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5.31.2011, Tue

category: insane ideas

I live in an apartment. I could tell the people at the front desk that I need my locks changed. But I want them to change them on a random day this week and not to tell me the day and not to leave a key for me. So when I come home, I’ll assume I can get into my place but I can’t! And I can’t get a key until the next morning. I’d have an entire night to do something different than whatever I was planning to do. What would I do?

What would you do?

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5.06.2011, Fri

Influence

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category: insane ideas

Do I notice the amount of influence my surroundings have over me?

More than where I live and work, the people I choose to surround myself with have more influence over me than anything else in my life.

Something similar happened yesterday at a place as mundane as the grocery store.

If you know me, you know that I’m never in a rush. The people behind me in line were in a crazy hurry. They kept jumping out of line to see what problem the person in front of me had. Each time, their conclusion was simply that the cashier was being slow on purpose. But their rabid nature made me a bit antsy and I began to wonder what was taking so long.

These strange strangers were able to induce an emotional change inside of my brain without even trying. Imagine the powerful effects the people in my life have on me if they exert even a little effort.

Take some time today and give attention to the amount of influence being tossed in your direction. Can you come up with any other examples to look out for?

(see the original post here: http://www.jermilsadler.com/blog/2011/05/influence/)

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4.18.2011, Mon

The Elevator Story

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categories: happiness, insane ideas, las vegas, stories

Originally posted on the crazy awesome Jermil blog that you should read more of if you like this post.

I was doing my weekly checking of the mail and a pretty pregnant lady yelled out, “Are you guys catching this elevator?” Little did she know that we were purposely taking a long time at the mailbox area so we wouldn’t have to ride it with her.

We darted to catch the ride with her just to make her happy. She told us that she hates when people don’t hold the elevator doors when it’s obvious someone wants to go up!

I asked her how her day went. She said “bad!”

I told her that her day would get better startiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing (elevator doors open) NOW!

She smiled sooooooooo hard when she walked out of the elevator. My friend told me that was one of those unforgettable moments that we were talking about earlier. (I’ll let him write about that.) And it wasn’t something I even thought about doing. It wasn’t even a thought!

When she said her day sucked, I knew I could make it better even though I only had 5 seconds to accomplish my mission.

I feel like I can do so much to make people happy and I spend a lot of my time doing things that don’t even matter.

I think if I keep myself as happy as I can, I can bring that happiness to everyone that I am in contact with.

What are some ways that you have brought or can bring happiness to someone that you know can’t do anything for you? Share your stories in the comments and let’s spread happiness together!

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4.09.2011, Sat

Who Are You?

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categories: insane ideas, life

One of the ideas I consider all the time is how I can’t really see myself unless I look in a mirror or take a picture. So I never really know what I look like or how other people see me. I started relating that to my personality. How the way that I think about myself is probably very different than other people think about me. And how my personality is simply how I choose to act when I am around other people.

I can make that choice consciously and decide how I want to act around other people. Or I can let my personality be chosen subconsciously by agreeing with people who told me how I should be and never thinking about how I want to present my self to other people.

I believe it is possible to decide how I want to act and act that way. I believe people do it all the time. Everywhere I go, I see people that can be easily labeled. And what’s wrong with that?

I bet it’s a blast to see an intriquing personality type and decide to become that. Then one day, decide to pick up a different personality and play a different character for a while. That sounds like fun!

And who can tell me not to be who I want to be?

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4.06.2009, Mon

Larytta – Souvenir de Chine

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categories: insane ideas, videos