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Emancipate Yourself from Mental Slavery

May 17, 2012 By Rob Leave a Comment

In 1979 Bob Marley wrote these words, lyrics in perhaps his best song, Redemption Song.

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind”

Bob Marley

Those words were taken from a speech given by Marcus Garvey in 1937 the full quote from the speech was:

“We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind…”

Marcus Garvey

Although these words spoken 75 years ago, and in reference to a somewhat different struggle I believe they still are relevant today, perhaps more so.

Why? Because you have allowed yourself to become enslaved. [Read more…]

6 Secrets of Multi-millionaires

May 4, 2012 By Rob Leave a Comment

This is a must-see video from Brendon Burchard. Incredibly smart and inspiring stuff.

It’s about how multi-millionaires and high performers THINK, focus and get so much done, and how they INFLUENCE others so easily and effectively.

Everyone is struggling to have more energy, success and influence these days, so this hits the mark.

Check it out:

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Gnarly Bay Video of Chile and Patagonia

March 17, 2012 By Rob Leave a Comment

Ran across this video of some beautiful footage of Chile and Patagonia. The film makers documented 5 weeks of exploration and produced this amazing work. Makes me want to book a ticket and leave right now.

Interview with Location Rebel Sean Ogle

March 17, 2012 By Rob Leave a Comment

This is a short interview with entrepreneur and location rebel Sean Ogle. Sean runs a site called Location 180, in 2007 he was a working 50 hours a week as a financial analyst and decided that he needed a lifestyle change. In 2009 he started Location 180 and in 2010 he moved to Thailand and headed in a new direction in life.

Now he helps people with their own lifestyle design choices. If you have ever thought about quitting your job and really taking your life in a different direction then you must check out Sean’s site; Location 180 as well as its sister site Location Rebel.

Sean did a quick video interview with Tripfilms.com, I think you will find it interesting.

My Quest to be Fucking Awesome

March 17, 2012 By Rob Leave a Comment

This is a post that I never intended on writing, it never occurred to me until I received an email from Corbett Barr, entitled Corbett’s Best of 2011. Corbett is an independent writer, entrepreneur and founder of Insanely Useful Media. In his email, among other things he had a list of his favourite blog posts of 2011, I read most if not all of his “best of” posts, and they were all very good but here we are 2 weeks later and I still can’t get one post in particular out of my mind. It was a post called The Quest to Be F*cking Awesome. Read it… as Corbett says it is epic shit.

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