Training and working with horses is not easy and takes a lot of time and effort. One of the way I go back and check on my fundamentals is to ensure that as a rider I'm giving the proper signals to my horse. Watching videos helps me do this fairly easy task. If you do it wrong it will impact you. I was playing polo a month ago and couldn't figure out why my reigns kept slipping when they got moist. I think noticed my grip was wrong. :)
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
What is a Sustainable Economy?
A perpetual sustainable economy is an important part of rejuvenating the U.S. to a system that continues to get stronger year after year. Much has changed over the past 30-40 years and we see that our system has lost some of its economic power and abilities. To return to an upward trajectory we have to think about what it means to be a sustainable economy that continue to grow. A few thoughts below are included for mental digestion.
-Produces Sufficient Tax Revenue: Produces enough tax revenue to pay for large scale improvements, governance, encouraging of work skills, public services and general improvement in the environment. Tax revenue should be able to cover expenditures.
-Investment: Draws enough investment to maintain the area and continue to improve it. That doesn't mean each area must grow but that each area should have enough capital influx to develop and maintain itself.
-Social/Economic Justice: A system of governance that is fair, an economic model that encourages the highest levels of economic activity from all stratus of society, and a general believe that everyone is part of the same community. Each person should be treated fairly under the system and given equal consideration.
-Education, Open Mindedness, and Innovation: Has access to higher education institutions that produce skilled innovative workers, a culture that is open to new ideas and converts them into working philosophies, as well as innovative mindsets that ensure the system develops and rejuvenates.
-Infrastructure: Solid infrastructure that allows the transference of information, resources, product facilities, shipping, and a high quality of life.
-Brand: A city brand that is attracts skilled workers and comes to represent the products produced in the area. Collaborative efforts between government and business is helpful.
-Resources: Cities will need access to certain resources that are not far removed from the products they produce.
-Technology: Continuously takes new technology and integrates into its system. While this seems similar to innovation there are some markets that don't have access to the technological abilities of others.
-Produces Sufficient Tax Revenue: Produces enough tax revenue to pay for large scale improvements, governance, encouraging of work skills, public services and general improvement in the environment. Tax revenue should be able to cover expenditures.
-Investment: Draws enough investment to maintain the area and continue to improve it. That doesn't mean each area must grow but that each area should have enough capital influx to develop and maintain itself.
-Social/Economic Justice: A system of governance that is fair, an economic model that encourages the highest levels of economic activity from all stratus of society, and a general believe that everyone is part of the same community. Each person should be treated fairly under the system and given equal consideration.
-Education, Open Mindedness, and Innovation: Has access to higher education institutions that produce skilled innovative workers, a culture that is open to new ideas and converts them into working philosophies, as well as innovative mindsets that ensure the system develops and rejuvenates.
-Infrastructure: Solid infrastructure that allows the transference of information, resources, product facilities, shipping, and a high quality of life.
-Brand: A city brand that is attracts skilled workers and comes to represent the products produced in the area. Collaborative efforts between government and business is helpful.
-Resources: Cities will need access to certain resources that are not far removed from the products they produce.
-Technology: Continuously takes new technology and integrates into its system. While this seems similar to innovation there are some markets that don't have access to the technological abilities of others.
Cardio Kickboxing Routine that will Make Your Heart Pump
I came across this video that works very well in getting your heart rate up while still teaching you a little about kick boxing. While the skills are not really designed for those who want to learn correct form and more they can help strengthen those muscles and create the coordination that leads to better boxing practices.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Why Diligence is the Main Factor for Success
Success and failure is based on our ability to compete and succeed in our environment. We should not define that success by money alone but by the many different talents and goals that we desire to achieve. If we have something in our mind and focus our efforts diligence will be the ultimate determinant of our success.
If we continue to work toward our goals, and not deter from them, success will be had. No doubt our environment and our skills play a factor but it is our ability to push forward that wins out over the decades. We may not succeed at first but in the end the day will be ours as we discover resources and gain new talents.
The true test of a persons resilience is to find a noble goal and work towards it through many different life events and distractions. We are so focused on our money and trivial things that we forget there is a higher value position out there that we can chase.
