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http://michaelbarrett.co</description><title>Michael Barrett</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @michaelbarrett)</generator><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Free B.A.N.K Sales Training System Webinar July 9 EST... Awesome</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://healthywealthyboomer.com/B.A.N.K./free-presentation-B.A.N.K.-personality-sales-training-system.html" target="_blank" style="color: #1155cc;"&gt;Free B.A.N.K Sales Training System Webinar Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;span style="line-height: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  Question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;    &lt;div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How many &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;more people will buy from you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 16px; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 14px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;, when you are able to create instant rapport, and easily assess their UNIQUE buying habits in less than 60 seconds?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt;How to Eliminate the Most Common Sales Error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt; - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt;Learn why it&amp;#8217;s essential to become fluent in the language of all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma; font-weight: bold;"&gt;four&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt; personality types. And how to effectively engage and communicate with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma; font-weight: bold;"&gt;other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt; 75% of customers who speak a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma; font-weight: bold;"&gt;different personality dialect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt; than you do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt;This is a fascinating and powerful sales tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: tahoma;"&gt;Check out the webinar and see for yourself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/26858878202</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/26858878202</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:09:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Free B.A.N.K Sales Training System Webinar July 9 EST... Awesome</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://healthywealthyboomer.com/B.A.N.K./free-presentation-B.A.N.K.-personality-sales-training-system.html"&gt;Free B.A.N.K Sales Training System Webinar Registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Question:&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt;How many &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;more people will buy from you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt;, when you are able to create instant rapport, and easily assess their UNIQUE buying habits in less than 60 seconds?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt;How to Eliminate the Most Common Sales Error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt; - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt;Learn why it&amp;#8217;s essential to become fluent in the language of all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;four&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt; personality types. And how to effectively engage and communicate with the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;other&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt; 75% of customers who speak a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-weight: bold;"&gt;different personality dialect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt; than you do.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt;This is a fascinating and powerful sales tool.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(26,26,26); font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255);"&gt;Check out the webinar and see for yourself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/26858784722</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/26858784722</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:08:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Online Reputations, Hostgator, Sitesell, 1and1 and the "Blue Thumb Award"</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;div class="p_embed p_image_embed"&gt; &lt;img alt="Barrett_blue_thumb256x256" height="256" src="http://getfile9.posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/michaelbarrett/1sy2MIkOw2hBwSY4XTfGDrPAiaq7kAhdjIoTHYPi51pNlLXXP7VxmpCLb2wI/barrett_blue_thumb256x256.jpg" width="256"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://michaelbarrett.co/hostgator-sitesell-favorite-hosting-companies-why-1and1-sucks/"&gt;Why Michael Barrett Recommends Hostgator and Sitesell and Not 1and1&amp;#8230;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Barrett Introduces The Barrett Blue Thumb Award&amp;#8230;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt; Online reputation is changing and morphing almost daily. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;As we morph into a more interactive internet that rewards a positive reputation based on the number of recommendations by visitors - to your website or to your offline brick and mortar business - what &lt;b&gt;other people genuinely think and say&lt;/b&gt; about their experience as your reader, website visitor, as a customer in your restaurant or as a client buying a new kitchen directly impacts your business.&lt;div&gt;The number of Facebook likes, Google +&amp;#8217;s, Tweets, online reviews or citations increasingly has a greater impact on the perceived value of what you have to offer. As business owners, it makes a big difference if you have 30 positive reviews versus 6 good ones and  4 negatives. And this system is evolving rapidly and a big part of the reason is mobile technology.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Those of us who have not taken what other people say more seriously in the past need to start doing so. Stake your claim now while you can - otherwise don&amp;#8217;t whine a couple of years from now when you wonder what hit you. &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In accordance with my own version of a POOR customer service award I am casting my vote via by designating the first recipient of THE BARRETT BLUE THUMB AWARD to 1and1 hosting co.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;Poor customer service in a competitive industry reflects directly on management. How seriously you take that idea as a manager and how much you pay attention to your customers matters more every day.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;This is not just a gloom and doom warning, it&amp;#8217;s also an unprecedented opportunity to grow your business and leading to a dominant position in your market niche in the not too distant future. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;By the way, give me a thumbs up would you&amp;#8230; Thanks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/25784179167</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/25784179167</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:21:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Eat a Rainbow...</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;
