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- Eliana Reyes
- West New York, NJ
- United States
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What do you think are the TOP 3 personal issues that stop an individual from pursuing their life purpose and developing their talents?
For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with studying different issues people deal with and reasons why they may not be content with their life.
I am curious to know what everyone else thinks (based on observation or personal experience).
What stops us from "living life?"
What are the main issues in life? Is it fear? doubt? low self esteem? envy?
Why do you think some people let those issues stifle their purpose in life?
Lets Talk! :)
Mingkun Wan
Dec 18 2013: Hi Eliana,
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Personally, I think the top 1 reason is that they literally do not believe that they can achieve their dreams. For example, if you ask a person to read aloud "I can achieve whatever dream I want to achieve. I can live a meaningful live and have an positive influence on my friends, family, and even the world." I think that most of the people will have an inner voice that say "What? Achieve dreams? Have an influence on the world?? You must be kidding!" So I think that some people cannot pursue their dreams because they literally do not believe that they can achieve it.
I think the second reason is that people tend to blame too much on themselves. I think that many people have the feeling of guilty and weak when they did not achieve what they want, such as getting up early in the morning. Then, they might think that they are just losers and they just cannot be a persistent person, which make them giving up. However, they do not realize that failure is just perfectly normal on the way to success.
The third one might be lack of support from friends and family. I think that it is really hard for one to continue her dream if there is no one supporting and encouraging her.
Dec 19 2013: It wasn't until I had the wonderful privilege of working amongst people passionate about their work - people who had vocations rather than jobs - that I had a true, deep-down realisation that the difference between people in 'sensible' careers and people in inspiring careers isn't just luck. I realised that 'sensible' doesn't have to mean 'boring' - sometimes inspiring careers can be sensible, too. And I realised that my colleagues came into their careers through completely achievable means - achievable for me, too. I can't say what kept me from realising this earlier in life. Perhaps it was coming from a 'work hard' family rather than a 'follow your dreams' family, or perhaps it was never before having met a person in a career which inspired me.
So, for me, it was as you say, Mingkun - at least with respect to my career. I didn't think dreams were achievable by normal people. When that changed, I also needed a bit of extra motivation to make the necessary sacrifices and, of course, money.Dec 19 2013: Mingkun and Sara,
I agree with what you both have expressed....
I personally view the life adventure as an exploration, so in my mind and heart, there are no mistakes or failures. There are opportunities to learn, grow and evolve as an individual while contributing to the whole.
As one of my good friends often says....."it's not a problem....it's a feature":>)
Imagine how it might feel if we do not label anything a failure, but rather consider it as an opportunity to learn and grow? It frees us from the feelings of guilt, blame, being losers, feeling that we are not persistent enough, strong enough....on and on....
These feelings often stem from fear of not "being enough", and if we can free ourselves from these feelings and really believe in our "self", we can move through the life adventure with curiosity and love.
Mingkun Wan
Dec 20 2013: You enlightened me Colleen! The wall is there to give every single person opportunities to challenge themselves. For different people, the wall may be different. However, there will always be walls to try to let us show our courage and enthusiasm to our goals. Thus, we do have a choice.
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Dec 20 2013: Oh my goodness Mingkun.....that was easy.....LOL:>)
I think you are already enlightened my friend....glad you joined the TED community:>)
Are you aware of this?
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
(Marianne Williamson)
This quote is often found on the Internet incorrectly credited to Nelson Mandela from his Inauguration Speech, 1994, especially the last sentence of that quote, "As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."Dec 19 2013: Hi there!
I thought I had replied to this, but I see that it never went through. Mingkun thanks for sharing your thoughts. I totally agree with you as well. I have seen those things to be true in my own personal life and I have learned the power and important of faith: believing in yourself. The second reason you mentioned is one I was currently having a conversation about. I believe that when it comes to over blaming yourself for things there are 2 things at play:
1. Lacking compassion, forgiveness and love for yourself.
2. Not being comfortable with imperfections.
I loved that you said that failure is part of success. Yes! And I think we can become better at embracing our weaknesses and imperfections knowing that some days are going to be great and some days we will be in a funky mood. But, we shouldn't let that one mood dictate our day, our week, our month, our year, or our life!.
And Colleen you summed it perfect. The key is to convince ourselves that WE ARE ENOUGH and put a bit more of faith in us like we put it on other things. That is a very liberating mindset to have. I am just so heart broken with the youth around me who cant fully grasp these concepts yet because of the different pressure they receive daily. Sigh.
