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Imagine 2110

Paul — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:03:49 +0000

Imagination helps design the future. If you can dream it, possibilities can become realities. Science-fiction writers have imagined future worlds and their imaginings have evolved into reality.

Imagine one hundred years from now. How might life be different? How might it be easier? What will the world look like?

A fun experiment is to explore longstanding items and imagine how they might be different. Books have stayed relatively the same for many years, fridges, doors, beds, cars; endless possibilities that you can imagine with a difference. How might our streets and buildings look in one hundred years’ time? How might we look? (See: How could you modernize a Door? Mind Map)

Imagine how books could be different; they might one day have mini screens built-in to watch DVD clips of the content. Fridges – might they one day read the barcodes and stock check the contents, perhaps even re-order items automatically? Might a robot one day call to pick up your car for a service? Imagine wireless and aerial free buildings and landscapes.

Pick everyday objects and imagine them in one hundred years’ time. How might they work differently? Can you think how to better them? Do you think they will be defunct?

Take a journey back one hundred years and it is easy to see how quickly human ingenuity and technology transforms our lives. A few examples of relatively recent inventions (Check out the following book for many more: 1001 Inventions that changed the World ISBN 978 1844036110)

Fuel injection (1910)
Zip fastener (1913)
Traffic lights (1914)
Lipstick (1915)
Pop-up toaster (1919)
Television (1926)
Colour television (1928)
Electric guitar (1931)
Microwave oven (1945)
T V remote control (1950)
Pocket calculator (1970)
World Wide Web (1989)
Digital cell phone (1991)
DVD (1995)

We take many things for granted and lose sight of how brilliant the human mind is in creating everyday objects; life changing and life bettering inventions.

Time travel back before the above dates and contemplate life without those items.

Fast forward back again to now and the items have greater meaning; you can be truly thankful of how relatively easy modern life is in comparison to how our ancestors lived.

Now zoom forward one hundred years from now. Can you imagine the world in 2110? The rate of change every year now is astonishing – so what about 2110 – a hundred years from now? Imagine 2110.

The future is born out of our imaginations. We each have a brain capable of incredible power and potential. Get dreaming, get thinking, get imagining and you will be designing our future.

Here are my predictions for 2110:

I feel we will have World Peace
I feel world problems such as starvation will have been solved
I feel we may have an alternative system to money
I feel we will have GPS ourselves (human GPS) with reduced crime and missing persons
I feel we will have solved all energy concerns
I feel we will travel in computer-assisted vehicles to almost eliminate crashes
I feel we will have zero-emission cars and transport, possibly electric-powered vehicles as the norm
I feel sounds of machinery will reduce dramatically and life will be quieter
I feel the vast majority of the people of the world will be happy, thankful, grateful and content and know how fortunate they are to be alive and have a life
I feel worry will no longer be a predominant mind concern
I feel much more than the above is possible and we will as a race stand amazed at our own achievements, many of which may seem impossible right now

What might your predictions be?

What is your future world vision?

How will 2110 look?

Probably similar to your imagination

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New history starts now

Paul — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:58:00 +0000

Every minute of every day we help create new history in some small or large way, be it individually or collectively.

What are you creating for yourself or others that can make a difference now and in the future?

The “what” includes products, services, help, assistance, however big or small – your contribution matters. Everything you do forms part of history. You create history, you create the present moment, and you create the past. You create the past in the present. Even small things have monumental significance in the same way that one snowflake helps create a mountain of snow.

New history starts now – quite a responsibility!

Creating new history is a challenge to embrace in your own unique way.

New history starts now and you can begin whenever you like because it is always now.

You matter – history needs you – do your thing whatever it may be. All of us are creating the past right now.

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History is in the past

Paul — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:53:03 +0000

Where is history?

Yesterday is history, so is last month and last year.

The past has gone, so where is history?

Is history found in books, films, individual memories, collective memories, or in the World we see around us now? Through monuments, buildings, countries etc.

Is history thoughts? You have to think to compute the areas you see history in all around you. Is history reliable? Are the records we view all correct? Are books to be trusted 100%? Who check’s the information? Can a publisher be expected to confirm the writing of “experts”?

Why do we reference the past so much that it affects the present both personally and as nations? If you have dropped your past on a personal level you will see the enormous potential of dropping the past on a global level. If you reference an unhappy past you are effectively manufacturing an unhappy present.

Can a lack of forgiveness and compassion be inherited, passed down through traditions, customs and generations; often unchallenged? Do opinions and “facts” need to design our present? Do our ancestors have such a hold over us that we cannot begin again? Do our individual and collective memories hold problems in place? Imagine if the World decided to stop fighting over the past – which has gone. Imagine the potential for instant change! Instant in the same way that yesterday has left us.