&lt;div class="p_embed p_image_embed"&gt;&lt;img alt="How_do_you_eat_rainbow250x250" height="250" src="http://HEALTHYWEALTHYBOOMER.COM/images/250x250eat_a_rainbow.jpg" width="250"/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Michael Barrett talks about rainbow and how to eat a rainbow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://michaelbarrett.co/eat-a-rainbow/"&gt;&lt;a href="http://michaelbarrett.co/eat-a-rainbow/"&gt;http://michaelbarrett.co/eat-a-rainbow/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Rainbows are magic to every child and they&amp;#8217;re magic for adults when w2e allow ourselves to let the magic in.&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;Rainbows are like unicorns only they&amp;#8217;re everywhere.&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;You can find rainbows in the sky, at the beach and in the kitchen.&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;How do you eat a rainbow? &lt;/div&gt;

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&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/20736063169</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/20736063169</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:28:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Michael Barrett Gratitude Family...</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;This Thanksgiving week was a big deal for me.&lt;div&gt;It was the first time I saw my youngest daughter - Sarah - since 2007, my son - Lucky - since 2009. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;And for the first time ever that I got to meet my 7th grand child, Lyla Rose and her father (my son in law) Jonathan Bell.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;What a joy to spend quality time and see the amazing people in action and learn a bit more about who they are and how they think and what they are becoming.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am truly grateful for all the I have and the wonderful children that are part of my life.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;What a joy and what a great time for realization and understanding.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;I AM &lt;a href="http://michaelbarrett.co/michael-barrett-gratitude-family/"&gt;Michael Barrett&lt;/a&gt; and I AM a &lt;a href="http://corehealthtestimonials.com/category/core-health-testimonials/"&gt;Core Health Facilitator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/13502435363</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/13502435363</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:04:43 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Millionaire Mind</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now is a good time to develop a Millionaire Mind.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In today&amp;#8217;s economy we rarely get good news and for the most part money is no fun. We don&amp;#8217;t have enough fun. We hear how much money money managers on Wall Street embezzle, how many $ trillion dollars the S&amp;amp;P 500 dropped in the last month, that the nation is bankrupt, etc&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;How often do we hear about how many people had fun making money? About how good and healthy it is to be wealthy?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Money and abundance are portrayed as evil. Fact is nobody broke ever gave me a job or helped me financially? The only people who ever helped me financially were people with money.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We have this whole money thing backwards socially and spiritually.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Being rich is awesome. We can help more people and we can live a better life. Poverty sucks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to have a good time you should attend Harve Eker&amp;#8217;s Millionaire Mind 3 day intensive seminar. There are a number of them sceduled throughout the Us befire the end of 2011, and they won&amp;#8217;t cost you anything.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have 11 eleven times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#8217;s a new post on the &lt;a title="Millionaire Mind" target="_blank" href="http://healthywealthyboomer.com/wordpress/healthy-wealthy-boomer-millionaire-mind/"&gt;Millionaire Mind&lt;/a&gt; Intensive.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I AM Michael Barrett, Healthy Boomer and Creator of Healthy Wealthy Boomer and I Love the MMI.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/9577924772</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/9577924772</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:32:00 -0400</pubDate><category>seminar</category><category>healthy boomer</category><category>intensive</category><category>michael barrett</category><category>millionaire mind</category><category>wealthy boomer</category></item><item><title>To Be Healthy Are Eggs a Healthy Breakfast Choice?</title><description>&lt;blockquote class="posterous_long_quote"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Dr. Niva Shapira of Tel Aviv University&amp;#8217;s School of Health Professions says that all eggs are not created equal. Her research indicates that when hens are fed with a diet low in omega-6 fatty acids from a young age &amp;#8212; feed high in wheat, barley, and milo and lower in soy, maize and sunflower, safflower, and maize oils &amp;#8212; they produce eggs that may cause less oxidative damage to human health. That&amp;#8217;s a major part of what determines the physiological impact of the end product on your table.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Her findings were published in the &lt;em&gt;Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cholesterol oxidation: an industry standard?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Eggs high in omega-6 fatty acids heighten cholesterol&amp;#8217;s tendency to oxidize, which forms dangerous plaque in our arteries. Dr. Shapira&amp;#8217;s research shows that eggs laid by hens with healthier feed can lessen oxidation of LDL (low density lipoprotein), the body&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;bad cholesterol.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
