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		<title>Living Full-Out in the Wonderful World of WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months, I&#8217;ve been gathering all my &#8220;ducks up in a row&#8221;, shifting, then reorganizing those duck in an effort to get them &#8220;just right&#8221; before diving into the adventure of launching my new blog.  Yet it started to become clear to me that my efforts at organized &#8220;professionalism&#8221; were bordering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amymiyamoto.wordpress.com&blog=5211084&post=9&subd=amymiyamoto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Over the last few months, I&#8217;ve been gathering all my &#8220;ducks up in a row&#8221;, shifting, then reorganizing those duck in an effort to get them &#8220;just right&#8221; before diving into the adventure of launching my new blog.  Yet it started to become clear to me that my efforts at organized &#8220;professionalism&#8221; were bordering on avoidance &#8220;excuses&#8221;.  You know that fine line between being committed to a quality product versus giving in to the urge to &#8220;put it off just one more day&#8221; &#8211; and then one more day after that&#8230;?</p>
<p>Recently, I have become active on the new Social Networking site, <a href="http://www.twitter.com">Twitter</a>.  And many of the people I follow on Twitter are avid and inspiring advocates of taking Massive Forward Action Now!  Not waiting on the sidelines until everything is &#8220;just perfect&#8221; &#8211; because perfection is an illusion. Someone who exemplifies this practice is <a href="http://www.garyvaynerchuk.com">Gary Vaynerchuk</a> (<a href="http://www.twitter.com/garyvee">@garyvee</a> on Twitter) of <a href="http://tv.winelibrary.com/">Wine Library TV</a>.  One of his main messages is to do what you love without apology, get started NOW, and to work your &#8220;face&#8221; off until you succeed &#8211; there is no other option!  Of course he conveys this message with a huge dose of rough and humorous charisma that is hard to resist.</p>
<p>As I have been listening to his many incarnations of this core message, I became increasingly aware of a place in my own life where I was holding back &#8211; not living full out&#8230;the launching of this blog.  So this week I made the decision to take that leap &#8211; to cast aside my &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how to use WordPress &#8221; excuse and simply dive in.</p>
<p>One supportive tool I acquired in my preparations for launching this blog was the book, <a href="http://wordpressblogsites.com/">Does This Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat</a>, by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/techcoach">Sandra DeFreitas</a>.    So far, I have found it to be extremely straight-forward and helpful in guiding me step-by-step through launching and refining all of the elements of my new home here in the blogosphere.  It&#8217;s a resource I would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in getting started with WordPress and would appreciate a user-friendly support guide at the ready.</p>
<p>If you are reading this, you are witnessing my leap into living more full-out in my daily thoughts and action.  Where in your life can you take a leap into Massive Forward Action Now? ☺</p>
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		<title>Massive Forward Action &#8211; Take 1!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to practice taking risks outside of my comfort zone in the direction of my ideal life &#8211; I chose today to take the &#8220;massive forward action&#8221; of creating my new blog home.  It would be easy for me to keep putting it off until every little piece and nuance were just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=amymiyamoto.wordpress.com&blog=5211084&post=1&subd=amymiyamoto&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>In an effort to practice taking risks outside of my comfort zone in the direction of my ideal life &#8211; I chose today to take the &#8220;massive forward action&#8221; of creating my new blog home.  It would be easy for me to keep putting it off until every little piece and nuance were just right &#8211; yet I realize it is likely that ideal and elusive day may never arrive.  So today is the day &#8211; Day One of my Web 2.0 journey towards greater integration of mindset mastery, greater stretches in creativity, greater efforts in vulnerability and authenticity, greater action towards full self-expression, and a whole lot of learnin&#8217; in the realm of Web 2.0.  I hope you will join me in this adventure as I continue on my growth path and hopefully succeed in supporting others on their own unique paths as well.</p>
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