Where has Rags gone?

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 Submitted by RagsToRich on Fri, 2010-08-13 10:59
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Apologies for the lack of updates – but there may be some more of that to come. In the mean time I’d suggest anyone stopping a by check out some of the articles in the archive – there’s some good stuff on this site which I revisit myself from time to time.
 
I’m now 3 weeks off moving to Spain – that means I haven’t found much time to keep TRM updated. Also I have this ever-growing desire to completely redesign the site from scratch. That’s going to mean reading books on design, creating designs, and then implementing the whole thing and I’d estimate the work at about 100-200 hours. So it could be a couple of months before I find somewhere to fit that in.
 
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Trialing the MotivAider

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 Submitted by RagsToRich on Tue, 2010-07-20 14:36
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My MotivAiderSome time ago I was asked by Steve Lorinson to test out his product the MotivAider.
 
Actually what happened is Steve posted a comment on my blog name-dropping his device as a brilliant motivational aid. I challenged him to come up with the goods and I’d review it objectionably – and to his credit he came back to me almost instantly and sent me a sample device.
 
Over a month later and it’s still sitting on my shelf screaming “use me”. Preparing for the move to Spain is taking a vast amount of my time, hence I haven't had the opportunity.
 
The basic functionality of the device is to vibrate at set intervals – intended purely as a reminder for you about a commitment you’ve made to yourself. So for example if you decided to improve your posture you would write down a statement, something like “smart successful go-getters like me keep a good posture.”
 
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Being positive, remaining upbeat and using optimism: a full discourse on positivity

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 Submitted by RagsToRich on Tue, 2010-07-06 12:51
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What actually is real positivity? How can it be useful? What are the initial dangers of trying to use positivity and why do some people warn against “sugar-coating” everything?
 
The truth is being a positive person is far more complex than it may look to be at first glance. The dogmatic advice to just “be positive” is rarely useful for more than a brief reminder or for a short boost. It isn’t just a case of seeing the cup half-full instead of half-empty.
 
Positivity has a number of sensations and emotions attached to it. It is deeper than just a rephrasing – this is why it’s unreasonable to expect to go from an energy vampire to positive and upbeat over-night. There’s a kind of enjoyable, upbeat, bright and unrelenting energy which flows with positivity.
 
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The inexhaustible energy of the human spirit

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 Submitted by RagsToRich on Wed, 2010-06-23 11:11
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At the heart of everyone is a pure awareness which is infinite in resources and experience. When a task seems completely impossible, and then that sense of impossibility is dropped and from somewhere arises a great sense of drive, of hope, and of optimism, it is from this source central to us all that it comes.
 
I know this is a little more spiritual than the things I usually talk about but I’ve recently been reading a lot of writings by Lester Levenson and James Allen and I’ve been inspired to see things more this way.
 
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