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via &lt;a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110802162807.htm"&gt;sciencedaily.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To be healthy physically good quality fuel is a requirement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Eating local farm fresh eggs is a healthy component of a good diet. But are all eggs created equal?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mainstream corporate farming and major standard grocery chains take the position that all eggs are the same - just like they say all corn is the same.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The facts may be considerably different than we - the consumers - are being led to believe.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Read more: &lt;a title="Are Eggs a Healthy Breakfast Choice" target="_blank" href="http://tobehealthy.com/wordpress/to-be-healthy-are-eggs-a-healthy-breakfast-choice/"&gt;To Be Healthy Are Eggs a Healthy Breakfast choice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/8487170092</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/8487170092</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:12:00 -0400</pubDate><category>eggs</category><category>healthy breakfast</category><category>to be healthy</category></item><item><title>Qigong Sarasota | Achieve physical health and energetic balance in paradise.</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_bookmarklet_entry"&gt; &lt;div class="p_embed p_image_embed"&gt; &lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/michaelbarrett/xhxxIfkniBndBaahHHnffqBtmEAueFbsFEdtEgJGGkmdhkaDoHpqCmowpCbF/media_httpqigongsaras_oBeiv.jpg.scaled1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Media_httpqigongsaras_obeiv" height="105" src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/michaelbarrett/xhxxIfkniBndBaahHHnffqBtmEAueFbsFEdtEgJGGkmdhkaDoHpqCmowpCbF/media_httpqigongsaras_oBeiv.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="posterous_quote_citation"&gt;via &lt;a href="http://qigongsarasota.com/"&gt;qigongsarasota.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you live in the Sarasota area and are interested in Qigong. Now is the time. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get in touch now for a class forming this week.There is a contact page and an AWeber form. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This will be a class focused on energy, balance and vitality. The teacher has been practicing since 1988 and will tune the class to individual requirements and skill levels. This will be a fun and beneficial class.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/8341446857</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/8341446857</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:14:33 -0400</pubDate><category>michael barrett</category><category>new class</category><category>qigong class</category><category>qigong sarasota</category><category>tibetan rites</category></item><item><title>Is Congress Smoking Crack – They Want More Money...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 9px;"&gt;&lt;h2 class="entry-title" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-size: 2.2em; line-height: 1.364em;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://healthywealthyboomer.com/wordpress/headline-is-congress-smoking-crack-demanding-more-money-to-spend/" title="Permanent link to Headline: Is Congress Smoking Crack – Demanding More Money To Spend?" rel="bookmark" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(17, 17, 17);"&gt;Headline: Is Congress Smoking Crack – Demanding More Money To Spend?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; line-height: 21px;"&gt;&lt;p style="font-size: 14px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;America Is Not A Nation of Village Idiots&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;&lt;small style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;(Flash back to the Woody Allen movie, Love and Death.)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-size: 14px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;You’d never know it if you &lt;strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;assume&lt;/strong&gt; that the media and the Beltway pundits &lt;strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;actually tell the truth&lt;/strong&gt;.  They think we’re stupid and we let them get away with it. And the fact is they should pointing the finger at Congress – not the people in this country. We are allowing these people to label us and treat us – the citizens of the greatest country in the world – as pushovers, mamby pamby, overweight, middle of the road, spoiled, selfish, naughty children that are lazy and don’t have the initiative or brains to make our own decisions.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="font-size: 14px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"&gt;There is nothing further from the truth.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;We are responsible for our lives and we are capable and generous. This is a good thing not a bad one. This is rooted in FREE WILL which is actually the only REAL lowest common denominator in existence, not ignorance as politicians and the Media would have us believe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"&gt;Read more:  &lt;a href="http://healthywealthyboomer.com/wordpress/headline-is-congress-smoking-crack-demanding-more-money-to-spend/"&gt;Is Congress Smoking Crack, They Want More Money?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/8138637534</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/8138637534</guid><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:33:18 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Core Health Workshops Actually Work...