Mingkun Wan
Dec 19 2013: Sara, Colleen, and Eliana,
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Thanks for your replies! As Colleen said, if we all view failures as an opportunity to grow, life will be so different. And I totally agree with Eliana's 2 reasons for why we tend to over blame ourselves.
I also want to add one more thing about why we tend to over blame ourselves. It is because that we view reality as an enemy instead of a friend. When we pursue our dreams, we tend to view current reality(We are lazy, do not have enough capital, do not have a good education, etc) as an enemy to stop us from pursuing our dreams. Thus, it becomes normal that we feel as a loser when we lose since we are defeated by our enemy. However, if we view reality as a friend, the problem will be totally different. In fact, reality is really a friend on our roads to achieve dreams. It is a friend to let us know how badly we want something, and a friend to let us know how important our dreams are, and a friend to let us know what we should do to achieve our dreams. It is simply not an enemy to stop us, but a friend to remind us that we have dreams, and we want to achieve our dreams no matter what. As Randy Pausch said: "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They're there to stop the other people."
Dec 19 2013: WELL SAID Mingkun!
Are the walls there to "stop" other people, or do you think/feel they may be there to give ALL people the same opportunities to challenge themselves? Maybe both? Do you think it is a choice for us?
Eliana Reyes
Dec 20 2013: Love that last quote!! You rock. Tis true my friend. I like that mindset you explained on how to view our realiy (with all he ups and downs) as a friend. Frm expereince, I know it makes a difference.
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In all of these comments I am seeing a thread on the importance or rather the impact that "our mindset" has in our daily life. I have always been a firm believer of what we repeatedly think, we manifest. And in my expereince as a story-teller I have learned that they are powerful! They can spread a truth or a lie. One of my menors, Les Brown, told me something this year that absolutley changed my life. He said:
"There are the stories we are born into, he stories we live by, and the stories at we create. What story are you telling yourself daily?"
This made me look at my actions and then question the story I told myself to arive to that action. It then made me look at my past and see patterns. When I wasnt happy, when I was being too harsh on myself, when I was over blaming self- I was telling myself a not so loving story. "Eliana you CANT do that. Eliana you know better. Eliana people like you cant expereince that. Eliana blah bla blah"
Its liberating to know that WE have the power AND choice to create a new story in our minds, a truth we want to comint to living so that our "reality" changes. So much more I can say on this! Sigh
Harald Jezek
Dec 18 2013: Probably not being able to identify what life it is that we want to live. If you ask people they very often can't show you a blue print of how they want their life to be.
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Another reason might be a combination of what you already wrote, (self) doubt and fear. People often are afraid to make radical changes. We all feel safest in an environment we know.
Procrastination is probably another one.
Dec 18 2013: Harald, thanks for your reply. I love the first sentence that you wrote " not being able to identify what life it is that we want to live." I have been studying this year identity and vulnerability. Dr. Brene Browns work has been very helpful in this. From personal experience I have found this to be a HUGE issue for people- having that inward battle of this is who I was told I would be vs. this is who I am OR "this is the life people told me I would have" vs. "this is what I want my life to me like." I think what you wrote about blueprints is true. If people are stifled with so many inner issues, how can they have a vision for their life?
Harald Jezek
Dec 20 2013: People make it too complicated. Instead of focusing on what they really want in life, they focus on everybody else. Advertising, the media, friends, family and pop culture are all working very hard to make people follow whatever they think is important. Over all this external influence many people just can't figure out what it really is they want.
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I think many people lack authenticity and rather act like puppets influenced by their environment.
Dec 20 2013: TOTALY AGREE ON THE LACK OF AUHENTICITY! YES! YES! and YES! Sgh...
So much I can say abou this but I will reserve my commens for anoher conversation.Dec 21 2013: I wholeheartedly agree Harald, that often times, people make things too complicated for the reasons you mention. In addition to what you insightfully point out, I observe some folks focusing on everything that is "wrong", rather than moving through the challenges to realize what they can do about what is not working well in their lives.
You brought this up in another comment Eliana...you write...
"There are stories we are born into... stories we live by... stories we create. What story are you telling yourself daily?...look at my actions... question the story I told myself to arrive to that action. It then made me look at my past and see patterns. When I wasn't happy, when I was being too harsh on myself, when I was over blaming self...I was telling myself a not so loving story. "Eliana you CANT do that... you know better. Eliana people like you cant experience that... blah bla blah... Its liberating to know that WE have the power AND choice to create a new story in our minds, a truth we want to commit to living so that our "reality" changes".
