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Professional Speakers Group
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Indianapolis Cultural Trail: A Legacy of Gene & Marilyn Glick
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Musicians Unite!
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Non-Indiana School Alumni
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Smoosiers for a Smoke Free Indiana
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- How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
- Friend
- What is your greatest strength?
- My greatest strengths are planning, goal setting, and goal achievement.
- What are you working on?
- I am working on growing my professional speaking business to a $100,000 organization in one fiscal year.
- How big is your business?
- Self-employed
- What is your Job Title
- Owner
- What is your Company Website?
- http://www.jamarspeaks.com
- What is your alma mater?
- Other / out of state
- Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
- I am looking to connect with others so we can collaborate on projects and introduce each other to people that can help build our businesses.
Jamar Cobb-Dennard's Blog
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Birthday Calendar 2 Replies
Patric Welch recently celebrated his birthday... I think it would be a great addition to SI to have a birthday calendar in addition to the event calendar that we currently have, to recognize all ou...
Tagged: events, smoosiers, friends, calendar, birthday
Started by Nicki Laycoax in Questions and Answers. Last reply by John Wooton 3 hours ago.
writer wants to interview someone on social networking
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Tagged: networking, social, interview
Started by Jean Palmer Heck in Technology 14 hours ago.
Additional Stream of Revenue 1 Reply
I've recently added an additional revenue stream, no its not a millionaire over night program, but like we all know, any more money, is good money. I'm a ChaCha expeditor, what that means is that t...
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Started by Stephen Jeffers in Classifieds - blatant self promotion. Last reply by Jeremy Williams 13 hours ago.
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The Indy Chamber of Commerce just started a group on Smaller Indiana. We're glad they did. Now, if it were up to you, and you were running the Chamber's strategy, how would you leverage Smaller Ind...
Started by Pat Coyle in Marketing, advertising and branding. Last reply by Pat Coyle 3 hours ago.
What makes a good speaker? 1 Reply
With the national conventions this week and next, we have the opportunity to hear lots and lots and lots of speakers. Some are good. Some are great. And some are horrible. What do you like to hear...
Tagged: politics, business, opinions, speaking
Started by Jean Palmer Heck in Questions and Answers. Last reply by Mike Seidle 17 hours ago.
Tell me your favorite Mel Brooks movie and quote, and you will win a free ticket to The Producers on 9/4 21 Replies
The Broadway musical that won the most Tony Awards EVER, The Producers, is currently running at Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre (NW Side of Indy). In spite of rave reviews from the local press, Th...
Tagged: Smaller Indiana, The Producers, Beef & Boards
Started by Amy Stark in Events for the creative class. Last reply by Bob Sullivan 9 hours ago.
What is the American Dream? 11 Replies
I was listening to NPR today and they were interviewing a couple of different women from different backgrounds and the questions was......."What is the American Dream" It was an interesting convers...
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Great Phone Call
I help sponsor a young racer by the name of Nick Abbott. His website is www.nickabbott.com. If anyone or business wants to help this young racer out, go right ahead. He races a lot and has some pre...
Started by Steve Stuck in Marketing, advertising and branding 1 day ago.
Liberal Indiana is Back
I've decided, what with all the election fervor in this state and across our Nation, to bring back http://liberalindiana.com Some of you will remember the site from it's early days in 2003(ish). W...
Started by Shawn Plew in Politics 1 day ago.
Would love your vote for Southwest Blogospondent 1 Reply
Hi everyone-- I am a contestant in Southwest Airlines Blogospondent contestant. The first cut will be done August 31 and is based on the number of votes each contestant gets. They will choose the ...
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Started by Jean Palmer Heck in Classifieds - blatant self promotion. Last reply by Vincent Hunt 1 day ago.
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The continuum goes something like this:
1. Triage. Stop the bleeding.
2. Prevention. Let's not have another traumatic meltdown.
3. Visioneering. What does abundance look like?
4. Excellent Life. Actively achieving and pursuing new visions and encouraging others to join the path.
Triage: Take a look at my account of a nasty eye injury:
My wife Sarah and I slept soundly. When I woke up early the next day, I began hurrying through my usual routine of coffee, breakfast and a few wake-me-up calisthenics, and then I hit the door running. I arrived on the jobsite earlier than usual. Good thing too; the unusually warm winter brought voluminous storm water. The small, temporary sump pumps would be struggling to keep up. I had to audibly command myself to not complain and just get the work done.
