Last Updated: October 4, 2022 Good day Ladies and Gents, Well, the school year kicked off for me with an intense bang this September. I didn't change "day jobs" again, but I did change grade levels within my school and the school changed textbooks. I went from teaching 2nd Grade English last school year at a new school to teaching 5th and 6th Grade English this school year at the same school. New kids, new room, new book. All is well and off to a good start, but there's always that touch of feeling just one step out of sync at first - one step behind, one step out of reach of your goals - with changes as such. Thank goodness for the October Holiday we get here in China! Speaking of the October Holiday, yes, the People's Republic of China had another birthday, turning 73 years old on October 1, 2022. During my first few years in China I thought it was so strange that we just barely start the school year and then already have a week off. Now, seven years later, after growing accustomed to the work patterns here, I welcome the October Holiday heartily after a wild and woolly September, which is what September always seems to be! My personal life has sure gotten a lot busier with the baby turning 1 over the summer and getting up on his feet. He is the "terror of the household" these days - a cute little terror, but a terror none the less! He needs constant monitoring as he thunders around the apartment, grabbing at and trying to break anything and everything within reach. He is fascinated by big vehicles - buses, vans, big trucks, and construction vehicles. There is a job site just below us that we can see out the window of our apartment. He loves staring out the window watching the cranes, dump trucks, excavators, and concrete trucks do their thing. He keeps us on our toes! What can I say? I love my family and my children dearly, but with each baby, the older I get, the harder it gets! As for Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises, September 2022 saw the blog roar back into life after a "silent summer" of updating the site. The theme of September was "Attracting Success." October's theme is "Coaching & Education." Remember, the blog is updated every Monday with a fresh post. I'm a day late today because of the holiday here in China. With all that said, this wouldn't be the Monthly Round Up without me pitching how you can spend your hard-earned money here on Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises now, wouldn't it?! So....here comes the pitch! Let’s take a look at a few products you can find here on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises website! You can go directly to the webstore HERE! Looking for a name plate for your desk? Click here! How about a cool Entrepreneur t-shirt? Click here! Or a nice business card design for your new business venture! Click here! As a member of the Zazzle Affiliate Program, I can offer you all these things AND MORE! Go ahead and check out the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises store HERE! Better life, better business, better you! -Andreas
Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster (check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com) Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat.
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Last Updated: September 26, 2022 And that's it, ladies and gents! Another September is about to come to an end. This month's theme has centered around achieving success. In that vein, I saw a social media meme the other day that really caught my attention: "Be patient with yourself. Nothing in nature blooms all year." Come to find out, the quote itself is a number of years old, and there are many renditions of it, attributed to many different people. The image depicted along with the text was part tree, part Avatar-looking creature, and part sexy woman model "becoming" this giant tree - kind of like a "Tree of Life" kind of idea. The description went on in an ultra-feminist kind of way talking about "not being put down by other's negativity," and "you deserve what is best for yourself," and "become the woman you deserve to be!" My intention here is not to "bash" feminists. I read this as a man and the message grabbed me straight away, except for the "become the woman you deserve to be" part, simply because I am not a woman. I feel there is a message here for ALL of us - young or old, man, woman, and whatever other gender identities we have floating around out there these days. This message spoke to me on a "humanity as a whole" kind of level. Nothing in nature blooms all the time! And some blooms are longer than others. And some blooms occur at the most unusual times. There are seasons throughout our lives for everything. Sometimes we are growing, sometimes we are surviving, something we are thriving, sometimes we are consolidating, sometimes we are hibernating, sometimes we are incubating, sometimes we have work that is more pressing today than it will be tomorrow (or a year, or two, or ten years from now), sometimes our ship comes in and we are thriving and blooming in full-force. Sometimes we are passing the days, putting in the mundane work, and paying our time as we actively wait for our ship to come in. And, no, our "ship coming in" isn't necessarily just a once in a lifetime kind of thing! Ships come and go from the various ports of our lives all the time. Success happens in many ways. Success is a personal