Waching daily Feb 14 2018

7 WAYS AN IMPROVED SPIRITUALITY IS EMERGING IN THE WESTERN WORLD

BY Phillip J. Watt,

Finally there is a little more �uncommon sense� sweeping widely across spiritual

mindsets in Western communities. Even though there are still many ideological splits � especially

in regards to those who lean towards a more gnostic view and those who engage more with

new age perspectives � there appears to be a greater acceptance of the shadow across

the entire spectrum.

It really got out of hand in a rainbows-and-unicorns fashion for a while, at least for some. The

Eastern philosophies were appropriated into a significantly distorted and unrealistic

happy-fest, which left many newer and older spiritual seekers confused about some very

simple concepts.

To begin, remember the saturation of lopsided new age memes that so many people were advocating

over the last several years? Thankfully they have appeared to subside in intensity as many

people begin to realise that denying the dark whilst deluding themselves with a false positivity

just wasn�t working for them. Why thankfully? To put it bluntly, it was foolish. Impractical.

It made little sense and just disconnected people further from not just themselves, but

each other, and reality at large.

?So in that light � or dark � let�s get on with 7 ways an improved spirituality

is finally emerging on a wider scale.

1. Language is Colourful Let�s start with the simple example of the

�don�t say but� meme. Some people believe that if you say �but� it invalidates or

undermines what comes before. Of course if you use it in specific ways it does ring true,

�but� when used in others it is completely warranted.

This comes down to semantics, which is the study of logic and meaning in language. You�ll

see that it applies in the following examples too. And make no mistake, I haven�t identified

the relevant contradictions just for the sake of doing so, it�s important because confused

rationalisation can and has led to dysfunctional action.

Simply put, just because something doesn�t logically work or has a detrimental connotation

in one context, doesn�t mean it applies in all others. In addition, there are most

definitely circumstances where black and white implications arise from specific terminology,

but there is also a rainbow of colours at use too.

And don�t forget; words are subtle spells. That�s why we call it �spelling�.

2. The Ego is Not the Enemy Another example is the �kill the ego�

meme. As I�ve written about extensively (see here and here), the ego is simply a mechanism

to experience our humanity. At its core, it is the �sense of self�:

�It�s an ally, not the enemy. What we should be doing is empowering and enlightening

it, not pretending that it can transcend itself. If we believe that we should �overcome the

ego�, then we�ve utilized our ego to form a judgement that is illogical, because without

it there�s no context to believe anything in.�

Now of course an unhealthy, dysfunctional or outright psychotic ego that rests its identity

only in separation, with no connection, is not a great way to design it. Or put another

way, design ourselves. Alternatively, if we honour both the individual and interconnected

aspects of our being, then we are more likely to become a more holistic, healthy and functional

version of ourselves, which will result with providing a greater service to the outside

world.

And one more thing: when we believe the ego is inherently bad, what does that say about

our own humanity?

3. Intelligent Judgement Another one is �don�t judge�. One cannot

have thought critically enough if they believe that, especially because to come to that belief

they had to do an assessment and come to a conclusion, otherwise known as a judgement.

It�s inherently contradictory. I mean, if people want to delude themselves that�s

entirely up to them, but I�ll assess-and-conclude how I want to thank you very much.

Sure, judging people�s behaviour shouldn�t be done with the aim to make you believe you�re

fundamentally better than them because after all, we�re all at our own unique stage of

consciousness development and we all have the potential to grow into a more empowered

and enlightened being. But that doesn�t mean we needn�t determine if we resonate

with those around us or not, and that means we need to analyse how people affect us. We

also need to determine what to eat to be healthy, what we want to do in life, how we personally

need to heal and grow, what�s actually happening in reality etc.

How do we do that? We assess and conclude. Or put another way, we make judgements, which

hopefully are wise and evolving ones:

�Judgment is considered to be a selfish behaviour in our society, however what this

is truly referring to is the condemnation of people or their particular behaviors and

values. ?(Yet), passing judgment on the world around us is a perfectly natural aspect of

being human. We continually assess our environment and form opinions on whether we are safe,

what response we should have and if we personally resonate with the energy of each given life

circumstance.�

4. Separateness and Connectedness Coexist Then of course there is the ridiculous concept

that we are only one thing, and not separate on any level. How seriously counter-intuitive

is that? Every single person who believes that nonsense has spent however many years

having a very personal and individual experience, but somehow they�ve reached the conclusion

� through judgement � that separation is nothing but an illusion. It�s mind-boggling.

Now of course we are connected at the most fundamental levels, at least in this particular

construct of manifestation, meaning that our separation or individuality could be viewed

as illusory from those levels. Whether we look through the lenses of metaphysics, cosmology,

quantum physics, geometry, mathematics or ecology, it�s safe to say that there is

a distinct pattern of interconnectedness. Yet that doesn�t mean that we aren�t having

a unique experience. After all, why can�t both frequencies be real?

Think about it this way. Using contemporary tech fashion, the blockchain used for cryptocurrencies

and cryptoservices (putting aside whether they�re a genuine decentralisation tool

or not) is based on many �separate� nodes or computers which are linked into the �one�

network. Or to use more spiritual terminology, we are an individual snapshot of infinite

consciousness.

5. Destiny and Freewill Coexist Now we have arrived at the �everything is

meant to be� absurdity. When we think critically about this concept, it inherently implies

there is no freewill. Now of course our decision-making capacity is limited to a series of boundaries

(such as current constructual, neurological and conceptual frameworks relevant to each

of us), however we still have the agency to navigate through it as we wish.

Try and conceptualise it like this. Destiny is a straight path of growth that we can choose

to walk efficiently, or not. Sometimes we�ll meander off on tangents or even right off

track, but the real law of attraction will always draw us back to give us another opportunity

to live our innate fate:

�Destiny is the evolutionary path of our energy, which some people call the soul. However,

there are an infinite amount of ways we can undertake that growth. That�s where freewill

kicks in. Our choices can manifest our destiny in manifold ways, as they emit and attract

their own energy within the electromagnetic and ether grids. Combined with our energetic

blueprint and our subconscious wiring, as well as all the other minds of consciousness,

we then co-create our reality.�

Furthermore, when somebody or some group are causing us harm, that doesn�t necessarily

mean that it�s �meant to be�. It may well be true or fated on one level, or even

all of them, but it also might be true it is a choice that is out of synchronisation

with the energetic flow of our individual and/or collective destiny.

Ultimately, our choices have consequences that are meant to be, regardless if those

choices aren�t meant to be.

6. Right and Wrong Behaviour Some spirituality advocates would have us

believe there is no right or wrong, there just is. Well, on one level that might be

true, but on another level it isn�t. Can you see the �many truths� pattern emerging?

To continue with the previous example, our choices either align with our destiny or not.

Some are right for ourselves or those around us in terms of whether they have a healthy

and positive impact, and others are the opposite. Granted, sometimes we can make a so-called

mistake but it leads us to a place where we can better heal, learn and grow; that�s

obviously true for anyone who has properly analysed their own experience. However, if

you were to disrespect another person�s sovereignty when they weren�t causing you

or someone else harm, then that is a contradiction to natural law and is therefore fundamentally

wrong.

