August 2006 Archives

I found a piece of rainbow on 8/23 when I was driving to home.

It was fun & exciting moment.

-Naoki

Jeanette (wife) and I started to take glyconutrients supplement about 3.5 years ago. Before then we were doing different nutritional business.

That time we were eating lots of fast food still, because it is cheaper than we cook. Our health condition was OK.

As we learn more about food & health, we changed diet & lifestyle gradually. It takes time. Here’s list. Male makes list.

•  White rice -> Organic brown rice
•  Soup with SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) -> No SLS soup
• Tooth paste => no tooth paste (except kimchee or curry day)
• Often outside food => Much less and almost no fast food
• Buy a lot at Safeway or Costco and did not eat all => Buy small amount for organic food (It cost almost same, because less amount)
• Meat eater => No beef (because of BSE: bovine spongiform encephalopathy), Avoid pork (from: Makers’s diet), Avoid bottom feeder sea food.

I guess it is happened by we recognized more our health value and feel we are buying health with the supplement. I think it is good side effect of taking supplement.

What I’m talking about? Happy chicken & happy peaches.

Wholefoods carry organic chickens. It looks different from regular chicken and taste good. It is more expensive. But we just buy the amount we eat, then it is OK.

Dr. Nugent said he likes peaches. I was not sure, but I tried organic one from farmers’ market. Now I eat peaches & other stone fruits more than rice. It is low-middle glycemic.

Tips for labeling at store:

• 9xxxx (5 digit start with 9): Organic!!!
• 8xxxx (5 digit start with 8): GMO: Genetically-Modified Organisms
•  xxxx (4 digit) : Conventional

Tips at farmer’s market

• If you see “Organic”, I think it is organic.
• If you don’t see “Organic”, I think more likely it is not organic.

Why we call happy chicken & happy peaches?

It is because seller or register person seems very happy about what they are selling. I feel it taste good when I eat and remind seller people and feel happy.

So let’s enjoy summer fruits.

-Naoki

Are you focused all the time?

Have you experienced forgotten something you were going to do just after a couple second? Does it happen to you often?

How do you feel when it happened to you?

A person asked me consultation about how to stay focused. It is very important for me too. My business is glyconutrients, but I have another profession as software engineer over 10 years.

When I work seriously to write a code, spec, advertising & letter to customer, I have to listen inspiration or internal voice. It is small voice. When I don't have clear mind, I cannot capture.

It is brain work and not physical work. Even we are using computer, not all of them are brain work. Brain work takes more focus. I've read research somewhere brain work used 7 times energy more than physical work.

Here's some advice for you.

• Step 1: Single focused mind
• Step 2: Multi task focused mind (freedom)
• Step 3: Daily life effort 

Step 1: Single focused mind

• No BGM (back ground music) or TV
• Avoid interruption (E-mail, chat, phone call, text message, etc)
• Work at the time you can focus without interruption
• Hold or minimize your breath
  You can listen more carefully. But if you have heart issues, don't do this.

Coding program is very similar to how computer runs the program. It loads all information in the memory and execute step by step. For coding, it's better to load all information in your head and write a code step by step.

If you get interrupted from something just a couple minutes, you will loose the focus. To load the information and get same state of mind, it takes 20 min or some time one hour.

But we get interruption all the time. So if you can save your mind state and switch focus like Windows application, you have much more flexibility for your mind.

Step 2: Multi task focused mind (freedom)

• Use to do list to forget unnecessary things
• Use mind map to lay out all ideas
• Make your life simpler (ex park your car same location)

 Lastly you can promote your mind by daily effort

Step 3: Daily life effort

• Eat good food
  Our body is made by food. Life grows by life. So eat food with life, like a raw vegetable & fruit, whole grains.
• Avoid sugar spikes from high glycemic food
• Avoid junk food and drinks
  There're reasons to be called junk. Unfortunatly it is true.
• Do meditation
  Reset your mind. Computer needs reboot sometimes too.
• Listen to your body and avoid stress
• Take glyconutrients
  Science has proven the effects on brain

 I'm an amateur of meditation. But I have some experience. Visualization would help. Also some meditation with your eye open would be helpful. There're 2 steps. 

1. Concentration
   Concentrate to just a small point. You can imagine Japanese art of archery or sniper. You'll feel the tiny point is getting bigger.
2. Integration
   This is second step of concentration. Concentration is focusing on just a small point. Integration is focusing on all surroundings.

Well I'm still in progress of learning these. I felt much difference even after

a couple practice. So I recommend you to try some of these methods.

-Naoki

For your happiness, you must have 3 healthes. Body health, Mind health & Financial health. If you are not happy, you will be not good person and start not good thing such a war. So you must be happy. It is not optional. It is a duty.

Aug. 9, 2006 - For the first time ever recorded, Americans owe more money than they make. Household debt levels have now surpassed household income by more than eight percent, reaching 108.4 percent in 2005, according to a May 2006 study by the Center for American Progress. Consumer debt is now at a record $2.17 trillion, reports the Federal Reserve Board and consumers cashed out a whopping $431 billion in home equity last year.

