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Can Success be found in Writing by simply applying some habits of sales professionals? https://medium.com/publishous/applying-a-sales-managers-advice-to-writing-43b309570b53 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

With Police Brutality that has taken a front seat to the health crisis named Corona-Virus “Ignorance  and stupidity are the most dangerous viruses that jeopardize our living  together. Calamity cannot be prevented nor cured, simply as a result of  unawareness.” ― Erik Pevernagie A Killer Within Disclaimer: This is not my most hope filled writing, I’m not sure there will be a  good takeaway. I’ll work on one as I go, let’s hope it shows up. When I was a young man, I liked to have fun and blow off steam accumulated from others attempts at my domestication. This  usually meant, women, wine and driving around. This combination will  get one into trouble sooner or later, it got me sooner. One  evening, heading home after a particularly good night of frolicking  around, I drove my brand new Pontiac Grand Prix through a fence into a  field. I was stuck, could not get it out and somehow police were on the  scene in minutes, even though it was a rural area. They  quickly decided I was driving while intoxicated and began the arrest  procedure. Although not resisting, I was mouthy and not particularly  willing to be handcuffed and drug away. They don’t like that. Read the entire article on Medium https://miro.medium.com/max/4800/1*XQcZ7Z5E__F7ZxlBGIGA5g.jpeg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Saying no more often could lead to a more curated and enjoyable life, by Real Window Creative, read by Megan Kumakura. Support us on Patreon for much more at https://www.patreon.com/realwindowcreative “The pieces I chose were based on one thing only — a gasp of delight. Isn’t that the only way to curate a life?” ― Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things The Onslaught of Things Every  single day, my inbox is full of valuable offers for things I can  acquire that will supposedly enhance my life. My favorite is an email I  get every few days from B&H Photo. They  sell a lot more than just photography gear and send out a daily deal  email with three or four items heavily discounted. I love electronic  gadgets and over the years this one has drawn me in the most times. Heck  there is not tax and the shipping is free! So  I see it, click in and purchase that Police Scanner I apparently could  not live without. Or another Bluetooth speaker, set of headphones or  earbuds, even special finger-less gloves. Then  there’s the two microscopes that take up and entire workbench in my  office. Or the outdated Tamron Photovix that I had to have, but have  never used. Start Saying No In an article by Michael Simmons titled Warren  Buffett: “Really Successful People Say No To Almost Everything” he  writes “When Bill Gates first met Warren Buffett, their host, Gates’  mother, asked everyone around the table to share the single most  important factor to their success.” Gates and Buffett both gave the same  one-word answer: “Focus.” My interpretation, gleaned from a lifetime of studying what successful people do, sounds like this. Say no to everything that does not add value to, or is not in alignment with my mission. In other words, ruthless prioritizing and curation. I  stopped going to the grocery store years ago, my food is now delivered.  Same with the lawn, the 4 to 8 hours I save every few weeks not doing  those tasks can be spent creating new artwork, or writing. I decided to  say no to spending my time on these two tasks, instead using it for  tasks more aligned with my passion. These decisions took a while, Its likely counter intuitive for most of us. Doesn’t doing more actually bring abundance and opportunities into my life? The answer is not always yes. Recently,  I also stopped answering the phone for all the automated sales calls.  It was irritating, same recording over and over from different numbers. I  now spend the time saved to block the phone number. This choice  effectively replaces the discomfort with a feeling of accomplishment,  just one choice. I’m  not sure why, but there were no classes on decision making from  elementary school through to college. Looking back, it’s clear that I  could use some coaching in this area. This idea has brought writing on Medium into a critical light for me. The jury is still out, more on that later. Read the entire article and enjoy illustrations on Medium. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.–Albert Einstein The Library is off Limits Back  in the day, while I was still kicking up my heals you wouldn’t find me  dead with a library card. I was getting ready to say, “I don’t know why” but that’s not entirely true, well, not true at all. It  was tough for me to avoid run-ins with the local police back then, what  with cruising around looking for girls, driving too fast and drinking.  They tend to frown on those three items mixed in together at the same  time. Now I know, most everybody does. Somewhere,  I had read an article talking about a project the police were using to  gather library card data for something or another. Right there I made  some adolescent decision that the library was a ruse.  A cover for or an extension of the local law enforcement. Not that I  had anything to hide, it took me about 15 years to shake that  resentment.Back in the day, kicking up my heels, I wouldn’t be found dead with a library card. Read and enjoy illustrations at https://medium.com/the-4-elements-of-change/a-boy-a-goldfish-and-the-local-library-e852038d3f67 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