It can be done on subtle levels such as mild levels of control, or on highly explicit levels

such as murder and rape. Either which way, the principle remains intact:

�Now of course on the level of oneness, there is no right and wrong. They are one

and the same thing. But in our dualistic construct, called �being a human�, it definitely

exists. For example, the golden rule is spot on when it comes to basic law. Do no harm

to others, respect each others health and freedom, and live according to your own love,

honor and truth. In this construct, that is right. Anything in contrast, is outrageously

wrong.�

7. Face the Shadow Let�s finish up on the �only be positive�

toxicity. It�s unreasonable to live and breathe like this because some experiences

are inherently dissonant, meaning we need to face them for what they are. For example,

if we�re being harmed by someone it�s okay to feel anger and disappointment and

respond accordingly, just as is it�s okay to utilise the entire emotional spectrum,

as that is what it is for. However, that doesn�t mean we should obsessively dwell in those

natural emotions and allow them to develop into various levels of self-abuse, so when

the feelings arise accept them for what they are and then engage a productive twist to

transmute them into a positive result.

Then finally, let that shit go.

Moreover, the shadow and all its negative, dark or even evil aspects doesn�t just exist

within; it exists without too. In fact, judging by the purposeful design of our social system

and the widespread destruction and harm it has caused to not just humanity on a material

level, but also a philosophical one too, we�ve been greatly out of balance for quite some

time, maybe even since the dawn of our known civilised history.

And because we�ve been distracted by the new age propaganda of thinking everything

is meant to be and that positive thinking will save the world, we�re revealing this

darkness with our beacons of light only ever so slightly. Some even argue that we�re

going further into the shadow, although that is certainly debatable. Regardless, we need

to as individuals and as a human tribe openly expose the dark side of duality for all the

world to see, so we can start to consciously and intelligently work towards some sort of

harmonisation as we continue to co-create our personal and collective futures.

Final Thoughts It�s not only among spiritual circles that

greater intellect is growing within the collective dialogue about our connection to reality.

For example, there are many ex-mainstreamers who had previously fallen for the materialistic

dogma who are now somewhat embracing consciousness as innate to reality itself. A �panpsychism�

philosophy has even slowly spread within mainstream scientific circles, even if they don�t go

as far as the exploration can be taken, at least publicly.

Nevertheless, that�s a great sign.

Ultimately, there is a resurgence of radical realisations in which both rational and intuitive

faculties are being utilised. Slowly but surely, we are reenchanting the world. It�s not

just via consciousness models either; chaos magic, neoshamanism, animism and other spirit

philosophies and practices are part of this ripening too.

In addition, regardless if we ever reach a level where we have the evidence required

to truly understand the nature of reality, or even if we actually have the capacity to

do so, it doesn�t really matter. As long as we�re heading in the right direction,

which is the �many paths� of truth and freedom, then we�re doing exactly what we

should.

And what a ride it has, is and will continue to be.

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Mikaela Shiffrin's Olympic Dream Keeps Getting Bigger | NYT - Winter Olympics - Duration: 5:19.

[lively music]

[gentle music]

"Since I was little girl, I was watching Bode Miller compete

and winning in every discipline."

[non-English]

Out of the gate.

"That's what it means to be the best in the world.

Not just winning slaloms or one event, but being able to win,

to really compete in every event."

[gentle music]

"You have slalom skiers that are specializing in slalom.

And to be competitive with them, you need a lot of training.

Then GS, the same thing.

There's a lot of GS specialists.

And then downhill and super-G, that's

a whole other set of girls that are obviously exceptional.

Racing all five disciplines, there's

very few people that have actually been able to do it."

[gentle music]

"When I ski, I feel some kind of a rhythm with every course.

Slalom is much faster tempo between turns.

So it's kind of like a really upbeat sort of a song,

like today's hits, you know."

[upbeat music]

"And then oddly enough, downhill, it's

almost like some sort of classical symphony.

So that's been an interesting transition."

[classical music]

[upbeat music]

[classical music]

[gentle music]

"When I was doing only giant slalom and slalom,

I barely had enough time for training as it was.

Now, adding two more events, I have basically twice

as much training that I need to do

and half the amount of time to do it all."

[electronic music]

[non-English]

"Skiing down an icy mountain at 80 miles an hour.

If you catch an edge, before you even can blink,

you're in the fences, on the side of the hill.

And normally crashing that fast, you're going to get injured".

"130 kilometers an hour."

[electronic music]

[gentle music]

"My biggest dream in ski racing when I was five years old

was that I wanted to win the overall title.

So it's just me staying true to my dream as a little girl."

[gentle music]

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N. Korean cheering squad go sightseeing in Gangneung - Duration: 2:57.

Breaking away from their duties at the Winter Olympics for a while,... North Korea's cheerleading

group took some time on Tuesday to tour the sub-host city of Gangneung.

Clad in their customary red tracksuits -- the women smiled and waved at passersby as they

strolled along the beach.

They also gave a rare public performance.

Lee Ji-won reports.

After a long day of supporting the Olympic athletes on Monday, the 229-member North Korean

cheering squad had their first day off on Tuesday.

They spent the day having a tour around Gangneung, one of the Olympic host cities.

"The first destination for the North Korean cheering squad is Gyeongpo beach,... where

dozens of spectators and reporters have gathered to get a glimpse of them."

Reporters shouted questions to the troupe, but the squad members were careful in their

responses.

"The weather is good and it's refreshing."

A number of them also jokingly complained that it's hard to enjoy the view with the

reporters in their way.

"We came to see the beach, but with you ladies and gentlemen blocking the view, how can we?

Let's talk after we enjoy the beach."

But some also shared their hopes for unification.

"(Seeing South Korea), I can strongly feel that we are one.

I hope we can bring ourselves together and build a united country.

I believe it's what everyone hopes for."

Without breaking formation, the North Koreans enjoyed the view from a pathway away from

the beach,... and headed for lunch at a local convention center.

The second stop was the Ojukheon House, where one of Korea's famous female artists lived

and gave birth to a prominent Confucian scholar.

But unlike at the previous stop, the cheering squad didn't answer any of the reporters'

questions.

And after a tour around the house they gathered at a square where the North Korean band members

performed a number of songs,... including 'Arirang' and their signature song 'Ban-gap-sup-ni-da'

or "Nice to meet you."

"It's really touching to see their performance.

I feel like unification is only a step away.

North Korea's participation in the Winter Games was arranged very suddenly, but I feel

like 2018 is going to be a year for the two Koreas to get closer to unification."

Though people seemed to be surprised by the sudden encounter with the North Korean cheering

squad, it was a chance for them to see the Koreans from the North and feel a sense of

kinship.

"It was a great experience.

They smiled at us when our eyes met and they just looked like an average South Korean.

Only by looking at the North Korean flag on their uniform could we tell that they were

from the North."

Having completed their tour, the North Korean cheering squad headed back to its hotel.

The squad is next scheduled to cheer for the joint-Korean women's ice hockey team against

Japan on Wednesday.

Lee Ji-won, Arirang News, Gangneung.

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Video Game Sequels That Were A Complete Let Down - Duration: 6:48.

Who doesn't love a great video game sequel?

A chance to revisit your favorite characters, improved graphics and gameplay, all from a

trusted brand that you already know you love.

There's really no downside... if it's good.

Unfortunately, not all follow-ups are created equal.

Here are some of the most disappointing video game sequels ever made.

Advance Wars: Dual Strike

The first installment of the Advance Wars series was a turn-based strategy game that

was easy to learn and difficult to master, and established the series' colorful cast,

innovative gameplay, and delightful animation.

The sequel, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, doubled down on the successful style, with

improved map diversity, more characters, and greater depth.