Refininace or equity loan is excellent idea for some people who know what they are doing. If you are not, it may become pit hole. Because you may be seduced for spending easily. There're so many advertising to make you spend. Sales or discount must not be your reason to buy.

Before I started business, I thought my finance was fine. But after that, business expense was challenging. In many case I thought it is investment or necessary for business and bought, bud I did not used them.

But finally my expense got full control with the tax diary system. Keeping reciept was not enough. Downloading credit card transaction record was not enough. I needed to feel pain when I use money and think about if it is worth. And also review process was really important.

There are so many tax advantage for business oweners, because they wrote the tax rules. Good news is that you can be business owner in home based business. All W-2 income earner should have any kind of home based business and use the tax advantage.

Goal is saving/investing your 50%+ of AGI (adjuested gross income). If you do that, how long will it takes you get out of all debt and financial free? Most of the case 10 years to be debt free and additional 10 years to be financial free. If you think you want to be, just search as "Home based business tax advantage" on google.

That's I started organizing after I listened Stever Buller's live presentation 3 times. Now I'm in action and can help others. At least 7 people started around me in past 1 month. Steve Buller's presentation is available in DVD, but I cannot find on online store now. When I found, I'll update this article.

-Naoki

Detail of quated story:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14251360/from/ET/

I was recommending this restaurant to many people. Pizza is excellent, but other food are also excellent.

But I forgot what I ate before. That was Chicken Francis.

Main cheff Marvin is not here on Sunday. So I'd recommend other day.

He has experienced over 17 years and very care about what he cook. House source is made every day from fresh vegitables.

This dish does not have tomato souce. So I'd recommend to have other dish with tomato source.

http://www.tonysopranospizzeria.com/

-Naoki

Yesterday we had club level humorous contest at Silicon Valley JETS

It was my first time to be contestant. I hosted area contest last year. It looks so fun. So this year I'm participating as contestant. I was 3rd place of 3 speakers. Yes, there's alwasy bigger fish. My goal was having club level contest and be contestant, so I'm happy about it.

Here's my script. Title is "Happy Method: Fay-Mau-Bo!"

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How many people are happy right now?

How many people are always happy?

Being happy is not optional. It is duty for our life.

Do you think people started war are happy?
Do you think people kill each other are happy?

Justice is not reason. Because if you are really happy, you don't care small things.

So I want everyone to be highest level of happiness all the time. Not just minimum level. Not just OK level. Always highest level.

If you are not happy, I have to say you are lazy. Because being unhappy is much easier than trying to be happy. But when you use this happy method, you will be happy.

It is proven. I'm living example.

Today I'm going to share my experience with this method. It is from Hitori Saito from Japan. I listened his CD about 100 times and now I think I could implement well. It is almost brain wash, but it is in good way.

I call this method  Fay-Mau-Bo. I'm sure you've never heard. Because the name came up this morning.

It is only 3 steps. Are you ready?

First step is face. Your face must be gloss. It is not same as oily. Happy & lucky people have glossy face.

Then you need have good smile. To have good smile, you wish everyone? happiness when you see people.

It was easy for me as Japanese. Because many Japanese people have habit when you do not understand, you smile. So it was my habit and eliminated, but now I brought it back. So if you see my smile, it means I don't understand.... only sometime.

When I started smile more I noticed many people smile back. Even I was not feeling good I forced me to smile. People smiled to me, I become happy.

Second step is word. Mau is from mouth. There're heaven word and hell word. Heaven words bring you to heaven. Hell words bring you to hell. It is very simple, isn't?  Heaven words are lucky, happy, fun, appreciation, etc. Hell words are complaining, anger, anxiety, etc.
But I think heaven words are rich people? words and hell words are poor people's words. It was more challenging, because you may get some bad thought in your head.
Then you can say "Cancel". Or you can say "happy, lucky, happy, lucky..."
Key part is when you say it, it is your action. Your future will be change only from your action.

3rd step is body. Bo is body. Wear bright color cloth. It is same price when you buy. You are the flower in the life. Is there any flower has your cloth color? I picked sunflower yellow, because I like sun flower. Now you look completely different with good smile. I noticed many women smile me, if she is cute girl or beautiful lady. It makes my day until I go home and see my wife.

Last thing in body part is wear shiny thing. It was most challenging for me, because most of the shiny accessories are for girls. There are flowers & butterflies. I asked my wife and store lady "Can I wear this?". They said probably not.

I have the result related on my business. I have website. People can ask the information.

Before: It was 1-2 lead per month.

But after I?e got left hand bracelet from Amazon.com: It went up 3-5 / day.

Right hand bracelet was birthday present from my wife: It went up 15-25 / day.

Last one is my necklace. It was from street vendor. Then It went up 60-140 / day

We've got about 1400 lead and send out about 400 people who we could verify address.
It cost about $2000. But we only got 1 response. We found out my site was listed on freebie site. Freebies are just looking for free samples.

It was good experience for me. I experienced marketing possibility on the internet. Now my 80% customers are coming from internet. So it worked for me.

So this method is Fay-Mau-Bo. Do you remember now?

Do you also remember, I listed the CD 100 times. So please listen my speech at least 100 times. Then you'll be super happy.

Thank you very much,
Naoki