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April 23, 2013

This Graphic Lets You Watch How Fast America Got Fat

Fit or Fat? Data Says ... "Fatter than Ever".

It’s no secret that the US has a weight problem, but did you realize how fast the country got fat?

The U.S. has gone from a relatively thin country to a place where the norm in many areas is to be overweight or even obese.

Look How Fast It Happened. The chart starts in 1985.

via The Atlantic

This animated map is jaw-dropping (or belt-busting). Notice the how the rate of change accelerates when it reaches the 2000s … many states burst from around a 20% obesity level to over 30%.

It is interesting to note that Colorado remains the only state (in blue) with less than 20% obesity.

Meanwhile, Gallop recently released their Well-Being Index of 189 metro areas. In 2012, obesity rates in all but two areas were above 15%.

Here are the Fittest and Fattest Communities in the U.S.:

If you live in Charlottesville VA or Boulder CO, you’re probably looking good.

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April 18, 2013

Dance Like Nobody Is Watching ... But Plan for Bathing Suit Season [video]

Hope you are having a fun week.

It is springtime ... and the gym I go to is starting to get busier.

Reminder: summer is almost here.

The video below shows what happens when you forget that bathing suit season is coming.

On a positive note, the guy on the left is a pretty good dancer. Love that he plays full-out, dances like no one is watching, and has fun.

Posted at 12:53 PM in Healthy Lifestyle, Just for Fun, Music | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

March 31, 2013

Some Things to Ponder After the First Quarter

Urgent, please read ASAP.

That's what gets done, of course. The urgent.

Not the article you haven't gotten around to writing, the trip to the gym that will pay off in the long run, the planning for your upcoming birthday party, dinner with your parents (who would love to see you), ten minutes to sit quietly, saying thank you to a friend for no real reason... no, we do the urgent first.

The problem, of course, is that the queue of urgent never ends, it merely changes its volume as it gets longer.

Yes, we've heard it said that it's the important, not the urgent, that deserves attention. But it understates just how much we've been manipulated by those that would make their important into our urgent.

via Seth Godin.

We just finished the first quarter of 2013.

It's been three months since New Year's Eve, and most New Year's Resolutions have been forgotten. As you prepare to face the rest of 2013, ask yourself these powerful questions from Greg Bustin:

What do I want?
What’s holding me back?
What’s the impact of not getting what I say I want?

Now get going. It's not just the first day of a new Quarter ... it's the first day of the rest of your life.

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March 29, 2013

When Sleep Doesn't Help Like It Should ... It Might Be The Position You're In

Front, Back or Side ... What's Your Perfect Sleep Position?

Instead of a good night's sleep, it may be hurting you.

Here is an infographic from the WSJ that lays it out for you.

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March 24, 2013

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

What bothers you most about someone else is often a clue about what you don't like about your own circumstances ... or, a political cartoonist could point it out instead.

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

10 Billionaire Biographies You Must Read. (Under30CEO)
Lessons for Data Driven Businesses. (TechCrunch)
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food. (NYTimes)
Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama's Extraordinary Talk On God and Religion. (HuffingtonPost)
An Ingenious Way Of Using Google Maps To Tell Where Rich And Poor People Live. (BizInsider)

Trading Links:

Forbes Lists the World's Richest People. The Billionaire List. (Forbes)
Singapore: The World's Richest City. (WSJ Video)
Google Passes Apple as Top U.S. Mutual and Hedge Fund Holding. (AppleInsider)
Yardeni: S&P 500 Could Hit 1665 Mid-Year. (BusinessInsider)
Sign of the Times: Celebrity Mila Kunis Talked Stocks on CNBC. Is that as an ominous sign for the rally, or just an indication that “dumb-money” is back in the game? (TDB)

Posted at 09:30 AM in Business, Current Affairs, Food and Drink, Healthy Lifestyle, Ideas, Just for Fun, Personal Development, Religion, Trading, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

March 18, 2013

The Countdown of Life - How What You Do Adds Up Over Time

Are you happy how you spend your day?

Do you ever think about how most people choose to spend their time?

As you might guess, average Americans spend 8 hours at work, maybe half an hour in traffic, a few hours watching TV in the evening.

But what if you looked at it another way - what if you added up all those hours over the course of your whole life? The following infographic shows the tally.

That half an hour in traffic adds up to over a year of your life. And those innocent hours of TV? They add up to 9 years for the average American.

"It's not the years in your life that count ... It's the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln

Are you giving time to the things you really care about?

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March 02, 2013

Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading

Perhaps you've seen the t-shirt before ...

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

Lighter Links:

Washington, DC, Is No. 1 — at Watching Porn. So they are doing something there. (Newser)
20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013. Selected By Frog Design (Fastcodesign)
Seeking Cheaper Insurance, Drivers Accept Monitoring Devices. (NYTimes)
Toyota Unveils a Lexus that Drives Itself. But Says It’ll Keep Drivers in Control (MIT TechReview)
Getting the Right Dose of Exercise. Why Four Workouts a Week May Be Better Than Six. (Well)

Trading Links:

How Michael Jordan Still Earns $80 Million A Year. (Forbes)
Kass Gets ‘Summer of 1987 Feeling’. Sentiment and valuations make a strong bear case (CNBC)
Fed Action This Year More Powerful Than in 2012. (WSJ)
A Tax That Could Change the Trading Game. It’s all about ‘Carrots’ and ‘Sticks’. (NYTimes)
Perhaps You Are Not as Good an Investor as You Think You Are. Many investors have been behaving as if the bloodbath between October 2007 and March 2009 never happened. (Wall Street Journal)

Posted at 01:50 PM in Business, Current Affairs, Gadgets, Healthy Lifestyle, Ideas, Just for Fun, Market Commentary, Trading, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

February 27, 2013

Bill Gates Annual Letter - Why The 'Right' Measures Matter

Why does measurement matter?

Bill Gates explores this question in his 2013 Annual Letter, highlighting innovations in measurement that are helping to eradicate poverty and disease.

Download Bill Gates' 2013 Annual Letter in PDF format.

Also see his "My Hope for 2030" video.

Posted at 06:01 PM in Current Affairs, Healthy Lifestyle, Ideas, Science, Travel | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

February 18, 2013

How Winners Are Made: A Little Inspiration To Start Your Week

What a great speech ... short, simple, and to the point. Hope you get something from it.

After you watch the video, here is the transcript.

Life is tough, that's a given.

When you stand up, you're gonna be shoved back down. When you're down, you're gonna be stepped on.

My advice to you doesn't come with a lot of bells and whistles. It's no secret, you'll fall down, you stumble, you get pushed, you land square on your face. And every time that happens, you get back on your feet. You get up just as fast as you can, no matter how many times you need to do it. Remember this, success has been and continues to be defined as getting up one more time than you've been knocked down.

If experience has taught me anything, it's that nothing is free and living ain't easy.

Life is hard, real hard, incredibly hard. You fail more often than you win, nobody is handing you anything. It's up to you to puff up your chest, stretch your neck and overcome all that is difficult, the nasty, the mean, the unfair.

You want more than what you've now, PROVE IT!

You want beat the very best out there that is, get out there and earn it!

Once you decide that, you'll know where it is you want to be, then you won't stop pushing forward until you get there! That's how winners are made.

At the end of the day, success is what we all want. We all want to win, and the race will be won. There is no question about that.

So come on, get out on top, run faster, dream bigger, live better than you ever have before. This is in you. You can do this. Do it for yourself. Prove it to yourself!