http://venagozar.com Life, self help, role models, and anything else that grabs my attention Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:00:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the keys to being happy is to be truthful with yourself. If you can not be truthful with yourself, how can you expect to be happy? Being truthful with yourself is hard at first, yet anyone can do it, and everyone can find themselves happier with their life ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/27/be-true-to-yourself-to-be-happy-with-yourself/ It took me along time to figure out how to enjoy my life. I used to think that I had to be busy every minute, and every day should be filled with non stop events morning to night. After all that is what all the life style books, and the ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/25/a-few-lives-apart/ Some nights like tonight, when things are quiet, and the music is just right, I can feel my end approaching. I know it will be tomorrow when my world will be changed forever, and everything I know will be taken away. Strangers will be my family, and if I have ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/23/when-our-day-is-done-and-our-race-is-run/ There is a new blog by a young woman, Amy who is very brave and sharing her weight loss saga with the world. I left this on as a comment because she asked what to expect on her blog. I did not come across much about how dieting really ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/20/how-i-lost-56-plus-pounds/ I am driving to the Dallas airport at five-forty-five. The sun was not out yet, and I was looking for an IHOP I knew was close by on the left side of Belt Line Drive in Addison, Texas. There is a Denny’s up ahead on the right. I do not ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/19/chance-encounternot/ I am back from my trip where I studied as if I were in college again. It was only a week at a vendor class, but I worked hard every minute I was there. By Thursday when I went to sleep a little after midnight with my alarm set for five, I remembered ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/17/biggest-failure/ Just a quick note, I am out of town this week, so it has very been quiet here. Thanks for checking in, I will be posting as sson as possible. Thanks! http://venagozar.com/2008/08/14/very-busy-this-week/ Business is business and the business of business should be happy customers. Burger King is an example of not so great customer relationships. Have a complaint about the last meal you ate, or the service? You can contact Burger King, on your dime, nine to five, Monday through Friday. ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/09/customer-satisfaction-rules-the-business-world/ The surprising Beijing Olympian, thirty-three year old American woman weight lifter Melanie Roach (check out her video) was interviewed on one of the morning television talk shows this week. She was very impressive, not just for her Beijing Olympic weight lifting journey, but in having such a wonderful outlook ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/07/melanie-roach-role-model/ Moving beyond my post Culinary Carping, the more adventurous Carp fisherman, sooner or later finds themselves in the kitchen cooking up Carp bait of some form or another. I started cooking before I caught my first Carp this year. I think it is a man thing, There is a lot ... http://venagozar.com/2008/08/05/carp-cooking/