I decided to head back to school hoping to earn a degree. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. — Nelson Mandela Life Happens in its own way After  a career spent mostly in restaurant and retail management, with some  entrepreneurship and artistry mixed in, somehow I desired something  else. We  are taught in conventional circles that institutional education is the  path, a voice kept repeating in my head, that message they put there. I  had something nagging, an in-completion gnawing at me. I had moved  several times in my High School years, missing some time in school. When  the graduation event arrived, I was short a few credits. Read and enjoy the entire article and illustrations on Real Window Creative the Publication. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Could we already possess a wonderful tool for increasing effectiveness and averting disaster? Read by the author. Read the text version on https://medium.com/the-philosophers-stone/h-a-l-t-46d6f970a65d Find more like this at our website.  Find a video version on YouTube  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

The rails were rusty as if trains weren’t using it and the view of Philly would be perfect. Read the text here...  Find out more about Christopher  Recorded with a Shure SM7B Connected to a Focusrite Scarlett --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

The Importance of Blooming Right Where You Are Planted By Christopher Boswell Read by Brandon Rouzan I would like my life to be a statement of love and compassion — and where it isn’t, that’s where my work lies. ~ Ram Dass Blooming  where you are planted, is so important yet easily forgotten. Up until a  few moments ago, I was working on processing images, and the one you  see above was in front of me. There was a gnawing feeling to move on, to  leave the work unfinished. A deeply rooted need in me to be distracted,  many interests pulling me away. Stopping  for a moment, I thought about the photo, it was perfect for what was  happening to me. Or, more accurately, the actions I was faced with  choosing. In  fact, the only reason I was sitting here trying to improve on this  image is because I had used half measures when I originally processed  and key-worded the photo. Once again, in a rush to get to the next  thing, so I could hurry and do that half way too! This occurrence in me has inspired a new inquiry about a seemingly almost universal human trait. Just like that, the feeling is hitting me again. “Why was I wanting to write an article on this?” A  voice asks this question from somewhere deep inside. I’ll answer it, or  maybe ask a question, “what would you rather be doing?” no answer  comes, I already know what activity I’m engaged in rarely matters  regarding my capacity to focus until finished. What does it is, my  judgements about it and the other stimulus hitting my Retinas and  Synapses. “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present” ― Bill Keane One  should likely resist the urge to name this behavior, especially using a  medical term that indicates something is broken. I don’t think anything  is wrong, but I do know that focus applied over time can create  wonderful accomplishment. It starts by being fully & happily committed to being where you are, after all, you won’t really be here for long. Read the entire article on Medium --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Recently while trying to monetize YouTube an assumption was uncovered mistakenly believed for 11 years. “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.” ― Isaac Asimov Blind Spots It easy for me to recall when I was first introduced to the idea of blind spots. Our blind spots cause a failure to recognize that emotions, such as fear and distrust,  change how we and others interpret and talk about reality. We think we  understand and remember what others say, when we really only remember  our thoughts about about what gets said. And that is not all… Today, I was working on my YouTube presence trying to attract enough followers and subscribers to monetize my channel. I uploaded the first video there 11 years ago! Wow. Over a decade and it only has 625 views. It’s kinda whimsical, one of my first attempts at making a video from sill pictures. Finish reading the article on Medium Find more media like this at Real Window Creative --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Could we already possess a wonderful tool for increasing effectiveness and averting disaster? “Self-care is how you take your power back.”– Lalah Delia At  some point along my journey it became clear that most of the time I  operated on emotion. I’d grown up watching others engage emotionally, no  other way was known. Then life began to educate me. One  of the first things to go when operating out of this mindset is  self-care. I can think of story after story, times when fuzzy-headed  from emotional turmoil, decisions were made that cost me something.  Sometimes the cost was trivial and other times it was and still is  life-altering. Warning: The next paragraph contains some graphic descriptions of events. Once,  while on my way to work in Philadelphia, I was stuck in slow moving  traffic behind a semi-truck. Suddenly, I noticed a passenger door open  on a car in front of me, next to the big rig. A young woman appeared  from the back seat of a taxi-cab stepping into the roadway. What happened next is one thing to read a story about, It’s a whole other thing to witness in person. The  woman hurled herself under the semi truck in front of me. She  disappeared from my sight as I saw the semi lurch forward and then raise  up and back down like it had hit a speed bump. A  poor woman had timed it perfectly, ending her own life right there, one  car length away from me. I think of her often even though the event  happened over 30 years ago. Her  action set hundreds of other little events and emotional reactions into  motion for many people. I was a stringer for a local newspaper at the  time. Clearly, this was a news story. I struggled with the personal  nature of it and as a result, never took a picture even though my gear  was in the trunk. What  had she been dealing with? Had she made a split second decision in that  very moment and acted? Or, had her misery been ongoing and it was all  premeditated? Could the HALT method have save her life? Read the entire article on Medium Support us on Patreon for more like this. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