With those two games to build from, fans were excited to see what improvements would be

made when the series hit the Nintendo DS with Advance Wars: Dual Strike.

Unfortunately, they were greeted by vague personalities and designs, a ridiculously

short campaign, and, worst of all, completely broken combat.

While exciting at first, Dual Strike encouraged players to be much more reckless and aggressive,

ruining the balanced strategies and puzzle-like complexity of the original games.

The franchise stumbled forwards with one more sequel that was unrelated to the franchise

plot, but the development team moved on to the Fire Emblem series, and so did the fans.

Shadow The Hedgehog

It's almost impossible to talk about a list of disappointing video game sequels without

discussing this bizarre monstrosity.

Supposedly an attempt to to cash in on the popularity of Shadow the Hedgehog, who was

essentially a '90s comic book badass version of Sonic, the game is a bizarre mish-mash

that wouldn't satisfy existing fans or new players.

"Look how pathetic they are, I don't have time for these humans."

For the most part, it's consistent with the fast-paced action of past Sonic games,

but innovates by adding a motorcycle and guns, a painful control scheme, overwrought dialogue,

and a bizarrely complex storyline, complete with over-the-top titles like "Apogee of

Darkness" and "Messenger of Ruination."

The game has a dozen unique endings, but it's hard to imagine a player finishing the game

once, let alone the multiple times necessary to see each story.

Resident Evil 6

If bigger is better when it comes to sequels, Resident Evil 6 is the exception that proves

the rule.

For this installment of the long-running horror franchise, Capcom added over half a dozen

playable characters, multiple campaigns, and massive monster-filled scenes.

Unfortunately, it suffers from death by committee — there's such an uneven tone throughout

that it's impossible for players to know whether they're supposed to be scared or exhilarated.

Add in the mind-boggling decision to have multiple campaigns cross over with identical

levels and you've got a game that seems artificially inflated, like some kind of monstrous pufferfish.

Which, come to think of it, would probably be scarier than many of the monsters in this

overbaked sequel.

Mass Effect: Andromeda

BioWare's Mass Effect: Andromeda had a lot to live up to.

The previous trilogy had defined BioWare's output for a generation, with fans so invested

that the last game had to take two tries at an ending just to satisfy them.

Andromeda, on the other hand, wasn't good or bad.

It was just forgettable.

"Whoa… well, if that's how it has to be."

With its limited alien diversity, a paint-by-numbers plot, and lackluster writing, it feels like

a rough draft for the original trilogy — a feeling that's only increased by the spotty

graphics and bizarre character model bugs.

On the other hand, this leaves the field open for fan-favorite character Garrus to get that

spin-off game that we've all been clamoring for.

"Over the years I've grown

used to the smell of burning bodies.

That's probably a bad sign."

Bomberman: Act Zero

While gritty, violent remakes have been the standard for years, making a child-friendly

game "grow up" by adding a body count and a grim setting just feels sad.

Bomberman: Act Zero is a perfect example of when gritty goes wrong, taking a fun party

game and turning it into something that's equal parts horrific and boring.

The villains even scream when you blow them up:

Still, it could've worked if the game wasn't so horrendously repetitive that few players

actually bothered to finish it, but there's no excuse for ruining the gameplay that made

Bomberman games so fun in the first place.

Duke Nukem Forever

The Duke Nukem franchise was a product of its time: a muscle-bound action hero with

a penchant for killing aliens and a one-liner for every occasion, with the kind of explicit

content that usually only comes from giving a 13 year-old boy a pen, a notebook, and a

whole lot of free time.

"Don't have time to play with myself."

As crude as it is, there's an immature charm that made Duke Nukem 3D a success when it

was released in 1996.

By the time Duke Nukem Forever rolled around fifteen years later, all that charm had worn

off.

The new game was boring, with bad controls and pop-culture references so dated that they

were making references to the Olsen Twins in 2011.

Even if you were in the mood for this particular brand of misogynistic humor, everything about

Duke Nukem aged about as well as spoiled milk.

Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures

The original Pac-Man is a thing of simple beauty—it's easy to understand, simple to

play, and mercilessly difficult at higher levels.

Even after four decades of quarter-munching action, it stands as one of the most iconic

video games of all time.

When Namco released a sequel after 15 years, they had a lot to live up to... and decided

to throw out every single thing that made the original game work.

Instead of improving on the mazes and ramping up fast-paced action, Pac-Man 2 is an achingly

slow point-and-click adventure game where players interact with the environment in order

to change Pac-Man's mood so he accomplishes simple tasks.

The ghosts are there, but rather than chasing Pac-Man constantly, they're mostly absent

while Pac-Man wanders around eating hot dogs and fights a monster made of bubblegum.

Most of the games on this list are bad, but this one's just bizarre.

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

The most important rule of an RPG is to have a reward for players when they fight something.

Experience points, new spells, loot — Pokemon even gives you the chance to catch a new best

friend.

Either way, there has to be a reason to make players happy to face down the constant threat

of random fights.

In Paper Mario: Sticker Star, players don't get experience points from beating monsters

— or anything else.

In fact these fights can actually waste not just your time, but your valuable inventory,

too.

Every attack in the game requires the use of a sticker, and each sticker is a single-use

item that you have to keep in a strictly limited inventory.

With nothing to gain from the endless fights sapping your stickers, the whole structure

of the game breaks down.

Take away the reward, and all you're left with is the merciless grind.

And at that point, you might as well go play outside.

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The New Cake Feeder - The Project List - Duration: 9:43.

Hi I'm Mike, many of our ideas for projects on the ranch come from viewers.

Not just to make work, but to actually improve that work which we already end up doing.

Today we take a viewer suggestion and turn it into reality on the project list, on our

Wyoming life If this is your first time here, this is the

project list.

Every Tuesday we tackle this board behind me and get a few things done, sometimes, sometimes

we just make more work for ourselves, but that's ok, as I like to say.

Its job security.

If you are interested in exploring the ranch life make sure you subscribe join us 3 times

a week, as we delve into ranching, gardening, cooking on the ranch and so much more.

Explore the ranch with us, and escape the ordinary.

Today we take a suggestion from a viewer, you've seen me cake the cows.

Cake is a pellet of food that we feed the cows in order to get them more protein, which

they need, not only for themselves but for the calves growing inside them.

Cake up until this point has been delivered by a cake feeder that we mount on the back

of the gator, but a few weeks ago we got a suggestion saying that it might be easier

to put the feeder on a trailer, then we would only have to hook up to that trailer, go cake

the cows and then we could disconnect and have the back of the gator available for regular

ranch duties.

The gator is the workhorse of the ranch and having the cake feeder on the back is a pain,

it limits what you can do with it, how much you can carry, and what you can see behind

you.

Which has caused some close calls in itself.

Today we are going to grab an old trailer that we have had here on the ranch for a few

years, its had nothing to do and we are going to put it to work.

Another opportunity that we have here is to show why ranchers and farmers never throw

anything away.

We are going to salvage old parts, connections, and electronics, what ever we need to make

this work.

All of it is out here somewhere, I hope.

So,lets get to it.

As often goes around here, what you think will be easiest part of a project, sometimes

turns out to the be the toughest part.

Before this project can even get up and rolling we need a trailer and this old trailer was

actually given to me years ago.

I never really had a plan for it, but today we give it new life as we get it pulled out

of a snow drift and take it over to the shop.

In its former life it was used to haul a four wheeler around and over this winter it has

froze down a bit.

