Ranch Sorting â Eastern Regional Super Sort White Pine, TN

Sorting Tennessee style, the second of this year's RSNC Regional Super Sorts will land in White Pine, TN on March 30, 31 & April 1, 2012.

This will be an opportunity for sorters from Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D. C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Ontario, Canada, and Quebec, Canada to participate in one of this year's most anticipated and biggest events. The Eastern Regional is open to riders of all ages and riding ability, no qualification required. Bonus, RSNC offers FREE Membership to all new members. Most importantly RSNC has special membership for 4-H/FFA Members and Youth 12 & under qualify for FREE Membership. Ranch Sorting National Championships invites the entire family to watch, ride and enjoy the #1 Equine Family Sport!

The RSNC will open things up at the Great Smoky Mountains Expo Center with lots of money and prizes on hand to be awarded. There will be 60% payouts in many classes, 50% payout in the beginner and youth classes. In addition, there will be saddles, jackets, boots and buckles given to this year's top riders throughout the event.

The Eastern Regional Super Sort is the second on the list of four Regional events across the country allowing sorters in White Pine, TN to have a chance at these grand prizes and great sorting fun. Click on link: http://www.rsnc.us/Calendars/2012/2012Flyers/Eastern%20Regional.pdf to learn more about this great event. Make sure to stay up to date with RSNC by signing up for FREE Membership, visit RSNC on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. If you have questions contact RSNC at 970-897-2901, email: info@rsnc.us, website: www.RanchSorting.com.

What is Ranch Sorting National Championships (RSNC)?

It is the mission of RSNC to lead the industry in developing and improving the sport of Ranch Sorting through affordability and a fair rating system. Our goal is to preserve the heritage and integrity of the ranching lifestyle while providing a family oriented, competitive riding experience at the grassroots level. http://www.rsnc.us/RFD1.php

When was RSNC formed?

RSNC was formally established in the spring of 2007 by horse enthusiasts who compete and participate in different equine events and who saw the potential for Ranch Sorting within the equine industry.

What is the goal of RSNC?

Our goal is to grow the sport to the largest equine sport in the nation. RSNC is helping contestants as a unified force to grow this sport, through exposure and national equine publications and media. We offer easy access to exciting competition for beginners, right up through the expert. 75% of all the competitors coming to RSNC events are new to horse sport competitions. It's so easy anyone who can throw a leg over a horse can have FUN and compete. Ranch Sorting allows everyone in the family to COMPETE, WIN and get the recognition and rewards that in most equine sports only the very top competitors receive.

For more information contact: Ranch Sorting National Championships, PO Box 1, Wellington, CO 80549,

Phone: 970-897-2901, Fax: 970-897-2921, Email: Info@RSNC.US, Web Site: www.RanchSorting.com

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Media Contact: Valerie Rodriguez, 775-397-5652, val@rsnc.us, www.RanchSorting.com

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How A Boring, Unfulfilling Job Accidentally Revealed My Passions And A Meaningful Direction For My Life

I felt dead inside.

Isn’t life supposed to be exciting?

Yet here I was… locked up in a 9-5 cubicle, doing the same work every day, and bored out of my mind.

I just don’t know where to go with my life. I’d love to work on something meaningful, something I’d feel passionate about, to make a difference.

“Can you help me?”

A woman’s voice wakes me from my dazed boredom.

I look up and see a woman with a sweet smile. I recognize her – she’s from a few cubicles down. She says she wants to move some boxes downstairs to her car, but they’re too heavy for her to lift.

I say I’m glad to help! I take a break to help her move the boxes downstairs and load them into her car. It only takes a few minutes, but I could tell she really appreciated that I took time out for her.

And something weird happens.

I feel a tickle of joy. Not an overwhelming, ecstatic joy, but enough to feel good and want more of it.

It was refreshing. For the first time in a long time, I felt proud to make a direct contribution to someone’s life and see how it helped them.

I felt I had a reason for being in my cubicle at that specific time: to help her move boxes, even if it was only for a few minutes.

And I immediately discovered why I’d lost touch of my passions in the past, and what I had to do immediately to restore my passionate, excited self again.

“The Necrosis Effect”

Every cell in your body, from your hair to your lungs to your toes, has a finite lifespan. Your red blood cells live for 120 days. Your skin cells live for 30 days. Brain cells live for 50 years.

But every once in a while, a healthy cell dies before its scheduled time. Maybe you accidentally bruise yourself by bumping into a table. Or get a paper cut on your finger.

