Photo taken by Brit in Maastricht (August 2009)

Just a note there's a really lively discussion about success VS failure on my Facebook "like" page right now. Feel free to weigh in either on Facebook or by posting a comment on this blog post.

I had posted "Nothing ventured, nothing gained. How do you know if something will be a success or failure if you don't try?"

The long and short of it is that you have nothing to lose by trying. NOTHING!

Here are excerpts of some of my comments from the discussion. (You can read the compelling comments from others on Facebook):

Success (to me) is a very wide spectrum, and I consider failure as not trying at all. So in my own way I've created a 100% success rate even if I don't 100% achieve the goal I set out with because I always learn something.

The cool thing about "failure is not trying" is that you can always reverse the so-called failure the moment you decide to try. So you're always guaranteed a "success" (at least, to my way of thinking).

Oh, and I'm thinking that just because one isn't good at something the first go-round doesn't mean they can't get good at it later - with some practice. That's how I am at graphic design. I might be reasonably adept now, but 8 years ago...not so. I just put a lot of practice hours in, thanks to a passion to learn.

I feel that the creativity "muscle" likes to be worked, and passion is what gets it to move. 

I've recently come to the conclusion that after all the challenges Armand & I've gone thru in recent years (and are still experiencing), the one thing I've decided to take with me is my sense of humor (yes, I DO have one tho I rarely let it show) and my sense of wonder and amusement. 

When the whole world is falling down around you, there's something comical in it all, no? I find it empowering to laugh in the face of it all. It's true freedom. ♥ ♥ ♥

Once we get back to a childhood sense of wonder and discovery, everything becomes fun again...and possible. And what we were taught in school about coloring inside the lines no longer applies. You can color ANYWHERE you want to! :-)

Please feel free to email me your questions in the area of business and marketing, and I will do my best to answer them in Episode 2, which will be streamed sometime in early-mid October 2010. And be ready to comment on what I say - let's make it a DISCUSSION, not just a monologue.

www.ustream.tv/channel/brit-hammer-live

I'm going to be streaming live for 1 hour. If you want to ask questions about ANYTHING - energy, art, relationship stuff, younameit - I will answer to the best of my ability.

Just tweet your question on Twitter and include the tag #bh_live.

Broadcast time in Amsterdam is 6pm = 18:00

=> Cape Town 6pm = 18:00
=> London 5pm = 17:00
=> New York 12pm = 12:00
=> Chicago 11am = 11:00
=> Denver 10am = 10:00
=> California 9am = 09:00
=> Perth 12am = 00:00

Some thoughts on empaths and warriors as well as a wee bit more on energy vampires and martyrs. You can search on any of these terms, as well as energy, heal, self-love, fear, honor in the search field at top right in the side bar.

Having said that, I will share with you what I was up to yesterday. You can see from the photos that I was out with Armand filming a 2011 Toyota Auris hybrid out in Rotterdam's harbor amongst power plants, container ships, and windmills. It was a great day, and I was so impressed with the car that I would actually consider to buy one.

Until 10 September 2010 get 15% off the retail price on bulk orders of 10 (or more) copies of any one of my books. This offer applies only to orders of books of the same title and cover type shipped to a single address.

Here are two examples:
10 copies Breakout! Your Pathway to Success in softcover shipped to one address.
10 copies Mosaic: Finding Your Own Voice in hardcover shipped to one address.

To get this 15% discount you must order through me. (Yes, I accept PayPal.) The books will ship directly from Blurb's printers to the single address you specify.

Here's the math using Breakout! Your Pathway to Success or Mosaic: Finding Your Own Voice as examples:

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Email me with your order before 10 September 2010.

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If you are an (aspiring) visual artist, want to take your work to the next level and would like to be considered for a future episode, find more information here.

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