The lock for the ball hitch also has a bolt through it that I didn't bring over tools

for so we are going to hope it will ride to the shop for us without too many problems.

Which of course there are plenty, my path is blocked to the front, so I have to back

the trailer up to get it out of here, and that's when it decides to pop off the hitch.

Once its broken free and reattached it moves easier, but still its going to be an problem.

One more try, reattaching the hitch and away we go.

Back to the warmer shop where we can begin our project.

Taking the trailer off the gator and getting the gator out of the way.

First, we get some air in the tires.

Honestly, I'm surprised they hold air, and adding a bit I will take as a win.

The cake feeder itself probably weighs a couple of hundred pounds and we need to get it on

the trailer, which takes a little bit of doing.

Some repositioning and just some brute force but once its in place and just in front of

the axle to keep a majority of the weight on the front of the trailer we can attach

it to the bed of the trailer using some lag screws.

In order to make the feeder work on the trailer we are going to need a power supply, a battery.

When its on the back of the gator it hooks up to the gators battery and although we could

probably run wires back to run it, it will be easier to have an on board battery.

One that we can charge when we aren't using the feeder and will run it when we are.

I have an old battery box up on a shelf and we can first install that into the cake feeder.

An extra battery I have in a cabinet, a just in case battery and now is the time to use

it.

Then we screw the battery box into the bed of the trailer and then attach the strap that

holds the battery in.

I don't have a lid for this battery box, but it will work for now until I can find

one.

We also need to attach the wires from the cake feeder to the battery, in the sales barn

I have a couple of battery terminal connectors, taking off some piece of machinery that will

work nicely.

After stripping the wires we can attach the wire for the battery charger and the cake

feeder to the terminals, then the terminals go on the battery.

So far, everything is working quite nicely, we get a chance to test the battery and the

cake feeder fires right up, even spinning in the right direction.

Looks like we got the terminals hooked up right because if we were to reverse them the

whole thing would spin the other way.

The cake feeder features a wired button that turns it on and off and the wire is definitely

not long enough to reach up to the cab of the gator from the trailer, we are going to

have to come up with some sort of extension, with a plug that we can disconnect when we

unhook from the trailer.

We disassemble the button and find its just two wires a simple one way switch and now

we can attach an unused 4 way plug to it, only using two of the four wires.

Then after moving the trailer out of the way, in comes the gator.

Wiring the other end of the four way plug to some scrap wire we can run it into the

gator.

For right now I will just run it through the window and the box, under the seat and up

under the dash.

The button that came with the cake feeder should work well enough and we can take it

out of its old housing for installation in the cab of the gator.

After attaching the wires to the button, we drill a hole for the button in the dash and

put it in place.

Time again for another test, The button pressed and the the motor in the cake feeder takes

off.

Now its time for the real test, lets go try it with the cows in the field.

The cake feeder holds about 400lbs of cake.

We feed cake at the rate of about 2 lbs per cow so today we will be feeding 300lbs of

cake to the cows.

You can buy the cake bagged or loose, because we don't have a bin or silo to store it

in we buy it buy the ton in bags.

Filling the cake feeder one bag at a time.

I do have to say, the ramp makes it nice, better than climbing up in the back of the

gator we bag after bag of cake.

Lets test it one more time, our feed store recently changed brands of cake and because

the cake feeder was set up for our old cake, we might have to adjust how fast it feeds

into the chute.

Wow, another successful test, I'm starting to feel good about today.

With a smile on my face we head out to feed the cows from their brand new cake trailer.

The cows cautiously watch as we pull up, open the chute and get back in the gator.

Hitting the button and away we go.

It doesn't take them long to figure out what is going on, and here they come, from

every direction.

All wanting to be first in line.

It seems to work pretty well, I was a little worried about getting it through some of the

snow but honestly the gator had no problem pulling it.

We are going to have to bolt the feeder to the bed of the trailer as bouncing around

in the field, the lag screws that I used to attach it pulled out, but that not a big deal.

We also still have to route the wiring and solder some connections, but all in all.

A very good first test.

Erin will be happy because she can now use the gator for more of her garden stuff as

she is getting ready to fire of her early spring gardening adventure and hopefully having

this trailer mounted cake feeder will make things easier for me here on the ranch as

well.

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Coming up this week we have live stream scheduled on Thursday at 7pm mountain time and we invite

you to come join us.

We should have an update on the peacock and his prosthetic foot, in fact we should have

it and we will be able to show you what it looks like and the next step in the plan to

get him up and walking again.

Until I see you again, have a great week and thanks for joining us in our Wyoming life!

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Mild highs but dusty in many parts _ 021418 - Duration: 2:02.

Good morning, we can expect much milder temperatures but most regions will be blanketed with high

levels of fine dust.

Most of the central region, including Seoul, will be dusty all day,... while the southern

provinces will see higher dust levels from the afternoon.

Some of the capital is coated with light ice this morning so drive with caution,... while

we could see a light mix of rain and snow... with parts of Gangwon-do and Gyeonggi-do province

could see 1 to 5 centimeters of snowfall.

Taking a closer look at today's readings, Seoul is waking up to a low at the freezing

mark, Daejeon and Daegu are seeing lows of minus 2 degrees Celsius.

The high in Seoul will get up to 9 degrees Celsius, the last time we had such a high

was back in November.. while southern regions will see highs in the double digits...

Readings will snap back to below seasonal averages tomorrow,... which is the start of

the Seollal or Lunar New Year holiday.

It's going to be a cold Lunar New Year holiday this year so dress warmly for any outdoor

activities.

PyeongChang will see milder temperatures as well but expect to see a mix of rain and snow

during the day.

That's Korea for you and here's the international weather for viewers around the world.

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Everything Wrong with the New Snapchat Update! | Hashtag Zoe - Duration: 4:43.

hey guys! it's Hashtag Zoe! welcome back to my channel! so for today's video I'm gonna be

telling you everything wrong with. the new snapchat update! so if you guys

didn't know the very popular social media app called snapchat recently got a

redesign and an update that everybody hates including my mom.. so it's really

bad. basically they redesign the whole app to

look completely different than it did before and everyone is shook because

it's so confusing now so back in the day and by back in the day I mean last week

when snapchat wasn't updated yet basically the app you can send pictures

to your friends you can watch their stories on a different screen you can

see stories of your friends and stories of people who might not have added you

back yet or famous people on the same screen now they change the app to where

your front stories are on one screen and then all the other people who might be

famous or might have not added you back yet are on a completely separate street

that doesn't make any sense it what if I want to see my friends story and then I

want to see Kim Kardashian's story I would have to go swipe to my friend's

story watch my friends story then swipe again and then swipe again to see

Kim Kardashian's story I don't have time for that why can't it just be on the same