For whatever reason, when a cell doesn’t perform as usual and no longer contributes to the body, it effectively loses its “purpose” and is discarded.

Doctors call this “Necrosis”. The term is usually used to describe cells in a human body, but the same is true for your life among the 7 billion people in the world.

When you don’t have a clear, meaningful direction for your life of how to contribute to the world, you feel unfulfilled and dead inside because you don’t know your life’s “purpose”, its reason for living.

Because of “The Necrosis Effect”, you start to feel that you are not dedicating your time to an inspiring cause, and you lose your passion in everything you do.

Cells that undergo Necrosis end up dying. But luckily, you are not a cell – you’re a human. Which means you have the power to feel passionate right now if you want to.

The 2 Primary Ingredients To Feel Passionate Right Now

Passion and energy comes from two simple actions:

1. Growing

2. Giving

The fastest way to rejuvenate your passion and gain a meaningful direction for your life is to find a way to grow yourself or give to someone else, immediately.

Growing increases your passion because you naturally want to become better at what you do. When you find an activity you enjoy just for the sake of doing, life feels like a game, where you’re constantly leveling up. You progress toward a worthy ideal you are proud to strive for.

Giving makes you passionate because humans are naturally “tribal”: we are born to connect and contribute to others. We are really no different from the cells in your own body – we survive and thrive by connecting with other people and helping them improve their lives.

Passion is like a muscle: the more you use it, the stronger it becomes. When you start to grow and give, you probably won’t feel a surge of passion immediately, but you’ll feel more and more passionate over time.

So if you’d like to ignite some passion in your life, ask yourself these two questions:

1. How can you become better at what you do? How can you become a master at your craft? Can you do it by being a better mother or father? A better friend? A better brother or sister?

2. How can you help someone else? How can you support another person with a problem or struggle they have? How can you give your time, love or energy to someone who doesn’t expect it?

When you focus on these two questions, you instantly “turn on the engine” to your natural passionate self.

If you’d like specific step-by-step advice on creating a clear life purpose based on your unique skills and talents, and meaningful work you can be highly paid to do (with insights from PickTheBrain editor-in-chief Erin Falconer and 6 top experts on passion and life purpose), watch this video series available (free) for PickTheBrain readers.

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How to Let Your Emotions Guide You to Happiness

For some, we find ourselves in certain situations where our emotions take over. Many people believe that nothing that can be done about it. Often, they just let their emotions run its course, leaving it at that. But there is more to your emotions than just feelings that need to be released. An emotion is an instinctive response to your circumstance and an illustration of your feelings. They are indicative of your desires and thoughts so if you are able to read them, then you can unlock much about yourself.

Depending on various circumstances, emotional responses can contrast from positive to negative. Obviously feelings of joy, happiness and the like don't need to be sorted out because we love those feelings and understand them completely.  On the other hand, negative emotions, such as anger, hate and jealous, are a different story.

When you are able to determine the cause of your negative feelings, you can address any issues and begin on your path to happiness.

The Cause

Whenever you feel or express a negative emotion try to identify the cause. Ask yourself, where is this coming from or why do I feel this way. Examine the thoughts that went through your head right before and while you experienced the emotion.

Remember that your emotion is a response, so if you're feeling badly something is wrong. This reaction is the emotional equivalent of physically removing yourself from a hurtful situation. For instance, if you were to grab piping hot food out of the toaster oven, you're initial instinct would be to let go to reduce further harm. Your emotions are doing the same thing. They are telling you that something isn't right and needs to be fixed in order to be happy again.

Usually when negative emotions are displayed they are a result of you doing something or being in a situation that is not compatible with your true self. It can also be in response to fear that you may soon be in such a situation if you continue.

 

What To Do

Since you are more familiar with the source of your adverse reaction, we'll continue with how to address it. And what do you do when you receive this feedback.

If you are having adverse feelings such as envy or jealousy after hearing about someone else's success, consider your desires. You are probably not working towards your goals and therefore have not achieved them. This would result in such an emotion. Don't just let it eat you up, do something about it, take action. Develop a plan to meet your goals and implement it.

Perhaps your feelings are a bit different, especially during different circumstances. When you are not sure of what to do simply visualize a specific action you're considering and notice how your feelings change. If you have a few ideas, practice the visualization technique with each action and go with the one that feels the best.

 

Get the Goal

Your emotions are an incredible tool for determining how able or committed you are to completing your goal. If you want to uncover your true feelings behind your desires, examine your emotions. Visualize your goal and think about everything it would take to get you to it. Observe how it feels.

