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The Grand Finale

Friday, September 21st, 2007

world on a finger

I have loved doing this blog over the past couple of months but I have to move to more pressing issues in my life and career. In trying to Change the World I need to begin taking more action which is what I plan to do.

I am going to have this post up for a few days with a final message.

Look outside yourself. I have written many posts on being introverted or extroverted and various charities, groups and organizations; about character and humanity; about people and the way the world interacts with you and you the world.

My idea I want to present to you now is to see the extroversion inside of you (isn’t that a contradictory statement). I have said before that there are people who can travel the world and be in incredible places and experiences and not even look outside themselves.

The reason I love to stare up at the stars or watch the sun rise and set is because it reminds me of my place in the universe. I am nothing without those around me as far reaching as the other side of the world. A person is nothing without other people. To look only within yourself is to not except the power and importance of those who you may not even know.

To live solely for yourself is vain but to live for yourself and the world is empowering. Helping those outside your own comfort zone actually has benefits for all, including yourself. The Golden Rule is called golden for a reason.

As I sit here outside by a fire, after having a long-and-great conversation with an old friend who just left (came to keep me company while I am sick), I remember the most important aspect of my life is other people. Without them life would be meaningless so to devote myself to others brings me great and fulfilling Life Meaning.

I say tomorrow, you wake up and do your usual routine. Drink your coffee; tread mill for fifteen minutes; whatever. But then during that day I want you to try something. Try following an old rule of the Boy Scouts and do a good deed for someone else in that day. A good turn for someone else in the long run is a good turn for the world and yourself.

It does not have to be a great and powerful showing to your fellow man but a simple gesture of selflessness can bring a great change if done enough by enough people. It could even Change the World.

To keep up with me in the future head over to my personal blog WarrenGreeley.com/Blog to read my future posts. They are on topics of business, writing, and generally trying to change the world.

Thank you for reading. Thanks for caring.

profound inspiration from writing

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

Pen in Hand

Many writers, I myself included have become obsessed with typing. It is easier, more efficient, and gets the job done. Or does it? When you are typing there are a million distractions that cause you not to focus. Your music is playing, your email system is on alert, there are many ways to digress from your goal. This causes your focus not to be on the message in your writing so the thought process is not as focused as it could be.

Instead the alternative is writing. Typing is not writing incase you didn’t already realize this. I call myself a writer because I write. Even many of the articles that are on this blog are written before typed out.

The greatest benefit is profound inspiration. When you write there is much less to distract you so your thoughts flow and can end up being much more profound and solid than if typing. There is no spell check to annoy you as you type, no freaking paperclip asking if you need help, no other activity in your view (on your computer screen); it is only your thoughts turned to words.

If you are a writer try this out. Go to a place with no TV, no music, nothing to distract you. Take out a pen a paper and just write. Relay your thoughts into paper without having to worry about the spell check underline or the ding of new email. There is always time to rewrite, type, and publish but without your concepts flowing it is all for nothing so go back to the basics and just write.