{"id":761,"date":"2013-07-08T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T05:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/?p=761"},"modified":"2013-07-08T13:45:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T13:45:09","slug":"new-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/2013\/07\/08\/new-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"New Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am going to try and post everyday. I have been trying to write about once a week. \u00a0However, I get distracted and the posts are farther apart than that. \u00a0So, \u00a0I thought if I try and post every day then I will get the hang of doing this quicker. \u00a0I am sure there is going to be a bunch of drivel, but in the end I believe I will get better at writing and other stuff I am trying to do. \u00a0And with that everyday writing I am going to try and get to 1000 words.<\/p>\n

Here is a\u00a0synopsis\u00a0of the books I am reading. \u00a0The one I have been reading for the longest, and haven’t picked up for over 6 months, \u00a0is a speed reading book. \u00a0Break Through Rapid Reading<\/a>\u00a0 I think I have been working on this book for a couple of years. \u00a0I get bogged down in the practice. \u00a0However, some of the tips I have learned have really help me get through books faster. \u00a0I just finished a book The Voice Book<\/a>\u00a0and How to Say It With Your Voice<\/a>\u00a0 I read an article in the Wall Street Jornal that addressed that many times people are not taken seriously because there voice is lame. \u00a0So I looked up a few books. \u00a0I choose the ones that were the highest rated and then tried to find them at my local library. \u00a0I was able to get two books at the local library. \u00a0The Voice Book talked about posture and breathing. \u00a0It had a few\u00a0exercises, but not much in the book seemed to make much of a difference to me. \u00a0However, the How to say it with your voice had a ton of exercises, then about 3\/4 of the way through the book there is a chapter with a 12 minute daily routine of practice exercises. \u00a0I have been doing these for a week or so and they seem to be making a difference. \u00a0I have noticed I am able to keep peoples attention longer because my voice has more power. \u00a0It’s great because I can practice on my way to work.<\/p>\n

I have been trying to get back to the Innovators DNA<\/a>\u00a0 I read a paper about the book on the Harvard Business Review about a year before the book came out. \u00a0The premise of the book is that there are innovator skills that everyone can learn. \u00a0After reading a couple chapters of the book it invites the reader to take a test online to see how innovative we may be. \u00a0After I took the test, I discovered I am not that innovative. \u00a0This was a bit discouraging. \u00a0However, they have some great instructions in activities that will make me more innovative. \u00a0So I need to get back to that.<\/p>\n

Also from an article in the Wall Street Journal I discovered a book about relationships for married couples. \u00a0I like this book. \u00a0I am also trying to get my wife to read the book. \u00a0Before I read this book I read another book by the author. \u00a0It had some good ideas, but it wasn’t something that really spoke to me about my relationship with my wife. \u00a0This second book did a much better job presenting me with ways to understand why things were happening in my relationship and then gives guidelines to improve our relationship. \u00a0I have only gotten to chapter 5, because I am waiting for Amanda to catchup. \u00a0 I think she is satisfied with our relationship and so I have to find a more effective way to motivate her to move forward on the relationship. \u00a0I’ll wait until after I have finished to the second book to see if it’s worth mentioning to future generations.<\/p>\n

Roman is out selling in Kansas and requested I send him a book. \u00a0The Psychology of Selling\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0I sent this book him and looked it up at the local library. \u00a0They don’t have a copy, but I can check out the ebook. \u00a0The ebook is a new experience for me. \u00a0But I thought I would give it a try. \u00a0I am readying scriptures on my phone. \u00a0So guess I have been reading ebooks for a while. \u00a0 I’m only 30 pages into the book. \u00a0But I like it so far.<\/p>\n

My job status is UNKNOWN! \u00a0For now I have one. \u00a0But that could change any day. \u00a0I am actively looking and I am getting better at marketing myself. \u00a0I’ve gotten a few interviews and I have one really good lead. \u00a0We’ll see what God has in store for me and my family.<\/p>\n

I am having fun with my little electric car. \u00a0I’ve put about 1700 miles on the car in a month. \u00a0I am going to have to scale back my fun because I should be at about 1250 right now. \u00a0 I am hoping that I find a job that is closer and it will cut down on my miles.<\/p>\n

I am also trying to help my brother Mike get his video business going. \u00a0I think we have some good ideas, but it is going to take some work and executing to get these things in place. \u00a0My favorite idea now, is the one where we get a bunch of people together, feed them lunch and pitch them on the idea of video for real estate. \u00a0I will need to keep pushing Mike to get that done.<\/p>\n

Roman is doing well with selling alarms, however, he only has three more weeks before he comes home to get ready for his mission. \u00a0I wish he had more time to figure out the selling thing. \u00a0I would like to figure out the selling thing.<\/p>\n

I am also working on my speaking at Toastmasters, I think I am going to be giving a speech this week about my first pay for performance jobs. \u00a0I still need to work on it a bit because I am going over the time limit by a minute or two each time I have practiced the speech. \u00a0Maybe I will write it down just to see how long it will take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am going to try and post everyday. I have been trying to write about once a week. \u00a0However, I get distracted and the posts are farther apart than that. \u00a0So, \u00a0I thought if I try and post every day then I will get the hang of doing this quicker. \u00a0I am sure there is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-journal-entry","7":"entry"},"modified_by":"D. Gardner","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p32Jie-ch","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deegardner.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}