Alternative Viewpoints - April | The Discomfort Zone

Alternative Viewpoints - April

Is that time of the month people where I get really lazy and link through to some other blogs for you to read.

I am trying to make this as impartial as I can. I know a lot of bloggers, some great, some good, some average and some er, let’s just say, enthusiastic. I don’t want to be influenced by friendships I want to offer content that I have read and think is worth sharing.

Having said all that I am still open to bribes. If you are a blogger $50 would have my complete attention and allow me to hurl my ethics out of the window. I am keeping away from the Mega-blogs that already get 10k+ visitors per day because they are well known and can be found easily. So here we go with another eyebrow raising, though provoking, motivation inspiring, self-developing plethora of blogs of indeterminate amount. Roughly speaking, I’ll stop when I run out of time.

By the way, if you have some favorites of your own that I should check out please let me know in the comments.

What The Super Successful You Knows – In My Heels

This was a tough one because I could have posted a couple of JEMi’s. One of my favorite new bloggers and a lady that writes with insight, compassion and intelligence. She analyses situations from mainly a female perspective (yeh, it’s a chick blog) but I’m in touch with my feminine side as my wife never tires of pointing out, so I get it! Having said that, her blog cuts across sexes, as long as you aren’t the kind of guy that thinks a women’s place is in the kitchen that is. If you are, you’d probably be better off shaving your palms and watching Jerry Springer rather than reading my blog, never mind hers.

Who Are The Villains Of The Kitchen Table – Dr Nicole

Another site that I have only stumbled on in the last month or so and already ranking in my top 10. Dr Nicole is a mine of brilliant information about alternative and also some mainstream medicine. If you aren’t convinced that putting copious amounts of toxic chemicals into your body is the way to get and then keep yourself fit, then this site is worth visiting. A couple of years ago I would have been skeptical about some of this, but then I read ‘The 5 Forces of Wellness by Mark Hyman and my opinion shifted rapidly.

The post I picked is a brilliant look at what we really are eating on a daily basis. Bear this in mind. Few food-manufacturing companies care if they are serving up products that are inherently unhealthy, even when the clever labeling leads us to think we may be choosing a healthier option. Chose wisely Grasshopper.

Why Does The Thunder Hide The Rain? – The Next 45 Years

I reviewed Alex’s excellent e-book a few days ago and he has trumped that with a beautifully written and moving post. It takes either guts or indifference to hang out your emotions for all of cyber space to see like this and Alex is definitely not indifferent. Go and read about his family problems and then if you are in a similar situation you can relate, if you’re not, be thankful.

Courage and Compassion: A Dedication To Yourself – Urban Monk

Albert at Urban Monk is right there on the edge of being a Super-Blog but I’m going to cover this one of because he deserves some attention. Let me start by saying that this guy is the real deal. There are some self-development ‘gurus’ out there that are only interested in developing the bank accounts and this guy isn’t one of them.

I never tire of beating my clients soundly over the head with the “You are the most important person in the world to you” stick. Albert uses a somewhat gentler technique to get over the same important message.

The Cult of Abundance, Goal Autoimmune Disorder, & Abundance 2.0 – The Growing Life

I hate Clay at TGL, I really do. He’s younger than me, better looking and a better writer. I was tempted to disqualify him from this list for all of those reasons and because I included one of his posts last month, but then I realized that wasn’t being fair to you loyal reader Anyway, he hasn’t got my wife, my dog or my ability to aim for the sympathy vote, so that gives me the edge.

A bit like JEMi I had a few to aim at her but decided to go for his attack on The Secret and the greed of abundance. I always preface my remarks about The Secret by saying I think it did a lot of good in opening up peoples mind to alternative ideas. I am truly grateful for that, but I am not grateful for the holes it leads in the entire Law of Attraction theory (and yes it is a theory and not a law of physics). Clay words it better than me and explains why this entire thing may have gone a tad too far.

What Works For Your Life – Craig Harper

I like to have fun when I’m posting and I hope that comes across. It sure comes across to me when I read Craig Harper’s blog. He may be an Aussie with the tact of a horny cockerel on vacation at a chicken farm, but he is funny, he gets to the point and he knows his stuff. This particular post helps explain why there isn’t a one-size fits all cure for life. If there was I’d be selling it on Ebay and posting this blog from The Seychelles.

Why Do I Procrastinate? – Verve Coaching

This is an interesting one because I actually don’t fully agree with the premise of this blog. However, it made ms stop and think about it and I can see where Erek is coming from. I’m not saying I have changed my mind, but I do think there are elements of truth and anyway it’s not always about agreement it’s about expansion. I may share my own opinion on procrastination one day but that could be an epic of a post.

Get More Things Done with Ultradian Sprint Life Optimizer

This is a great post and something that is close to my heart. Since reading the absolutely brilliant ‘Power of Full Engagement’ by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz I have been aware that managing energy is the key. I all too often slip back and stay with tasks too long getting diminishing returns. Donald at LO explains why you need to spring and take regular breaks if you are to be fully productive.

How To Get Instant Confidence – The Discomfort Zone

I know it’s a disgrace throwing my own stuff in here but I’m truly shameless and I’m doing it anyway. If you are new here and haven’t read any of my posts this will give you a good introduction. On the other hand I suppose you could just check out the Featured posts in the left hand tool bar.

This actually took me longer to compile than I though because I had to go scrolling back through blogs as I hadn’t book marked them like a truly sensible person would have done. It has also left me somewhat frustrated because I didn’t include a number that I intended to. So if you are insatiable and want more here is a lucky dip of excellent posts I have read this month:

5 Reasons You Should Treat Your Partner Like Your Dog – Jonathan Mead

Wicked Cool Gratitude With a Side of Grace – True Balance

5 Little Things - To Help The Environment - Brucisms

And finally, the biggest loon on the Internet, Monk Mojo (not for the easily offended!)

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5 Comments So Far.

Comment by Alex Blackwell on 30 April 2008:

Thanks for putting these articles together in one post (and for my including mine, of course). There is a lot of valuable content here!
Comment by JEMi | Tips for Life, Love, You on 30 April 2008:

Awww shucks :-D

THANK YOU for listing me here! I am going to check every single one of these out (well the ones I haven’t read yet)

This was an entertaining read heh heh.

Also, thanks for reading my ‘chick’ blog, despite the pink and the word heels splayed across the top. I am way too partial to my URL to divorce it so its good to know a man will read it despite its title :)
Comment by Erek Ostrowski on 30 April 2008:

Tim,

Thank you SO much for including my post on procrastination! You’ve been a huge support to me personally, and to our blogging community.

Because of this, I forgive you for not having the good sense to agree with me.

;-)
Comment by MonkMojo on 30 April 2008:

Dear Tim,

Thank you for the “Biggest Loon on the Internet” award.

Per your request, I mailed off the $50.00 check, 30 for the certificate plus 20 extra for your autograph on it. I’ve never won anything so I am pretty pumped.

Love Always,

yer li’l MoMo
(MonkMojo)
Comment by Tim Brownson on 1 May 2008:

You’re all welcome. It was your great writing Monk Mojo notwithstanding, that got the mention.