Adrian Heath (#Signed)

I think one of the greatest thing about technology is speed. With technology there is no downtime. The other great thing are the many websites available to meet people(myspace, facebook, twitter) and the countless other sites. With these sites, you can find friends, people with similar interests, hobbies, beliefs and goals. It’s endless. †

My favorite thing about it is that when I find something that I love, believe in and or makes me think, I can share it. I can put fingers to keys and tell it to the world. I can share my ideas, feelings, thoughts and or ideals with anyone who wants to read them. This blog is about one of those things. I want to share someone, something that found me. Twitter, how can I count the ways I love you. How can I thank you for the opportunities, friends and unconditional support that you offer. Now to the good stuff…

Sharing yourself with the world, you also are able to find others, who want to share themselves with you. With twitter I find new people and new people find me. I just wanted to take a few minutes to talk about one who found me. He might be one you want to find, talk with and listen to.

I got a email, I believe yesterday saying Adrian Heath was following me on twitter. I try to go back and read peoples bio and website. In this case, I’m very glad I did. In Adrian’s bio he talks about being a musician, composer and lyricist. Let me just start by saying that’s only the beginning of what I would say. I’ve always been a HUGE music fan. Since I was a kid, music has always been something I have loved. So when I meet other musicians, bands, etc. I love to talk with them and hear their stories. In the short 140 words and spaces I’ve shared with Adrian I became inspired. Going to his music page, I was speechless. The music and lyrics were so good that I could swear I’ve heard them before, that I know that sound and voice.

Adrian said that he is self releasing his album in June. He is not signed, but in my opinion should be. Mainly because he music is amazing, his lyrics more like a lullaby and the feel overall of the music sounds timeless.

Check out Adrian’s website here, myspace page here and you can follow him on twitter as well. I was blown away listening, I hope you enjoy his music as well. I’m sure he would love to know and hear your thoughts. I would as too. Enjoy your Friday everyone!!

It Takes Just One

It takes just one smile to change someone’s day

It takes just one second to change your mind

It takes just one phone call to change your mood

It takes just one opportunity to open the flood gates

It takes just one person to start something, anything

It takes just one person to listen and change everything

It’s not about all the times you have tried, failed, succeeded, fallen, gotten back up, steped up, steped back, because it only takes one.  It only takes one time to try, to fail, to succeed, to fall, to get up or to step up.  It only takes one time to change everything.

To Call or Not To Call?

Since I was laid off in February I have applied for between 30-40 jobs in the Des Moines area. I think there are many other unemployed who are also applying for jobs, as they should.

In many of the business classes and from teachers, mentors and business people they have always said don’t call. When applying for a job they mentioned to not waste their time and if they wanted to talk with you, they would call. In today’s world, probably email. So here has been my problem. Of the 30-40 jobs I’ve applied for, I have heard back from a very small number of them. I have gotten several emails saying they were not planning on calling me in for an interview. The two interviews I had, I got from just walking in the door and asking if they were hiring. Granted the corporate world, business world and retail world all work differently. Mainly because you can’t walk into a corporate company if you don’t work there or don’t have a reason to be there. Many businesses walk the thin line between corporate and retail. It just depends.

Here is my question. There are so many smart people in my twitter community and around the blog sphere I need some help. @drphil always asks people on his show, “what are you doing”, then the person says what it is they are doing and @drphil will respond, “well, how’s that working out for you?” I have been applying, that’s step one. Step two I’ve missed somewhere, the call back or email back. I would like to get some interviews set up and my time line is getting shorter. So, after applying for the job, wait a week and wonder or call to ask the status? What would you do, what do you think. Any feedback is good feedback. What I’m doing is not working and I would like to change that.

Thanks for reading, thanks for the feedback in advance. Enjoy this beautiful Thursday!!

Free Coffee

A wise man once said, “good things come to those who wait.” One thing in my life I’ve never been great at is having patience. At times I’ve thought that life and success was, and is, a race. Keep in mind, I have no idea what will happen once I’ve crossed the finish line. I don’t think I would care if I came in first or last place. I think more than that, as long as I got a chance to compete and finish what I started, I would be satisfied.