screen and also when you swipe to see the famous people slide I guess is what

I'm gonna call it there are literally people that I have never added on

snapchat on that screen like I have people like suggested people that I

haven't added yet that are showing up to where I could watch their snapchat

stories but if I haven't added them yet then why would I want to see their

stories you've got me like also there was an

alleged like hack to bring the old one back to your phone and it was like

delete the app reset your password like there was all these steps to do it that

didn't even work that worked really two seconds so it would go back to the

original snapchat and then like within like 20 minutes it change back to the

updated version of that so there's not really a solution yet to change it back

but honestly snapchat please do something

clearly everyone is frustrated literally in the AppStore their rating has gone

down from a four point five to a two point something which says a lot because

I use snapchat every single day and I have to keep my streaks up so it's

another thing when you have streaks on snapchat now they're literally this big

you can't even see if you have the timer emoji next your streak with your friend

so that's really annoying because they made everything so small on the app like

I just want to see if I have a timer with someone so I could just send them a

snapchat now I have to like use my freaking spectacles to see no pun

intended now I have to use my ringing I glad this

to see if I have if I have a timer with someone that doesn't make sense like

come on why can't it just be give me also I don't know if it's just my phone

but I was trying to take like a selfie earlier with one of the filters and then

it literally just like stopped the filter and put it on the screen that

shows your snap code so I was trying to take a selfie right just casual taking a

selfie with one of the filters and then automatically it took me to this screen

and I was like what like I didn't press anything it just took me to that screen

and I was very annoying because all I wanted to do was take a friggin selfie

okay and also going back to the side where you can see your friends stories

it literally goes out of like I don't think it's in chronological order

anymore like if I snap shot my friend it's on the same screen as if I want to

see their story but if I want to see their story then how am I supposed to

see the other person's story that I want to set up it's all confusing I don't

think it's in chronological order which sucks because then now people aren't

seeing my stories as much because it's all the way down if they haven't

snapchatted me I just Instagram stories like overall. I'd like

to say, snapchat if you're watching this, which I highly doubt but if you're

watching this and you want to take anything away from this video please

just freaking change it back I don't understand everyone hates it your App

Store rating has gone down like a lot and I don't hate the app I just hate the

update to that so if we could change it back that would be great you would make

a lot of people happy including me so that would be awesome anyway guys add

me on snapchat if you haven't yet and also follow me on Instagram because

Instagram stories might be the way to go now who knows thanks for watching and

I'll see you guys in my next video bye

Everything wrong with the new snapchat update!

Hashtag Zoe

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MoKhamHom Music

Valentine Day 2018

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Climate Change Valentines - Duration: 2:01.

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Dealing With Hard Times - Duration: 3:43.

How's it going everyone, my name is Dave and have you ever wondered how to get

through those hard times in life? I mean we all get them right? There's even a

saying that says; "When the tough get going the go..." No wait that's not it.

How does it say go? Hey Siri what is that saying about the tough getting going?

**I don't get it**

Do you know any sayings about anything?

**I'm sorry. I'm afraid I don't have an answer to that.**

Brilliant.

Ok, so the saying is; "When the going gets tough the tough get going".

but, how do we even do that? Well that's

what we're gonna be talking about today.

Well, if this is your first time on my channel this is where I like to do short

two-minute devotions that help you take the next practical step in your

spiritual journey. So let's put two minutes up on the clock and we'll get

straight into it. The first time I was in the Holy Land I

took this photo of an acacia tree. Now an acacia is designed to survive decades of

intense heat and drought. And it can survive the toughest of circumstances

because it has this deep root system that sustains it through even the

hardest of times. And even in those times of drought, it's able to bless people by

providing shade and wood for fires. Garbage truck. Garbage truck going out

by my house right now. You hear him? Oh hang on, did I get my garbage out?

Ok, now that that's taken care of ... And that's why the rabbi's teach that the acacia is the

tree the Prophet Jeremiah had in mind when he wrote: "Blessed is the one who

trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted

by the water that sends its roots out by the stream." See, God has specifically

designed the acacia to survive difficult times, and I believe that He has designed

you to be like the acacia too. That rhymes could have been a song.

God has designed you to survive the harshest of

circumstances and to bless others during your tough times, as long as you do the

one thing that Jeremiah says the acacia does. And that is to send down deep roots

by the stream. For us the stream is Jesus, who called himself the living water.

So, if we stay closely connected to him during the tough times, not only can we

survive whatever life throws at us, but we can bless other people while we're doing it.

So that leads us to the QOTD: The Question Of The Day: What are you

doing to develop those deep roots in God today?

You know, a little while ago I did another video on dealing with bad stuff in life, so

I'll make sure to leave a link to that at the end of this video so you can

check that out. But I would love to hear what tips you have for developing deeper

roots in God. You're all a lot smarter than me so why don't you leave your tip

in a comment below, so that you can help other people as well.

Well, whatever you're facing today, I hope this video was helpful for you. If it was make sure

you like it, share it, leave a comment, and subscribe to this channel so that I can

see you next time.

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Black Excellence Awards: Simone Wright - Duration: 1:09.

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Ospan Evolution : Témoigner 3/4 - Duration: 3:51.

Testify

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Estimated altitude

Estimated distance

Trajectory

Estimated speed

duration

Characteristics

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Flower Girl Dresses Latest Party Wear gowns for kids - Duration: 0:52.

Latest Party Wear gowns for kids Flower Girl Dresses in amazon shopping online dresses

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Sam Stan - Smoothies With Sam [CC Lyrics] - Duration: 1:55.

[Intro] Happy Raps!

[Verse] Get these bars off my chest

I be dapping up these rappers though I'm not that impressed

And if I was you would've known it's just the way I access

And you looking at a man, I shake the ground when I step

That's why I'm shooting for my dreams like a bullet from a gun

Know the slogan, change the world by 21 And I mean that

In the studio writing these raps If I drop the tape right now would that be

bad?

Screw it, I might do it And if I went to school let's be honest I

might loose That's why I'm in the studio every night trying

to do this and be the proof that you whatever if you feel the music

Dang, and this art turn me to a fiend I'm just a young king looking for my blind

queen And there's girls that once fell in love with

me, but she ain't have no luck with me But luckily, I was out trying to live comfortably

'Preciate the company, don't come for me Screw it, I said promoters hit my phone, but

they ain't never cut a check Tell 'em look me when my eyes when I'm speaking,

boy that's respect And I'm trying to change the world, yeah I'm

taking all best And the youngin's that I'm running with not

thinking any less That's a penny for your thoughts

Depending on the stress, we don't listen to these rappers out here claiming they are threats

[Outro] Now I got next, I got next

I don't say much I got a lot on my mind But when I do talk that's a convo' with God

My life's like good wine, it's getting better with time

Getting better with time Same day raps

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Testify

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Save your work!

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Judge orders release of sealed Bill Clinton documents from Ken Starr probe - Duration: 1:59.

Judge orders release of sealed Bill Clinton documents from Ken Starr probe.

A federal judge has ordered the unsealing of documents from then-Independent Counsel

Ken Starr's two-decade old probe that led to former President Bill Clinton's impeachment.

Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell of the United States District Court for the District of

Columbia granted the order Monday in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from

CNN.

According to the judge's order, CNN journalist Katelyn Polantz requested on Feb. 9, 2018

that eight sealed matters arising from Starr's 1998 investigation of Clinton "be unsealed

and made public."

Starr's investigation began with the suicide of Clinton adviser Vince Foster and the Clintons'

Whitewater real estate deal in Arkansas.

But it later expanded to include accusations of sexual misconduct and perjury, including

Clinton's relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives in December 1998.

Clinton was acquitted of the charges by the Senate, with no Democrats voting to remove

him from office.

The request from CNN includes testimony from former Clinton aides and advisers Bruce Lindsey,

Sidney Blumenthal, Nancy Hernreich, Lanny Breuer and Terry Lenzner, as well as testimony

from the Secret Service.

It also requests other White House documents, in addition to a presidential subpoena.

The FOIA request from CNN indicated the documents could be relevant to procedures for obtaining

testimony in special counsel Robert Mueller's current Russia probe.

It's not clear when the documents will be released, but Howell ordered them available

to the public "promptly."

