31 May, 2018

How to Find Light Within the Darkness | Leia Baez | Goalcast



It's never to late to chase your dreams. Stars only shine in the dark

Everything you ever wanted to know about bitcoin (but were afraid to ask) 4/5

BY DARREN WALL

What does the financial industry make of blockchain tech?

The bitcoin bubble may yet burst, but blockchain technology looks to be here to stay.
Six international banks (British-based Barclays, the Swiss-based Credit Suisse, Canada’s Imperial Bank of Commerce, HSBC, MUFG, and State Street) are using blockchain technology to develop a Utility Settlement Coin (USC) – rumored to release in 2018.
USC is a cryptocurrency, just like bitcoin, and will be used for international transactions between banks.
USC will be used for financial transfers on a vast scale and won’t be available at a consumer level – at least, not unless you’re dealing with multi-million dollar transactions.
These transactions will be controlled by banks (who are subject to regulation), and they’ll lack the anonymity of bitcoin.

How is the value of a bitcoin determined?

Supply and demand drive the fluctuating valuation, controlled by a pre-determined scarcity. (I love a bit of pre-determined scarcity, don’t you?) The system has been designed to prevent more than 21 million bitcoin from ever existing.
It sounds a lot, but when you take into account that this is a global currency, and the value fluctuates, this embedded scarcity infers value.
New bitcoin are released daily, at the rate of around 25 coins per 10 minutes. Where the heck they come from is beyond me, to be honest (and perhaps a subject for another article).
But the flow will dry eventually, it has been prophesied, inferring higher value upon existing coins. There are currently believed to be around 16 million in use.
So someone has done well.

Where can I pay with bitcoin?

Amazingly, there are over 100,000 merchants around the world who accept bitcoin, including Microsoft, Expedia, and Newegg.
It’s rare to be able to spend bitcoin in physical stores, although the likes of Gyft – a mobile gift card app – provides a means of transferring the value of your digital currency into a form accepted by Amazon and Walmart.
Gyft gift cards are accepted in over 200 outlets in the US, such as Nike, Starbucks, and Target.
There are services, such as Shakepay, which convert your bitcoin into USD or Euros, for a fee.

What next?

When Amazon starts accepting Bitcoin (notice that that’s “when” rather than “if”), the value is set to increase even further, bringing usage into the mainstream.
It wasn’t that long ago that ordering a consumer item from the internet represented a massive risk, remember? Nobody thought that would catch on! So the future looks bright for Bitcoin. Yes, it could all collapse and devalue, but at the current rate of progress, it seems unlikely.
It might be too late to invest in in bitcoin and make millions, unless you already have hundreds of thousands of dollars. But now you know just enough about bitcoin to dip your toes in the water; don’t worry, it’s warm.
There a lot more information on BTC and Blockchain on the web. Also very nice Youtube Videos on everything. BUT, tomorrow, I will reveal how you can get involved, should you be interested, in the creation process of these Crypto Currencies and Leverage of the technology.....
May have a fulfilled Thursday

30 May, 2018

Be the Everyday Hero | John O'Leary | Goalcast



Being a Hero doesn't take much

Everything you ever wanted to know about bitcoin (but were afraid to ask) 3/5

BY DARREN WALL

Wow. Doesn’t this sound a little illegal?


Some countries, such as India, have prohibited the trade of bitcoin. Some say that they’re banning non-centralized crypto-currencies because the government can’t trace transactions (or, perhaps more to the point, collect taxes).
But that’s the cynic’s view. The service in itself is absolutely not illegal – as long as where the money goes when it’s transferred isn’t used for illegal activity. But you could say that for all currency.

How does this not immediately fall apart?

Your bank account is an established (and regulated) form of digital currency. You have money (which is represented by numbers in an account), which you can transfer to someone else in return for goods and services. You probably use your cash card or mobile payment system more than you use dollars and coins these days.
So you’re already pretty familiar with the concept of electronic cash. The main difference here is that rather than one organization taking care of your numbers, a collection of computers keeps the numbers safe.
It is a valid concern that anonymity could facilitate criminal activity, although this certainly doesn’t imply that users of Bitcoin have unlawful intent. So you can see why it’s controversial. But no – it’s not illegal.