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Core Health Actually Works…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Check this out.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was doing some web work this weekend and noticed these two different pictures of myself and what I noticed kind of surprised me. So I thought I would share them with you to make a point about Core Health and the self development work that I have been focused on for 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Looking back, it’s interesting to note (July 2011) that when this picture was taken in Seattle in 2006, I have changed so much since that time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;span&gt;Do you know what a down flame is?  I was kind of shocked as I realized what I was looking at. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Take a look at the pictures here =&amp;gt;  &lt;a href="http://corehealthfacilitator.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/core-health-actually-works/"&gt;Core Health Actually Works&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;= and see for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I Am Michael Barrett and I Facilitate Workshops and Do Private Coaching. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/7428619322</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/7428619322</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:29:00 -0400</pubDate><category>core health</category><category>down flame</category><category>michael barrett</category></item><item><title>Talk About The Pot Calling the Kettle Black...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Today there was a news headline that said gold has now exceeded the $1500 an ounce mark.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I remember when gold was $35 an ounce. It hovered around $35 from 1953-1968.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;And Washington continues to tell us that there is no need to worry about inflation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; There have been huge price spikes in many commodities since January 1.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The very same day that this new came out an email came into my inbox from a buddy of mine in Oregon.It&amp;#8217;s curious to me how a politician can be such a pompous ass and continue to get re-elected for 18 years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The email is a response from a 63 year old Montana resident to the following August, 2010 comment made by:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alan Simpson&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Senator from Wyoming, Co-Chair of Obama&amp;#8217;s deficit commission where:&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Simpson calls senior citizens the Greediest Generation as he compared&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Social Security&amp;#8221; to a Milk Cow with 310 million teats.&amp;#8221;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here is the response. And this guy is not alone. Who is Simpson kidding &lt;span&gt;appointed in 2010 to co-chair President &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama"&gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#8217;s &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Commission_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Reform"&gt;National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform&lt;/a&gt; with co-chair &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Bowles"&gt;Erskine Bowles&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_K._Simpson#cite_note-0"&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#8220;Hey Alan, let&amp;#8217;s get a few things straight&amp;#8230;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole for FIFTY YEARS.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;2. I have been paying Social Security taxes for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. I am now 63).&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;3 My Social Security payments, and those of millions of other Americans, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until you political pukes decided to raid the account and give OUR money to a bunch of zero ambition losers in return for votes, thus bankrupting the system and turning Social Security into a Ponzi scheme that would have made Bernie Madoff proud.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;4. Recently, just like Lucy &amp;amp; Charlie Brown, you and your ilk pulled the proverbial football away from millions of American seniors nearing retirement and moved the goalposts for full retirement from age 65 to age 67.  &lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;NOW, you and your shill commission is proposing to move the goalposts YET AGAIN.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;5  I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying into Medicare from Day One, and now you morons propose to change the rules of the game.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;Why?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;Because you idiots mismanaged other parts of the economy to such an  extent that you need to steal money from Medicare to pay the bills.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;6.  I, and millions of other Americans, have been paying income taxes our entire lives, and now you propose to increase our taxes yet again.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;Why?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;Because you incompetent bastards spent our money so profligately that you just kept on spending even after you ran out of money. Now, you come to the American taxpayers and say you need more to pay off YOUR debt.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt; ______________________________________________________________&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To add insult to injury, you label us &amp;#8220;greedy&amp;#8221; for calling &amp;#8220;bullshit&amp;#8221; on &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;your incompetence. Well, Captain Bullshit, I have a few questions for&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YOU.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;1. How much money have you earned from the American taxpayers during your pathetic 50-year political career?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;2. At what age did you retire from your pathetic political career, and how much are you receiving in annual retirement benefits from the American taxpayers?