Every musical act has influences. The Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest influenced each other. Punk bands from the U.K. influenced garage bands in Southern California and vice versa. Reggae and dub influenced each other.
What are your influences? That’s what we talked about in Helping and Listening Skills this week. We came up with a great list and I liked it so much I took a picture of it.
I asked the students to tell me about the things that influence them. What do they value? Why do they do what they do; love what they love? This is the list they came up with:
Parents
Environment
-Friends
-Neighborhood
-Peers
-Religion
Culture
Schools
Food/Nutrition
Media
Mental Illness
Life Experience
-Observation
Socio-Economic Status ($$$)
Books
Music
Relationships
Friendships
Family
-Uncles
-Aunts
-Brothers
-Sisters
-etc.
Role Model
-Coach
-Minister
-Teacher
Law
Government
Health
Medication/Drugs
Language
Sleep
Fashion
Freedom
Travel
Pets
Sex
Arts
-Pictures
-Painting
-Dance
Entertainment
Perception
The point I want to make in this class is that you cannot know any of these things about yourself or anyone else unless you first learn how to listen.
A great Master Mind group is one that’s committed to honoring and respecting each other and that includes listening unconditionally and without judgment. It is honoring a person to trust that they know what’s best for their own life.
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When you think about it, every musical act you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
Do you have a creative project you want to complete? Do you want to find a purpose for your life?
If so, I invite you to come over to my brand new page called Start a Master Mind Group.com. I’m offering 4 freebies to get you started so you can get a sense of what the Master Mind is all about.
I took a ride on the Metro to Los Angeles on Saturday and did my first Pecha Kucha presentation at the L.A. Beyond Cars exhibit Downtown. But that is not the beginning or the end of the story.
Pecha Kucha is a 20×20 presentation style that originated in Japan as a way for architects to share project ideas efficiently. Basically you have 20 images that stay on the projector for 20 seconds each and your presentation is centered around these images.
I found out about Pecha Kucha in the Toastmasters magazine. I was intrigued by the idea so I went to the Pecha Kucha website. That intrigued me further. I decided I must do a Pecha Kucha so I contacted the representatives from Los Angeles and Orange County and expressed my interest in presenting at an upcoming event.
Mind you, I had never done a Pecha Kucha and the only experience I had of it was seeing a video on the internet. But my Toastmasters involvement has helped build my confidence to the point that I was able to take the plunge and trust that I could do it.
Nevertheless, I was nervous. Sure, I can now present comfortably to my fellow Agape Toastmasters and the students at Long Beach City College but I had never presented in Los Angeles and I had never presented a Pecha Kucha and I had no idea who would be in attendance, I only knew that there would probably be some architects and urban planners.
For example, James Rojas is the RailLA station design workshop co-chair and he was there. He’s the artist who developed a system of urban play with models. His work brings big smiles to children’s faces in urban neighborhoods when he shows up with his portable play shop. You can see his city made of Legos and hair curlers if you watch the video on YouTube.
I’m proud to say I showed up in Los Angeles and did my presentation. Though I will admit, I almost wanted to bail on it. In fact, I e-mailed the coordinator of the event just two days prior and told him I wasn’t sure if my images were going to work and I didn’t have time to fix them all. He assured me my images were probably fine and even offered to check them out for me.
I’ll be honest, I don’t know if I would have stuck to my guns if it hadn’t been for the fact that I told all my Master Mind partners and everyone at Agape Toastmasters that I was going to do this. I couldn’t bear the thought of showing up to see Ty and the Savvy Soul Sisters on Monday night only to tell them I cancelled my Pecha Kucha. It’s true, my ego couldn’t take a blow like that right now. So, I garnered my husband’s moral support and we got on the train together and took the ride to Los Angeles and my first Pecha Kucha.