I’ve heard about bitcoin wallets. What are they?

Good question. And this is where the story gets interesting.
A bitcoin wallet is a dedicated program that stores your bitcoins, in the same way that your physical wallet holds your notes and cards. The digital wallet is stored on your desktop computer or on your smartphone. Bitcoin can be stored on the web, but this raises security concerns.

Are Bitcoin wallets safe?

If you lose your bitcoin wallet, you lose your money, just like if you lost your physical wallet. Except your digital wallet was potentially worth millions of dollars.
There are stories floating around the internet of a sorry gentleman who threw out his old computer and forgot to back up his bitcoin wallet. He’s regularly spotted raking through the trash at his local dump.
Allegedly.
If you forget your PIN or password, or you lose your hard drive, or it’s hacked or stolen, the value store becomes forever inaccessible. Experts recommend storing your wallet offline where it’s less vulnerable to ransomware. Just in case.
A regular internet-enabled bank account allows you to access your money (and transfer your numbers) from any computer connected to the internet.
If it’s safer to store your digital wallet offline, that means you can only access your funds from the computer that holds the wallet.
There’s a selection of mobile apps that allow you to control your digital wallet securely.

So how do you spend your bitcoin?

Transactions are recorded onto the blockchain as a file, confirming that “Bob gave Andy 5 bitcoin on [insert date and time here].”
Lucky Andy! What did he do to gain such favor?

The point?

The transaction is signed by Bob’s private, encrypted key and broadcast to the P2P, which validates and records the transaction.
Can’t this blockchain just fall apart?
The blockchain is publicly distributed, so it is potentially open to hacking. However, it’s heavily cryptographically protected. The data is divided into multiple small blocks.
Individually the blocks don’t mean anything to a hacker.
The total bitcoin blockchain is estimated at around 100gb in size. The entire chain is required to crack the encryption. And there could be, like, tons of blocks. Thousands. Millions. Superquadrillions.
Because the blockchain uses the computing power of thousands of computers around the world, it probably means hacking into thousands of computers, undetected, all all the same time. So it’s pretty safe.
However! There have been successful hacks, losing groups and individuals hundreds of millions of dollars. (But they might not have deserved those hundreds of millions of dollars in the first place. So don’t feel too bad.)
Hacks have broken into individual wallets, rather than “breaking” the blockchain. A wallet could be compromised, stolen, cloned, or manipulated.
Let's go into the financial industry, value of BTC, payment for goods or services etc tomorrow!!!
Lookout for Friday's Post when it all comes together.... Have a fabulous Wednesday!

29 May, 2018

How To Take Charge of Your Mental Health | Ross Szabo | Goalcast



Mental Health is like cleaning house....

Everything you ever wanted to know about bitcoin (but were afraid to ask) 2/5

BY DARREN WALL




What is a peer-to-peer network?

You might have used a file-sharing application at some point. Remember Vuze, Napster, and Pirate Bay? If so, you’ve used a peer-to-peer (P2P) network to share files.
P2P is an online network of computers where users open up a part of their computer. With file sharing, it’s usually just a partition of your hard-drive. But in this case, users donate processing power as well as hard-drive space. And the processing power borrowed from the P2P contributes to the overall processing power of the blockchain.
Woah, right?
Colossal processing power is required to create new bitcoin, which is why they need a network of users’ computers. And generating that processing power has a huge electricity demand.
A blockchain host on this p2p network searches the web using dedicated software so that they can find and bid for new bitcoin as they’re created. They’re rewarded in bitcoin for hosting the blockchain. This is known as mining.

Isn’t P2P illegal?

P2P got a bad rap when Napster was shuttered because people were using it to illegally share copyrighted material, such as music, video, and application files. But there’s nothing illegal about P2P networks, per se, as long as the activity they operate is legal.
The P2P facilitates the blockchain, which records transactions with a date stamp, preventing double-spending, and we transfer bitcoin from our wallets to buy things. So, it’s a bit like… well, a bank.

