George Sampson - Britain’s Got Talent - Motivation to never stop trying should inspire us all!

George Sampson is back with his second go around on the very big “Britain’s Got Talent” show.  It is very inspiring to hear his background story and hear how he continues to keep pushing for his dreams, goals and passions.

 

Quote of the Day! - Fear robs the mind of it’s power…

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

 

             Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797),

            

 ”A Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful”, 1756

Lost Generation - Using Reframing for Success!

When you re-frame something and look at it from another angle, view, standpoint or thought process you can easily see solutions.  What you once thought was one way and one way only clearly becomes something completely different.

This video will do just that for you.  Watch and see exactly what I mean…

 

Quote of the Day!

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

 

          Denis Diderot (1713 - 1784)

Quick Tip of the Day! - Clean the crap off your computer!

I have personally downloaded this program on both my PC and my Laptop.  It made such an amazing difference.  I highly recommend it and of course my favorite part…it’s FREE!

Do it for yourself and see!

Download CCleaner from FileHippo.com 

Kenyon Salo

Passion Before Paycheck!

The Secret - Planet Earth - Use It, To Reset, To Renew, To Restart

When your blog is dormant for some time, in my case over a week because I was moving my entire household, it is hard to figure out where to start again… in any case,it is always good to reset, renew and restart.  This video has done just that for me.  It is less than three minutes and it feels like you just stepped out of a refreshing shower ready to start the most amazing day ahead of you.

While I have not been writing for over a week, I sure have been thinking alot.  I have some great ideas and this blog will start to encompass those ideas and turn them into great things. 

Stay tuned as this channel has just gone into High Def.

 

My Everest Adventure! - Martin Barnett

Author Note - Martin Barnett is a good friend of mine and his journey from an Average Joe living abroad in Breckenridge CO. (He is Welsh) to finally following his passion to climb the world’s tallest peak is remarkable.  This is his story from his own words taken from notes that he had written while on his quest.  I applaud Martin for what he has done and envy his strength to accomplish his goals no matter what obstacles, issues or fear he had thrown in his path to the top of Mt. Everest.

-Kenyon Salo

 

 

North East Ridge.   

29^th March – 6^th June 2007

 

My personal summit push happened without any major issues but that did not stop me being in a world of trauma as events around me got progressively worse.

 

The start of my trip gave me cause for concern straight away. Before I eventually got to Base Camp, I had already developed a cold. Although this doesn’t sound life threatening, which it isn’t, at 5135m it is a big issue. Try to imagine getting to a place where your breathing is limited and you wouldn’t dream of a quick walk, never mind a jog, and then block all you’re breathing tubes and hit your sinuses with a hammer. Don’t forget to throw in your usual bout of diarrhea and remember you are sleeping on the floor with it being minus temperatures outside. Let’s just say that it was a less than comfortable situation to be in. I really was in limbo whether I should go down or not. The rest of the group had already gone up and I was starting to get a little restless and nervous. I ended up deciding to stay so I could try to recuperate at Base Camp. A few days passed by and many wonderful drugs tried as I slowly started to improve, well, when I say improve I mean my cold turned into a dry hacking cough. This is quite normal practice and I usually wouldn’t think anything of it but under these circumstances, that was all I needed. When I say cough, I really mean more of a dry heave. I had heard stories of people actually breaking their ribs due to extensive coughing. I always thought this was a bit of an exaggeration until the doctor I was talking with said that she had actually done it herself. As you can imagine, this didn’t exactly cheer up my spirits.

 

One week later and I got my chance to make my first attempt to IBC. (Interim Base Camp) Although it was like walking with a plastic bag over my head, I was finally on my way up. Over the following weeks I made a couple of acclimatization climbs. First, to the top of the Col 7050m then back to Base Camp, then the second up to 7500m and back again. This was done without oxygen and boy, didn’t I know it. When I say without oxygen, I actually mean supplemental oxygen but when I was doing it, it actually felt like no oxygen at all.

 

It was early May and Kevin and I were repeatedly discussing different scenarios over our summit push. Weather forecasts were questionable to say the least as they varied so much. Other members in our team had decided to go down to a local town to rest for a few days but we decided that we were going up to ABC (Advanced Base Camp). This was so we could be in a good position for our summit push once the first good weather window arrived. There was some stable weather due soon, but when?

Quote of the Day!

It’s not about the length of the posts. It’s about the passion.

 

           Cam Barrett, Better Blogging Brainstorming, SXSW 2006

Quote of the Day!

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

 

                      Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), De Profundis, 1905

Listening to Stephen on Saturdays - Part V

Author Note: If you have missed parts I-IV please click on the links in the left hand sidebar to see how wonderful they are to view and read.

We have already read many stories about Stephen and seen many videos about who he is and how he got to where is now.  I read this and thought…wow…what a cool way to let people know something about yourself that other’s might not know. 

So here are 8 things about Stephen that you would not know otherwise.

Check out Stephen’s full website here:Do not click here!

Inspired by Phil Gerbyshak’s blog post, I thought it would be neat to share 8 random things about myself with you in an effort to deepen the bond that we already share. If you have a website or a blog, I encourage you to do the same with your community. (Photo Credit: Patty Barratt).

1. It wasn’t until I was 3 years of age when my hearing disability was accidentally discovered by none other than my grandmother who was at the house helping Mom one day.

2. I love the smell of campfire smoke and cut grass. If I see someone mowing the lawn or burning something in their backyard, I’ll roll down the window of my car to take a good whiff of it.

3. My nickname in high school was “Hoppy Toad.”

4. While in elementary school, I was failing at math. Several years later I became a stockbroker at a major Wall Street firm handling millions of dollars worth of investments for my clients. Ironic twist of fate. But I admit I still sometimes count on my fingers when it comes to simple arithmetic.

5. After I got my first job as a teenager working at a gas station, I was fired shortly thereafter for goofing off with the boss’s son. Not wanting my parents to know about this, I hid in the woods behind my house every day for a full week, pretending to go to work.

6. I rode a bike from Boston to New York, a 550 mile trek over 5 days to raise money for charity.

7. My favorite brand of cigar is Montensino Toro. Having a cigar out on my porch or by a large body of water helps me think.

8. I rarely use the alarm clock. If I wake up past 7 am, it feels like I wasted the day already.

Food for thought: How about you? What are 8 random things people might find interesting about you?  Post 1-8 things in the comment box below.