Well stated Eliana. What we focus on expands. When we change our thoughts (the mind chatter thoughts), it may change our feelings, which can change our life experience and what we believe to be reality in every moment.Dec 21 2013: Eliana,
Regarding your comment...
"I have found this to be a HUGE issue for people- having that inward battle of this is who I was told I would be vs. this is who I am OR "this is the life people told me I would have" vs. "this is what I want my life to me like."
I agree that this is a HUGE issue.....labels given to oneself, or labels given to us by others that we accept. A good example of this idea is some of the incarcerated guys I worked with. I heard more than once...."I am ADD.....what do you expect"? They were given this label as kids, held onto the label as a reason for their lifestyle patterns and behaviors and it influenced their expectations of themselves.
David Burns
Dec 20 2013: Thanks for the tip Colleen ... a good thread runs here ... I will stand back for a bit and enjoy ... I feel affinity to all comments and will only add something if I feel it may increase the value ... right now, it is running fine without me ... cheers to all!Dec 19 2013: Hi Eliana, and welcome to TED conversations:>)
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I too have always been fascinated with human behaviors....my own included!
My answer to your question is fear, fear, fear. In my perception and experience, we are, at all times, coming from an underlying sense of love (curiosity, enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and grow, joy, compassion, respect, etc.), or fear.
You mention fear, doubt and low self esteem as an example. In my perception, doubt, low self esteem and some other examples insightfully presented on this thread come from fear.....the fear of not "being" enough, not doing enough, or having a fear of failing in the life adventure.
I suggest that some folks let those issues stifle their life adventure, because they may not realize that those thoughts, feelings and emotions are stifling? We cannot change something that we are not aware of, so the first step is realizing how some of the fear based thoughts, feelings and perceptions impact the life experience. If we do not do that exploration, we continue to be impacted by the underlying "programming".
Dec 19 2013: Thanks for the welcome! I have missed out on some great conversation by not being part of this community sooner!
Thanks for your reply, especially admitting that you are fascinated in your own behavior! That makes two of us!
I love how you phrased "stifle their life adventure." Brilliant! What is an adventure but a journey of embracing the unknown, feeling the fear, but doing it anyway. I agree with you- the issue is not oftentimes the actual fear, or doubt, or (insert another issue), but not being AWARE that those feelings are blocking ones ability to live their dream.
This brings up another passionate interest of mine- how does one awaken or challenge a persons state of unawareness? #pondering
Dec 19 2013: Eliana,
I suggest that you have not "missed out" on anything, because in my perception and experience, we discover and participate in something when we are truly ready, willing and able to do so.
Anyway, a lot of the topics discussed on TED are repeated over and over again.....I think there is a lot to discuss in our world, and TED provides the opportunity for us to connect around the world.....I LOVE it:>)
Regarding fascinated with my own behaviors....yes.....it is sometimes very enlightening to observe my own behaviors, because that is how I evaluate, learn, grow, possibly change something, and sometimes it is very amusing:>)
"Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused":>)
Are you aware that there is a book by that title?
"Feel the Fear and do it Anyway" by Susan Jeffers
I read it years ago, and thought it was very good.
I find that asking questions of myself, challenges me to be more aware, and I often ask questions to encourage/support others in their journey as well:>)
Dec 20 2013: Colleen I can feel your warm and compassinate spirit through the screen. I just want to hug you! Thanks for your reply. I love asking questions and swimming in thoughts of possibiliies and ideas and truth!
I am aware of that book! Its a god book indeed. And thank yu for the encouragemen that yu wrote n the very first sentence. :) Cheers!Dec 21 2013: Thank you Eliana....sending you more warmth, compassion and a hug:>)
Let's use your comment as a little example of what we are talking about....ok?
You write...
"I have missed out on some great conversation by not being part of this community sooner!"
A person can focus on that idea and repeat it over and over again in his/her mind...why didn't I do that sooner...I should have known better...bla...bla...bla. That focus can take a person on a regret/shame/blame trip. There were certainly times in my life when I discovered something that seemed to be right in front of me all the time, and I asked...why didn't I see, feel, perceive and understand that?
For some reason, I was not ready, willing or able to embrace, accept or understand that information, on that level, at that time. So, I let go of the "should have" "could have" regret/blame scenario. As we learn and grow with the life experience, we often see things differently, based on information we are accepting at any given time...hind sight, wisdom...call it what you will. There have been many life situations I explored at various times in my life, often going to deeper and deeper understanding at different times.
When we get stuck in, and focus on the regret/blame patterns, it prevents us from moving forward with the information which might help support and encourage learning. There is nothing wrong with having the thoughts...why didn't I do that or know that sooner. It is the holding onto those thoughts and making them our reality, that might be problematic.