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;3. How much do you pay for YOUR government provided health insurance?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;4.  What cuts in YOUR retirement and healthcare benefits are you proposing in your disgusting deficit reduction proposal, or, as usual, have you exempted yourself and your political cronies?&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is you, Captain Bullshit, and your political co-conspirators called Congress who are the &amp;#8220;greedy&amp;#8221; ones.  It is you and your fellow nutcases who have bankrupted America and stolen the American dream frommillions of loyal, patriotic taxpayers.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And for what?  Votes.  That&amp;#8217;s right, sir.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You and yours have bankrupted America for the sole purpose of advancing your pathetic political careers.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;You know it, &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;we know it, &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;and you know that we know it. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;And you can take that to the bank, you miserable son of a bitch.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Quite a story&amp;#8230;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think alot of people agree with this gentleman from Montana. We&amp;#8217;ll find out in 2012 - one way or the other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My comment: You&amp;#8217;ve done a great job on the commission, Mr. Simpson. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I AM &lt;a title="Michael Barrett" target="_blank" href="http://michaelbarrett.co"&gt;Michael Barrett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/4786325884</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/4786325884</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:41:00 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Wealthy Boomer - Are You Funny With Money?</title><description>&lt;div class="posterous_autopost"&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you really want to be a &lt;b&gt;wealthy boomer&lt;/b&gt;, you need to be a &lt;b&gt;healthy boomer first &lt;/b&gt;and we talk about that frequently.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What about having a healthy relationship with money?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;In our search to find the answers over the last 20 years - about how to be the very best people we can while striving for excellence - we have experienced some really amazing trainings, seminars, workshops and certifications along the way.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;About 2 years ago, we learned about Are You Funny With Money, one of the dynamic interactive workshops created by Dr. Ed Carlson. Since that time, we were participants in all of Dr Ed&amp;#8217;s workshops - first as attendees, then again as participants in certification training and now as Certified Core Health Facilitators, we facilitate them ourselves.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Most people go &amp;#8216;weak&amp;#8217; around money even when they have a lot of it - Boomers and GenXers alike.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Funny With Money gets rid of &amp;#8220;money weakness&amp;#8221; and frees us up to be healthy, whole around money the way we were born to be. Abundance is the natural default of the universe.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Yet we have been programmed differently for the most part.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Whether you just want to have a better relationship around money with your spouse, achieve a more stable relationship to money or become a &lt;a href="http://healthywealthyboomer.com/wordpress/wealthy-boomer-are-you-funny-with-money/"&gt;Wealthy Boomer&lt;/a&gt;. Consider attending a live event yourself.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;I AM &lt;a href="http://michaelbarrett.co"&gt;Michael Barrett&lt;/a&gt; and I AM a Core Health Facilitator. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/4675085224</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/4675085224</guid><pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:06:24 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Grand Master David and SRC4U Software</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://tobehealthy.com/grand-master-david-SRC4U-software.htm"&gt;Grand Master David and SRC4U Software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Ever noticed how there are turning points in our lives? And have you also noticed that many times we do not recognize those turning points when they are occurring? Earlier in life, it was easy for me to miss these events - only to recognize them in retrospect. At this stage of my life, it seem much easier not to overlook important moments. As if a new type of radar has been installed in my consciousness that activates in internal notification system to: PAY ATTENTION&amp;#8230; Meeting Grand Master David was one of those turning points in my life. It was also a fundamental &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;point of correction&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Coupled with Core Health (the work of Dr Ed Carlson), my life has changed - for the better - significantly in the last two years.  And that&amp;#8217;s a good thing. It was time.Doing Core Health Workshops and Heart Forgiveness Workshops over the last year and a half has given me a renewed sense of purpose in my life. Over and over again, we see people shifting, expanding and releasing old emotional baggage and energy glitches that somehow ran their subconscious minds for years without being aware of it.   What we are doing as Core Health Facilitators really makes a difference for many people and is incredibly satisfying work.Another turning point I can identify right that is taking place right now. Grand Master David, the youngest martial arts Grandmaster in the world and an exceptional Qigong man, has spent the better part of the last four years creating a software that he describes as a Qigong Enhancement Tool. His knowledge and dedication to humanity unparalleled and I recognize the magnitude and value of this tool he has created for the long term.  The name of his software is SRC4U (spiritual real time correction) and you can find out more here:&lt;a href="http://tobehealthy.com/grand-master-david-SRC4U-software.htm"&gt;SRC4U FREE TRIAL&lt;/a&gt;  &amp;lt;== Here There are two ways to try the software for free:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Download a copy of the free Ultra Lite version to keep.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Download a 2 week trial of the Premium SRC4U version&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;There are also 4 links to different articles at the top of that page - 3 of them about Grandmaster David.  Health, old technology and 21st century technology are really coming together.Check this out and try the software for yourself. We&amp;#8217;d love to hear back from you. Having an awesome day in Sarasota, Fl&amp;#8230;
