Half-Baked™ Aug 26th, 2005 Jan Suchomski Creative Realist BizSmart phone: 404.314.8094 email Jan BizSmart / contact Jan / comments welcome! / subscribe / past issues of Half-Baked half-baked Just like the pizza we ate last night! This electronic newsletter is 100% opt-in. You are receiving it because you subscribed and requested it. You may cancel at any time by following the instructions are at the bottom of this email. If you cannot read html formatted email, go to: http://www.bizsmart.net/Half Baked082605.htm to view. Welcome, To this issue of Half Baked! I'm in the process of over thinking Half Baked (Twice Baked?) and am looking for some honest feedback. Specifically, three questions that I have for you. 1. What section(s) do you enjoy most? (Feature Article, Napkin Entrepreneur, Creativity Quote, Shorts, Picture). See http://www.bizsmart.net/half-baked.htm for issues that include all sections as there is no "map" in this issue. 2. What is your least favorite - or least read section? 3. How can Half Baked be improved? Email me at the address below. I appreciate your feedback! Jan jans@bizsmart.net ---------------------- In this issue: The table of contents was created using MindManager® X5 PRO software. ---------------------- Feature Article: With or Without? Before cell phones AND before airlines required a picture ID at check-in, I found myself on an airplane without my "purse", wallet, checkbook, or anything faintly related. I might have realized that I forgot all that stuff while on the train to the airport, but I really don't remember. I can only theorize on the exact details of my forgetfulness. Honestly, details matter little although they might have provided entertainment. Stay seated, the best is yet to come. I know I was headed to Chicago to attend a marketing research conference. From my window seat, I inventoried my situation as follows: I did not have any money - not one penny, no quarters, or dollar bill or anything that could be mistaken as currency. I did not have my driver’s license. I did not have any kind of picture ID. I did not have even one credit card, ATM card, or membership card. (just to remind me who I was) I did not have the phone number of the friend who was to pick me up at the airport in Chicago. I did not have the name of my hotel. I did not have the address of my hotel. I did not have the phone number of my hotel. I did not have the hotel reservation confirmation number. And as a reminder, I had NO cell phone. (not yet a popularized consumer accessory!) Now, I can tell you that I've spent my entire life overanalyzing everything from what to eat for dinner, to why people run stop lights. So, as I sat high above the clouds thinking about what I didn't have, my history suggested that I come up with AT LEAST 27 possible scenarios upon landing. You know everything from excessive hardship to being arrested for being forgetful. Instead, I remember feeling an odd sense of calm. I remember being surprised, but not fighting the feeling of calmness. I then felt my body relax into the seat even more. I felt the weightlessness of floating through air. And then I realized that I didn't have a single care in the world! At that moment, I realized there were no expectations, because I didn't exist - that is, my outside identify wasn't with me. At that moment, there was no guarantee of a future - because I had no plan of what I would do. And because I didn't really have a past - again, as defined by the world - I could reinvent myself at that very moment. That perfect space, that emptiness of identity, was full of pure peace and joy. And it was exceptionally powerful. So wonderful, in fact, that I can remember it clearly more than 15 years after it happened. Of course my friend did pick me up at the airport, I did figure out the name and location of my hotel, and I did convince the hotel to provide me a room, without identity. (a whole other story) I was completely taken care of and was really just fine. I am reminded that peace and joy are possible under the most interesting of circumstances. And while I don't recommend you travel without your wallet, purse, id, or any money, being without them was a life lesson that I will never forget. Warmly, p.s. Comments, thoughts? email me here... Creativity Quote "The more you do, the more you learn." -- from the box of Sun-Maid® Raisins A Picture Being able to see different perspectives is very cool! Please send me your thoughts on this picture to picture082605@bizsmart.net. I will compile the listing of the most interesting and publish in the next issue of Half-Baked. <------- What does this picture represent to you? comment here Comments on picture in the July 12th issue: *** "Even though someone has put perlite in the soil, the bulb won't grow. Try Daffodils." *** "Since there is no grass and both appear to be floating in air, it seems to me to be a conspiracy to make men who wear a leisure straw hat and have a beard appear to be irresponsible. (wink, wink)" *** "Is he trying to get a nap in before someone takes the mower away?" Shorts 1) I wonder what story is told by the books on my bookshelf that I haven't read. 2) I feel like going to Dairy Queen® for a lime flavored Mister Misty Float. 3) I'm wearing a pair of shorts as I write this sentence. 4) Remember, my almost new website dedicated to MindManager Training is at http://www.bizsmartintl.com. Thanks for reading - next issue is the week of Sept 12th. p.s. pass this along to a friend or colleague. THANKS! Copyright © 2005 by BizSmart LLC All rights reserved. The content of Half-Baked™ may be forwarded in full without special permission provided it is used for nonprofit purposes and full attribution and copyright notice are given. Our mailing address is: BizSmart LLC, 659 Auburn Ave, NE, Suite G-21, Atlanta, GA 30312 For other purposes, contact jans@bizsmart.net.