The questions that may be helpful to ask... why do I want to have regrets? Why do I want to blame myself just because I didn't notice something sooner, rather than later? Why do I want to hold onto those regret/blame feelings? You say we can swim in thoughts of possibilities and ideas.....I love that Eliana. Let go of the regret/blame mind chatter, and swim in new thoughts of possibilities and ideas....be clear with our 'self".....KNOW THYSELF:>)
Dec 21 2013: Dear Colleen,
I saw your smiling face and felt a pang. I know it's a photo but guess I am getting older :) Sorry this is absolutely out of topic.Dec 23 2013: Colleen, (hugs, love and compassion received)
When I read your replies I feel like I'm:
a. having an inner conversation with myself. (that is how they sound like)
b. writing in my journal.
That is why my responses back to you are not long becuase I feel like what you express are things I express to myself when no one is watching. Its so refreshing to see others express what you understand, but express it in such a form that it adds to your understanding. Yummy!
And I love that you said:
"I was not ready, willing or able to embrace, accept or understand that information, on that level, at that time. "
I totally agree and have always believed in that idea as well. THANKS for sharing the truth of your soul. :)
You are a wonderful soul.Dec 23 2013: Dear Pabitra,
You are a sweet kind man....oops....I mean chimp:>) I sincerely hope the "pang" that you felt was pleasant, rather than the alternative!
Perhaps it is not so "off topic" my friend, because in my perception and experience, it appears that some of the same fearful limitations that may stop an individual from pursuing their life purpose and developing their talents, are sometimes the same limitations that hinder genuine connections with people. Putting oneself "out there" in the pursuit of our life purpose, developing talents that support what we believe to be our purpose, and genuinely connecting with people all require a certain risk.
What if we are rejected? What if our attempts are a mistake? What if we feel like a failure because we did not get the results we anticipate? What do you think about the idea that it takes a risk to wholeheartedly pursue our life purpose, develop talents and relationships?
Dec 23 2013: Thanks Colleen :)
The in topic response then will be:
1. Inhibition
2. Insecurity
3. Infallibility
All apply to mind and stop us from the flight of joy.
Hugs and Merry Christmas.Dec 23 2013: Pabrita,
Thanks for replying! Your profile picture is quite nice. That is one sassy and intellectual chimp. I wonder what he is contemplating!
I love your above statement of the 3 I's...Delicious. And, I also agree with Colleen I LOVE THE FLIGHT OF JOY. Joy is an upward journey, one that most times starts on the lowest of grounds.Dec 23 2013: I agree Pabitra, and I love your reference to "the flight of joy"!
Hugs and Happy Holidays to you too my friend:>)Dec 29 2013: Eliana,
This is a reply to your comment which begins..."Colleen, (hugs, love and compassion received)"
Thank you for your kind words my friend. It is indeed very pleasurable to connect with so many people who seem to be on the same page, same book, same library! I am very grateful to TED for providing the wonderful opportunity:>)
Wishing you more love and hugs in the new year!
Fritzie -
Dec 18 2013: We have a number of talks on this ( including Elizabeth Gilbert and JK Rowling) which I know you will find by browsing the site, so let me recommend something not on the site. Steven Pressfield in several of his books puts forward a theory called Resistance. I am sure you would find his writing interesting.
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I think a couple of challenges arise because people may have a number of interests that are incompatible and following one often means not embracing the other fully. A person may be interested in being a scientist and being an actor, for example, and can invest in only one with full energy. A person may be interested in a career that involves traveling all over the world but then falls in love with a homebody he cannot imagine living without.
Another matter is that people may have a variety of interests with different risks associated with them and make a choice of what to pursue taking both the anticipated value of the experience or path and also the risk of not succeeding into account. Some people will choose a path that offers them lots of personal value over one that might work out great but also might work out very poorly.
Dec 18 2013: Thank you so much for those resources. I will check them out. And I have talked with many people who have expressed the same thing you just finished explaining. So, are you saying that an individual who is multi-passionate CANT pursue multiple passions at once? or they can but not at the same time? What do you think?
Dec 18 2013: It depends what their passions are. Many people pursue several simultaneously, like people who are devoted to family but also have a career, or people with a career who also paint or write poetry.Dec 28 2013: 1. Survival. You need to do those things which are required to survive.