&lt;blockquote class="gmail_quote"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I AM Michael Barrett and I AM a Core Health Facilitator and I Love Qigong.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/4138101482</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/4138101482</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:58:54 -0400</pubDate><category>grand master david</category><category>src4u</category><category>qigong</category><category>core health</category><category>heart forgiveness</category><category>michael barrett</category></item><item><title>Authenticity</title><description>&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is &lt;em&gt;Authenticity&lt;/em&gt; So Appealing?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Because it is so rare.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Authenticity includes a component of being singular - or the attributes of singularity - the only one like it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are attracted to &lt;strong&gt;singularity&lt;/strong&gt; because, by definition, there can be only one. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;ul type="disc" class="std"&gt;&lt;li&gt;the quality of being one of a kind; &amp;#8220;that singularity distinguished him from all his companions&amp;#8221; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span&gt;and further&amp;#8230;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;ul type="disc" class="std"&gt;&lt;li&gt;strangeness by virtue of being remarkable or unusual&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/url?ei=iXgLTbL8NML78Aag9K3HDQ&amp;amp;sig2=GK7MS7vkTR3Khi2LswtDpQ&amp;amp;q=http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn%3Fs%3Dsingularity&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0CBkQpAMoAA&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHW7GBtC0VWqcdK1k4p0srHQBNe9A"&gt;wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;ul type="disc" class="std"&gt;&lt;li&gt;the state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual; a point where all parallel lines meet; a point where a measured variable reaches unmeasurable or infinite value&amp;#8230;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/url?ei=iXgLTbL8NML78Aag9K3HDQ&amp;amp;sig2=bIX4wz3Q9vVG4-a0t6_qEQ&amp;amp;q=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/singularity&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ved=0CCUQpAMoDA&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH7f9-xGxcZgLDwhsFJPBRKOIr3tw"&gt;en.wiktionary.org/wiki/singularity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Authenticity is living and being the real &amp;#8220;us&amp;#8221; and through that expression, the finest example of what and who we are because we are all &amp;#8220;singular&amp;#8221; and unique. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Each - when being fully authentic - is the only living expression of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;who we are&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in the universe. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Becoming Authentic&amp;#8230;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;For the last ~five years, developing my own authenticity has been an ongoing project prompted by being part of Peak Potentials &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; as a Core Team member for 18 months &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; as a seminar participant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;In retrospect, it&amp;#8217;s difficult to pinpoint what moved me to undertake this. Regardless, whether this search was triggered by the words of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;T. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Harv Eker personally, David Wood, Blair Singer, Marshall Therber or by attending Enlightened Warrior Training Camp and Train the Trainer 1 Certification, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;it is does not matter. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Before that time, my life was a mess. Finding out who I really am became a top priority and through my Peak experience, I learned first hand the value of authenticity as a leader, as a trainer, as a friend and as a man.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;It became clear to me that after all the years of talking about walking the walk and talking the talk, it was time to start walking my own talk. Peak Potentials and all the associated fabulous people and experiences got the ball rolling. Core Health showed me how.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Authenticity matters. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;It is foundational to long term health and financial credibility. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;It is part of integrity, leadership and honesty. Being authentic creates peace of mind and is a prerequisite for true friendship. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Can we actually be a real friend to someone else if we are not truly best friends with ourself?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;I AM &lt;a title="Will the Real Michael Barrett Please Stand Up?" target="_blank" href="http://michaelbarrett.co/will-the-real-michael-barrett-please-stand-up/"&gt;Michael Barrett&lt;/a&gt; and I AM a Core Health Facilitator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/2361674680</link><guid>http://michaelbarrett.tumblr.com/post/2361674680</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:16:00 -0500</pubDate><category>authenticity</category><category>michael barrett</category><category>peak potentials</category><category>core health</category><category>authentic</category></item></channel></rss>
