entrepreneurs take note!

Mike West: The Visions of an Independent from hypebeast.tv on Vimeo.

Still

Not gone just yet. mending something old to create something new. Be Back Soon.

Last Minutes with ODEN

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

One Inch Punch documentary

IP MAN trailer

I wanna see this movie



Ip Man is a kung fu master who revolutionized the martial art of Wing Chun. He was one of Bruce Lee's original teachers of the art. Wing Chun is one main basis that Bruce Lee's own style "Jeet Kune Do" was derived from.

IP MAN scene. Ip man vs 10 karate villians

To ensure this doesn't spoil the movie for you this clip has been dubbed over in german

Salesman Pete

ha ha ha

All you ladies

Check it out

My buddy Henry sent me these crazy pictures. If you're ever wondering what's happening way up there on the top of buildings here's a peak at the crew of the BOW. The new home to Encana.

**NEW Jack Johnson ft. Andy Samberg

siiiiiiiiiick!

This guy is so sick with the mash up video remixes!!!

Eclectic Method - Long Live The King (Michael Jackson Mix) from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

The Story of ROCKY BALBOA

**courtesy of Mr.Rey Cha**

Some great words. You can follow ROCKY at @TheSlyStallone

introducing: GROUNDWAVES

GROUNDWAVES was a idea conceptualized over 2 years ago by the mind of my good friend Francis Torres. It was aided through the creative direction and energy of Henry Yu and Ryan Ben. Groundwaves is a concept that combines music, dance, and art where the artist's movements, inspired by the music is translated onto the canvas below. The three elements interact and make a perfect balance and bring to life a true expression of being in the moment. A creative burst of energy that mixes so many mediums to form one.

The canvas is originally blank. A solid line is drawn upon the canvas from one end to the other, signifying the blank dead noise before anything is happening. When the dancer begins to transfer his movements to the paint the canvas captures the essence of how music & dance become art in a whole new way. Check it out below

JAOQUIN PHOENIX is the shit. This movie is gonna be fucking sweet

JOAQUIN PHOENIX: I'M STILL HERE

and shortly after my last posts I found this --wow--

The HBO biopic Temple Grandin starring Claire Danes won five (count em FIVE) Emmy Awards last night. Congrats to everyone involved in the film on their wins!!! The real Temple Grandin was the evening's honors guest, standing up and waving several times during the show every time the inspiring film won an award.

But who is this amazing person???

Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism at age 2 in 1950 and is an inspiration for her work with livestock technology and being an advocate for people with autism. As one of the first advocates for autism, she is living proof that NO ONE should or can be defined by mental disabilities!! She believed in animal welfare thanks to her years of life on a farm, and spent countless years working to "see" from an animal's point of view & invest time into technologies to benefit farm animals. In addition to her work with livestock, Temple also invented the hug machine to help soothe & relax hypersensitive people with autism.

HBO Temple Grandin from Viewpoint Creative on Vimeo.

**Courtesy of DiddyBlog! **

You have to get punched in the face to win the fight.

Getting to where you wanna go in life ain't easy.

Doing the work isn't hard, coming up with the idea isn't hard (we ALL come up with CRAZY ideas that are worth a million bucks) even coming up with the money to fund your ideas isn't hard. (If you really look hard enough, there is always someone ready to fund a spectacular idea and plan) What is hard is that first set back, the first road bump the first real obstacle that gets in your way.

We all come up with a great idea that we just know will work. We know all the right things to do, where we can go for help, and how it fits our personality so perfectly that we know "it's gonna make me a million bucks!" But then it happens: some key piece that was holding it all together didn't come through and now you're lost. How many times have you told yourself, "That was it, I needed that or the whole project is up in smoke". Well I'm here to tell you that THAT was just the very first road block in your journey.

You see, you can't win a fight if you stay down after getting hit once, you can't get that dream girl unless you get your balls busted a few times, you can't win the game if you quit after they score a point on you and you certainly won't get to your dreams before running into MANY road blocks. And here's the best part, they're not really road blocks. They are opportunities. *sounds cliche?* Even so, stop wasting your time telling yourself that it can't be done --waste of time-- start working on how else you can get the task done, or where else you can find that missing resource. If you don't know someone that can help you, someone you know definitely will know someone that can. 6 billion ppl in the world you can't tell me there isn't someone out there.

