Periscope Practice Session - Ransom Jones

https://t.co/VdGbZe2cTP - Check me out on Periscope - A little practice session - Don't Worry (Original Song), Knocking On Heavens Door (Bob Dylan Cover), I Believe (Original Song), Lover Lover (Original Song), Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran Cover) - Let me know what you think - It only stays up for 24 hours - Thanks!

Favorite Quotes 1

I love reading quotes from greats of our time and past times.  Some aren't so great but the quote lives on.  Some will be remembered and repeated throughout history.

I was reading an old dream journal that I had made back in 2011 and here were some of the quotes of inspiration I had in the journal.

“Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any and if there is anything praise worthy ---- meditate on these things.”  Paul the Apostle

“A man is only as good as what he loves.” Saul Bellow

“A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.”  Benjamin Disraeli

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” John C. Maxwell

“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” Carl Jung

“We will either find a way, or make one.” Hannibal

“What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination.” Zig Ziglar

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you.  If you do that, you’re in control of your life.  If you don’t life controls you.”  Anthony Robbins.

“If you don’t set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in your life, you’ll find it’s easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that’s far below what you deserve.”  Anthony Robbins

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart.  Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” Carl Jung

“Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creatures of men.”  Benjamin Disraeli

“No limit people celebrate the lessons.” Wayne Dyer

“See the greatness & uniqueness in you.” Wayne Dyer

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I’m not what happened to me, I’m what I choose to become.” Carl Jung

“Man is born to live and not to prepare to live.” Boris Pasternak

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” Marcus Aurelius

Some of my other favorite quotes I currently have on my wall . . .

"Amateurs practice until they get it right, professionals practice until they can't get it wrong." Unknown - from 6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd

“Stay hungry, Stay foolish.”  Steve Jobs

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” Anthony Robbins

“Don’t tell me who you are, show me what you do.” Grant Cardone

“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.” Hal Elrod

“Winning is a habit.  Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs.  Watch your beliefs, they become your words.  Watch your words, they become your actions.  Watch your actions, they become your habits.  Watch your habits they become your character.” Vince Lombardi

Cheers,

Make it a great day!

JG

I'd Rather Be A Sparrow

This is one of my favorite songs I've covered.  I don't sound much like Paul Simon, the original singer.  This song was one of the first songs I learned on guitar.  My friends enjoy when I play it, hope you enjoy it too.



Let me know what you think in the comments.

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Memory & Green Tea & Poetry

I've been drinking green tea more recently.  It's supposed to improve your memory.  It also has a lot of other added health benefits.  Check out the article below for all the details.  I'm excited to see or feel the changes.

Green Tea Article

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My goal this week is to continue developing more content.  Videos, music, poems, photos.  More cool stuff I run into and feel like sharing.

Here's a poem I wrote.  I'm looking to post quite a bit this week.

Master of Fate

I'm no expert
I'm no poet
I'm not a fanatic
I'm just enough

This is a game
Traded for the same
A life and memory
Death to your misery

Don't think twice
I'll hold you tonight
Moonlight looking down
Darkness lurks in the sky

I'm a beginner
Never want to end
Patience is a virtue
Progress is a plan

Memory remembers
Friendships of childhood
Smile to see the light
Blinded by your sight

No form or reason
Going coast to coast
Your journey continues
Even when this trail hits the edge

JG


Cheers!!!

Poems from My Father - A Question Most Often Asked

My father passed away when I was in first grade.  It changed my life dramatically.  I think about how my life would be different had my father been alive to see me grow up.  Have him give me guidance and teach me through his life experience.  He was my hero, my role model, especially being so young.  Parents can be the best heroes.  There's always that feeling of what if?  I don't know if that will ever go away.  It's exactly the way it's meant to be.  Everything happens for a reason.

My father's passing gave me a certain curiosity about the world.  Curiosity has always been in my nature.  My father's death gave me a different lens and filter to see the world through.  What advice would my father give, as if he knew.  This advice has guided me well.  It's become my own advice at times.

What character traits do you keep from your parents?  What character traits do you decide to discard?  We all have flaws.  It's interesting how when someone dies - that's when you hear how great they are.  For a 1st grader standing in a funeral home trying to make sense of everything, it didn't matter whether he was great or flawed, I just wanted him back.  I'd pretend as if I could make that wish come true.  Flaws remind us of our own humanity.  Life will never be the same again.  This experience gives me an appreciation for life and those I love.

Why do we wait till someone dies to appreciate them?  Don't wait to love.  Don't wait to appreciate.  Don't wait till tomorrow if it can be done today.  Forgive them for not being perfect because you're not perfect either.  People are doing the best they can with what they have.

You're not where you once were and that's ok.  You must accept what you can't change.  Move forward.  Keep moving forward.  I'm not that 1st grader any more.  If I feel pain, is just pain of a memory, pain of something that never happened.  Pain of growing up without a father.  Some people have the pain of growing up with a father that never loved them or far worse situations.  Stop living a pain that never was.

Remember the things that make you happiest.

My dad's poetry is something that brings me happiness.  It's something I didn't discover until I was older.  I enjoy reading it, thinking what he may have thought when he wrote it.

If you like it share it with someone who would enjoy hearing it.  Thanks

Video of the poem



A Question Most Often Asked  1-7-1972

A question most often asked
Who are you and what are you going to be
I now answer easily
"I am me"
But you're no one
"I am happy and need no recognition"
But how can you be happy without recognition?
"By enjoying what I do"
"By just being me"
And this makes you happy
"Partly, but everything I do aides me"
"For helping others and sticking to my decisions"
But sometimes your decisions may hurt you
"It is better to hurt yourself knowingly"
"Than to hurt someone else fatally"
Your mind is confusing
"By mind may confuse others"
"Yet many people don't worry of the mind"
"So you try being understanding and compassionate"
"With this you never confuse yourself"
"And never become angered only when"
"You do not understand"
You're very contradicting
"But very real"

ERG



Cheers,
JG

Entertainment ON

Are you entertained?

I'm entertained.  We're all entertained!  Hey!!!

I love entertainment.  All forms.  Many different mediums.  I love art.  Many forms.  

I think about the process that it takes to create something of wonder, something to be remembered.  What is it that gives a certain person that nostalgia?  What is it that allows someone to overstep the bounds of our current realities and leave us in a fictitious world?

This documentary is something that has an amazing story to it.

It's a documentary on Conan O'Brien.  If you haven't seen it - it is amazing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzgcSBLwAzI

I've been intrigued by late night television.  What is it that makes us watch?  What is it that pulls us in?

What keeps us watching?  Is there anything that will turn us away - or will we keep watching no matter who is on - just because it's someone that is on.

As a culture - we like to be entertained and the entertainment is always on.

Cheers,

JG

Great article on Memorization

Hello Everyone,

I've been working on memorizing a script for my job - not an acting script (not yet at least ;) - a sales approach.  I'm excited about the process but wanted to know if there was a faster way to memorize material.

I found a great article on Lifehacker.org

Check out the article here

Some of the content I've heard before but some of it was brand new.  The tip about drinking green tea to improve memory was interesting and I'm definitely going to start drinking more green tea.

A friend had given me the tip of recording myself for faster memorization.  The article goes into more detail on why it works.

I've been so used to just reading content over and over and over again as a way to memorize material.  It's nice to know that there are better faster ways to get something done.

What memorization techniques have worked for you?

Let us know.

Cheers,
JG