Maybe you want a new job, the sooner the better right? But what is your overall feeling about everything you'll have to do to get a job? Consider how you really feel. Think about the searching, the interviewing and the overall time spent. If you feel negative emotions about any part of the process, you probably won't follow through.

When your thoughts or feelings about your goal result in discomfort, you are likely hindering your progress. You need to address these emotions before you are able to continue on successfully. Once you're able to rid your mind and body of harmful thoughts and feelings you'll be on the road to happiness.

Having negative emotions is not completely a bad thing, we just need to be able to read them otherwise they can become destructive. Think of them as signs on your road to happiness. They let us know if we are on the right path and if we should continue down a specific road. Once you are able to effectively understand your emotions you'll be able to live a happier life.

 

Lea is a conscious living advocate and personal development coach. She enjoys helping others reach their potential and achieve true happiness. Get valuable personal development resources and your free copy of Design a Plan for Your Life eBook at LeadingEdgeAdvocate.com. Connect with her on Twitter.

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Photos from Shiloh

Well, Sally and I have finally moved into our ranch houses! We are still settling in and unpacking- but we are so excited!

It is so quiet and peaceful during the night, sunny and clear during the day and animals are everywhere. It really is like Heavon...

We are working on getting Internet service out here so until then I will blog from my iPhone. Here are some photos I took yesterday to share. I working with a new version of the Blogger AP and can't seem to do it right yet!

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Sunday Best: The Most Impactful Self Improvement Content This Week From Around The Web

This week was a great week for inspiration for me. Firstly, I am sooo excited that finally my self improvement program, Simple Self Confidence,  is starting later tonight – thanks so much for all that helped. I can’t wait for this incredible journey to begin!

Secondly, it was just a great week for content out there on the world wide web!

Absolutely loved this straight ahead post from Jonathan at Illuminated Mind – if you’re interested in getting things done this is a fantastic resource!

How To Stay Focused and Get S*&T Done!

Another amazing resource for all things self improvement is this collective of the best from Lifehack!

The Best of Lifehack: February

Life Optimizer had a very thoughtful, philosophical piece on the importance and presence of Integrity…

Bridging The Integrity Gap

And finally, my partner in self confidence crime, Barrie Davenport has a lovely video and post around a very inspiring self confidence story.

A Video Message on Self Confidence, by Barrie Davenport

 

Be well,

Erin

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The 5 Ultimate Ways To Make People Like You

Making people like you is the first step to making long lasting relationships, and long lasting relationships are what bring you happiness and success. For this one reason I personally work on this certain idea religiously, and can quite confidently say that I have finally figured out how to make "any" person almost instantly  like me.

I have condensed all that I have learnt into 5 main points. Hope these strategies help you become a people magnet as well.

1. 1. Be Genuinely Interested in People

You can't make people truly like you, unless you are interested in them as well. Many people claim to have made systems that you can make people like you, on the base that you can disregard the other person and reap all the rewards. Wrong.

Friendships are all about give and take. You give some and you take some. And only through an even exchange of these interactions can you build a strong foundation for a lasting relationship.

1. 2. Be Positive and Happy

People are attracted to happiness and positivity, just like bees are attracted to flowers. We humans just can't get enough of it. So keeping that in mind think about this: People who have lots of friends or attract people easily are they sad or negative? Are they gloomy people? Are they depressed?

No.

People who have attractive personalities are always happy people, who radiate positivity. Try to mold yourself to be that happy person people crave and people will be running after you.

1. 3. Radiate Confidence

I don't want to dwell very deep into this because I feel this has become quite cliché but it's true. Confidence is very attractive and people like confident people.

If you are able to build self-confidence in yourself, you will automatically hold yourself differently, you will speak differently, and you will behave differently. It's all part of a process.

1. 4. Give People your Undivided Attention

Nowadays, nobody has spare time to give someone an exclusive conversation. You have to be different. Whenever you meet and talk with people give them your complete attention. Make eye contact, actually think about what the other person saying and give genuine answers.

The other person will pick up on this specialized effort, and in return will begin to like you.

1. 5. Relax and Enjoy

The most likeable people are those who are genuine. Don't try to be somebody who you are not. Relax and slow down, analyze what you are doing and then do it.

Life is not always a competition, have fun, meet people, and enjoy.

Osman Hameed writes about self-improvement and shares effective tips for living better life on his website www.codeofliving.com. CodeofLiving is a juicy mix of tips, tutorials and articles that are guaranteed to make your life better.

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