journey that only the traveler of the journey can truly gauge. Your success is not always going to be my success. And my success won't always be Paul's, Jane's, White Dove's, or Aziz's success. What may not appear to be an outward "success" to an unsuspecting onlooker from the outside may be a huge success for the experiencer...or maybe not! You don't know where everyone is in their journeys and they don't know where you are. We often see what looks like failure or apathy on the outside when looking at others, and only see success in a polished end product. The truth is, we see more "success stories in the making" around us every single day than we can ever possibly count, we just might not know they are success stories in the making. So often it is that we know neither the chapter that the writer of the story is currently working on, nor how long the whole story will be in the end. Nothing in nature blooms all the time. Think about that for a while. What success story are you currently in the process of writing right now? That's all for today, folks! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: September 19, 2022 Image via Pexels It can be challenging to keep up with your mental and physical health goals if your job requires you to travel. When you're at home, it's a breeze to stay active; on the road, you face disruptions to your schedule, long travel days, and unfamiliar locations. With the right planning and mindset, however, you can stay healthy and return feeling refreshed. Here are some suggestions on how to do that from Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises. Find Time To Exercise When you're on a work trip, exercise is often the first thing to go. If you can find time to work out, you'll feel better, ward off stiffness, and stay healthier. Choose hotels with gyms and explore outdoor paths or parks in each new city. Exercise in the morning to avoid after-work exhaustion, and stream hotel-friendly workouts on YouTube. Finally, you can combine exercise and sightseeing by running or walking. There are also a host of apps available that can assist you in your exercise efforts when traveling. Seven and Freeletics Bodyweight are just two of the dozens of fitness apps out there. Though both are paid apps, their ease-of-use and utility make them practically indispensable for the fitness-minded business traveler. Create a Sleep Routine Getting enough sleep is one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy when you're away. Creating a travel routine can make it easier to sleep soundly. To begin, pack a favorite pillow and stick to the same sleep/wake schedule. Turn off your TV and phone 30 minutes before bed and meditate to release stress and relax. You can even use clips to close hotel curtains and block light. Pack Smart Your packing list is essential in maintaining good habits on the road. If you don't have walking shoes, you're less likely to get moving. The right exercise gear makes it easier to stay on track: - Exercise shoes and clothes - Low salt, low sugar snack - Hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes - Reusable water bottle - Vitamins and supplements Care for Your Mental Health Between meetings, a packed schedule, and job responsibilities, traveling for work can be stressful. With the absence of your typical support system and the comforts of home, traveling can take a toll on your mental health. If you find yourself struggling, consider a telehealth visit with a licensed professional. Telehealth appointments can be conducted online or over the phone, so you can attend them from anywhere. Many telehealth professionals can prescribe or refill your antidepressants. If you need a new prescription, be prepared to explain your symptoms and discuss your medical history. Since the right medication varies from person to person, the doctor will likely ask about your current medications and request that you report side effects. When you’re at home, you want to support your mental health by ensuring your home is as stress-free as possible. If your home needs some help, try adding some indoor plants, increasing the amount of sunlight available, and decluttering. Setting up a quiet space and taking up a meditation practice can be helpful as well. Travel With a Pet If you're a pet owner, you know that a furry friend provides comfort and forces you to get out for walks. Whenever possible, take your pet with you; this strategy is easiest if you're a freelancer or solopreneur with full scheduling control. To make pet travel more comfortable, look for hotels and vacation rentals that offer animal-friendly rooms. It's helpful to bring along a beloved toy, a cozy bed, and special travel treats. Any time you're buying pet products, browse through detailed reviews from customers. Healthy Travel Keeps You Relaxed and Productive Professional travel can make it harder to stay healthy, but it's not impossible. By anticipating and preparing for common challenges, you can maintain a wellness-oriented lifestyle on the road. ______________________________ That's all for today, folks! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: September 5, 2022 Hi Ladies and Gents, The title makes it sound so simple, right? And, actually, it isn't as hard as us humans often make it out to be; yet this is often the key stumbling point that so many of us fall into when trying to do something new. And, no, just for the record to make sure this is clear: the title of this post does not imply the same thing as "Fake it 'til you make it"! For our purposes here today, there isn't - and never was - any "faking it," only starting from zero, or close there to, and growing from there - there's nothing "fake" about that. There's nothing "fake" about genuine growth! I was surfing the Internet the other day (I think I am the only person I know who still calls it that - or does it like people use to do in the old days, for that matter!) when I stumbled onto this post from a number of years ago discussing why turnkey affiliate websites are a waste of money. Please note: I don't necessarily think that all turnkey affiliate websites are a waste of money - let's be clear on that - and this post isn't even about turnkey affiliate websites; but I did read the post and there was a comment down in the comments section that caught my eye : "There are many paths to being successful as an affiliate but besides never backing down and never giving in, the truth is there’s only so much you can purchase from others – coaching, books, programs, articles – before you have to do the damn work. You can either hire someone to do the work for you – and pay a crap load of money to have it done right – or you can roll up your sleeves and do it yourself." -Posted by Lauryn Doll in the comments section. Although the post itself is a number of years old, the message it conveys is evergreen and timeless and not even necessarily specific to affiliate marketing - it can apply to anything in life. It really caught my eye because I can relate to is so well in my own life. You see, you can pick your prefect money-making venture. You can do your homework and read up on it on Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises, other websites, and even in offline hardcopy material. You can map out your financial success on paper. You can do all of these things, but until you jump in and start working your idea with your own mind and muscles, there will be no reward. No pain, no gain - cliched, but oh so true! Unless you are an extremely lucky and rare individual, no one is just going to "make you rich". You have to do it! You have to make it happen for yourself. And it takes work. You had better bet your bamboozle it takes work!!! Being rich is largely a choice - a mindset; although I will be the first to stand up and say not entirely - there are definitely other factors involved as well which we won't discuss here today. You have to live that lifestyle and make those choices in order to make your dreams become reality! But where do you start? What if you don't "have it," as they say, to begin with? You often hear the age-old adage "Fake it 'til you make it," but that doesn't really sit well with me. You see, I hate the idea of "faking" something, especially when it is something that you genuinely want to be genuine and real in the end! If your intended outcome is something real, why start with something fake? Now, of course, the saying "Fake it 'til you make it" is more or less a cute way of saying "Learn as you go along" - but let's get that word "fake" out of there! Let's be semantically correct and just say it like it should be said: "Learn as you go and grow"! I suppose people might like the expression "Fake it 'til you make it" because it implies that you really don't know what you are doing when you start out - you are just "faking it." To a certain extent, of course this is true, and of course you are probably doing some "faking it," but let's change the wording here and change our mindset. Rather than doing something "fake," you are simply doing something that you have no or little experience with and "learning how to do it." As with all learning, learning how to run and grow your business - or whatever successful-idea-in-the-making it is you are running with - is no different. You start small and put one foot in front of the other as you walk along the journey of making it happen. There are no shortcuts along the path of success. Progress is probably slow at first, and this is the phase wherein it is most easy to be detracted by those pesky infamous "haters". You know, the people who tell you that your idea will never catch air, will never amount to anything substantial - yeah, those people. They show their ugly faces in full-force in the beginning stages. As you continue to run forward with your idea, the journey gets easier. Things get easier for a combination of reasons. For starters, you have learned and grown from the person you were when you started. You are more resilient, have a better idea of what you can and cannot do now, and also probably have a better idea of what you want and what growth should look like to you, in the form you want it to happen in. Additionally, you have gotten much of the heavy lifting out of the way once you have gotten over the hill of all the initial "start up inertia," as I like to call it. That first call you make, or email you send, or speech you give, or ground you break - or whatever that first action you take is - will almost always seem weird, scary, and unnatural to a certain extent if you are breaking into territory you are truly unfamiliar/only somewhat familiar with. But after taking that first action you will also learn something. You will learn something immediately from that very first action that you can use to help you plan/get a gauge for your next action. No, you haven't become degreeless just because you conquered your first action - far from it, in fact. That first action will show you both what you already know and can do, as well as what the limitations of your current abilities and powers are! But both of these things are valuable information, because you can use this information to drive growth and get better at what you do. You're not faking it! You are simply growing! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: August 29, 2022 Hi Ladies and Gents and however else we may express ourselves - there's never any judgement here on that front, After a spring of sporadic posting while updates were being made to the site, and then a "summer of silence" on the blogfront, welcome back after what seems like a really long time away! To my avid followers who have been with me for a while now, you will notice the highly improved site navigation and additional sections that have been added to the site as the chief updates. Sadly, I am still ALWAYS on the lookout for typos! It is a constant struggle I face! Laugh all you want - a proofreader with typos on his site: ha, ha, ha ( I laugh about it, too)! You see, when I analyze other people's work, it seems so easy to catch even the smallest typos, spelling errors, comma misplacements, etc.; but with my own work, well, that's another story! I believe my mind knows what I want to say and will read the words it wants to see - that it believes I have typed - regardless of what the words really say, as long as they are close enough to "trick" my mind into seeing what it wants to...typos, spelling mistakes, and harrowing grammar and all! Students come back to school this week here in China where I find myself at this point in my life, living, working a "day job," raising a family, and doing my own thing to keep life interesting. The brutal summer heat JUST broke yesterday in our area ("our area" being the Greater Yangtze River Delta and Surrounding Area), although it is STILL really hot! It is technically already autumn according to the Chinese calendar. Autumn began on August 8 this year. I've come up with a method to the madness this fall. Each month we will focus on a theme here on the site and the blog. You guessed it - our themes will be Attracting Success, Making Money, and Coaching & Education. We're going to kick the month of September of with the theme of Attracting Success! I'm also going to look at bringing the old Coordinate That! posts back, as well as the interviews and Coaching Is posts. But we can just expect a single weekly blog post on Mondays moving forward. Stay tuned for next Monday's post (Monday, September 5th) on Attracting Success. Until then, keep it real, my dear readers! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: June 26, 2022 This blog will be inactive (no fresh posts) until September 2022 while I continue to work on tweaks and updates to the website as a whole. Hi Ladies and Gents, Greetings and good day! Andreas here again, after, what has it been...2 months?! Wow! What happened, you are asking? Well, for those of you who have been following me from the beginning (November of 2017), and for those of you who are entrepreneurs, freelancers, and/or small business owners yourselves, you will know what a journey it has been to get Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises to where it is today. And the journey continues! Back in April, after much poking around on the site myself, I decided to "clean things up a little" and give the site a bit of a "quick face lift." Well, some "quick spring cleaning" and a "quick face lift" turned into MAJOR work. On top of my day job (we came back to school in May after a lockdown that had lasted since February), there was just too much going on! I religiously pushed forward with updating and reorganizing the site, but it took much, much, much longer than anticipated. I have brought the site back online with the latest updates (explore the new look and feel of the site for yourself! Check things out!), but, in fact, I have decided that the "face lift" to the site could and should go even further! For this reason, I will be putting all blog posts on hold until the end of the summer. I may post a quick sporadic update sometime in late July or early August, but don't expect the blog to roar back into life as usual until the first Monday in September 2022. I hope to have the tweaking updating done and where I want it with the site by that time, too! Until September! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: April 5, 2022 Hi Ladies and Gents,
Here comes that famous Monday post on a Tuesday again (facepalm moments!). Let's jump right in to things today - and, no, "color personalities" have nothing to do with the color of anyone's skin! Let's get that out of the way first! If you're ultimately hoping for a positive final outcome in your endeavors in life (who isn't, right?!), one of the most important skills in any business - or any situation that involves human interaction, for that matter - is relationship building. As someone who has worked as a service provider (educator and coach) my whole life, I can vouch for this whole-heartedly! The actual service you provide - while a big factor, of course - is only half the equation! How you offer and provide that service - and I mean the whole story, from beginning to end, from first contact to follow-up - determines if you will have happy repeat customers - or any customers at all, for that