For me, shallow things like money can be part of the process but are not a great goal in and of themselves. We can't take it with us when we leave this earth but can use it as a tool for other things. For example, if you were a scientist being independently wealthy might have its advantages in freeing you to pursue your goals.
If you were a billionaire you may also be a philanthropist that seeks to be a patron to the arts, enhance science, develop the human mind, or many other lofty pursuits. Your wealth becomes a tool and continued increasing of wealth can have a positive impact on society.
We know that life is going to throw us curve balls that will ultimately temporarily derail us. Those who are most likely to succeed in school, life, career, and with themselves are those that keep going. They get back on the path and continue to work toward the things that truly interest them. The put their housekeeping in good order and get back to work diligently.
If we continue to work toward our goals, and not deter from them, success will be had. No doubt our environment and our skills play a factor but it is our ability to push forward that wins out over the decades. We may not succeed at first but in the end the day will be ours as we discover resources and gain new talents.
The true test of a persons resilience is to find a noble goal and work towards it through many different life events and distractions. We are so focused on our money and trivial things that we forget there is a higher value position out there that we can chase.
For me, shallow things like money can be part of the process but are not a great goal in and of themselves. We can't take it with us when we leave this earth but can use it as a tool for other things. For example, if you were a scientist being independently wealthy might have its advantages in freeing you to pursue your goals.
If you were a billionaire you may also be a philanthropist that seeks to be a patron to the arts, enhance science, develop the human mind, or many other lofty pursuits. Your wealth becomes a tool and continued increasing of wealth can have a positive impact on society.
We know that life is going to throw us curve balls that will ultimately temporarily derail us. Those who are most likely to succeed in school, life, career, and with themselves are those that keep going. They get back on the path and continue to work toward the things that truly interest them. The put their housekeeping in good order and get back to work diligently.
Finding Those Things That Make You Happy and You!
As you age you will soon come to find that people are more and less important at the same time. You may be more free from the constraints of others opinions but at the same time you like to socialize more. That socialization is often enjoyable and then set on the shelf for another time and place. Finding activities that make you happy with people who enjoy them with you is important for comfort.
Those activities can be great outlets that allow you to socialize, get into shape and engage in an activity. Some people like to dance, some like to go bowling, and others make like to do charity events. The person chooses those things that they enjoy the most. A few of us may like variety.
Being free means charting your own course in life with those things that may you...you! People will still want you to be like them and adhere to their beliefs. While you may be aware of the social consequences of not being "cut from a cookie cutter" you can navigate these environments.
Self-actualization is a process of allowing the inner self to come out beyond the social and financial constraints of society. It isn't about just pleasing people it is finding a community of like-minded individuals. It is also about creating resilience against unfair criticism. It is about finding those things that perpetuate your sense of self and happiness.
Those activities can be great outlets that allow you to socialize, get into shape and engage in an activity. Some people like to dance, some like to go bowling, and others make like to do charity events. The person chooses those things that they enjoy the most. A few of us may like variety.
Being free means charting your own course in life with those things that may you...you! People will still want you to be like them and adhere to their beliefs. While you may be aware of the social consequences of not being "cut from a cookie cutter" you can navigate these environments.
Self-actualization is a process of allowing the inner self to come out beyond the social and financial constraints of society. It isn't about just pleasing people it is finding a community of like-minded individuals. It is also about creating resilience against unfair criticism. It is about finding those things that perpetuate your sense of self and happiness.
Hiking Colorado Mountains in Pictures
Colorado has some of the most beautiful environments in the world. You would be surprised with the challenging hikes up mountains, streams, and rock climbing opportunities. Of course we are not ignoring the downhill skiing, hunting, and camping opportunities.
You may also like the many different small towns in the area and their hometown feel. Vail is awesome but is very commercialized. You can't find parking there. I like the town of Idaho Springs. Busy but not overrun.
You may also like the many different small towns in the area and their hometown feel. Vail is awesome but is very commercialized. You can't find parking there. I like the town of Idaho Springs. Busy but not overrun.