So bitcoin is a like a bank, but it isn’t a bank?

Nakamoto described Bitcoin as a “peer-to-peer version of electronic cash,” facilitating online payments that don’t go through a financial institution.
The P2P creates, maintains, and updates the blockchain, recording payment transactions. And the blockchain records and facilitates two willing parties where they wish to trade directly.
All without regulation. All without governments and corporations. And all anonymously.

Wow. Doesn’t this sound a little illegal?



I will delve into the legalities of crypto's and blockchain.......
Be ont the lookout for my next blog!!!

28 May, 2018

This is How 936 Marbles can Change Someone's Life | Josh Shipp | Goalcast



Awesome week everyone. Make it count!

Everything you ever wanted to know about Bitcoin (but were afraid to ask) 1/5

BY DARREN WALL




If you feel a little clueless when it comes to cryptocurrency, you’re not alone. The sudden and stratospheric rise of bitcoin and its ilk is all a little dizzying and unreal.
So you probably have some questions: Is bitcoin the emperor’s new clothes, or is it the ermine shawl of future millionaires? When a single bitcoin can be worth $10,000, then how could you possibly spend it? How much would a pint of milk cost? And can you use your bitcoin to pay for, say, a weekend getaway?
We’re here to debunk the enigma and claim some clarity on this very 21st-century concept of money – money that, perhaps, doesn’t really exist… Except that it does.
Let’s unravel this, shall we?

Everything you ever wanted to know about bitcoin (but were afraid to ask)

What is cryptocurrency?

First, some definitions.
cryptocurrency is an encrypted digital payment network. There are no physical notes or coins – it’s a currency that exists solely over an encrypted network of computers.
Are you still with me? Great.
Bitcoin was invented by a mysterious developer, known to the planet as Satoshi Nakamoto, which is a pseudonym. Nobody knows if it’s one person or a group. For ease, we’ll refer to Nakamoto as “they.”
Nakamoto wanted to create a currency that was not controlled by governments or corporations; which could be traded globally at no cost and without revealing one’s identity.

What is a bitcoin?

bitcoin is a line of code with no physical tokens, a bit like your debit card. Once obtained, bitcoin are stored in a digital wallet, which is conceptually the same as a physical wallet. Bitcoin can be traded for services and goods, just like… well, money.
You may have heard the term “blockchain.” It’s an incredibly boring term, but you need to know it to properly understand bitcoin. Sorry.

What is a blockchain?



A blockchain is a ledger – a record of transactions.
Your bank keeps a ledger on you. It prevents you from “double-spending” – using the same units of currency twice. The blockchain is similar, only it is powered by a peer-to-peer network.
Tomorrow we will go into Peer to Peer (P2P) and more....
So maybe, you are familiar with Bitcoin, Blockchain et al, or maybe you are not. I will dedicate this week to Crypto Currencies and it's underlying technology.
Have a blessed week!!!

25 May, 2018

CHANGE YOUR MIND AND BECOME SUCCESSFUL - Best Motivational Videos Compil...



Have a great weekend and look after yourself!!!

13 Ways to Improve Your Life - DONE

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10. Find your place.

If you just work at a job, find the best place you can serve well, and sure enough they’ll ask you to occupy a better place. Keep doing a job well; do the very best you can. That’s your best way out.

11. Demand integrity from yourself.

Integrity is like loyalty. You can’t demand it of someone else; you can only demand it of yourself. Be the best example of loyalty and you’ll get loyal followers. Be the best example of integrity and you’ll have people around you who have integrity. Lead the way.

12. Welcome the disciplines.

I can’t give you much better advice than that because disciplines create reality. Disciplines build cities. A well-disciplined activity creates abundance, uniqueness and productivity.

