http://www.markrafter.com/blog Grow, Have Fun and Make Money Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:46:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Olympics are going on in Vancouver Canada.  Canada just won it's first ever gold medal earned on their own soil as a host of the Olympic games.  Heckuva goal and they did it. Do you notice how long some of these athletes have been coming to the games in hopes of ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2010/02/16/what-is-your-gold-medal/ Despite the yellow journalism sensationalistic headline that it is, it's also true.  On David Letterman last night, Jennifer related the story of how she was working a gig for a Fantasy Island episode and ... oh I dont want to spoil it (find it somewhere else). No blogging for a long ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2010/02/11/jennifer-connelly-had-sex-with-a-dolphin/ This is the 4th week in my series, Mark & Jack: 52.4 Weeks of Living the Success Principles, my quest to master the Success Principles as written by Jack Canfield in his book of the same name.  Last week's blogs were about getting what you want and my approach to helping ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/09/23/mark-jack-principle-4-believe-in-yourself/ Continuing with my exploration of Jack Canfield's Success Priniciples in my series: Mark & Jack. As you may have noticed, it's not working out to one a week either...so what?  When I work though each of these principles and figure out what they mean to me and how I can integrate ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/09/13/more-on-getting-what-you-want-the-wealthy-life-plan/ A short note on the true nature of wealth... 8 years ago today I was sitting on an airplane in San Jose, CA when they annonunced a short delay. Then they announced an air traffic control hold on all take offs. Then they asked us to get off the plane. When we got back ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/09/11/be-thankful-for-the-wealth-you-have/ The Mark & Jack series continues.  This week I am helping you to figure out what you want (and dont want as it turns out). What I do - and what I teach others - is to break things down into the different areas of their life that are important to ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/09/06/can-you-decide-what-you-want-sure-you-can/ This is the third week in my series, Mark & Jack: 52.4 Weeks of Living the Success Principles, my quest to master the Success Principles as written by Jack Canfield in his book of the same name.  Last week's blogs were about being clear why you are here and finding ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/09/02/mark-jack-principle-3-decide-what-you-want/ In the last post I mentioned that finding your purpose might just be as easy as figuring out what you love doing and what you are good at doing and then figuring out how to make a living doing just that. Works ... sometimes.  Think about it.  How many starving artists ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/08/25/recognizing-the-limits-of-do-what-you-love/ OK, week #2 and 2nd in the series "Mark & Jack: 52.4 Weeks of Living the Success Principles."  This week we deal with purpose, significance, meaningful lives ... lightweight stuff like that. Some people drift aimlessly through life.  Others specifically state that humans (themselves included I suspect) have no purpose or ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/08/20/success-principle-2-be-clear-why-you-are-here/ Creating your own reality is not for sissies.... This is the last post for week 1: Mark & Jack: 52.4 Weeks of Living the Success Priniciples.  As such, it's my final comments on Taking 100% Responsibility for Your Life (Success Principle #1).  In his book, The Success Principles, Jack Canfield notes ... http://www.markrafter.com/blog/2009/08/18/creating-reality-stimulus-response-outcome/