Not only did I get my husband’s moral support, but I also got him to document the events of the journey on my FlipVideo camera. So, above is a little video montage of the adventure. You’ll see our trip on the Metro from Long Beach to Los Angeles, a little bit of the L.A. Beyond Cars exhibit and a portion of my Pecha Kucha, which included highlights from Long Beach Funk Fest and some of my fun times as a skater and Fresh Meat member of the L.A. Derby Dolls. Once I got my skate legs back (thanks to the Derby Dolls), I was able to be more adventurous about skating in my own neighborhood and at public events such as the Doo Dah Parade and the Long Beach Pride Parade.
In the beginning of the video you’ll see me driving in my car to the Beyond Cars exhibition but I was only in my car long enough to get to the Metro station in Long Beach where I would park my car and get on the train to Los Angeles. I enjoyed the trip, I hope you enjoy the video.
Hong Joo Kim, a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Furthermore he is a has taught, lectured and critiqued at Harvard University, University of California at Irvine, University of Colorado at Denver, and Cal State San Luis Obispo.
Ron Milam works to transform Los Angeles into a sustainable city by facilitating effective meetings and raising needed funds for nonprofit organizations. Milam launched the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, growing the organization from an idea into a 1,000 member organization. Ron served on the Boards of Sustainable South Bronx and the Alliance for Biking and Walking, and currently serves as an LA Urban Ranger. He talked about the growing bike movement in LA and how it will help fuel an “LA Beyond Cars”, especially if its integrated into investments made into high speed and local rail transportation.
James Rojas, an urban planner who devotes a lot of his time to translating the impenetrable maps and language of land use planning into a activities that are visual, tactile, and playful — the language of how we actually experience the world. His goal is to create environments that elicit ordinary people’s ideas and solutions to urban problems.
Noemi Selisker, an official resident of New Zealand where she’s managed to change life paths, reduce her carbon footprint all by house sitting in other people’s home. It all started as a fluke but has now become a way of life.
Sheri Zampelli – (That’s me) College instructor at Long Beach City College, member of Agape Toastmasters, former therapist providing in-home counseling for foster youth living in Los Angeles County, coordinator for Choices, an after-school program for at-risk girls. Author of From Sabotage to Success and Donate Your Weight. I believe cooperative and community-oriented solutions are necessary when trying to effectively improve service to a diverse city like Los Angeles.
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When you think about it, every creative group you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
Do you have a creative project you want to complete? Do you want to find a purpose for your life?
If so, I invite you to come over to my brand new page called Start a Master Mind Group.com. I’m offering 4 freebies to get you started so you can get a sense of what the Master Mind is all about.
Ethel’s mission is to teach all girls and women about the pleasure awaiting them in their clitoris. The Sheri and Erin Show is all about enjoying life to the fullest. Since sex is something that’s on everyone’s mind…whether they’re having any or not, we decided it’s time to talk about it frankly and honestly and that’s exactly what we did.
So, if you want to know how to experience more pleasure in life, whether you’re having sex or not, you’ll want to listen to this show over and over again until you can wake up to the fact that life is here for you to enjoy it, not to suffer through it.
When you think about it, every musical act you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
Do you have a creative project you want to complete? Do you want to find a purpose for your life?
If so, I invite you to come over to my brand new page called Start a Master Mind Group.com. I’m offering 4 freebies to get you started so you can get a sense of what the Master Mind is all about.
Lindsay Kasting, 23-year-old singer for Vancouver-based garage punk band, ‘The Living Deadbeats’, has been compared to Exene, Penelope Houston, and Mia Zapata. Today, Dirty Water Records in the UK will release the tracks “Hey Girl/Liar Liar” as their single of the week.
Other members of The Living Deadbeats include London-born, Pete Fiend (previously the lead singer for legendary ’80s powerpoppers The FINKS) on Bass/vox, Dirty Swagger – Guitar/vox; and 19-year-old female drummer, Nadja. Band influences include Stooges, Cramps, The Gits, Jawbreaker, Detroit Cobras and X.
Here’s a video of The Living Deadbeats performing Hey Girl / Liar Liar in a parking lot.
When you think about it, every musical act you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
Do you have a creative project you want to complete? Do you want to find a purpose for your life?