13. Fight for what’s right.

It’s extraordinary to be able to say: “I fought for my kids; I fought for what was right; I fought for good health; I fought to protect my company; I fought for a good career that would bless my family. I fought a good fight.” It’s good to fight the encroachment. Opposites are in conflict and you’re in the middle. If you want something valuable, you’ve got to fight for it.
Fabulous Weekend to You!!! Whatever you do, do it good and be awesome....

24 May, 2018

WINNERS MINDSET - Best Motivational Videos Compilation 2017



If you can sort out the space between your ears....

13 Ways to Improve Your Life - 3/4

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The next 3 Ways...

7. Conserve your time.
Sometimes we get faked out. Motivational speaker Bill Bailey says the average person says, “I’ve got 20 more years.” But Bill says you’ve got 20 more times. If you go fishing once a year, you’ve only got 20 more times to go fishing, not 20 years. That fakes you out.

8. Invest your profits.

Here’s one of the philosophies that my mentor, Earl Shoaff, gave me: Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living, profits make you a fortune. Could we start earning profits while we make a living? The answer is yes.

9. Live with intensity

You might as well turn it up a notch or two. Invest more of you in whatever you do. Be a little stronger; be a little wiser. Step up your vitality contribution. Put everything you’ve got into everything you do and then ask for more vitality, more strength and more vigor, more heart and more soul.
https://www.jimrohn.com/13-ways-to-improve-your-life/
LAST 4 tomorrow!!!
What do you think of the late Mr Jim Rohn's ideas and philosophies???

23 May, 2018

Jim Rohn: ONE OF THE MOST EYE OPENING SPEECHES (very motivational)



From the Master himself....Midweek Motivation

13 Ways to Improve Your Life - 2/4

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4. Refine your goals.

Start the process. Set some higher goals. Reach for some higher purpose. Go for something beyond what you thought you could do.

5. Believe in yourself.

You’ve got to believe in the possibilities. You’ve got to believe that tomorrow can be better than today. Believe in yourself.There isn’t a skill you can’t learn; there isn’t a discipline you can’t try; there isn’t a class you can’t take; there isn’t a book you couldn’t read.

6. Ask for wisdom.

Ask for wisdom that creates answers. Ask for wisdom to deal with the challenges for today and tomorrow. Don’t wish it was easier; wish you were better.

Tomorrow I will reveal another 3 ways!!!

22 May, 2018

WATCH THIS AND CHANGE YOUR 2018 - Gary Vaynerchuk Motivational Video | M...



If, If, If...!!! Wonderful insight Gary. Work for what you want...

13 Ways to Improve Your Life - 1/4

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How dramatically we can change our results is largely a function of imagination.
In 1960, it was a technological impossibility for man to travel into outer space. However, within 10 years, the first man stepped out onto the surface of the moon. The miraculous process of converting that dream into reality began when one voice challenged the scientific community to do whatever was necessary to see to it that America “places a man on the moon by the end of this decade.” That challenge awakened the spirit of a nation by planting the seed of possible future achievement into the fertile soil of imagination.

With that one bold challenge, the impossible became a reality.
The same principle applies to every other area of our life.
Can a poor person become wealthy? Of course! The unique combination of desire, planning, effort and perseverance will always work its magic. The question is not whether the formula for success will work, but rather whether the person will work the formula. That is the unknown variable. That is the challenge that confronts us all.
We can all go from wherever we are to wherever we want to be. No dream is impossible provided we first have the courage to believe in it.
Here is how you can do that—13 ways to improve your life:

1. 
Face your fears.
That’s how you conquer them. Don’t dismiss them; face them. Say, Here’s what I’m afraid of. I wonder what I could do to change that. Face your fears today.

2. Exercise your willpower to change direction.

You don’t have to keep doing what you’ve been doing the last six years if it’s not yielding the benefits you want. Pick a new destination and go that way. Use your willpower to start the process. You don’t have to repeat last year. Clean up the errors. Invest it now in the next year. Watch it make the difference.

