My new lifestream, or shall we say workstream?

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Since I’m so busy working on numerous other partners and sites I’ve decided to repurpose this blog as a lifestream.

If you are new to the concept it’s basically a platform that pulls all your feeds off other sites and brings them in one central location.

You could also call it my work stream because many of the posts will be related to various work sites I have including natural health, travel and of course internet marketing.

Enjoy!

-Jae Jans

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John Reese was my first friend…

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on April 3, 2008
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…on facebook

Here’s what happened…

I was browsing the Warrior Forum, my favorite marketing forum except for MyMarketingMafia.com and I found a post about how marketing legend John Reese is using Facebook to build a massive network.

Well I dug up a photo I took with John at a recent seminar and posted it on my profile which I’ve had for at least a few weeks. Come to think of it I don’t remember when I opened it, but I haven’t used it at all. So anyway I put a picture of me with John as my profile pic and low and behold he had added me within hours.

Since then I’ve had several friend requests and my network is growing automatically.

Facebook is kinda fun and I think I can get used to it.

Are you on Facebook?

My Profile

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I almost died in Germany last night

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on March 13, 2008
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The plane shook from side to side and the passengers looked at each other in horror with faces as white as bone.

None of us knew if this would be the end.

“I’ve been on a plane many times but have never experienced this kind of turbulence” I thought. Then the front of the plane tipped down and I felt the cheap airline food want to come up as we dropped for several seconds. We braced ourselves for the worst as our plane approached Munich Airport.

Minutes later we were on the ground laughing. We had cheated death once again.

That’s the true account of what actually happened in Germany the other night. I’m still alive and well and with more reason than ever to live out my dreams and accomplish my goals this year.

It’s a funny thing, but why do we only reconsider our actions and our life’s goals when in the face of death?

My life didn’t flash before my eyes like many people say, instead I thought of everything that I had planned to accomplish and didn’t. Time is a strange thing and it constantly escapes us. But if we take a different approach we can make time stand still. If you’ve ever been “in the zone” you know what I’m talking about.

When we live with purpose and are living in the moment time stands still and we feel fully alive.

I’m still not 100% sure what makes me happiest in life because there are many simple pleasures of life which I enjoy but what I do know is that I’m not always in pursuit of my dreams and I realize that there is much more that I could do to “fully” live.

I want to recommend a book to you that I just finished. I think it will help you set out on a path that will help you feel more alive and take a new outlook and approach toward life. I read half of it on the way here (Spain) and I just finished it today. This book has been translated into 60 languages and has sold 65 million copies in 150 countries.

It’s not the impressive numbers that make this book such a great read, but it’s the important message it carries. Here’s a link to Amazon where you can pick it up.

The Alchemist

Enjoy and realize that everyday you wake up breathing is a miracle and a success in itself.

If you enjoyed this post let me know by commenting below; it’s one of the few things that puts a big smile on my face :-)

-Jae

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Today is the Best Day of My Life!

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I just wanted to share an idea with you that I’ve been using…

Do you remember in the movie “Office Space” when Peter says “Everyday is the worst day of my life” well I took that idea and turned it around.

What if everyday you said to yourself “today is the best day of my life”

Then when people asked you “how are you?” what if you responded “today is the best day of my life”?

I can tell you what will happen because I’ve actually done it. People will look at you kind of weird, and smile, saying “what happened?” because they assume that the only reason it could possibly be the best day of your life is because you won the lottery or got a promotion…etc.

At that point you get to try and explain to them that you are being happy by choice and that idea my friends will blow people’s minds!

You see we are conditioned to complain. When you pick something like this little idea of “today is the best day of my life”, and you choose to be happy, things change, your circumstances change, people change and your attitude changes. And when all that happens you change. And when you change, your future changes.
I invite you to try it and see what kind of results you get. Feel free to share them in the comments below so the rest of us can enjoy your results too!

Now go enjoy the best day of your life…

-Jae

P.S. If you’ve never seen Office Space it’s a “must-see” if you still work a 9-5 and especially if you work at an office.

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My Brain Exploded

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After a year of my brain exploding with ideas in 2007 I decided to getaway from everything and take a trip to South America. I ran into some problems with an internet connection shortly after getting here. But am connected again.

Let me tell you… sometimes it’s nice to just relax without any kind of contact with the digital world…. it’s relieving in a way, but now that I’m connected again I feel great. And this year I am focusing on channeling my energy into one project at a time. The other way just wasn’t working. If you’ve been there like most of us have then you know what I mean….

I want to share a couple pics from Uruguay with you and then tell you about the new community I’m working on that will be consuming most of my time.

First here is a pic of me with a yerba mate gourd

Bigyerbamate

…for those of you who haven’t heard of yerba mate, it’s a South American drink that stimulates the mind and energizes the body. I’ve been hooked for about 5 years now. I love the stuff. (The thing I’m holding is a gourd, they’re really not that big usually:)

The main food eaten here is wood cooked steak,  below is a picture of me next to a parrilla (barbecue grill)…

parrilla

They eat just about every part of the cow down here. I’m not kidding… I’ve already tried intestines and one of my new “Amigos” here wants me to try Cow testicles in a couple weeks. Apparently it’s a delicacy here. We’ll see what happens.

Anyway back to the internet marketing world. I’ll be working on a new social community for marketers of all sorts.

The Website is MyMarketingMafia.com

I probably won’t be posting here too much for a while but you can be sure I’ll be putting out a lot of cool stuff this year…

If you want to hear about probably the easiest way is to get on my info marketing list on the right hand corner of the page.  Right now I’m emailing at least a few times a week to that list.

Hope to hear from you there.

Keep it real!

Jae

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