The generator in unit 83 ran out of gas during the night. The situation wasn't critical, but it did require immediate attention. I quickly sized up my options and began to execute my plan. I would relocate the two existing 100-foot extension cords from the side of the site to the property frontage, a fairly simple task even in the pre-dawn downpour.
After the first cord was quickly coiled, I groped in the dark for cord number two. In exactly the same manner as I just completed seconds earlier, I gave the cord an aggressive yank to free it from any debris that might inhibit its movement. What happened next was not a part of my hasty plan – darkness, intense pain and a warm jelly-like fluid on my left cheek. I had effectively bull-whipped my left eyeball with the business end of an extension cord.
This is a fairly dramatic example of acute physical trauma. Thankfully my wife and mother-in-law Cathy came to the rescue. However, now I was in a state of existential trauma:
The rest of the year was filled with three eye surgeries, sleepless nights, and a severe bout with depression. For the first time in my life I couldn't validate my life's value through performance. That's a tough pill to swallow for most men (and my service academy background certainly didn't help matters). I found out how weak I really am when left to my own strength. I couldn't even read a computer screen or read a book without my right eye coming out of focus (a side effect of adjusting to monovision.) I thought my biggest problem was my visual performance barrier, but I was wrong.
In August I received a lens/iris implant which dramatically improved my visual acuity. All the circumstances surrounding the surgery were pretty amazing. Only two doctors in the United States were conducting research studies on the experimental material. The surgeon who performed my surgery is the world-renowned leader in cornea research, and just happens to be located on 82nd Street in Indianapolis. The eye implant surgery, although successful, did not solve all of the emotional problems that surfaced over the course of the year. I knew something in my heart would have to change or life would be an emotional roller coaster. After all, wasn't my faith supposed to help keep joy in my heart?
You see. Now that the physical trauma was healed I was still dealing with the emotion and spiritual crisis of my identity. My spirit wanted healing.
Prevention:
Wear eye protection! That's a no-brainer. But what about my heart and the condition of my soul. What if I got cancer? What if Sarah got hurt. How the heck could I possibly handle another traumatic event if I didn't have the integrity (courage to face reality--thanks Dr. Cloud)? This time in my life represented a cross roads. I needed to make a decision. How, then, should I live?? What is it I really believe? Do my attitudes, thoughts, and behavior align with one another?
Visioneering:
I decided that I would chose to identify myself with how I serve others. I quit my job and started a career as an exercise instructor. Finally, my values, behaviors, and profession were beginning to align. This process doesn't stop. It will continue as long as I draw breath.
Excellent Life:
Service through excellence. I maintain a constant network of relationships and feedback that keep me on track. I know when my workouts need altered: I measure my strength, I know when to tighten up my nutrition: I evaluate my energy level and body composition, I know when relationships are out of alignment: I'm aware of others' feelings. Data gathering, analysis, deliberate goal setting, and a connection to the transcendental are pivotal elements of Excellent Life. Also, characters of excellence bring others along. An orientation toward growth means I'll bump in to like-minded people as we walk the path together. It's not accidental. It's the way we're designed to live.
What do you think? Does that continuum make sense? I imagine that certain aspects of your life are approaching Excellent Life, but I bet some areas are in need of emergency triage. I'm aware of several areas of my life where my growth is obviously lopsided. That's ok. I'm sure as I grow closer to my vision of Excellent Life that new areas of growth that I wasn't even aware of will become apparent. That's the journey. That's why I created this network and that's how I hope to serve others.
Respectfully,
JC
Jamar, if you're interested in hearing more I encourage you check out our group at www.yourexcellentlife.net. Thanks for the encouragement!
great seeing you last week. Let's try and get together to see how we can help one another. What does your schedule look like for next week?
We are having a Networking Luncheon every Thursday at Noon on how to increase your business in 2008!
We attracted over 54 professionals, all across the board from Indy, last week and we must now RSVP as the room only has a 50 person capacity!!!!
Due to the High Demand, we are also adding another luncheon on Friday at the same location, as well as others on the East & South side throughout the week.
Join us at:
The Jouney
7155 E. 96th St
Indianapolis, IN 46250
Give me a call or eMail so I know to expect you!!
To RSVP: Call 317.517.2009
Email: claymc@gmail.com
Times flies. I'd still really love to sit down for a one on one with you. Do you have time before the next Main Event?
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