We live in a technologically advanced age, where communication platforms have reached astounding levels. We share the planet physically and through technology we are linking every area of the globe. We share the planet mentally, each of us like a brain cell of a collective brain called a planet, so why can’t we change our mind as a planet?

Might we challenge assumed history that we feel cannot be changed by designing a present that ensures a peaceful future?

Can we leave history in the past?

Can we design the future starting from – now?

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Tips for the Positive Rebel

Paul — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:58:57 +0000

Here are 50 Tips for the Positive Rebel

1. Develop a total and positive disregard of the past
2. Total focus and determination in the present and for the future
3. Total commitment to solutions
4. Openness and willingness to “not know”
5. Never see walls; aim at potential
6. Focus on can rather than can’t
7. Positive desire and passion to succeed
8. Invincible belief in solution orientated success
9. Committed to positive change
10. Committed to making a difference
11. Committed to leaving a legacy of meaning
12. Welcoming and embracing ideas unconditionally
13. Transcend ego and gain seeking
14. Willingness to fail as part of success
15. Acknowledgment of existing rules yet not confined or defined by them
16. Willingness to see and seek alternatives
17. Selfless sharing and caring
18. Developing positive ignorance in order to hone in on positive focus
19. Unwillingness to stand still –constantly welcoming change
20. Infinite patience
21. Welcoming criticism as feedback
22. Knowing when to fuel momentum and when to let go and move on
23. Not discounting new ideas on the grounds of “logic”
24. Harnessing bigger picture perspective
25. Refusal to fail despite all odds; not giving up
26. “Value” focus and commitment
27. Being certain despite uncertainty that answers exist
28. Ability to see the good and create positive turnarounds
29. Willingness to listen to yet ability to ignore critics
30. Ability to break history both in the present and of the past
31. Desire to challenge convention
32. Persistently opening doors and creating new ones
33. Prepared to ask endless questions
34. Ability to channel thinking to consider, explore; delve deeper
35. Challenge the known, the norm and assumptions
36. Laugh in the face of impossible
37. Willingness to dream, fantasise, imagine
38. Timeless commitment to pondering and contemplation
39. Desire to squash limitations
40. Inspired and committed to excellence
41. Seeing creation as a voyage of discovery
42. Time-flexible; seeing 100 years ago and 100 years away
43. Rise above temporary defeat and aim long-term from now to future
44. Bridging ordinary to leap into extraordinary
45. Imagine the future; both tomorrow and in a thousand years time
46. Be a rebel with a cause – a cause greater than yourself
47. Challenge thinking including your own and be prepared to be wrong
48. Be an advocate of peace and a positive role model
49. Encourage, harness and celebrate the good in yourself and others
50. Dare to be M.A.D. – make a difference

Be a positive rebel; expand and improve the above in your own unique way

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Problems are your chance to shine

Paul — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:53:18 +0000

Quote:

“There are no problems – only challenges and situations” – Eckhart Tolle

Nothing offers you more potential than being able to find a solution to a problem.

In the right frame of mind – problems are wonderful opportunities.

The problem with the word problem is that the word “problem” often signals a halt in thinking; unless you are ready to solve it.

In the right frame of mind even the impossible becomes possible.

Can you get excited about a problem?

How positive can you get about a problem?

“YES! We have a problem – let me solve it, let me solve it!” Or at least improve the situation – try to solve it.

Problems are possibilities for growth, opportunities to learn and improve; to create greater knowledge and understanding. If the problem is something you wish to solve and are willing to try to solve you are on your way to a solution. If you can’t solve it, someone else with greater knowledge may be able to solve it.

Once solved – where is the problem?

Where does it go?

What happened to the worry, frustration and fear? What happened to the problem?

Once solved – the problem vanishes like a cartoon character zapped by a ray gun into a pile of dust on the floor!

You can shine by fixing a problem or you can shine by allowing someone who can fix the problem in to fix the problem. So – there does not need to be a problem!

The challenge is to discover who/what/how the problem can be solved – that’s all.

The problem (challenge or situation) is an opportunity for progress, betterment, a chance to fix the problem – and for good if possible!

Problems are gifts; signposts that change is needed, that strength is required and with commitment to a positive outcome, the problem is only a temporary situation.

Here is the quote again:

“There are no problems – only challenges and situations” – Eckhart Tolle

Next problem (challenge or situation) ask:

How can I solve it?

How can I shine?

If I can’t – who can?

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