3. Admit your mistakes.

Sometimes you have to admit them to others. Here’s one of the best phrases in the English language: “I’m sorry.” Those words could start a whole new relationship. They could start two people going in a whole new direction. Admit your mistakes to yourself. You don’t have to babble about them to everyone in the neighborhood. But it doesn’t hurt you to sit down and have a conversation with yourself and say, There’s no use kidding myself. Here’s where I really am. I’ve got pennies in my pocket and I’ve got nothing in the bank. That’s what I said after a Girl Scout left my door. I had a conversation with myself and I said, I don’t want this to happen anymore.

https://www.jimrohn.com/13-ways-to-improve-your-life/
Be on the lookout for my next blog where I will reveal the next 3 ways!

21 May, 2018

10 Brain Hacks to A Better Memory | Jim Kwik | Goalcast



It's not how smart you are, It's how are you SMART....

Hope you have a super cool Monday and a Blessed Week!!!

You Can Have More - If You Become More

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Here’s the great challenge of life: You can have more than you’ve got because you can become more than you are.
I have found that income seldom will exceed your own personal development. Once in a while income takes a lucky jump, but unless you grow out to where it is, it will go back to where you are. Somebody once said if you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everyone, it would soon be back in the same pockets.
However, you can have more because you can become more. You see, here is how the other side of the coin reads: Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got. The major thing that makes the difference is what you do—it is the human effort that counts.
In order to have more, you need to become more. The guy says, “If I had a good job I would really pour it on, but I have this lousy job so I just goof off.” If that is your philosophy, you are destined to stay there. Some people say, “If I had a lot of money, I would be really generous, but I don’t have much, so I’m not generous.” See, you’ve got to change that philosophy or you will never have “the lots of money.”
Unless you change, it won’t change. Amazingly, however, when we throw out our blame list and start becoming more ourselves, the difference is everything else will begin to change around us.
It's all about the mindset!!! Have a fabulous week and be the best you can be....

18 May, 2018

These 3 Sentences Will Change Your Life | Lisa Nichols | Goalcast



Fabulous Friday to everyone!!  Let the weekend count!!

If You Change Yourself, You Can Change Your Life

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Life is about constant, predictable patterns of change, and the only constant factor will be our feelings and attitudes toward life. We as human beings have the power of attitude and that attitude determines choice, and choice determines results. All that we are and all that we can become has indeed been left to us to decide and interpret through our attitude and choices.

Life is like the changing seasons—you cannot change the seasons, but you can change yourself. So the first major lesson in life to learn is how to handle the winters. They come regularly, right after autumn. Some are long, some are short, some are difficult, some are easy, but they always come right after autumn. That is never going to change.
There are all kinds of winters: the “winter” when you can’t figure it out, the “winter” when everything seems to go awry. There are economic winters, social winters and personal winters.
Wintertime can bring disappointment, and disappointment is common to all of us. So you must learn how to handle the winters. You must learn how to handle difficulty; it always comes after opportunity. That is never going to change.
The big question is what to do about winters. You can’t get rid of January simply by tearing it off the calendar. But here is what you can do: You can get stronger; you can get wiser; you can get better. Remember that trio of words: stronger, wiser, better. The winters won’t change, but you can.

Before I understood this, I used to wish for summer when it was winter. When things were difficult, I wished they were easy. I didn’t know any better. Then my mentor Earl Shoaff gave me the answer from a part of his unique philosophy when he said, “Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. Don’t wish for fewer problems, wish for more skills. Don’t wish for less challenge, wish for more wisdom.”
https://www.jimrohn.com/change-can-change-life/

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Have a fabulous weekend!!! You can live your best Life NOW...

17 May, 2018

This Is Why You Should Never Let a Tragedy Define Your Life | Inky Johns...



Make today count!!!

The Key to Getting All You Want? Discipline

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For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards. That’s one of life’s great arrangements. If you sow well, you will reap well. Life is full of laws that both govern and explain behaviors, but the law of sowing and reaping may well be the major law we need to understand: For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards.