matter! These words of wisdom don't just apply to services, mind you. Every time you interact with other people, those people are either "buying into you" or looking for a way to get away from you (or if neither of these two options is true, then you are a just plain invisible to them - and you don't want to be in that situation either)! One thing psychologists, coaches, and salespeople sometimes look at is color personality types. Everyone has their own unique personality, that is for sure, but there are certain larger groupings that personalities fall into. These groupings can be categorized using colors. Mastering how to recognize and interact with the different "color personalities" is a tool you can use to help build those essential relationships in your life faster! If you know how to use this information to your and your clients' advantage, your business and life can become easier and less stressful. You can learn how to form bonds with people more quickly, therefore creating the "know, like, and trust factor" in less time. Without this knowledge, you may be speaking to your prospects in a way which will turn them off to both you and your business. There are four main personality types represented by colors: yellow, blue, green, and red, although I have seen this list broken up into as many as five, seven, and even 12. Each of these color types processes the spoken word differently. It’s helpful - crucial, actually - to be able to know how to communicate with each color in a way that makes sense to them. If you don’t speak their language, they’ll shut you out, and you’ll get nowhere fast! The Yellow Personality: Yellows are open and indirect. Making up around 35 percent of the population, they are wonderful people - they are nurturers, great listeners, fantastic team players, and generally patient, and supportive types. They are very open with their feelings, but when you ask them a question, they answer it and stop - they don’t volunteer any more information. Yellows can be awesome networkers, and are capable of building large and well-structured networking-type of organizations when they get focused and believe that they can do it. They enjoy life and hate any kind of confrontation. They don’t like pushy, aggressive salespeople - if you try to “push” them or “sell to them," they will be out the door, and you’ll never see them again. Take your time and build a relationship with them, teach them, and help them. If you do that with a yellow color personality, you’ll have a much better chance of turning him or her into a loyal customer/client and/or awesome team member/associate! The Blue Personality: A blue is open and direct. If you ask him or her a question, he’ll never stop answering, and when he does, he’ll forget what the question was! This combination of open and direct means that the blue color personality is very confident in what he or she does and knows. Blues are the life of the party and everyone’s friends! Blues love to be with people and like attention. They are very creative people and make up approximately 15 percent of the population. If you can teach a blue to focus and give him or her a system that’s fun and able to be replicated, you'll have yourself an unstoppable business partner. If you can find where his or her focus lays and what he or she wants and give this to him or her with no frills or fancy gimmicks attached (blues hate "frills and gimmicks" they want what they want plain and straight-up), you'll have yourself a loyal customer/client. The Green Personality: Green is indirect, like a yellow, and self-contained, and they make up about 35 percent of the population. They are very calculating and need all the facts and figures before they make any decisions. When you speak to a green, chances are he or she is trying to figure out why you’re asking this or that question. It’s important for you to remember to slow . . . down . . . your . . . speech. Don’t talk too fast to a green, or he or she won’t trust you - he will think you’re a "slick salesperson," who he tends to abhor! Rather, when you ask a question, let it sink in, and take a breath before you go on. Don’t try to sell a green because after he gets all the information, he or she will make up his or her own mind and your product/service/business proposition will sell itself to him if he's interested. Besides, that’s what you really want anyway! The Red Personality: The red color personality is very direct, like the blue, so sometimes people get them confused. The big difference is that reds need to be in absolute control all the time - they need to really feel the power and control surging through their veins! And they will try their absolute hardest to never expose their weaknesses if they can help it! Reds make up around 15 percent of the population. They will ask questions and control the conversation; they are in charge! They are very motivated by money - everything in their lives revolves around success and being the best. They like their egos stroked, and they demand a show of respect. Which color are you? Once you have mastered color personalities, it will become an invaluable tool you can use in your interactions with others. Being able to "read" color personalities in people can help you form a better understanding of how different people do and say the things they do and say in the ways they do them - they can’t help it, it’s who they are! Use this to your advantage and the advantage of those you interact with! Speak their language to them and you will have a better chance of getting your message across the way you want it to be received! Apply color personality profiling to your business and your interactions with others in general and watch your business grow and success come to you time and time again! Better life, better business, better you, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Ideas, Inspiration, Opportunity Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: March 29, 2022 Hi Ladies and Gents,