Along with what wise men think, it’s good to get feedback from others. I remember when a good friend of mine was going to get engaged to his much younger girlfriend, he wanted to know my thoughts. Instead of telling him what he wanted to hear, I told him what he needed to hear. Not that I would ever tell anyone to do one thing over another, just my thoughts. That’s what he asked for, and I gave it to him. I think there are times when you need to ask people what they think. How do they see you? How do you see yourself? Are they different? I’ve never been one to take the weight of my problems onto anyone. I learned last night that sometimes others carry your weight anyway. They see, feel and hear your cries for help, even if you didn’t ask. Am I too proud?

A good friend of mine just moved to Ankeny, IA last weekend. I spent about fourteen hours helping him move, pack, unload, move, pack, etc. It was the perfect day to move, early May. The start of the day was cool, with a blue sky and a light breeze. The trucks were filled and there were many trips ahead. It was going to be a full day of motion and I didn’t mind, because friends take time to help one another. Not to mention, the guy who was going to help had a family emergency come up. Why would I not come and help? I had to. What kind of person would I be if I had not? None the less the day went by quickly. We started with a system and got moving right away.

Many of my close friends, along with those who read my tweets and blog posts, understand my more than stressful situation right now. When I was laid off in February, I didn’t think I would have trouble getting an interview, job offer and back to a full time job. It has sadly not been that easy. To add to my stress, our lease is up at the end of July. Where my wife and I live is dependent on where I get a job. Add cleaning, packing and paying someone to come in and clean our carpets to that list. I’m in a time crunch and it stresses me out, big time. Not to add to my stress, but to maintain my drive and passion to succeed and do great things, we found a house. We have been looking for about a year, on and off. Some are great, more than we want to spend and others are just right. Last weekend we found our dream house. Nothing too fancy or something Robin Leach would have to narrate as we walked through. Just perfect, nice and with room to grow, should we decide to have a family. It’s a little more than we want to spend, but it has everything we need, want and more.

As I mentioned in previous blog posts and podcasts, its nice to have a mentor. Someone who will help you see your dreams and goals, and help you get there. I think those two things are great to have in a mentor, but I also think they need to be more. I learned this last night. Sometimes a mentor can be a friend, someone who will take what you see and turn it around for you. Then they show you what they see from where they stand. This is important, because most of your friends will side with what you see and want. This might sound bad, but let me say, I love my friends. I do. They have helped me through some hard times and been there for the good times as well. The problem is that some people see things differently, because they are older, because they have been there and done that, because they have ten years of mistakes and setbacks to show. I would say learn to listen. Do it well and understand, they want to help.

I got a text late afternoon yesterday asking from a good friend if I wanted to get coffee in the evening. He wanted to pick my brain, get my thoughts and feedback, and give his own. All though I’m not much of a coffee person, I do love tea. My friend read my last blog post and was unsettled by it. Reading it, you could see my frustration and stress through the writing. Understand that the blog was not meant to upset anyone. It was more my thoughts at that moment, and I wanted to put it down in writing. I did want to share, but not to upset anyone. I just needed to get my ideas and thoughts out.

Moving back to having coffee. My friend wanted to know what I thought an employer would think of my last blog. I knew that it was not something I would want the fist full of employers I contacted this week, to see. I didn’t want them to get the wrong idea and see only the negative side, because with me that side is very small. He forwarded my blog post to his boss and got some feedback from him. Most everything the boss had for feedback, I agree with. There were several things I didn’t, because it was a reference to time, something that I will have to experience to agree or disagree with at a later date. We talked a lot about where I’m at now and how I feel. I poured it out, the good and the bad. It’s all truth, and it’s all real. How I feel and what I think has a profound impact on how I live my life. I just got married in October, and I have a responsibility to my family, my wife. I don’t take that lightly. I have goals and dreams just like anyone else.

After what we decided to be about an hour’s worth of conversation and ideas, we found that it was pushing 9pm, which was more like two and a half hours. I had a different prospective on things, my thoughts, my ideas and a better way of giving what I have, to get what I want. I’m inpatient, and I have to work on that. I get stressed on big things, mainly when they all happen at once. I can’t change that, but I do have to work on how I deal with it. I’m not perfect, and I would never tell anyone that I am, but I can learn, adapt and grow. I have to have the tools, a direction and goals. Out of the many reasons in my life to be upset, I only have two. They go hand in hand, but have a direct impact on my wife and I. The great thing about it, I can kill two birds with one stone in this situation.

On our way out last night, someone forgot their order from the drive-up. The girl behind the counter asked if we wanted a couple of iced coffees. We took them and went out into the cold spring night.

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