Fox News' Bill Mears contributed to this report.

What do you think about this?

Please share this news and scroll down to Comment below and don't forget to subscribe

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The 15 BEST Pieces of ADVICE Every ENTREPRENEUR NEEDS! MOTIVATION - Duration: 32:44.

you want to get your work ethic so high that people actually admire you I'm

gonna ask you a question right now do people know you because of your

unbelievable work ethic if you can't answer yes to that man you're not going

to get in that top 10% you got to get at the top you people have to know you not

because oh he's a good salesman oh he's a good dish oh he's an artist so he's a

good pianist oh he's a he writes a great you know story no did people need to

know you for one major thing first he works he produces the guys there every

day the guys pushing and shoving because the truth is no matter how good your

ideas are how good your art is or how good your skillset is if you're not

working man if you're not vibrating in a frequency that people say my god how

does that guy do all that if you're not vibrating at that rate 10x levels

massive action tremendous work ethic that's just a muscle nowness it's just a

discipline in your life as a way it's a normal way that other people think is

abnormal Ryan Seacrest Tom Cruise Oprah's Steven Spielberg Donald Trump

still pumping and working as a billionaire look if you're not working

at that level you're not gonna make it get your work ethic in man it's the

American Way work ethic I have the level of success that I want to have it's

difficult to spread it out and do multiple things you know it's in order

to to be world-class and I made a decision I want to be world-class and it

just it takes such a desperate obsessive focus to to excel on assert honor on the

level that I want to make movies you know I was a Star Wars when I was young

i sat in the movie theater and watched Star Wars and I just couldn't believe

that that movie made me feel like that just floored and just stunned by the

creativity and just I'm realizing that in order to move people in that way in

order to touch people in that way we gotta focus with all of your fiber and

all of your heart and all your Creed fashion believe that I

only should expect to make money and things that I understand and when I say

understand I don't mean understand you know what the product does or anything

like that I mean understand what the economics of the business are likely to

look at look like ten years from now or 20 years ago I know in general what the

economics of say Wrigley chewing gum will look like ten years ago this is

going to change the way people chew gum it isn't going to change which come they

chew if you own the chewing gum market in a big way and you've got double mint

spearmint and juicy fruit those brands will be there ten years from now so I

can't pinpoint exactly what the numbers are gonna look like on Rigby but I'm not

gonna be way off if I try to look forward on something like that that

evaluating that company is within what I call my circle of competence I

understand what they do I understand the economics of it I understand the

competitive aspects of the business so figuring out the economic consequences

TV I think there's I don't know 20 25 million cents a year sold in the United

States I don't think there's one of them made in the United States anymore I mean

it's a TV set manufacturer what a wonderful business I try everybody now

nobody had a TV in 1950 or thereabouts 45 to 50 everybody has multiple sets now

nobody is in the United States has made any real money making the sense that

they're all out of business you know the Magnavox is the RCA is all

of those companies radio was the equipment of the twenty over 500

companies making radios in the 1920s again I don't think there's a u.s. radio

manufacturer at the present time but coca-cola you know I was at 1884 Jacobs

pharmacy or whatever and fellow comes up with something a lot of cock copiers

over the years but now you've got a company that is selling roughly 1.1

billion eight ounce servings of its product not all cokes right and some

others daily throughout the world honored me 17 years later so

understanding the economic characteristics of a business

it's different than predicting the fact that an industry is going to do

wonderfully so I look at the internet businesses or I look at tech messes I

say this is a marvelous thing and I love to play around on the computer and I

order my books from Amazon and all kinds of things but I don't know who's gonna

win unless I know is gonna win I'm not interested in the best thing I'll just

play around other computer defining your circle of competence is the most

important aspect of investing it's not how important how large your circle is

you don't have to be an expert on everything but knowing where the

perimeter of that circle of what you know and what you don't know is and

staying inside of it is all important Tom Watson senior who started IBM said

in his book he said I'm no genius said but I'm smart in spots I stay around

those spots and you know that is the key so if I understand a few things and I

stick in that arena I'll do okay and if I don't understand something but I don't

excited about it because my neighbors are talking about stocks are going up

everything they start fooling around someplace else eventually I'll get

creamed and I should everyone has a problem with time but the day is 24

hours and we sleep six now I know there's some out there that say I need

eight but I say just sleep a little faster because the bottom line is we

have six hours of sleep 24 hours are available so if 18 hours now available

to your work your family your hobbies and also to learn something new or to do

something new which could easily be that you want to learn a new language or that

you want to read there's a new year's resolution I have to read a book every

week where you say I'm gonna go and reshape my party so you're gonna go and

take this hour out of your schedule and say I'm gonna train an hour every day so

this is for most people a huge challenge but it is totally doable I can tell them

because the kind of things that I did when I came to this country I mean I

went to school I was working on construction I was working

I'm at five hours a day I was taking acting classes from 8 o'clock at night

to 12 midnight I was doing all of those things I wanted to make sure that out of

the 24 hours of the day that I don't waste one single hour those hours were

too precious and so they just want to tell people don't give me this thing I

have a difficult time at the time and I don't have time for this now that you

have time you make the time failure is part of life I mean the difference for

me though is I'm like a failure as a stepping stone to success it's a speed

bump I know I'm gonna fail but it's not failure if you learn something and so

gosh I've made so many mistakes I've screwed so many things up but every time

I do it just becomes it becomes a way for me to explain to someone else what

it takes you know it's like here's what I've done I think I have the ability

influence people because I talk about my failures I talk about all the things

that mess me up but I show people that didn't let it stop me and you don't need

to stop you and I think I think that's really a secret matter and if everything

you touch was successful relate to people and also it's B total bullsh and

everyone know its goal and also you'd be bored silly I mean think about it if you

just said I want this and happen I want this to happen

you know people don't value it they don't fight for you know it's like you

see kids sometimes in it you know your parents will say you're not gonna value

this if you don't work for it and you're keeping going oh well you'll just give

it to me but it's true you know about things we've worked the hardest for we

value the most so I think you know the purpose of the goal is not getting it

anyway the purpose of goal you know is what who you become will you becomes

gonna make you happier it's gonna make you sad so I'm not looking for an

effortless approach there's no such thing I'm in meetings a lot my calendar

gets very full with those and then at night after the kids have gone to bed

I'm on email a great deal I get messages during the day that's my chance to give

long responses and then over the weekend I send a lot of mail as well as well I

take two weeks a year to just go off and read and think where I'm not interrupted