Well, I’m a day late on the Monday post again. The Internet has been as slow as MUD lately with my whole district under lockdown, and I couldn’t get my VPN working most of yesterday to be able to reach the “outside world,” ha, ha! It is funny for me to think that Weebly, the platform on which this entire blog and website you are currently browsing was built, was very first recommended to me way back in 2012 when I first came to China to work as a website builder with a great free option that actually WORKED IN CHINA WITHOUT A VPN (key)! In those days I had come out to China to teach 5th Grade Science and lead the Elementary School Science Team at The SMIC Private School in the eastern portion of the City of Shanghai. My 5th Team Leader had us all build Weebly sites for our respective classes. Gosh, that was back at the very tail end of the era of the “individual” website, as I call it. And by “individual website,” no, I don’t mean the age of first-generation stand-alone personal homepages – oh how I miss those days; Facebook (and dare I even say MySpace, back in those days) had largely killed those by 2012 already. By “individual website” I mean, in this case, websites that people would build for things like throwing a garage sale, family reunion, or other event or party; websites that teachers would build for their classes; small-time informational sites built about certain things or places built by individuals, such as “Dave’s Guide to Yellowstone National Park;” and, yes, I do suppose the bigger, beefier, relaunched and reloaded “Web 2.0” version of personal homepages would fit into this category, too. I mean, there are still plenty of these sites around, for sure! And plenty new ones are built all the time, but it’s not like it use to be on the Internet anymore with all the “walled gardens” out there that people are so crazy about – YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, you know them all, and those are where everyone “hangs out” these days. Corporate websites and websites that sell things dominate your search engines these days, not “Dave’s Guide to Yellowstone National Park,” (unless Dave is an affiliate with some hiking outfitter!). I mean, let’s get real, no 16-year-old kid alive today is every going to believe that people use to go through the “trouble” of building a stand-alone website to showcase and invite people to their wedding, or to do something so mundane and trivial as throw a garage sale (I put “trouble” in quotes because those of us who did this back in the day didn’t consider it “trouble,” ha, ha! It was the wave of the future!). Heck, that’s what Facebook and Craig’s List are for, right!? I use this lead in about slow Internet speeds and lack of VPN accessibility under lockdown, websites, and how the web has changed in a very short amount of time (the story I am talking about here happened in 2012, a mere 10 years ago) to illustrate the title and the core of this post – the nature of reality. Reality is FLUID and reality can CHANGE in the blink of an eye! I suppose know one knows this better than a seasoned teacher who really has his or her eyes open to what is going on at school anyway, right?! Look at how COVID-19 brought the world to a stand-still, all because governments around the world didn’t want to “waste a good emergency,” or at least that’s the way I see it (and believe you me, at first I was one of the many masses of “sheeple” who actually thought I had narrowly escaped death by a hair’s breadth! Yes, you can laugh all you want – I have woken up and seen the light now!). Governments put policies into place and suddenly that becomes the new reality. Mass-distributed textbooks teach gigantic swathes of a population one thing at a very young age and that becomes that generation’s “base” for reality, then a section is thrown out, a chapter re-written, a story re-told by a different narrator, and the book is re-released, a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th….69th edition comes out, each with different parameters for “reality.” There are groups of people alive today around the world who are otherwise quite “normal” (whatever that really means) human beings who adamantly insist that people have never walked on the surface of Earth’s Moon, and there’s no convincing them otherwise! There are people alive today (many people, actually, myself included this time!) who believe that we should still teach cursive writing in school, despite the fact that no one writes with pen and paper anymore! “But we can’t let the skill die!” these people say! Well, but we have let the art and craft of stone tool making die. People don’t use those anymore (and don’t be the crackpot commentor who says you do, ha, ha! I’m sure some wise guy someone out there uses some kind of tool made of stone for something even now in 2022, but humor me here, will ya!). Just a mere 300 years ago people thought the