Live on purpose Why do we do things in a particular order and pay less attention to things that we know are important. Life has its twist and turns and there is something in all of us that says we have a value system. A moral code. A method to our madness. A reason why. But does it really matter if it lacks the foundation of the wisdom we have acquired or the bridge we already crossed or the burden we already carry. It lacks a sense of self worth because we are too busy trying to be something to someone instead of doing what we have been gifted with and finding our path by living our purpose. No matter the culture, no matter the faith, no matter the reason, we are only the sum of our choices, the value of our decision or the statement of our indecision. We have likes and dislikes and wants and needs but we also have purpose. So live it. Love it. Learn from it. Become it. Believe it. Have the courage to do what everyone else is saying will never happen or just doesn’t matter. We all matter even in our most meek existence. We find to for retail therapy, we find time to indulge into whatever addiction or distraction which takes us away from our reality. we do all of this because we want something greater than us. we want to follow something that is worth leading. It is our purpose. Our passion, Our reason. Our way of being. our means to an end. Our life is our art, voice, design, division, addition and circumstance all rolled up into one. Be our purpose. Be our Principle. Be our calling………. What has risen was already here and has always existed and will always occur past our vision. it is the constant, the purpose that is sort of like the Olympic torch, which is passed from village to village, citizen to citizen, culture to culture, continent to continent, generation to generation, lifetime to lifetime. It is that purpose which is beyond our relative short scope of how we count our days as if the days only started being counted when we existed. We we revolve where we want to be, not where we are, where we have been or we we were meant to go. Live on Purpose. Live for a reason. Love unconditionally. Live to change, to help , to create, to cultivate.Chaps Schooner Boat ShoesBadgley Mischka Randall Shoes (Light Pink Satin) - Women's Wedding Shoes - 10.0 MBadgley Mischka Randall Shoes (Light Pink Satin) - Women's Wedding Shoes - 10.0 MPUMA Ferrari Future Cat M1 Shoes

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MORNING CUP OF MOTIVATION: "Being an Achiever is not enough, unless that means, We are helping someone else." John C. Maxwell

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At the heart of an ACHIEVER is the their desire to make significant growth + change for themselves, so they can help someone else. Let's BE that ACHIEVER we were born to be. ASK: How far am I willing to stretch myself, in order to become who I was created to be?

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Todd Davis on the Behance Network

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Millennials Driving Alcoholic Beverage Trends

Millennials are already driving key trends in the alcoholic beverages sector, and their influence will continue as all in this demographic cohort come of legal drinking age by 2018, according to a new Trends in Adult Beverage Report from food and beverage industry research/consulting firm Technomic. Americans born between 1977 and 1992 are not only the largest generation since the Baby Boomers; they’re also frequent consumers of alcoholic beverages. Technomic’s recent survey of a nationally representative sample of legal-age Millennials found that 8 in 10 had consumed an alcoholic beverage in a bar, restaurant or other on-premise venue in the past week, and 9 in 10 had consumed one at home. This diverse and highly educated generation is open to new experiences, and its members are more likely to try a new drink -- both in and out of the home -- than those of any other age group. They consume domestic light beers, hard ciders, cocktails, red-blend wines and Moscato wines more often than older consumers, and are the key force behind trends including craft beer, boutique spirits and sweeter-flavor wine profiles. Technomic also found that half of Millennials consider variety and price to be much more or somewhat more important in away-from-home, as opposed to for-home, alcohol purchases. However, Millennials are far from a homogenous group. For example, younger Millennials are more price-conscious than older ones. For this reason, alcoholic beverage marketers and restaurant operators need to take strategic approaches based on Millennial segments’ attitudes and behaviors regarding alcoholic-beverage occasions and consumption, cautions David Henkes, VP at Technomic and leader of its adult beverage practice. Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/178453/millennials-driving-alcoholic-beverage-trends.html#ixzz20QiIyCbX

QR codes seem to be everywhere now, but Taco Bell’s new variation is bound to stand out in the crowd. For a national print campaign promoting its new Cantina Bell Menu, the QSR and agency Draftfcb Orange County arranged real avocados and lemons to form functional 2-D barcodes. The two eye-catching images will appear in leading U.S. magazines, reports InternetRetailer. The code takes up most of each ad page. The codes visually drive home the fresh and healthy nature of the Cantina Bell menu items, which are made from ingredients such as guacamole made with Hass avocados and whole black beans. The code, which can be scanned using any QR code reader app, connects the user to a mobile-optimized landing page featuring descriptions and nutritional information on each of the items on the new menu, recipe ideas from celebrity chefs, and videos featuring the menu’s main chef, Lorena Garcia—as well as a video on the making of the unusual bar code. Social media sharing functions (including Twitter voting) and a restaurant locator are also offered. To create and implement the code, Taco Bell worked with barcode technology/services provider ScanLife. Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/178520/taco-bell-ads-use-edible-qr-code.html#ixzz20QVtUcIQ

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Don't Be Too Impressed with Yourself

We spend a lifetime building our pride and self esteem only to find out that it was building a house on sand which would eventually fade much like our own existence

A good friend cautioned me after I had given perhaps the most important speech of my career, “Guard your heart today. Don’t let pride in. Remember the gap between how good you really are at this and how great it went!” Great advice! The day immediately after a significant high is the most dangerous day. We can be easily fooled into believing it. Calling is an inside job. Called people work from a place of integrity within themselves, from their hearts. Jazz saxophone great Charlie Parker said, “If it ain’t in your heart, it ain’t in your horn.” It’s not about comparing yourself to others. It’s about knowing and then voicing your own motivated strengths. Put what’s in your heart in your horn. Forget about what others say! Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. Saint Francis de Sales wrote, “God requires a faithful fulfillment of the merest trifle given us to do rather than the most ardent aspiration to things to which we are not called.” Each of us has a calling. Most of us don’t get an epiphany or have it delivered to us by a cosmic skywriter. We get a faint whisper, an urge, a tug. Strengths provide direction and passion gives us the fuel to persevere. But when that urge comes, you need to act boldly and strike out in the direction of the call. DO less of all the periphery tasks or jobs in order to BE more of who you are uniquely called to be. It’s not about comparing yourself to others. It’s about knowing and then voicing your own motivated strengths. DO less. BE more. follow me on twitter for more info:

Starbucks Mobile Payment Footprint Just Got Bigger

Posted: 11 Jul 2012 11:53 AM PDT The only thing bolder than Starbucks coffee is the venerable java giant’s mobile strategy. On Wednesday, Starbucks announced the continued global expansion of the Starbucks mobile platform with the roll-out of Starbucks app for Android to the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition, the company says, U.S. customers who download or update to the official Starbucks app for Android will be able to experience new enhancements including a widget, PayPal support, PIN code protection, and viewing the My Starbucks Rewards history dashboard. Arguably, no company in the food and beverage space has more aggressively pursued mobile payment options and technologies for their customers. And the rewards are tangible in all aspects of the company’s growth. “The expansion of our mobile payment footprint to two of our most important markets is a strong milestone for us, but more importantly, it extends the number of customers who now have a faster and easier way to pay at Starbucks,” said Adam Brotman, chief digital officer at Starbucks Coffee Company. “We are thrilled to extend mobile payment capabilities to Android smartphones in the UK and Canada and enhance the experience in the U.S.”