My life is about serving others. It was not always about that. :)
I am creating you creating me creating you. That is the most profound thing I can think of. It translates something like, I have a say in who you are, and you have a say in who I am, we have this connection whereby we each get to say who the other is. And I acknowledge you acknowledging that, and vice versa. There's mutual knowledge and agreement for this quite intimate connection between us.
My professional experience is in investing, fixing up houses and managing properties, neighborhood revitalisation, creating markets, sustainable economic development & poverty elimination.
I read a lot of books on education, psychology, philosophy, energy, sex, and music. My favorite authors are Kafka, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Vergil, and Lao Tsu.
I have had major transformative experiences through reading Napoleon Hill: Think & Grow Rich, Tony Robbins: Unlimited Power, George Clauson: The Richest Man in Babylon, Richard Carlson: You Can Be Happy No Matter What, and from taking the Landmark Forum, Advanced Course, Self Expression & Leadership Program, Communication Access To Power, and Introduction Leaders Program. I highly recommend ALL those to EVERYONE. Seriously! (And if you only have time for one, take the Landmark Forum. :)
For the past 15 years I've been developing a unique real estate investment strategy, which is described and discussed here: http://www.omidyar.net/group/foo dchain/news/147/

I would have everyone appreciate all the good things they've got, first thing, every day.

Oprah Winfrey, Richard Carlsen, Johann Sebastian Bach, Werner Erhard

Practice makes practice.

In California (from memory): San Diego, El Centro, Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Tustin, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Irvine, Mission Viejo, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Corona Del Mar, Oceanside, La Jolla, Santa Monica, Pasadena, Carlsbad, Pacific Beach, Long Beach, Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, Lake Arrowhead, Lake Tahoe, Big Bear, Barstow, Needles, Blythe, Imperial, Yosemite, Sequoia National Park, Fresno, Modesto, Merced, Turlock, Lompoc, Santa Maria, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, Thousand Oaks, Ventura, Santa Cruz, Soquel, Monterey, Carmel, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Fremont, Hayward, Palo Alto, San Mateo, Mountain View, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Daly City, San Bruno, Milbrae, Foster City, Redwood City, Pacifica, Mill Valley, Sacramento, Davis, Auburn, Placerville, Milpitas, Garden Grove, Brentwood, Beverly Hills, Compton, Half Moon Bay, Inglewood, Paramount, Cerritos, Costa Mesa, Fullerton, Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol, Villa Park, Lake Forest, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Petaluma, Rhonert Park, Cotati, Penngrove, San Clemente, Santa Rosa, San Rafael, Tiburon, Point Richmond, Richmond, Concord, Benicia, Vallejo, Porterville, Hollister, Gilroy, San Martin, San Juan Bautista, Pajaro Dunes, Muir Woods, Joshua Tree, Yuba City, and a whole bunch of other places...

Sustainable energy, sustainable transportation, sustainable living (really), classical and early music (pre-1750), organic gardening, neighborhood revitalisation, math, philosophy, economics, psychology, transformation

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