I have enormous admiration and respect for the great thinkers throughout history; individuals who, with their insight and wisdom, help us all to live better lives.
Marianne Williamson, in my opinion, is such an individual.
Through her written words to follow, she is able to remind us who we really are and what influence we each have [...]
Archive for April, 2008
OUR DEEPEST FEAR
Posted in art, inspirational, life, tagged child of god, d.w.jacobs, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure, let your light shine, liberate from fear, liberate others, marianne Williamson, metaya, Nelson Mandela, power beyond belief, pretending you're small, Return To Love on April 30, 2008 | 11 Comments »
CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT
Posted in life, tagged change, change is constant, change is inevitable, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, life, metaya, nature, resistance to change, whack on the side of the head on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That class altered my life forever. “Change is the only constant!” he said.
“Huh?” I thought.
“There is only one predictable element in nature and that is CHANGE!” he said again.
“How could change be a constant?” I puzzled.
“Nothing stays the same . . . except this fact. Change is inevitable!”
I suspected he [...]
THE KEY THAT UNLOCKS THE LOCK
Posted in life, tagged action, attention, dan jacobs, daniel jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, goals, hopes and desires, intentions, interest, life, metaya, motivation, purposes, raison d' etre on April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you get right down to it, it’s not that complicated: you can help people come back to life and action in one of three ways.
1. What purposes did they once have that you can help them achieve?
2. What purposes do they now have that you can help them achieve?
3. What purposes can they set [...]
TOO MUCH TO THINK?
Posted in life, tagged accomplishing more, Add new tag, captain beefheart, dan jacobs, daniel jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, doing, getting into action, golf, imagination, jacobs writings, metaya, Montecristo #2, second-guessing, simplicity, Terry Puterbaugh, thinking, too much to think on April 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I was enjoying a superb Montecristo #2 cigar with my friend Terry Puterbaugh, chewing away at the mysteries of the universe when he came up with something that sparked my imagination.
He said, “My best golf of the year comes at the first two rounds . . . something about muscle memory without conscience thought, I [...]
THE ARTISTS’ SECRET
Posted in art, life, tagged artist, artists' secret, belief, belief in self, competence, confidence, dan jacobs, daniel jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, metaya, performance, secret, your message on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It can’t be bought and it can’t be sold. Although invisible, intangible, and sometimes elusive, it’s native to every artist.
To the audience, this secret is sensed as an undeniably visceral experience that touches and moves them. From the artists’ viewpoint, the secret is to gain sufficient technique to get their message across, but not let [...]
THE GIRL IN THE WINDOW
Posted in life, tagged action, amsterdam, artistic marketing, attention, attention marketing, d.w.jacobs writing, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, imagination, interest, marketing sex, metaya, prostitutes, prostitution, raambordellen, red-light district, sales, seduction sells, sex sells, thought marketing on April 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Capture their attention and excite their imagination and you’ve got your hands on the most powerful marketing tool there is!
Having just returned from a vacation in Amsterdam, a city known for its free-spirited liberalism, diversity and tolerance, my buddy enthusiastically told me about his new discovery, which I’ve called, “the girl in the window” principle [...]
LIFE IS LIVED
Posted in life, tagged anxiety, future, life, metaya, past, present, time, worries on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some of us live our lives running away from the past, only to discover it has followed us anyway. Or we are so anxiously worried about the future that we neglect the present.
Regrets over past misdeeds only bring them into the present to live by our side day-by-day. Worries and anxieties [...]
BAD ADVICE
Posted in life, tagged advice, bad advice, d.w.jacobs writing, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, enemy action, excuses, fast action, metaya, suspicion on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The first time – it’s excusable;
the second time – it’s suspicious;
the third time – it’s an enemy action;
take fast action NOW.
daniel w. jacobs
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IT’S ABOUT THE PEOPLE
Posted in life, tagged art, business, d.w.jacobs writing, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, entertainment, metaya, people, sales, target on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“What business are you in . . . really?” she asked with the hint of a smile in her voice. Her response to my nearly inaudible answer took me completely by surprise . . . just as she expected it would.
“The truth is, you’re in the people business, she continued, everything else is secondary.” [...]
CRITICS – an opinion
Posted in life, tagged anti-critic, art, artists, critics, d.w.jacobs writing, dan jacobs, daniel w. jacobs, metaya on April 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mostly, they are leaches. Without the creative artist to feed on, they would be nothing.
What issues from the carping critic is a covert attempt to focus attention on themselves at the expense of the true artist who’s work is under consideration . . . pitifully, they are failures at this as well.
These words come [...]
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