by work or anything else I'm just solidly trying to think about the future

and people get to send me things to read as part of that so-called thing

so it's nice mix of things about 25% of the time then I'm out traveling around

meeting with customers Europe Asia and that sort of helps me think okay do we

have the right priorities what what are people responding well to and what would

they they like to see us do better one night Chris had gone to bed I've

been struggling struggling struggling we still had all the same problems I we

started lean on the house still facing bankruptcy still fighting like crazy I

was still unemployed he still they still hadn't figured out

like the solution yet for the business and I was about to turn off the TV and

there on the the TV there was this rocket launching and I thought oh my

gosh I am gonna launch myself out of bed like a rocket ship like NASA right here

had launched me out of that bed and I'm gonna move so fast that I don't think

hmm I'm gonna beat my brain now here's a really interesting point I talked a lot

about your instincts and inner wisdom and we can get into this a little bit

later but a lot of us talk about the fact that you have a gut feeling but

what all this research that I've done for the book and and all the speaking

that I do what I've discovered that's fascinating is actually when you set

goals when you have an intention on something that you want to change about

your life your brain helps you what it does is it opens up a checklist and then

your brain goes to work trying to remind you of that intention that you set and

it's really important to develop the skill and I say that word purposefully

the skill of knowing how to hear that inner wisdom and that intention kicking

in and leaning into it quickly so for me my brain saying that's it right there

move as fast as a rocket Mel I wanted to change my life and I think most people

that are miserable or that are that are really like dying to be

great and dying to have more we want to change we want to live a better life we

want to create more for our families we want to be happier

the desire is there again it's about how do you go from knowledge to actions so

the first thing in the story that's important is realizing that the answer

was in me and my mind was telling me pay attention could have also been the

Bourbon anyway the next morning the alarm goes off and I pretended NASA was

there it's a stupidest story I literally went

five four three two one I counted out loud and then I stood up and I'll never

forget standing there in my bedroom it was dark it was cold it was winter in

Boston and for the first time in three months I had beaten my habit of hitting

the snooze button I couldn't believe it and I thought wait a minute counting

backwards citizen dumbest thing I've ever heard in my entire life well the

next morning I used it again and it worked the next morning I used it again

and it worked the next morning I used it again and it worked and then I started

to notice something really interesting there were moments all day long all day

long just like that five-second moment in bed where I knew knowledge what I

should do and if I didn't move within five seconds my brain would step in and

talk me out of it every human being has a five-second window might even be

shorter for you you have about a five-second window in which you can move

from idea to action before your brain kicks into full gear and sabotages any

change in behavior because remember your brain is wired to stop you from doing

things that are uncomfortable or uncertain or scary it's your job to

learn how to move from those ideas that could change everything

into acting on vacation from where I came from and listen I didn't come from

like the slums in Bangladesh or something so I don't want

to overemphasize it but the expectation was I would be a cop so I took the

policeman's test and when I was 17 or 18 years old with my little brother Josh

and he wound up going into the police and I wound up going afford him but at

the time my dad had had his restaurant repossessed by the federal agents for

not paying his taxes so they came with shotguns that summer in 1988 and they

close this place down and that was the most traumatic moment of my life and it

probably is the second most traumatic moment realized after 9/11 and when that

happened that changed everything about me as a person like to see your dad have

his restaurant taken even got talking about it now it's a 42 year old and I

just thought to myself wow you know that he lost everything and he never

recovered from it that was like the end of his entrepreneurial career and I said

to myself I'm never gonna fail a business no matter what it takes I win

mm-hmm cuz I'm never gonna let the feds take my place and he went $100,000 in

debt you know in tax evasion and all that stuff and it was very scary

but I had no money to go to college so I had to work three jobs and go to school

at night at Fordham and I learned a work ethic that I think made me who I am

today I'm a very hard worker I'm not the smartest kid in the class you know but

you know just in terms of being clever and having hustle I think my career

proves like I'll get it done no matter what I did a little experiment with them

with a homeless person they're not like on them it's not like electrodes with

them voluntarily helped me because the whole idea of giving right

give give you've you've all walked down the street and you've all seen someone

begging and you either have or haven't thrown a few pennies in their cup when

you do you feel good you bought that feeling that is a legitimate commercial

transaction you know commercial transactions are defined as the exchange

of consideration there was an exchange of consideration here you gave money you

got the feeling of goodwill you paid for that feeling if you didn't give money

you either feel nothing or you feel bad you can't feel good by not giving all

right you paid for that feeling so another question is how is that person

encouraging us to give the joke is they act like every

corporation in the world they talk about themselves me me me me me me me right

like they sit there with their little outdoor advertising little sign right

and it says I'm homeless I'm hungry I've got 12 kids I'm a veteran god bless they

got it all in they're trying to appeal to somebody the religious vote the

veteran vote you know the child sympathizer surround yourself with lots

of pets go for that one too right all in an attempt to get something from someone

takers not givers right all about me well what what corporations do we've

added more RAM we've added more ROM we've added more speed this one's number

one we're the biggest we're the best we've been around since 1969 we're

better than them we're faster than them we're more efficient than that one me me

me me me me me me me me and so even if we buy their product guess what yeah I

mean we're gonna feel much so I did this little experiment I found a nice

homeless lady on the streets of New York who's willing to help out and I learned

that with her sign which was pretty typical I'm homeless I'm hungry but she

makes between 20 and 30 dollars a day for you know for a day's worth of work

eight to ten hours of sitting there selling goodwill eight to ten hours

she'll make 20 to $30 $30 is considered a good day I changed her sign and the

new sign made her $40 in two hours and then she left

it's one of the reasons she's homeless is cuz she's decided that she only needs

twenty to thirty dollars a day to live if she stayed she would have made $150

the point is she made forty bucks in two hours where the signs say the sign said

if you only give once a month please think of me next time it has nothing to

do with the taker it has everything to do with the giver and what are the

objections people give when they don't give I can't give to everyone how do I

know that they really need it and so I address both those concerns I know you

can't get to everyone so if you only give once a month my cause is legitimate

I will still be here when you're ready to give forty bucks two hours make it

about them not about you the fact of the matter is 100 percent of customers are

people and 100 percent of clients are people and 100 percent of employees are

people I don't care how good your product is I don't care how good your

marketing is I don't care how good your design is if you don't understand people

you don't understand business we are social animals we are human beings and

our survival depends on our ability to form trusting relationships do you ever

watch Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel

let's flipping through channels one night and Deadliest Catch came on and on

this episode just random they were in a huge storm now for those of you who

don't know Deadliest Catch they take these crab fishing boats out in the

Bering Sea which is like terrible and they put cameras on them and we watch

right the reason that's I guess significant is because these crab

fishermen have I think one of the top 5 deadliest jobs in the world you know I

don't know what the exact number is but dozens of fishermen die every year doing

doing this we apparently find that entertaining it actually is so they have

cameras only on five or six of the ships even though there are many many me ships

that go out fishing every season and they don't really come into proximity

with each other because you know the oceans huge and they usually sabotage

and give each other false information because they're all competitors they're

all looking to get the crabs and you know make sure that they find them

somebody else doesn't and yeah it's business right it's just business it's

okay we all did the same thing in our own

companies and in this one episode this big huge storm was so violent that they

had to bring all the pots which are the big cages that they catch the crabs and

they bring all the pots back on the boat and wait out the storm

and just by dumb luck one of the boats that had cameras on it was in proximity

of a boat that didn't have cameras on it and so they filmed they had secured all

their pots on the deck and so they started filming the other boat and they

filmed a guy climbing on the outside of the cage securing the pots and all of a

sudden a huge wave hits the side of the boat and the guy's not there anymore and

the people on the boat with the camera starts screaming Man Overboard Man

Overboard Man Overboard and they turned our boat towards where they think he

might be he's a stranger they don't know him they don't know the the crew members

of the other boat and yet they react and they turned towards him and they find

him in the drink and for those of you don't understand how dangerous this is

if the water is so cold that if you're in the water for I think that it's a

minute or a minute thirty hypothermia will set in and you die and they come

upon him and he's screaming don't let me die don't let me die and they pull him

on board not out of the woods yet they strip off his clothes because it's wet

and cold and they wrapped blankets around him to prevent hyperthermia from

setting it and he survives and it's overwhelming and the captain comes down

and this is all on me you can go watch it on TV your camera comes the captain

comes down and he honks this stranger this young man his competitor he hugs

this guy's if he's his own son I lost it everybody is crying and you realize what