idea of germs spreading disease was outright crazy! When we use examples of something so far removed in time, people easily tend to think: “Eh, well, yeah, of course, the ancients and old-timers didn’t know jack! Look at us today and all we know!” Well, if that’s your line, I’ve got news for you, bud! Ol’ Jack and Jane Doe said the same thing in 1722 looking back at the people who had lived 300 years before them! Reality changes ALL THE TIME! And it can happen suddenly, and then, boom! That’s it! Reality is different than it was last week, or different than it even was a day ago! I am not here to place a value judgement on reality’s fluid nature. In fact, if I dare try I say it is neither good nor bad – it just is; that’s just how it is. But why muse over this here on a site devoted to making money, coaching, and education? Well, the whole point in this regard is that reality is flexible, malleable, to a point, at least, and you have some control over it. You have quite a bit of control over it, actually. You might not be able to single-handedly change reality overnight – yet – but you can bend, morph, and sculpt the reality around you to a larger degree than you may even believe right now over time. This means that you can change things and make them different. You have free-will and thus the power to semi-control your own reality in big ways. While this can definitely be scary, on the flip side, there are huge implications and opportunities for growth, self-development, being a better person, and, of course, getting what you want and making more money (of course, there is a right way and a wrong way to go about this, and I advocate for the right way)! Until next time! Better life, better business, better you! Ideas, inspiration, opportunity, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: March 21, 2022 Hi Ladies and Gents, and whatever else you may go by - there is no judgement here,
Welcome to the Monday post for March 21st, 2022. Now, today is a very special day, as today is the 7th Anniversary (ceremony date) of my wife and I's wedding. I say the "Ceremony Date," as in China the day you actually sign the papers down at the Justice of the Peace and the day of your actual wedding ceremony are generally (almost never) the same day. My wife and I had actually been married (according to the government) for almost half a year before our actual big, blow-out wedding ceremony was held. With that said, as promised last time, I am moving forward here with some MAJOR upgrades and overhauls here on the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises homepage, although you won't actually see most of them here on site for the next month at least. My theme for the next month moving forward is "What is Real?" Com'on, you know you ask yourself that question all the time - especially since the now-infamous Spring of 2020! This is a theme which is particularly near and dear to my heart as an Elementary Educator, as helping to sculpt the reality of children - even very young children - is something I do every day. This is highly dangerous business! And I'll tell you more about why so next week. Peace in all things. Better life, better business, better you! Ideas, inspiration, opportunity, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. Last Updated: March 19, 2022 Well, after jumping back on here last Monday after two months away, I already missed the second weekly post on Thursday and am making up for that now! But with that said, this post is actually a post about how I will be doing away with my Thursday posting for the rest of spring 2022, ha, ha! Yes, I am going to move away from twice a week blog postings for the rest of this spring, probably ramping back up to twice a week postings once again when summer rolls around. That doesn't mean I am stepping away from the Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises website - no indeed! Actually, quite the opposite! After coming back to the site - my baby - after some time away, I now have a much better idea of the next set of updates and reformats that need to happen to the site. I will be spending my energy the rest of this spring largely tweaking, updating, and reformatting the site itself, growing my affiliate offerings offered through the site, and spending a lot of time and energy on actually promoting the site across the Internet - properly, like it should be promoted - as opposed to posting here on the blog!
With that in mind, I will keep going here on the blog with Monday blog posts, but don't expect regular Thursday posts for a while. Instead of regular Thursday posts, do look for growth and development apart from the job coming to the overall site itself over these next few months! These are exciting times! Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises went through a "level up" upgrade two years ago and it's now time to take the site to the next level yet again right now! Peace in all things. Better life, better business, better you! Ideas, inspiration, opportunity, -Andreas Andreas Philip Gross Enterprises Washington State Certified K-8 Educator, K-12 International Education Consultant, Professional Coach, Proofreader/Editor, Affiliate Marketer, Popsicle Stick Crafter, Print-on-Demand Products Designer, and Webmaster Check out: www.cityofpullmanportal.com, www.949crafts.com Looking for a professional coach? I’m your man! Let’s chat. |
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