on?

For me it would be laws.  Every time a governing body created a new law, they would have to get rid of an old law.  This would clear up a lot of confusion and contradiction and also maybe giving enforcement agencies a chance of knowing what the laws were. 

We have so many laws on the books now that agencies have to pick and choose which ones they decide to enforce.  This is handy if they decide to target someone because they can look back through a hundred years of laws and find something to charge their victim with.

Where would you apply the rule?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - Which Marvel Hero Are You?

I thought this would be interesting and I suppose in a way it will be when I have more time. 

It turns out that my closest match for a Marvel super hero is Iron fist.

I have absolutely no idea who he is.  I might have to research that sometime later to see why that was my match.

Your turn: 5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - Visual Environment

Last week, we talked about sounds that you surround yourself with for different activities.  Today, let's hear about your visual surroundings.

What do you have in the way of sights around you that inspire or help you to achieve your goals?

Oddly enough, I have very little in this category. 

We do have our calendar which shows how many times each of us has worked out.  We have been keeping track since the first week of this month.  The calendar is in the kitchen area where we see it many times a day.

My new weight room is a visual reminder as is my P90X pull up bar that hangs out in the hallway when it's set up.  It's almost always set up.

The way that we have our furniture arranged in the living room is a visual reminder that it's an exercise area. 

I suppose that watching the exercise DVDs would have to count as visual inspiration.

I set my exercise clothes out the night before so that when I wake up, there they are.  Can't miss them.

Okay, so maybe there's more going on here than I had originally thought.

What about you?

5 Sword Points.

Sword Point Saturday - Audio Environment

More on your environment.  This time, the sounds or lack of sounds that you surround yourself with.  Sounds, music, words, all have an effect on us in some way.  It might be mood, stress level (up or down), and sounds have been shown to be able to change heart rate.  They are powerful and should not be left to chance, when possible.

Pick 3 different activities and tell me what sounds you purposely have accompany them.  Here's mine:

Karate:  I play what my wife calls "Anger Music".  I have recently stumbled across Pandora Radio where you can put in a song or a group and it will play music like your choice.  You can give a thumbs up or down on the music it pick to refine what the AI picks for you.  Put in No Leaf Clover by Metallica and you get some great music that inspires you to hit people.

Blogging:  It depends on what I'm writing and what time it is.  Right now, I have it picking songs where it's coming up with the following groups: INXS, Aldo Nova, Joan Jett, Styx, Foreigner, Night Ranger, Asia, and Scandal.  Anyone who was in high school in the early 80s knows exactly what I'm talking about.

Sleeping: I have a little fan on my nightstand.  It creates a very minor breeze but I love the white noise.  I have a very hard time sleeping without it.  When the power goes out, I wake up.  I have to remember to take it with us on trips because trying to sleep in a hotel is just about impossible without it.

Your turn.  5 Sword Points.

Mark is the New Sword Point Winner

Mark, the Beer Dart Champion, is the latest Sword Point Saturday winner and can pick up to $80 of Success Warrior gear (remember, does not include my wife) as the prize.

Mark's score has been reset to zero and the game continues with a change to encourage people who only participate once in a while.  The game will end at 100 points from now on.  The winner will have their score reset to zero.  Everyone else will have their score reduced to a third of their ending score.

This will keep everyone in the game and still reward the people who tried but didn't win. 

I am sorry to disappoint many of you but the real winner is me. 

First, I already have a Success Warrior shirt and mine *does* come with a hot blonde included.

Second, I have probably learned more about money from this blog than each of you.  It's been quite an eye opening experience that started with me focused just on our personal debt and moving out to the larger picture of national economics. 

So, I would like to thank all of you for stopping by and reading this blog and thank everyone that plays the game.  It really keeps me motivated to keep on learning.

Congratulations to Mark and a sincere "thank you" to everyone.

Sword Point Saturday - Environment

A lot of people make goals and then do very little if anything to achieve those goals.  Some people get to a point where they just quit making goals because they never seem to follow through on them.

One of the best things a person can do when they make a new goal is to change their environment in some way that assists them in their goal or at the very least, helps keep them focused on their goal.

To achieve a new goal, you essentially have to become a new person, with a new way of thinking and many times that manifests itself in the physical world.  Sometimes it might be a minor change and some goals require a complete identity overhaul.

5 Sword Points - What is a current goal you have that you are willing to share?  How have you changed your environment to support that goal?  What other change could* you make to your environment to help you achieve your goal?

* "could", not necessarily "will".  You can let your imagination run on this question if you want or you can answer with something you really will do.

One of my top goals for the first half of this year is to get in shape for the cruise we are going on in June.

I have changed my front room so that there is plenty of space to exercise.  It's one big wide open space so I can do P90X.

A change that I could and will make is to find space to set my weight bench back up.  It's going to mean doing some rearranging somewhere but I'm going to need it if I'm going to follow the Turbulence Training program.

What about you?

Sword Point Saturday - Globalism

There are two competing ideologies currently at work when it comes to America's sovereignty.  One group believes that boundaries should be erased between the US and other countries.  The other group believes the boundaries should be made more concrete.  One group believes that a lot of the world's problems would be solved if people were lumped into larger groups.  The other group believes that it will mean the end of the Constitution.

In between the two groups are a couple hundred million people that don't know about the struggle going on.

I've given it quite a bit of thought and I can see where the erasing of borders can seem appealing.  People kill each other because of religion and patriotism so getting rid of religions and countries might be a good thing.  I don't think it would work because people will always find reasons to group themselves together into us versus them.

I can see some practical reasons why it might not work too but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

5 Sword Points - Should we be encouraging globalism or should we strengthen our borders?  Why?