How do we know what looks good in a picture or design and why? No  one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before  painting it, and is sure of his method and composition. — Claude Monet The rule of thirds. It  is interesting and curious, how we evolved into deciding what we like  to look at? Color, form, lines, contrast, shape and intensity are some  of the variables involved. Can you talk about what it is you like about  the way a view of something appears to you? It can be on the internet,  with text and images arranged just so. Or,  on the TV program you have going in the background right now. It’s  defined on the art you chose to hang on your walls and maybe most  importantly on the faces of those you love most. Today, there only two established rules I desire to talk about. The Rule of Thirds and the Golden Mean or Ratio. Read the entire text and see the illustrations on Medium. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

I wonder if a farmer feels motivated each morning on the 120 days of work before harvest? "The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer. " ~ Will Rogers My grandfather was a farmer, my Mother’s Father, I always admired him.  They, he and my Grandmother, stopped farming when he turned fifty and  moved into the city. The work just began to take it’s toll on his body,  all the physical labor. Motivation had finally run out, but he did not stop working, instead went down to the Farm City Supply store and shared his decades of knowledge with those still toiling. Farming  is really unique as a way of earning a living, think about it. In  Agriculture one must do much work before there is any payoff. Plowing,  fertilizing, seeding, watering, insect fighting, harvesting and finally  transporting to market. This adds up to a bunch of days where one may  not feel like getting out there. Read by  Brandon Rouzan Ream more at Medium.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Could you stop building everyone else’s empire and start your own? The  American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you  there. You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to  have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea,  hard work and determination. — — Bill Rancic My first real full time job was my forth one. I was no stranger to working  having already had three part time gigs. Just out of High School, a  friend and I went to apply for positions in this little strip mall deli.  To our surprise, we both got hired on as cooks. My  life was about to get impacted, I learned much there. I’ll never forget  that experience, the menu had 8 items and one of the specialty  sandwiches was a Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly. It was a humble and  simple beginning and all I could see from there. No mentors around to guide me, I had had it with school, cook was it, for now. The  owners were a young couple really not much older than I was at the  time. It would not be long before I was offered the role of Assistant  Manager. On I went, cooking PB&J’s, ham sandwiches, prepping and  making steak soup. We also kept knocking down walls, expanding the  restaurant. I  gave that couple 5 of my best years only to have a slight dispute with a  waitress over a short till somehow end in my firing. Then, my boss  decided it would be appropriate to fight the unemployment claim saying  that I quit. He won and my education in the sometimes harsh realities of  employment began. Read more... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Wisdom gained from over 4 plus decades of recruiting or employment seeking. “Getting fired is nature’s way of telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.” — Hal Lancaster Going to Work My  working career started around the age of 11. Having already decided to  be an artist, I was inspired to create. Much time was spent creating  drawings, pottery, painting, poetry or even what we called “alley  hunting.” One of my favorite places to be was in Art class or at the small desk in my room making something. A  year or so later, after asking my Mom for some money, I found myself  shipped off to rural Nebraska where my knuckles got bloodied while bees  chased me around as I tried to throw hay bales. Somehow,  I talked the decision maker into letting me drive the tractor. Selling  him on the fact that I was not that strong and was slowing down  production. Later,  I would enter sales as a profession, but would have to finish my time  on the tractor first. That ended abruptly when I failed to negotiate a  turn coupled with an elevation change, overturning the almost full  flatbed trailer. This event is seemingly so rare, I could not find even one picture ANYWHERE depicting a similar event. I was not very popular after that and was shipped back home. Read the entire article with illustrations on Medium  Learn more about and support the author on Patreon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

