So we are still in the most amazing part of the year: the Christmas and New Year holidays. It’s when we catch up more with our family and loved ones.

The love and fun in the air is just undeniable.

I’ve been meeting my friends a lot during the holidays, having adventures, and visiting different fun places and Christmas shows.

I decided to share some of these photos with you here…

Me in my “Christmas house” in the Ikano shopping mall. Want to come in and join?

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Now that we are reaching to the end of yet another year, here’s an important we should really ask ourselves…

“Am I really happy in my life?”

In a minute, you’ll see why this is THE most important question to ask yourself…

Happiness and Success, as simple as they may sound, are confusing for most of us.

When you look closely at people’s lives around you, you see most people never really feel happy. They are always on the chase for happiness… but never get it.

You may have seen many rich people who actually have a sad life, and poor people who are happy and cheerful all the time…

Healthy people who are going through life depressed, and sick people who are laughing and positive - even if they have cancer.

Sometimes we think with ourselves, “If I have that car, I’ll finally be happy.” Or “if I can grow my business to $10,000 net profits a month, then I’ll be happy.” And so on…

But guess what? Even when we get there, we still feel something missing. So then we aim for another goal “to be happy”.

So what is really Happiness? What is Success?

“There are many definitions for success, but the simplest one is: Doing what you love, being around people you love, and being who you love.”

Isn’t it so simple?

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You know how music is a universal language and no matter where we are and what our native language is, it doesn’t keep us from enjoying the beauty of music from other parts of the world.

That’s why I am a fan of foreign music from different countries. I have a huge music collection in French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, English, Persian, Hindi, and so on.

So today I decided to share one of them with you: a playlist of my top favorite Korean music.

I uploaded them on iMeem (a popular music sharing site) where you can listen to them for free…

Also here’s the direct link to listen to the album on iMeem: Best Korean Songs

Enjoy your day with the power of music!

P.S. If you are on iMeem too, add me so we can connect and I can see your favorite music too.

Music truly has an amazing power… a power to transform your mood, and make you remember your most beautiful memories and dreams.

No matter how tired you may be, listening to that favorite music can take you away with it to your happiest world.

So how about we share together our favorite music, so we both can discover more beautiful music and add to our collection for more fun?

That’s when iMeem comes to help.

iMeem is a very popular music sharing site where you can share your favorite music and also discover more from other people’s lists.

The great thing about iMeem is that you can listen to any music with high quality for FREE.

And you’ll see what I mean by “high quality”. It is just like you are listening with your iPod or computer.

Find and share your favorite music on iMeem today!

P.S. Here’s my favorite music collection, in case you’re curious.

So the year is coming to an end. Between you and me, didn’t 2008 pass so fast?

One of the best things we can always do at the end of the year, is to look back how we spent our past year… and plan about our goals in the coming new year.

Because without looking back and learning from our valuable experiences, we can never grow and succeed more. Because we end up making the same mistakes that took our time last year.

You see the secret here?

So let’s a take a pen and a piece of paper right now, and write down in short simple words…

1. What major things did you accomplish this year?
2. What major goals do you want to achieve this new year?

For more exact results, you can look at your each month and remember what you did and the results you got.

Then write down what you learned from it - any lesson that you can use next time for faster, better results.

By learning from your results in 2008, you make sure your 2009 will be much more successful and not just the same, as it is for most people.

This is a secret that top successful people always use.

They never let one valuable experience go unnoticed. That’s how you keep growing and succeeding more.

Now it’s turn for planning for your next year. Because without knowing where we are going, we can never possibly get there.

It’s just like you meet someone in the plane and ask him where he is traveling to. He replies…

“Umm, I don’t really know. Hawaii would be nice. Sydney might be inetersting too. Ummm, and I’ve heard a lot about Tokyo. And… So I’m going around for now to see what happens next. “

Won’t you feel it is rediculous then? Does it make any sense?

The same is with your life and planing for your next year. Without knowing where you’re aiming for, you can’t get there. Period.

So make a list of major goals you want to accomplish in 2009. Right now.

Congratulations!

These two steps that you took just now, are going to help you tremendously in achieving your dreams this coming year. You’ll see it very soon!

To your bigger success in 2009!

P.S. Stay tuned for the Christmas Idea #3 coming in the next couple of days.

So the holidays are coming and everywhere you go, you feel that Christmas is in the air.

You see everyone is busy shopping for gifts for friends and loved ones, decorating their homes, laughing and having fun.

So here are 3 fun ideas to you can do before Christmas to make your holidays more special…

(Today you get Idea #1. The other 2 will come soon in the next few days.)

1. Let’s Remember What Christmas Is All about

Sometimes getting too busy with the Christmas “chores”, we forget the real meaning of it all.

Buying gifts, decorating the home, and all these are great things - but as long as we still remember and cherish the main message.

Let’s see what a 7 year-old kid thinks it is…

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”
- Bobby, age 7

Isn’t it so true?

(We could learn a thing or two from this smart kid. )

Christmas is all about Love.

I’m not talking about the “religious” aspect of it. We are looking at Christmas as a universal holiday that all people from all countries, races, and religions celebrate. It’s like a fun holiday that unites the hearts together all around the globe.

So in the busyness of the holidays, why not stop for a while and remember how much we love our family, friends, and other special people in our lives?

Why not in the last few days of the year, take some time - even if just 60 minutes - to really show them how much their being here means to us.

And you don’t need to show it by a very expensive gift you can’t really afford. Just a heartfelt word of appreciation and a caring smile will show it much better.

Make your loved ones feel special. Make them smile and feel how valuable they are to you.

Imagine for a second how your life will be even if you suddenly lost them. Then you’ll really know what they mean to you.

So how about this Christmas, we make it a bit different than the rest?

How about you and me give more love this time… instead of more fancy gifts like everyone else does?

Wishing you a more loving, fun holiday than ever!

P.S. Stay tuned for the next Christmas Fun Idea coming in the next couple of days.

Now that we are near the holiday times, here are some inspirational Christmas quotes for you to add more fun to your holidays.

Enjoy!

“Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen.”
Bobby- age 7

“Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you’re home. ” - Carol Nelson

“Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself…”
- Norman Wesley Brooks, “Let Every Day Be Christmas,” 1976

“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”
- W.T. Ellis

If “ifs” and “buts” were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a Merry Christmas?
- Don Meredith

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.”
- Burton Hillis

“I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day.  We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year.
As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a time, all through the year.  And thus I drift along into the holidays - let them overtake me unexpectedly - waking up some find morning and suddenly saying to myself:  “Why, this is Christmas Day!”
- David Grayson

“I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month.”
- Harlan Miller

“Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts.”?
- Janice Maeditere

Liked these quotes? Share them with your friends to enjoy the Christmas spirit together.

I just finished watching the movie, The Butterfly Effect. It had an interesting story and theory behind it.

It is about a man who after an accident when he loses his girlfriend who really loved, discovers his power to turn back time by looking at a picture.

Excited about his ability, he keeps using it to save his girlfriend and achieve big succeed and wealth in his job.

It must be pretty amazing to be able to turn back time anytime you want to fix and improve things and use lose opportunities, right?

Well, that’s what I thought first too, but his journey is not as perfect as we may think…

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