Half-Baked™
Aug 26th, 2005
Jan Suchomski Creative Realist BizSmart phone: 404.314.8094 email Jan
BizSmart / contact Jan / comments welcome! / subscribe / past issues of Half-Baked
half-baked Just like the pizza we ate last night!
Welcome, To this issue of Half Baked! I'm in the process of over thinking Half Baked (Twice Baked?) and am looking for some honest feedback. Specifically, three questions that I have for you. 1. What section(s) do you enjoy most? (Feature Article, Napkin Entrepreneur, Creativity Quote, Shorts, Picture). See http://www.bizsmart.net/half-baked.htm for issues that include all sections as there is no "map" in this issue.
2. What is your least favorite - or least read section? 3. How can Half Baked be improved? Email me at the address below. I appreciate your feedback! Jan jans@bizsmart.net
---------------------- In this issue:
The table of contents was created using MindManager® X5 PRO software. ----------------------
Feature Article: With or Without?
Before cell phones AND before airlines required a picture ID at check-in, I found myself on an airplane without my "purse", wallet, checkbook, or anything faintly related. I might have realized that I forgot all that stuff while on the train to the airport, but I really don't remember. I can only theorize on the exact details of my forgetfulness. Honestly, details matter little although they might have provided entertainment. Stay seated, the best is yet to come. I know I was headed to Chicago to attend a marketing research conference. From my window seat, I inventoried my situation as follows: I did not have any money - not one penny, no quarters, or dollar bill or anything that could be mistaken as currency. I did not have my driver’s license. I did not have any kind of picture ID. I did not have even one credit card, ATM card, or membership card. (just to remind me who I was) I did not have the phone number of the friend who was to pick me up at the airport in Chicago. I did not have the name of my hotel. I did not have the address of my hotel. I did not have the phone number of my hotel. I did not have the hotel reservation confirmation number. And as a reminder, I had NO cell phone. (not yet a popularized consumer accessory!) Now, I can tell you that I've spent my entire life overanalyzing everything from what to eat for dinner, to why people run stop lights. So, as I sat high above the clouds thinking about what I didn't have, my history suggested that I come up with AT LEAST 27 possible scenarios upon landing. You know everything from excessive hardship to being arrested for being forgetful. Instead, I remember feeling an odd sense of calm. I remember being surprised, but not fighting the feeling of calmness. I then felt my body relax into the seat even more. I felt the weightlessness of floating through air. And then I realized that I didn't have a single care in the world! At that moment, I realized there were no expectations, because I didn't exist - that is, my outside identify wasn't with me. At that moment, there was no guarantee of a future - because I had no plan of what I would do. And because I didn't really have a past - again, as defined by the world - I could reinvent myself at that very moment. That perfect space, that emptiness of identity, was full of pure peace and joy. And it was exceptionally powerful. So wonderful, in fact, that I can remember it clearly more than 15 years after it happened. Of course my friend did pick me up at the airport, I did figure out the name and location of my hotel, and I did convince the hotel to provide me a room, without identity. (a whole other story) I was completely taken care of and was really just fine. I am reminded that peace and joy are possible under the most interesting of circumstances. And while I don't recommend you travel without your wallet, purse, id, or any money, being without them was a life lesson that I will never forget.
"The more you do, the more you learn."
A Picture
Being able to see different perspectives is very cool! Please send me your thoughts on this picture to picture082605@bizsmart.net.
I will compile the listing of the most interesting and publish in the next issue of Half-Baked.
<------- What does this picture represent to you? comment here
Comments on picture in the July 12th issue:
*** "Even though someone has put perlite in the soil, the bulb won't grow. Try Daffodils."
*** "Since there is no grass and both appear to be floating in air, it seems to me to be a conspiracy to make men who wear a leisure straw hat and have a beard appear to be irresponsible. (wink, wink)" ***
"Is he trying to get a nap in before someone takes the mower away?"
Thanks for reading - next issue is the week of Sept 12th.
p.s. pass this along to a friend or colleague. THANKS!
Copyright © 2005 by BizSmart LLC All rights reserved.
The content of Half-Baked™ may be forwarded in full without special permission provided it is used for nonprofit purposes and full attribution and copyright notice are given. Our mailing address is: BizSmart LLC, 659 Auburn Ave, NE, Suite G-21, Atlanta, GA 30312 For other purposes, contact jans@bizsmart.net.