An Interview with Steve Blackburn

Many of us were given artistic gifts that we enjoy pursuing as children. 

Then as time goes by we grow into adulthood and many of us put those talents aside to build a career and raise a family.

Time can see the passions of youth fade into the tapestry spun by greater responsibilities and commitments.

Or easier said, what you don't use, you lose...

But what if you were able to keep the fire going?

What if your were able to find a career which was the perfect blend of art and science?

And then what if you were able to retire from that profession and dive into the craft loved since you were a kid feet first?

Well that story, one of life, love, courage and creativity is told here with Steve Blackburn.

I really enjoyed doing this interview.

So much so that I lost track of time and the video file ended up being so large it was difficult to edit!

(Not to self: Keep interview under 15 minutes from now on...lol.)

At any rate; for all those with a childhood passion that was once put aside, listen to this interview.

Take it from Steve, your never to old to feel young again!

An Interview With Christine Lush-Rodriguez

I believe success leaves clues.

As an Artist and entrepreneur living in France I have been looking into the fastest growing cities in the United States to see if there were some parallels.

True enough there are.

All the fast growing cities in the USA I have been exploring have a common denominator.

They are all home to tightly knit, vibrant communities with pockets of amazing inventiveness and creativity.

Permit me to present an artist from Fredericksburg, Virginia; Christine Lush-Rodriguez.

Her work struck me because she took the potters wheel and drove to a new dimension, creating original and fanciful lifeforms with boldness and sensitivity.

Because I have such an affection for her work this interview felt like it went by in few minutes but after further review I was happy to see we went deep into Christine's creative process and inspiration.

For more on Christine and her work follow the links below.

Enjoy! :D

https://www.facebook.com/FruitoidCLR/

www.fruitoid.com

http://artfuldimensionsgallery.com/

An Interview With Jaron Lines

I'll keep on saying it.

I believe we are in the beginning of a Re-renaissance, a Three-peat... a Th-renaissance.

And in this era of hyper-hysteria where one old outdated vision of the our world is replaced by a new, vibrant, infinitely more exciting one you are going to have people ready to jump in with both feet, those who throw drama filled screeching fits and those content to hang out under the shade.

If you jump in with both you feet you put yourself at risk.

A hysterical energy will get you attention.

Hang out in the shade and you are safe and secure.

But to achieve something great, to maximise your true potential you have to go all in.

To achieve greatness as in financial freedom or the emancipation from disease requires a fearless, relentless determination to choose the correct path for you, and then once chosen, to forge ahead with everything you've got.

But what is interesting about Jaron's story is in his search for prosperity and abundance instead of paddling furiously, he is smart enough to have brought a serf board.

As the $5.3 trillion dollar a day Foreign Exchange Market ebbs and flows, Jaron and his colleagues are calmly looking for that cool breeze and some tasty waves get them where they want to go.

Check out the link below.

 http://www.myimarketslive.co/jaronlines/

Join us for a captivating interview with Jaron Lines as he opens his world to us from Hong Kong to the Forex Market, to his dreams, desires and beyond.

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An Interview Varina Lipscomb

Attention wellness warriors and diet desperadoes who have fought hard to reach your goals only to lose ground and be back where you don't want to be again.

Meet Varina Lipscomb. After raising AND home schooling not 1, not 2 but EIGHT children she made a decision.

Although failing at other times in her life to reach the body type she wanted she saw an opportunity last year and went for it.

So if you are reading this and feel exhausted with even just the THOUGHT of another diet or workout schedule.

If you have lost hope of ever reaching your dreams of being slim, trim and sexy again fear not!

It CAN be done WITHOUT killing yourself.

What's great about this interview is you can see Varina is chilled.

She's calm and relaxed with joy in her laughter.

The idea that you have to suffer, sweat and starve with super human will power to lose weight is simple just not true.

In fact, it's the exact OPPOSITE of what you need to do to lose weight, feel great and stay that way.

Weight loss does not need to hurt. Leave the self flagellation for the religious extremist.

The French don't suffer OR work out and they are notoriously fit easily and naturally.

And you can be too.

It's a Threpeat... boys and girls. A Threnaissance.

This is a Threnaissance woman and we have a front row seat.

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SpaMi Nail Bar: A Cut Above The Rest

Having your nails done under candelight and soothing music? What a great idea!

It looks like each pedicure station has it's own candle and divider curtain.

You can lay down for a massage as well. How great is that?

And what is really special is pay special attention to the video production.

Either the camera is on wheels, a person has a 'Steady cam' strapped to his body, or there is some freak-of-nature camera operator with extremely good balance!

And look at he cinematic way they 'pull focus' to bring you into the scene.

There is nothing more pleasing for an entrepreneur than to see a great small business idea flower and take root.

Well done SpaMi Nail Bar! Keep up the great work.

They have locations in Pennsylvania, Florida, Los Angeles and Texas.

Do you need one near you?

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Talk About Head In The Sand! 'You Mean It's Not A 60's Protest Movie?'LOL...

How crazy is this? Because of the Trumponian Era and the hyper, almost hysterical energy surrounding issues of sex and race today, I was completely shutting the promotion for this movie out of my consciousness without even knowing it lol... 

Which I might add makes this movie so super cool in many different ways. 

You see, when I was growing up The Black Panthers or the BPP (Black Panthers Party) was a revolutionary socialist organisation started in 1966. 

These were horrifically turbulent times. I can still remember live images of the police beating the living begeezus out of demonstrators in Grant Park at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Cassius Clay reemerged as Ali, the Champion of the World only to be stripped of his title for refusing the draft. Athletes protested the Olympics by receiving their Medals and National Anthem with fists of defiance pumped in the air.   

And it was an era of untimely death and tragedy; the Kennedys, and King, and even Hendrix, Morrsion and Joplin.

So when I saw the words Black Panther, I didn't look further. I was like 'been there done that, got the T-shirt AND the snow globe...'

So the headlines for me were a momentary brain freeze: 'Black Panther' brings in a record-breaking box office weekend, and ‘Black Panther’ Smashes Box Office Records and Hollywood Myths. 

Oh it's a Sci-Fi thriller not a 60's retrospective!!

After the Oscars and all that talk about the'whiteness' of Hollywood, how awesome is that ?

What a relief! :D

Enjoy the trailer and oh yes, these are Successful Times!

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Success Knows - Stupid Is As Stupid Does

Call me stupid but I tell you, the more I admit about money and finance that I don't know today the the better choices I will make about money in the future.

Sounds good anyway...

That's why I am unashamed to say this article
SEC blocks Chicago Stock Exchange sale to China-based investors
was an real eye opener.

I never thought in a million years that a market which bought and sold shares of public companies could be privately owned!

Incredible! Here are a few other tid bits of info I found especially interesting:

• CHX is a niche player in the industry, handling just 0.5 percent of U.S. equities trades. (I'm from Chicago. This sounds so cute and adorable. CHX is like the 'Cubbies' of Wall street!) 

• The acquisition, which was proposed in February 2016 by Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group was worth around $25 million. (That's how much the Chicago White Sox paid for Cuban outfielder Luis Robert in 2017)

• If the deal had been approved it would not be the first time a U.S. exchange had foreign owners. Deutsche Boerse AG bought the U.S.-based International Securities Exchange for $2.8 billion in 2007, before selling it to Nasdaq Inc for $1.1 billion in 2016. (A 1.7 billion dollar loss? Now that's what I call a tax write-off!)

Read the full article here: SEC blocks Chicago Stock Exchange sale to China-based investors

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