You wanna win the fight, expect to get punched, you want the girl, get rejected by 50 first (trust me this works really well btw) they scored a point on you, bring the ball up the court and score right back. You're plans fell through?! Well get back up find another way to finish the task and get going. And best believe that as you get more successful, the obstacles only get bigger and bigger. The harder the obstacle just means the bigger the success. Never except failure, only accept opportunities to get better. And somehow the universe always has a way of returning your hard work.

Donny.

Why is Change so hard?

The conventional wisdom in psychology, in fact, is that the brain has two independent systems at work at all times. First, there's what we called the emotional side. it's the part of you that is instinctive, that feels pain and pleasure. Second, there's the rational side, also known as the reflective or conscious system. It's the part of you that deliberates and analyzes and looks into the future.

In the past few decades, psychologists have learned a lot about these two systems, but of course mankind has always been aware of the tension. Plato said that in our heads we have a rational charioteer who has to rein in an unruly horse that "barely yields to horsewhip and goad combine." Freud wrote about the selfish id and the conscientious superego (and also about the ego, which mediates between them). More recently, behavioural economists dubbed the two systems the Planner and the Doer.

But, to us, the duo's tension is captured best by an analogy used by the University of Virginia psychologist Jonathan Haidt in his wonderful book The Happiness Hypothesis. Haidt says that our emotional side is an elephant and our rational side is its rider. Perched atop the elephant, the Rider holds the reins and seems to be the leader. But the Rider's control is precarious because the Rider is so small relative to the Elephant. Anytime the six-ton Elephant and the Rider disagree about which direction to go, the Rider is going to lose. He's completely overmatched.

Most of us are all too familiar with situations in which our Elephant overpowers our Rider. You've experienced this if you've ever slept in, overeaten, dialed up your ex at midnight, procrastinated, tried to quit smoking and failed, skipped the gym, gotten angry and said something you regretted, abandoned your Spanish or piano lessons, refused to speak up in a meeting because you were scared and so on. Good thing no one is keeping score.

The weakness of the Elephant, our emotional and instinctive side, is clear: It's lazy and skittish, often looking for the quick payoff (ice cream cone) over the long-term payoff (being thin). When change efforts fail, its usually the Elephant's fault., since the kinds of change we want typically involve short-term sacrifices for long term payoffs. (We cut back on expenses today to yield a better balance sheet next year. We avoid ice cream today for a better body next year.) Changes often fail because the Rider simply can't keep the Elephant on the road long enough to reach the destination.

The Elephant's hunger for instant gratification is the opposite of the Rider's strength., which is the ability to think long-term, to plan, to think beyond the moment (all those things tat your pet can't do)

But what may surprise you is that the Elephant also has enormous strengths and that the rider has crippling weaknesses. The Elephant isn't always the bad guy. Emotion is the Elephant's turf- love and compassion and sympathy and loyalty. That fierce instinct you have to protect your kids against harm-- that's the Elephant. That spine-stiffening you feel when you need to stand up for yourself-- that's the Elephant.

And even more important if you're contemplating a change, the Elephant is the one who gets things done. To make progress toward a goal, whether it's noble or crass, requires the energy and drive of the Elephant. And this strength is the mirror image of the Rider's great weakness: spinning his wheels. The Rider tends to overanalyze and over think things. Chances are, you know people with rider problems: your friend who can agonize for twenty minutes about what to eat for dinner; your colleague who can brainstorm about new ideas for hours but can't ever seem to make a decision.

If you want to change things, you've got to appeal to both. The Rider provides the planning

and direction, and the Elephant provides the energy. So if you reach the Riders of your team but

not the Elephants, team members will have understanding without motivation. If you reach their

Elephants but not their Riders they'll have passion with0ut direction. In both cases, the flaws can

be paralyzing. A reluctant Elephant and a wheel-spinning Rider can both ensure that nothing changes.

But when Elephants and Riders move together, change can come easily.

**Excerpt from the book "SWITCH: How to Change When Change is Hard" by Chip & Dan Heath**

CATS vs. DOGS

Dog




Inception Cat

THIS is what ADVENTURE looks like

As It Happens from renan ozturk on Vimeo.

STUFF vs. STUFF: CAN vs. SPROUTS!

Stuff vs Stuff 'Can vs Sprouts' from Sumo Science on Vimeo.

Stay Creative!!

Stuff vs Stuff 'Walkman vs Hoover' from Sumo Science on Vimeo.

Wow. Watched it a couple times to get it.

WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.

Graffiti Proposal! Nice!