What a concept! If you render unique service, your reward will be multiplied. If you’re fair and honest and patient with others, your reward will be multiplied. If you give more than you expect to receive, your reward is more than you expect. But remember: The key word here—as you might well imagine—is discipline.
Everything of value requires care, attention and discipline. Our thoughts require discipline. We must consistently determine our inner boundaries and our codes of conduct, or our thoughts will be confused. And if our thoughts are confused, we will become hopelessly lost in the maze of life. Confused thoughts produce confused results.

Remember the law: For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards. Learn the discipline of writing a card or a letter to a friend. Learn the discipline of paying your bills on time, or arriving to appointments on time, or using your time more effectively. Learn the discipline of paying attention, or paying your taxes, or paying yourself. Learn the discipline of having regular meetings with your associates, or your spouse, or your child, or your parent. Learn the discipline of learning all you can learn, of teaching all you can teach, of reading all you can read.
For each discipline, multiple rewards; for each book, new knowledge; for each success, new ambition; for each challenge, new understanding; for each failure, new determination. Life is like that. Even the bad experiences of life provide their own special contribution. But a word of caution here for those who neglect the need for care and attention to life’s disciplines: everything has its price. Everything affects everything else. Neglect discipline, and there will be a price to pay. All things of value can be taken for granted with the passing of time.
That’s what we call the Law of Familiarity. Without the discipline of paying constant, daily attention, we take things for granted. Be serious. Life is not a practice session.
Think about your life at this moment. What areas need attention right now? Perhaps you’ve had a disagreement with someone you love or someone who loves you, and your anger won’t allow you to speak to that person. Wouldn’t this be an ideal time to examine your need for a new discipline? Perhaps you’re on the brink of giving up, or starting over, or starting out. And the only missing ingredient to your incredible success story in the future is a new and self-imposed discipline that will make you try harder and work more intensely than you ever thought you could.
The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself. Don’t wait for things to deteriorate so drastically that someone else must impose discipline in your life. Wouldn’t that be tragic? How could you possibly explain the fact that someone else thought more of you than you thought of yourself? That they forced you to get up early and get out into the marketplace when you would have been content to let success go to someone else who cared more about themselves.
Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition… or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.

https://www.jimrohn.com/getting-discipline/
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Jim Rohn is one of my favorite Philosophers of all time. I dedicate this week's Blog Post to the Life of Jim Rohn!

16 May, 2018

Why Am I Even Alive? | Muniba Mazari | Goalcast



Wonderful Wednesday so far???

The Best Ways to Beat Procrastination - Done

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Write it down.

We know how important writing is to goal-setting. The writing you’ll do for beating procrastination is very similar. Instead of focusing on the future, you’re going to be writing about the present just as you experience it every day. Instead of describing the things you want to do or the places you want to go, you’re going to describe what you actually do with your time, and you’re going to keep a written record of the places you actually go.

In other words, you’re going to keep a diary of your activities. And you’re going to be amazed by the distractions, detours and downright wastes of time you engage in during the course of a day. All of these get in the way of achieving your goals. For many people, it’s almost like they planned it that way, and maybe at some unconscious level they did. The great thing about keeping a time diary is that it brings all this out in the open. It forces you to see what you’re actually doing—and what you’re not doing.

Your time diary doesn’t have to be anything elaborate. Just buy a little spiral notebook that you can easily carry in your pocket.  When you go to lunch, when you drive across town, when you go to the dry cleaners, when you spend some time shooting the breeze at the copying machine, make a quick note of the time you began the activity and the time it ends. Try to make this notation as soon as possible; if it’s inconvenient to do it immediately, you can do it later. But you should make an entry in your time diary at least once every 30 minutes, and you should keep this up for at least a week.
Break it down. Write it down. These two techniques are very straightforward. But don’t let that fool you: These are powerful and effective productivity techniques. This is how you beat procrastinationThis is how you get yourself started.
Be on the lookout for my next Blog where I will be sharing more of Jim Rohs Life Changing Philosophies.

One of my favorite philosophers of all time is Mr Jim Rohn. I dedicate this week's Blog Post to Jim Rohn!

Do Not Give Up On The Person You Are Capable Of Becoming (Inspirational ...

Do Not Give Up On The Person You Are Capable Of Becoming