If so, I invite you to come over to my brand new page called Start a Master Mind Group.com. I’m offering 4 freebies to get you started so you can get a sense of what the Master Mind is all about.
2010 is the year that all girls and women must break free from body image and weight issues. Stop wasting your life in self-hatred and learn to feel fabulous now.
I know weight and eating issues can be a heavy burden so I made this light-hearted video to encourage you to drop the weight and embrace the joy, fun and freedom of being alive today.
This morning I read an e-mail from Oprah. She posted a short video of Regie Hamm and asked her insider community to answer this question: “Regie Hamm found his fame on American Idol and his heart through a special needs child. What has caused your life to shift?”
I responded with this answer:
In the past, all of my shifts in life came about from “hitting bottom. But this year I have experienced major shifts in my life as a result of love and friendship. About one year ago I had a “chance” meeting with Erin. We became fast friends and eventually we started our own BlogTalkRadio show. The conversations I have with Erin are life-transforming, mainly because of her ability to remain non-judgmental and to listen to what I have to say. I would like to think I offer the same benefit to her and we have both become a better version of our “Selves” because of this relationship. As a result of this relationship and our talk show together, we are able to reach out to others so they can also experience the impact of friendship, mutual respect and unconditional love. This is a very gratifying, soul-satisfying way to experience the shift and I hope to shift even more as I move toward my greater destiny.
About one year ago I met my friend and co-host Erin at church. The fact that we met at church is no big deal. But what makes it seem miraculous is that she only went to this church one time and one time only and I am a sporadic attendee. So, the chances of us meeting were very slim. She was sitting in the after-church refreshment area alone and I invited her to sit next to me. I didn’t know many people and I always liked it when someone made me feel welcome so I simply extended a gesture. We discovered instantly that we had many similar interests and we became fast friends. Over the past year we have had hundreds of phone conversations for thousands of hours. After 4 months of knowing each other, we started a BlogTalkRadio show so we could talk some more and also share our insights and favorite things with an internet audience. The experience of having a show has been so magical that we hope we can do even more and eventually get a T.V. talk show together. In any case, our friendship has impacted our lives and the lives of many others all because of a “chance” meeting.
I think it’s important to share the good things in life with each other. On The Sheri and Erin Show we dedicate the second Thursday of the month to talk about Master Minding. This is a great way to build mutually respectful and supportive relationships with other people. Click on the player below to hear one of our shows about Master Minding or visit our show page today.
In my audition, I tell Oprah I want to talk to roller derby girls. And I mean it. It’s a fast growing sport that empowers women and it is fun to watch. In the 70’s, everyone watched it and loved it. Let’s get it back on T.V.
I want a show thats a mix between Soul Train and old school Oprah. You know, when she used to have real-life, everyday people on and they’d tell amazing stories and experience transformation before your eyes.
How about if we do transformative shows and mix it up with fun stuff like music and roller derby? That’s what I want to do and you can help me by voting today. Vote early, vote often. Your opportunity to vote ends June 3.
I submitted an audition tape to Oprah on Sunday. I’m hoping that you will vote for me to get my OWN T.V. talk show. We taped the audition in front of a live audience. Between takes I did a little dancing, a little rapping and a little jumping up and down. All caught on video.
I want a show that’s a mix between Soul Train and old school Oprah. You know, when you used to have real-life, everyday people on and they’d tell amazing stories and experience transformation before your eyes. How about if we do that with fun stuff like music and roller derby and stories? That’s what I want to do and you can help me by voting today. Voting ends June 3.
I did it. I took an action step toward a dream. Oprah is having an open casting call and I submitted a video. Putting the video together has been a wild journey in and of it self and I learned so much from it.
In January 2009 I posted a blog about being the president in my own life and stepping into my leadership potential. In my mind, submitting the video is my way of saying, “and I mean it.”
When you think about it, every musical act you know of is using the Master Mind principle whether they realize it or not. They are joining together as a team with a combined vision. You can use the same principle and make some truly rockin’ things happen in your life.