Graffiti Proposal from PR!MO on Vimeo.

ACT 1

I'm working on something big-- real big--

For the last 8 months I've dedicated myself to doing only one thing. --Me-- And being the best at it. It definitely was a slow start, but once I got it going everything seemed to take off effortlessly. Just like riding a bike, much harder to get it going from a dead stop, but once you get it rollin its a lot easier to move forward and go faster. I would say the first 4 months were definitely the hardest. But evidently the last 4 weeks have been mind blowing. Each day I feel more humbled and blessed to wake up and know that I am creating exactly what I want. It is not easy, but if you love doing something its not hard -- One of the truest words I've ever come to realize is:

"We become what we think about"

Whatever you think about every day... is exactly what you will become. To Think is to Create. When I first watched the video "The Strangest Secret in the World" it really made sense to me. So i tried it. I tried to think of nothing except what I truly wanted to do and what life would look like in 1 year if everything had gone right. And to this day I still try and hold all my focus on just that. That's all, --I repeat-- the only two things I did was FOCUS on what I wanted to do and what life will look like in 1 year. From there, all the little things that I had done leading up to today seemed to all turn into big things, and all the big things started to attract a million other things all giving me little boosts along the way. And every time something didn't work out (some of you may call that "failing") It steered me in the right direction giving me better guidance and vision. (There's no such thing as failing by the way. That's all bullshit)

I'm working on something big right now, Im not going to tell you what it is but I will definitely keep you all with me for the ride. If you're following along, hold on to your seats. The 2nd act to the show is about to start.


Donny.

We lookin for you, we gonna fiiiiind you homeboy

19 sec vacation

Test van Canon D7 from Jan Stap on Vimeo.

For the playas out there LOL

Pretty funny. If you have a sense of humor

Say what?

Mamihlapinatapai: describes a look shared by two people with each

wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.

Recipe for Life

Recipe for Life from Diddy Blog on Vimeo.

Drake- Do it all

Drake - Do It All by Hypetrak

Rise & Shine

NEW mix tape! Multiple Eargasms!!

Mix tape mix tapes, I love mix tapes. And when done right its better than any album that could be put out. My boy FLUXO has been fine tuning this mix tape of his for a while now and I'm happy to say that he's finally relelased it to the public! POP BOTTLES 3. It's the perfect flow of sexy r&b and old school beats. Perfect for a nice chill down session. Or you can get down and make one hell of a sexy baby. (Being conceived to this mix tape will only give birth to the the most devastating babies **see above**)

Check it out Fluxo's new mixtape here POP BOTTLES 3

My new job

7 and 1/2 months have passed since I decided to finally live my life. At the time it seemed that time had completely stood still. But now that my journey has reached its first benchmark I can honestly say that was the fastest 7 months of my life. And it was only when I was focused on what I wanted that everything started to move in ffwd. Holding the picture in my head like a mental postcard is what I attribute all my blessings to. --It's just the way the universe works--

My New Job:

Throwing parties and concerts and club nights are one thing. Taking it to the big leagues is a whole other ball game. I started in my bed room. Thinking, planning, brainstorming -- chasing. Last week I finally arrived to the destination of my first mental postcard. I have been lucky enough to be asked to join the PDP ENTERTAINMENT GROUP. PDP promotes and produces everything from major festivals, concerts, fundraisers, e

ven theatre. They're work spans all across Canada and over seas. Specializing in Urban music and reggae PDP has worked very closely with such artists as 50 Cent, Akon, Kanye West, Jay Z, Usher, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and the list goes on...

My First Assignment: Aug 5 2010, at Fort Calgary for 15,000 ppl: Rock Legend Van Morrison.

It started at my desk at home. And now I get to in every morning and be with the pros. All day the energy in the room is buzzing. Calls with Hova's manager going on in one room, Calls with 50 Cent's manager in the other room. Its hard to explain what its like to be in the middle of it all. (Literally, my desk is right in the middle of the office) Today I sent an email to Major Lazer's agency, trying to bring them to Calgary. "Sorry no available dates" was the answer. My first attempt and I got shut down. --but I fucking love it-- I can't wait for tomorrow.

Donny.

My new desk

Check out PDP Entertainment here

LOVE

Wisdom - Introduction from State Library of New South Wales on Vimeo.