How to put your writing in front of a new market in the eBook format “Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.” ― Douglas Adams Leaving Money on the Table In  years of creative and business experience I have found myself sometimes  leaving money on the table. Usually by failing to see possibilities or  take new action. This reality has me looking at the library of my authorship with new eyes. Up until now it has been exclusive to Medium, but changes do come, humans tweak things and income invariably slides south. However,  we are not powerless and the first step in taking new actions may be to  assign the proper value to our creative product. Read the entire article with illustrations on Medium Find much, much more at Real Window Creative on Patreon. We humbly ask that if you like anything you have heard please give us your support. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Owning a Dog can be one of the most rewarding experiences, unless it’s not. Dog Illustration Owning  a Dog can be one of the most rewarding experiences, unless it’s not.  One rule for the former to be true is a well-behaved and obedient  Canine. In 5 plus decades of life I have had the joy to have provided  care for a dozen dogs as an owner, and hundreds as a boarder. The  perception that we have creates how we respond and in turn a change in  our response carries on into the canine and the outcome. Please allow me  to pass on FIVE of the key principals this experience has taught me. Key #1: Understand the Difference between Posturing, Aggression, and Fear. A  common trait among dogs is the instinct to self preserve. As a result  of this it’s common that he or she will appear to be aggressive and  ready to fight another animal. Most often this reaction is fear in the  animal, some reasons they may engage in this activity follow. A  mother with babies who perceives a threat will almost always behave  aggressively, remember the need to preserve life. Dogs in their own  territory will ALWAYS respond with a call to arms” when an intruder or  unknown canine enters their territory, like inside the house or yard.  Even on a walk, some dogs may show aggression to a passing pack, feeling  compelled by centuries of evolution to do their job as protectors. Once  we as pack leaders understand this is normal, our reaction naturally  changes. In the mother with babies scenario we move out of fear, feeling  the need to stop or correct her, into a partnership with her,  protecting the family from harm together, preserving the pack. We may  keep the fence closed and tight not allowing foreign animals to invade  her space while caring for her young. On  a walk instead of being embarrassed and going to the other side of the  street, we can make a point to stop and meet the other pedestrians.  Allowing time for new connections to be formed for all involved. If  introducing a new animals into our homes we can expect some posturing  as normal and support calm and safety until anxiety lessens. As we show  consistency in the way we lead and protect our pack, they in turn become  more confident and calm following our lead or example. As we reinforce  their actions replacing “bad dog vibes” with a “yes” or a “good dog’ and  a touch more often, more stability and joy will become normal feelings  for all. Read More on Medium! Subscribe for more ad free content on Patreon! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

It’s not just for selling things or finding a job there's at least one more important function. Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. — William James Finders Keepers Losers Weepers Craigslist, you know, the very simply coded interface that’s offers online classified ads. A  valuable tool to connect people looking for work or workers. Hooking up  buyers with sellers for all kinds of products new and used from bikes  to semi trucks. Yet, it can be so much more. I’ve scoured the FREE STUFF section and found free pavers, fencing, and even a full set of chrome wheels with tires mounted. Craigslist first effected me profoundly, after getting separated from my canine Wolfhound Melvin. Read more..... Learn more about Real Window Creative here... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Could you be more effective than you think? It’s just one decision Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. — William James They Won’t Pick Me. That’s  right, just one decision. A friend of mine called me recently to talk.  He was unemployed at the time feeling frustrated at what he thought was  the situation in the market. At  the same time I was seeking to hire a salesperson and was also  frustrated, but for a different reason. He had his eye on a particular  position but had not approached or applied, imagining there was a vast  sea of applicants. He would never been seen, why bother, he was making  himself angry while shooting his own foot. I  had also been frustrated with the results of a tired old ad, that had  been copied and pasted 50 times into Craig’s List. It was about as  boring as you could get and I was getting only 5 to 10 resumes. Hardly a  large enough pool to choose from. Informing  my friend that his perception may be skewed, I encouraged him to apply.  I said “they may only get 10 qualified candidates, you will stand out  in the group, but you have to make the effort.” He took my advice, got an interview, then an offer and took the job. He was elated. With  this new information I also made a change in behavior, completely  rewriting the help wanted advertisement. Really thinking of it from the  job seekers view, I crafted an exciting few paragraphs that changed  everything. The week it ran I received 100 resumes. There were so many  coming in I could hardly find time to look over them all. Breaking  this self limiting belief for my friend, taught me a lesson too. This  new outlook resulted in a much higher quality new hire. I’m not Enough. John us on Patreon for so much more! Read more on Medium --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message

Don’t let what others think get too far up in your head, it’s just like flipping a coin… I love to call the flip of a coin, for some reason the side I pick most  often is tails. It’s like a hope in me for the perceived underdog right?  I mean look which side the photographer decided to focus on, in the  image above, it’s heads. We  perceive heads as the right one the correct choice. If you doubt me on  this just check a couple of the bills in your wallet or purse, do you  see any tails in there? Over  many years, Sanders’ research supported his belief that other people’s  feedback to us, the outcome they made about us, and the choices they  make concerning us all, have a significant impact on our success and  happiness. As the evidence mounted in support of this conclusion, he was  forced to believe that the more we are liked, _the more pleasant our  lives will be. ~ The likeability Factor on Peoplehro.com. My  experience has taught me over 50 years of creating and people mingling  it’s all just about 50/50. Innately, you may feel that’s just too even  so, the majority of the time we will pick heads. We all have these  personal beliefs we are trying to confirm, some special ability believed  to be within ourselves, with each coin flip. Pursuing  a high likeability factor could indeed be like an unattainable quest’  following a carrot on the stick, soon meandering right over the nearest  cliff. Would you like to read more? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/realwindowcreative/message