Monday, October 8, 2018
The Benefits of Conducting Field Experiments in Marketing
Research comes in many forms and each contributes to our understanding. As scientists we often seek to minimize as many extraneous variables as we can. Compound variables give us migraines! The natural tendency to control and restrict also distorts the truth. Taking real people, with real choices and putting them in a laboratory changes their behavior. Field experiments still have a powerful benefit in gaining external validity and should not be swept aside (Gneezy, 2017).
What is external validity? It means that results can be generalized to other people in other situations. As we narrow the environment we have a harder time creating external validity because we have manipulated the nature environment in some way. It becomes artificial and not reflective of the world in which we live.
The more we change the environment, the more we also impact the way in which people make decisions. It lessons the ability to isolate the variables but makes the experimental nectar sweet in that observed behavior might be re-experienced in other places and times.
Field Experiments should be used in conjunction with laboratory experiments. One can observe the manipulation of the variable in its natural environment and within the laboratory using two different types of experimental designs. One rings truth while the other lends greater knowledge of the variable strength.
We are best served by considering how this might work in the field of marketing. One could observe choices between a few different products in a controlled setting or may may observe these economic choices within the natural setting of a store. The choices may be presented in a certain way in both situations but one may be more reliant on natural influences. In the later cases, screaming kids, people influencing each other, money, and many other factors may impact the final outcome while in the laboratory experiment they may be controlled and not counted.
What is external validity? It means that results can be generalized to other people in other situations. As we narrow the environment we have a harder time creating external validity because we have manipulated the nature environment in some way. It becomes artificial and not reflective of the world in which we live.
The more we change the environment, the more we also impact the way in which people make decisions. It lessons the ability to isolate the variables but makes the experimental nectar sweet in that observed behavior might be re-experienced in other places and times.
Field Experiments should be used in conjunction with laboratory experiments. One can observe the manipulation of the variable in its natural environment and within the laboratory using two different types of experimental designs. One rings truth while the other lends greater knowledge of the variable strength.
We are best served by considering how this might work in the field of marketing. One could observe choices between a few different products in a controlled setting or may may observe these economic choices within the natural setting of a store. The choices may be presented in a certain way in both situations but one may be more reliant on natural influences. In the later cases, screaming kids, people influencing each other, money, and many other factors may impact the final outcome while in the laboratory experiment they may be controlled and not counted.
IABE - 2019 West Palm Beach - Spring Conference
IABE - 2019 West Palm Beach - Spring Conference - Research / Teaching Excellence in Business and Economics In partnership with KEISER UNIVERSITY
March 03-05, 2019
Submission Deadline: January 05, 2019
Location: Keiser University's Flagship Campus
Please visit our website www.iabe.org for more information on our refereed journals and the conference.
Submit your paper online at www.iabe.org or email it to: admin@iabe.org, Review@iabe.org
Pictures of Archaeology Sites in the U.S.-Ancient Native American Writings and Dinosaur Fossils
If you like magazines like National Geographic and Smithsonian you may get the impression that many of the archaeology sites are not in the U.S. but that is not the case. In Utah you can a host of great places that have Native American Writings and Dinosaur Fossils.
Particularly, I like the stories that the Indians of the area used. Apparently, most of the tribes had a similar type language. They discussed travel, food, death, help and more. It was a time where simple things could mean life and death.
Particularly, I like the stories that the Indians of the area used. Apparently, most of the tribes had a similar type language. They discussed travel, food, death, help and more. It was a time where simple things could mean life and death.
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Packers vs. Lions-What is it worth?
The Packers loose to the Lions and those who live in the small towns of the Upper Peninsula may be distraught with grief. Loyalty to either of the teams runs high and people regularly argue and get upset with each other depending on which team they support. There are times when they may choose their social networks based on these loyalties.
Beyond the obvious advantages of revenue for the state, team owners, bars and restaurants there are also the social connections that are formed through watching these games. As people enjoy the sport they create friendship identities that allow them to develop positive feelings and even greater loyalties.
Beyond the obvious advantages of revenue for the state, team owners, bars and restaurants there are also the social connections that are formed through watching these games. As people enjoy the sport they create friendship identities that allow them to develop positive feelings and even greater loyalties.
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