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Fasting for health

By Greg Rie • Feb 21st, 2008 • Category: Health, Latest Fix, Top Stuff

Real-life scenario:
You’ve been living a healthy life, exercising, no smoking, drinking, dangerous sex, etc. You take your vitamins. Then one day, you go to a doctor for a minor complaint, he checks your blood pressure and faints. Recovering, he rants on about expecting you to faint in his office from hypertension. He commands you to […]



Got Attitude #3 - Be a self-learner

By Greg Rie • Jan 15th, 2008 • Category: Attitude Adjustment, Top Stuff

Do you think you’re a cool, inspirational person, bursting with so many crazy ideas that you think your head might explode and ruin the fancy carpet?
If not, then you’re living the wrong life. You’re living uncle Joe’s life.
Joe’s a moron. Joe is the guy living in neutral. He’s not really awake. He has this glazed […]



Got Attitude #2 - Sense of adventure

By Greg Rie • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: Attitude Adjustment, Top Stuff

Kids… Love them or drown them, they can teach us so many lessons. Smartarses.
When you were a kid, you didn’t try things out of fear and doubt. If given a new lightsabre - you’d come alive excitement.
It all comes down to appreciating the excitement of the experience and seeing what you can learn from it, […]



Got Attitude #1 - Enjoy Life

By Greg Rie • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: Attitude Adjustment, Top Stuff

Before I can shove your head under the grimy waters of knowledge, we’re going to have to exorcise those demons in your head.
There’s no point educating you if those nasty little blighters are holding you back from learning.
So I’m going to have to drag you through the negativity of your own mind, and clean […]