YOUTUBE presents: A Day in the Life project

I am a firm believer that every single person should have absolute love and adoration for their own lives. It's a great realization to human beings when you realize that you are perfect the way you are and have EVERYTHING you need in life RIGHT NOW. When you realize this, everything else comes pouring in with it. YOUTUBE and LG is hosting a world wide event that promotes just this! They want everyone to send in a video of a 'day in your life'! I hope everyone takes part because in one way or another your lives are filled with excitement, you just have to believe it. Check out the video.

Hello Brooklyn Cookin Soul rmx

Here's my story. Its why I'm here.

Beautiful ladies, money, drugs, booze, travel, REPEAT. This was my life for the last 7 years. If it wasn't one of those it was definitely the other(s). It's everything you see on T.V, movies, music videos. It was definitely the high life. (Jet setting off to anywhere you want is probably one of the most liberating feelings one can have) Bottle service in any city at almost any party. Drugs of any sort to warp our already twisted look on reality. But then one day i woke up, and i realized I was extremely empty. It dawned on me that I had become 'that guy' that was stuck in a dead end job that I HATED all because it paid so damn well. ($o $o $o damn well...) So i decided to leave it all behind. I wasn't sure what i was going to do all i knew was that I had to GET OUT of the black hole that had sucked away my human spirit for the so many years. So i left, with no plan, and no idea what i was going to do, swearing to never look back. To NEVER do something that I didn't LOVE doing, and I would go broke trying.

The first few months were delightful! I was free! Free to go and do whatever i wished! Nothing to stop me from finally being true to myself. Free to find myself and bring out the "real" me that I was suppressing for so long. I had a little bit of money saved (not nearly enough but oh well, i was free) But then a funny thing happened. --nothing-- Nothing had happened. I did nothing, I endlessly pondered and mused, but nothing materialized in my head. Days went by, then weeks, then the 1st month. "Holy shit! I've wasted a whole month?!?? I gotta get on this" Month 2 passes. "2 months have passed? What the hell have I been doing this whole time" 3 months, 4 months. It was official; I was lost.

With no direction and no plans i was in limbo. Suddenly i realized that I was always sleepy. I had no energy throughout the day. I could not get out of bed in the mornings, sleeping in 3hrs past my alarm everyday and every time I sat in a chair i would pass out. It was the strangest thing. I thought something was seriously wrong so I booked a doctors appointment. A couple blood tests later and viola! --nothing-- There was nothing wrong with me. I had always thought that it was all in my head but now i knew for sure.

Change was needed and it was needed fast! My idle mind was drowning my spirit and I needed to get back to the surface and get some air. I desperately needed something to fill my brain and ignite my talents again. I needed work!

Throughout my soul searching one thing kept looming in the back of my head. Parties. It's where it all started for me. I love throwing parties, and I'm fucking crazy at it. Most importantly I loved it. There was nothing more rewarding for me then to put my most creative ideas into an empty room and the product was an environment where people would, love, laugh, have fun and forget bout anything but that exact moment in time. It was my calling, and I had left it behind when the money was blinding me from all sides from my previous job. I was going to make my return to the one thing i loved and was passionate about in life.

A nuclear bomb had gone off in my head. Ideas and visions came pouring into my head from the cosmos. I had plans for all sorts of parties, concerts, even a concept for a promotions company. I practically jump out my bed in the mornings and I'm super charged all day long. I have visions of where I will be in a few weeks, months, years. I almost went broke (literally) but it never scared me once because I was revitalized and knew that I was finally on track and my new found energy would carry me through. Not a care in my world because I'M DOING WHAT I LOVE. (Turns out THIS is the most liberating feeling a human being can have) I've found it and I hope you find it too. And if not, I hope this blog helps inspire you in some way shape or form. That's why it's here. That's why I'm here. This is my story.

Donny.

New CHRIS BROWN is fiya!

GET THIS MIXTAPE!!!

There must be thousands and thousands of mixtapes released every day over the internet. Most of them pure fucking shit. But some are good, and then some are real good. But then every so often you get that little gem that comes out that is just a delight and makes sifting through all the bullshit that the media (or the illuminati) shove down your throats just bearable. One of the greater ones in recent history will definitely go to Drake- So Far Gone. And the other comes from a dj team also out of Toronto named the ILL KIDZ. Old school hip hop, with new school laced with just enough sexy r&b to last you til you hear your favorite words, "Can you call me a cab?"

its the GROOVE THEORY by the ILL KIDZ. Check it soon cuz the meters running...

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Earl Nightingale - The Strangest Secret in the World