happened here was a human interaction and the reason they

their own lives to help this other person even though they spend every

other day trying to get ahead and sabotage is because at the end of the

day they're all crab fishermen and they know something about each other and they

know something about the risk that they all take to do this and when push comes

to shove they will put themselves out there to help each other for no other

reason than they get it they're one of the same I will promise you that every

single member of that crew that day went home with a feeling of fulfillment I

promise you that every single person on that crew that day felt more good in

their hearts and in their jobs than the richest days they've ever pulled in my

question is is what are you doing to help the person next to you don't you

want to wake up and go to work for the only reason that you can do something

good for someone else when you want them to do that for you you know from our

past experiences that big things start small you know the biggest oak starts

from an acorn and you've got a recognizing you've got to be willing to

let that acorn grow into a little sapling and then finally into a small

tree and maybe one day it'll be a big business on its own and in fact that's

one of the mottos for one of your initiatives and forgive my pronunciation

of the Latin but Greta team for Ossie Terry what does that mean to you well it

means step by step ferociously and it's the motto for Blue Origin and basically

you can't skip steps you have to put one foot in front of the other things take

time you there are no shortcuts and but but you want to do those steps with you

know passion and ferocity went to Harvard and you're dropped out have you

ever thought how your life could be better off if you had gotten your

Harvard degree well I I'm a weird dropout because I take college courses

all the time I love learning company courses and things so I love being a

student and there were smart people around and you know they fed you and

they gave you these nice grades that made you feel smart

so I I feel it was unfortunate that I didn't get to stay there

but I don't think I missed any knowledge because you know whatever I needed to

learn I would I was still in a learning mode and playing around the latest

technology whether it's you know new PCs looking at new software sitting down

with researchers it's it's why I think my job is the best Warren thinks is the

best but I'm I'm sure I'm right anyway I'm in meetings a lot my calendar gets

very full with those and then at night after the kids have gone to bed I'm on

email a great deal I get messages during the day that's my chance give long

responses and then over the weekend I send a lot of mail as well as well I

take two weeks a year to just go off and read and think where I'm not interrupted

by work or anything else I'm just solidly trying to think about the future

and people get to send me things to read as part of that so-called think week so

it's nice mix of things about 25% of the time then I'm out traveling around

meeting with customers Europe Asia and that sort of helps me think okay do we

have the right priorities what what are people responding well to and what would

they they'd like to see us do better you know these days that's probably 80 85

hours a week for a while there was over a hundred hours a week and that's just

it's just - that's a very high amount of pain so it's you know the the difficulty

in pain of of work hours really increases exponentially it's not linear

so but when you know the financial crisis hit in 2008 2009

you know it was just every day seven days a week what you know morning all

night and dream about work it was terrible

bad dreams to be late yes yeah and at what time do you get up normally in the

morning for me it's usually about 7:00 okay but I go to bed late so usually

it's I go to bed around 1:00 a.m. or so what I am yeah and you stop day with a

real breakfast or just for the coffee or with the water you know that also varies

a lot I think it's probably true that if you thought having a good breakfast is

is a good idea but usually I don't have time for that so sometimes sometimes

it's it's made for me but probably half the time I don't have any breakfast I

had to also have like coffee or something like that one spot sure well

try to cut down on the on sweet stuff so but I think I mean I think I probably

should have like an omelet and a coffee or something like that that seems like

probably the right thing and sometimes that you have that and for lunch lunch

yeah yeah a lot lunch is usually served to me during a meeting and I finished it

in five minutes yeah that's a bad habit

didn't that dinner is where the calories really come into play because there's

you know if I have dinner meetings like dinner meetings are the worst because

then you you know eat enough for like two people yeah and those things because

you have appetizer and main course my stuff so business dinners are like the

thing that really you know where I probably eat way too much I certainly

could be slimmer I think I know a workout once or twice a week I mean I

said well yeah yeah what's or twice you should I should do it more often for

sure running through the forest no usually just like a little bit on the

treadmill or on the end lifting some weights as opposed rarely are we instant

experts you may have a particular gift or affinity toward something but you

still get better you know people would pay me high compliments when I started

speaking and then people who've seen me a year or two later say that I'm even

better than I feel it why is that because you've you you learn more you

know I think that hubris is dangerous I think to think that you're an expert at

anything is a foolish pursuit you're never you're never as good as you could

be there's a boy's room for improvement there's always room to get better you

don't that does mean you have to listen to all the advice just you know not

necessarily does everybody know best but but to believe that you can be better

and to believe that you can offer more is a constant pursuit you know I used to

think being a public speaker meant being poised and presenting in a way that was

compelling and speaking at the right pace and that's that's a part of it but

but I have been taking more risks lately doing things that are very unstructured

and very uncomfortable and I will now do like if I have an hour to speak I'd

rather speak for 20 minutes and do 40 minutes worth of questions and who knows

how that's gonna go and that to me is the best and so I'm a

better speaker because now I'm Way more open to the unknown where a few years

ago that that would have scared me

who makes our disk drive we were really lucky when we started next in that we

got calls from the presidents of Sony Motorola Canon and others and they said

hey when you guys were in your former life time you used to romp through our

technology laboratories and you used to spot technologies and help us form them

into marketable products and we really like that cuz both of us won so we'd

like you to keep doing that and we'd like you to keep doing that because eh

maybe you'll be the next big computer company and be because you're the

cheapest R&D we could ever do so we had access to I think probably more of the

in-depth technical research going on at some of these companies than most other

people I have the good fortune to have we think more in terms of what impact is

this computer going to have on the people that use it and so we don't you

know much more about the industry than we do at this point we're focusing on

the people that are gonna use this thing and how to bring the most far-reaching

capabilities to them and so that's that's where our focus is right now I am

exceptionally proud of the hundred and seventy-five people that work it next

because they started without in some cases when we started the company of

course we just started it with a fresh sheet of paper and as people have joined

us over the months and the years they have joined based on not a product not

even a description they've joined on the vision University Way a degree oh I

don't know you mean the fact that I don't have I'm a dropout actually I have

a pretty fun spark from spot for I read anyway all right what happened was I

went to Reed College just like dr. Richard Crandall and I ran out of money

after about six months so I dropped out but they let me drop in for about a year

and a half after that and Stanford let me drop in for a year

and it's kind of something that's always stuck with me I didn't have any money to

pay and they said fine just take the classes and learn and that to me what is

what it's been all about so hopefully I think all of us

you know feel really great about being able to put something like this back

into that community again I can't stress enough this thing wouldn't be here today

if it were not for our advisory board they have they have led us into their

research labs they have let us hire their best grad students and they have

kicked us in the pants when we wanted to compromise and more than once matter of

fact so if it weren't for them this machine would be a very different

machine and I think all of us at next feel an incredible debt to them for

hanging in there with us and making sure this thing came out great actually a

very important decision it next we said why should a student at Reed College as

small liberal arts college with a thousand students or a professor or a

researcher read have to pay more for their computer than someone at a very

large institution let's say the University of California at Berkeley and

the answer is they shouldn't and so we decided what's the best price we're

gonna give to anybody and we said can we architect our company in a way that it

doesn't cost us any more to sell one computer than it does to sell a thousand

and obviously we made some distance there and we decided to offer our best

price to everybody so everybody gets the best price and that's how we decided the

price it's very democratic and I think it's in the spirit of what we're trying

to do with higher education thank you very much for coming today we really

appreciate it a lot