I'm a School Co-Owner and head instructor of martial arts in Maumee and Toledo Ohio at the Martial Arts Center (www.ohiomartialarts.com); I started this blog as a special place to put my thoughts, nice things that happen, and all of the wonderful odds and ends I come across that inspire me that just don't seem to fit anywhere else on my site. I hope you find a few of my posts informative and possibly inspirational to you too!
“mindpower” is Joseph Hurtsellers podcast. It’s a weekly shot of motivation and inspiration. Joseph Hurtsellers (Sensei Hurtsellers) - as his students call him, is a 30 year veteran of the Martial Arts field. Joe uses his experiences both on and off the mats to create a talk each week that is designed to help you get more of the things you want and less of the things you don't. While many of Joe's talks will help those practicing Martial Arts, these talks are designed for EVERYONE that might be looking for techniques, stories and thoughts designed to inspire, and live a more joyful life.
"Massive thanks go to some of the great influences of these talks: Esther Hicks and teachings of Abraham, Wayne Dyer, Steven Covey, Tony Robbins, and Sifu Robert Brown. A great deal of thanks also go to the students at the Martial Arts Center (www.ohiomartialarts.com) for their constant support and enthusiasm that has made this work possible." - Joe Hurtsellers
What if you could control the way you feel? What if you could learn to practice your way into being happy? What would life be like if no outside force could cause you to feel fear, anger, or resentment?
To find out more, enjoy this weeks talk by pressing the play button below:
If you don't listen to internet radio there is a new service that might make you join in.
If you do listen – this new service will make you fall in love with radio all over again!
This post is an exception to the rule of my posts. Rather than being inspirational I just want to share something I found that I really, really, like. As many of you know I love tech - and when I see something that makes my jaw drop it's in my nature to share it.
The other day I found a fairly new web site called RadioWeave. This site is pretty revolutionary, so much so that I think it could be the very beginning of something very big across the internet. Imagine being there at the beginning of Facebook or Twitter. I believe that RadioWeave has the might have that same kind potential.
Remember the days when in the car the radio was king? The traditional approach was you pressed your preset buttons that were based on the kind of station you wanted to hear. You didn't have to download anything, mess with any settings, you'd just get in and listen. If you didn't like what was playing you just pushed the next preset (or maybe later just changed the preset all together). That radio model worked incredibly well for decades - to tell the truth sometimes I still miss it. (This is probably the reason that people still subscribe to Satellite radio - you just tune to a station you like, but if something comes on you don't want to hear you just press a button.)
But, the world has changed so much since the days of the radio. There are literally hundreds of thousands of places you can get audio content over the internet – and music is only a fraction of the content available. These stations are really each individual shows that cover the broadest subjects (like CNN, ABC News or NPR) – down to the most specific subjects - you name the topic and somewhere there is an internet radio show hosted by enthusiasts on the subject. (I host a weekly show on the specific subject of using your mind to create a better life that I call "mindpower" as one of many such examples.)
Now imagine what it would be like if you could get in your car, or go on a run, or head to the gym, and simply press a button that was a loop of all of your favorite stations all kept track of for you and updated as soon as new content was published. If you are listening to one show and get bored you just tap a button to move to the next one, and all of your shows – and the individual places you've left off are all kept in perfect order for you and played as an indivdual track ranging as long as 6 minutes to shorter broadcasts such as quick weather, or stock updates. Radioweave is sort of like an eight-track player that is continuously organizing and playing the tracks of your life. (Sorry to those of you too young to know what an eight-track is.)
But there is even more – because RadioWeave also links to your Facebook and Twitter accounts. What this means is that as part of your running loop the service READS OUT LOUD recent Facebook and Twitter posts. I'm not kidding and I”m not making this up, IT READS THEM OUT LOUD!
I think the reason RadioWeave is so powerful is it matches the way most of us naturally go about our day. Rarely do I have a large block of time to listen to my shows; usually I'm moving from one place to another, doing yard work, working out ect. So what ends up happening is I end up with small blocks of time to listen throughout the day. RadioWeave keeps me updated on what's going on around me, but it let's me skim everything I find interesting and find the real gems in the audio world that I would otherwise miss.
Bottom line is this: I can tell you personally that almost as soon as I signed up with RadioWeave it immediately began to change the way I listen to content and I'm absolutely in love with this service!
Wait you say – what does it cost?
That's the best part of all – it's FREE! ..... Don't we live in some amazing times?
Here is a video from the company – when I watched it I was it's 64th view on YouTube – so really folks we are on the absolute cutting edge of this new technology. If you love podcasts like I do – or think you might if there were an easier way - then check them out.
I have only two warnings: So far RadioWeave has a highly developed Iphone app, it's stable and works great, but the Android app is still in Alpha so it's not in the regular market - (Mine seems to work OK - still a little buggy but passable!). Secondly, RadioWeave is new - and they don't seem to have Wall street money behind them yet; they are a small group of people working on this project in their spare time - so if everything doesn't work perfectly just remember they are doing their best. I consider it the price I willingly pay for being on the absolute cutting edge and being able to do something no one else can. If you keep those things in mind; and like audio like I do, I think you're going to become a fan.
One day, while Juan Mann was getting off an airplane he noticed all of the friends and families of travelers waiting to hug their loved ones. He thought it would be sad if someone didn't have someone waiting for them to give them a hug, so he started this project.
For over an hour he waited - then finally - the older lady in the video took him up on his offer. She told him earlier that day she had lost her best friend - her dog - and his hug had meant a lot.
Still later others started joining the project but local authorities tried to stop it. Juan was told he needed 10,000 signatures in order to continue - watch the video to see what happens.
To date this video has been seen over 67,000,0000 times; and Jaun has sparked a movement that has been repeated countless times all over the world.
“mindpower” is Joseph Hurtsellers podcast. It’s a weekly shot of motivation and inspiration. Joseph Hurtsellers (Sensei Hurtsellers) - as his students call him, is a 30 year veteran of the Martial Arts field. Joe uses his experiences both on and off the mats to create a talk each week that is designed to help you get more of the things you want and less of the things you don't. While many of Joe's talks will help those practicing Martial Arts, these talks are designed for EVERYONE that might be looking for techniques, stories and thoughts designed to inspire, and live a more joyful life.
"Massive thanks go to some of the great influences of these talks: Esther Hicks and teachings of Abraham, Wayne Dyer, Steven Covey, Tony Robbins, and Sifu Robert Brown. A great deal of thanks also go to the students at the Martial Arts Center (www.ohiomartialarts.com) for their constant support and enthusiasm that has made this work possible." - Joe Hurtsellers
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