goals: weekly update

Take every opportunity to get out of my comfort zone:
- Applying for a strategic business development role at work

Produce a complete album of music, selling more than 1 million copies;
Become skilled in music production:
- Me and a couple other friends (one an amazing singer, the other a great musician with production know-how) will be getting together this next week to meet an discuss producing an album, ideally to be released in Spring/Summer of 2010.

random thought: fat, and the connection to our aquatic ancestors

I believe it has been fairly well established that calories in versus calories out factors largely in weight loss/gain, but different bodies do seem to respond differently to the same diets. The variable seemingly to be individual bio-chemistry. How about this idea for consideration?

Some of you may have heard of the 'aquatic ape' theory as an alternative to the regularly accepted evolutionary theory that today's humans are descendants of land dwelling apes/chimps. I won't get into the entire theory (if you'd like to learn more about it, check out this video on TED.com - http://tiny.cc/aquaticape), but one fact in its support may apply here: that only aquatic mammals, or descendants of aquatic mammals, have the ability to store fat in a layer of the outer skin. Apes, chimps, etc., can only store fat inside the body, and despite the diet you feed them, cannot become obese as humans can.

So perhaps, if this theory were to be correct, one could conceive that some of us may still be wired to carry more fat outside the body than inside. Or, perhaps some of us are simply prone to store more fat, period, or retain it more easily.

After all, whales and sea lions live on diets of krill (shrimp-like) and fish, food sources that we would likely consider to be part of a healthy, low fat/carb diet. Yet, these mammals maintain an extremely high ratio of fat to muscle. Perhaps it’s the sheer amount of food they consume. Or, perhaps it’s that their bodies are simply designed to convert more food into fat to survive in their environments. Maybe it’s both? Maybe some of us still carry around an evolutionary trait that was orginially deisgned to help keep us warm in cold water environments.

Just another idea to throw into the ring. Thoughts?

goals: weekly update

General:
- Carried out the first masterminding group for my team at work. Turned out to be really successful. A lot of good, creative ideas were shared and everyone seemed to feel as though they benefited from the experience.

Take every opportunity to get out of my comfort zone:
- Completed and filed my 2008 tax return on my own through UFile.ca. Not nearly as daunting of a task as I thought it might be... and WAY less expensive than using a service like H & R Block.

Own a road bicycle:
- Contributed $100 towards my bicycle fund.
- Stopped by a local bike store to learn more about what bike is best for me and to price it out. Looks like I'm going to need about $1500!
- Posted a really awesome looking Trek bike as my computer desktop wallpaper at work to constantly remind me of my goal.

Grow ChooseBetter.org to become a world known brand:
- Told 5 people about ChooseBetter.org

goals: weekly update

General:
- Finished reading 'The Success Principles'.
- Signed up for Jack Canfield's free mentorship program (http://www.thesuccessprinciples.com/). A resource designed to help you plan your days more effectively, chart your acheivements, and establish a mastermind group.
- Established a mastermind group at work for overcoming challenges in our sales team.

Invent Somthing:
- Read an article on inventing from the Canada Business Services for Entrepreneurs website: http://www.entreprisescanada.ca/servlet/ContentServer?cid=1081945275785&lang=en&pagename=CBSC_FE%2Fdisplay&c=GuideFactSheet

Compose Music for Video Games
- Read an interview about how the process of becomming a videogame music composer with Tommy Tallarico.
- Worked for a couple hours this week on a new song.

goals: new goal (39)

New Goal (39): Compose Music for Video Games

This goal is pretty near and dear to my heart. Anyone that knows me knows how much I love videogames, so naturally the opportunity to combine this hobby with my love of writing music would be awesome!