Proverb

 It is true that all that glitters is not gold. It is a wise proverb, isn't it? It leads you to say: If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. There is therefore the need to ask questions and look into things. I know why I am saying these things. I like my lessons in this area too.

Bible Verse

 Two verses from the Holy Bible today:

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

- Proverbs 4:7 (NIV)

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver!

- Proverbs 16:16 (NIV)

Memories

 From Facebook (it came up at random):

Wall Art With Life Lessons

Today I found and reviewed wall art and posters that include life lessons. A lot of the wall art include only printed text on life lessons. Some included pictures or painted images. Some were inexpensive (between $10 and $20) while others cost $50 and more. I tried to explain why some of the art cost much more. That was a little difficult because the pricing seemed "all over the place." However, in general, those wall art with more text, images and/or framing (a framed canvas with nice framing such as a gold floating frame) had higher prices.

In the past, I thought of creating wall art for sale as part of my Lessons Project. I decided against it because such wall art is widely available and there is much competition. I am still not sure that was a wise decision.

Life Lessons

I have been researching/testing my determinants of success (my 7Ps) on LinkedIn. I benefited from some posts and comments.

Main LinkedIn page: linkedin.com/in/fahmeenamoore/

 

I developed the 7Ps from my Life Lessons project. It was after analysis of quotes, proverbs, graduation stories, and so on on achievement and success. I created analysis groups/categories - which I shared on social media (on Facebook, Twitter, GooglePlus, and so on). I called the categories themes and there was a different theme each week.

I started the project in Facebook many years ago. I wasn't thinking of a high school project/book that I had when I started it, but I realize the projects are pretty much identical. In high school, I collected quotes, stories, and so on in a green folder book. I recall that I wanted the lyrics of the song Desiderata in the book so I spent some time capturing the lyrics of the song. There was also a Mistaken Identity story.

Desiderata was the number one song in my first top songs list created for the Lessons Project.
I guess a lot of things in my life started in Guyana, South America.

Research LinkedIn page: linkedin.com/in/fahmeenaodetta/

Interesting Book

REPOST FROM LINKEDIN:

I like this book very much:

400 Inspirational ‘Make My Day’ Life Quotations and Life Tips

Interesting book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is available here: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Martin_Jeszke_400_Inspirational_Make_My_Day_Life_Q?id=ZaniAAAAQBAJ
(I am not affiliated with the book in any way, shape or form)

DID YOU KNOW?
The main work under my Lessons Project was to categorize/group lessons (words of wisdom, words of advice, graduation speeches, parables etc.) to look for inter-relationships, conflicts, and so on so that I can come up with core drivers of personal success. The result was my 7Ps for Success. I also decided to focus on struggle stories and also decided that learning from failure is important for success.

I posted lessons under those categories on all social media pages of the Lessons Project (at least 3 accounts). I no longer post lessons at this time.

I applied lessons from the project to my life - to my weight loss in the past and to a jobs search in the past (http://moorefo1.blogspot.com/). The project has also helped me find peace with events in my past.

Calendar I Designed

Today I am thinking of the calendar I designed in 2015 - I don't believe it was that long ago. I am proud of that calendar. It pulled together some excellent quotes/lessons. My aunt loved it too. She suggested that I market it to companies.

(Image for month of June from calendar. Document available at: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sQd0-sxsdwA2zm5U-HnISlu4W7zOGs0PwYNaVjMS1gY/edit?usp=sharing)

I guess I should be thankful I was involved in UI design at the ICF/Lockheed Martin job. They suggested that the Analyst be involved in designing the user interface to go along with use cases.

Maybe I should have made UI design (or usability) one of the research areas/topics on my LinkedIn profile. It could replace video, but that is an important topic too. I tracked design-related activities/papers in a separate blog: http://moorefo1designresearch.blogspot.com/

Social media set up

#ThrowbackThursday 

 

Remembering my Lessons Project and the set up I had. I used several blogs, feedburner, Twitter, Facebook to broadcast lessons - quotes, commencement speeches, stories of struggles, and other life lessons. 

 

I created the first page in Facebook. It is still linked to my account (it is one of my pages). One of the last changes I made was to add a Blogspot blog to the mix. It was one of several blogs linked to my moorefo1 account. Feedburner recently made some changes. I haven't reviewed those. 

 

Maybe I should have used my name instead of Lessons Project. I like the URLs of my new blogs: 

 

Inside Fahmeena Odetta's Head  

https://fahmeenaodetta.blogspot.com/ 

https://fahmeenaodetta.wordpress.com/  

https://fahmeenaodetta.tumblr.com/ 

 

https://twitter.com/fahmeenaodetta 

https://www.facebook.com/fahmeenaodetta/  

 

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