2. Shift in responsibility from just self, to others, as in family. When this occurs in your life, you need to balance time, energy and resources among more than one person, more than one purpose, and more than one set of priorities. This diversion can change a personal life purpose from just being focused on personal success, to also being focused on the success and happiness of others. It is selfless, but may provide a different sense of personal fulfillment in life. However, you want to retain your sense of self or you can end up feeling like a drone.
3. I think lack of will and balance in life leads to a lack of harmony, and that may leave a sense of being stifled or leading a life of seemingly little purpose. Relative to number 2 above, you can have more than one purpose. The trick is to find a balance that enables you to do more than just one thing. Perhaps it is share your talents as you teach your children. Perhaps it is using spare time effectively to continue personal development. Perhaps it is finding creative ways to continue to improve yourself, enrich your life and have new experiences while you share similar things with other people. If you have the desire and passion to chase a dream and make it reality, then all you need is the will and the focus to make it reality. It may take a while, and there may be some sacrifices along the way, but if you stay focused on the long-term goal, then the journey will be one you want to take and hopefully one that you enjoy through life. In this manner, you can have personal happiness, perhaps share your talents and dreams with others proportionally to the amount of time you spend with them, and stay positive about life.Dec 22 2013: Fear,Doubt and low self esteem are not the real issues but these are the symptoms. The real issues are the issues which work behind the scene and create fear,Doubt and low self esteem.
As this is not the right venue to share real issues , so I will not be honest here and will prefer to practice dishonesty.
My top most personal issue is like riddle , whether the egg came first or the chicken came first .It is a catch 22 issue.
Like: If I want to have A then I must have B then only I can have A. But, to have B I must have A .
I will appreciate it if you have any solution to this issue.
Dec 23 2013: Santokh, your 'underlying cause' point makes sense to me. I was also thinking there may be a catch 22 situation, but I've decided it's not that hopeless. Are you sure there's no 'C can also produce A/B'?
There's a TED talk by Amy Cuddy which may give you some ideas, if you've not seen it yet. The key message is 'fake it till you ARE it'. Amy talks about reseach showing how our own body language affects us. I'd recommend it, even just for interest. It brings to mind a concept in psychology called the Facial Feedback Hypothesis, which suggests that our facial expressions influence our emotions - the 'smiling makes you happy' idea. From recollection, A.J. Jacobs made a similar observation to Amy in his talk 'My year of living biblically'. He felt his actions during that year changed him inwardly. And I've had a similar experience, going from being someone really uncomfortable with talking to most people and known as 'quiet', to striking up conversations (well - friendly exchanges, perhaps) with random strangers in the supermarket, firstly through 'faking it', now because I enjoy it. So, if either A or B is something internal rather than external, you may be able to kind of manipulate your mind through facial expression, body language and action, and break out of the catch 22 that way.
Here are some other ideas with which you might address 'symptoms':
1) Research suggests spending a few minutes focusing on our core values - writing about why they're important, for example - has a physiological effect (affects glucose levels) and replenishes our self-control and stamina, allowing us to better tolerate things like stress, fear and pain.
2) One treatment for phobias is to start by confronting the fear in a really small way until you're comfortable - e.g. imagining a spider - and gradually 'upping the ante' until you're e.g holding the spider. Maybe this could be adapted for some symptoms.
3) Talk to an expert.
I hope some of this is relevant and helpful
Dec 25 2013: Thank you for the solution.You have revealed the truth about how the world practically functions.
What I can conclude from the above is it is that if one wants to be appreciated and accepted by the world then one has to be dishonest,tell a lie and become selfish.
It seems that it is the world who has fear and is afraid to accept and appreciate the person as it is so to be acceptable in world one has to fake many things.
Faking may be good as long as it is internal or it is related to self development of self improvement but is it good to fake externally ?
Dec 25 2013: "What I can conclude from the above is it is that if one wants to be appreciated and accepted by the world then one has to be dishonest,tell a lie and become selfish." Oh dear! No no no no! Not at all what I was trying to get across, and not at all how I interpret Amy's talk. First off, it's not so much about changing the way the world sees us, but changing how we feel. I guess I wasn't clear that Amy's talk isn't about how our body language affects others, but how it affects ourselves (I'm making an assumption you haven't watched it). Of course, it's a natural consequence that changing how we feel should change the way we're perceived by others, but that doesn't need to be our primary motivation - or any motivation.
Secondly - dishonest, lie? Well, you could argue that manipulating our facial expressions and posture uses our bodies to deceive our minds, but I think that's a bit of a stretch (no pun intended). You could also argue that pretending social confidence (/happiness/self-belief/etc) is dishonest, but if there's no potential of harm, even if discovered, is it a negative thing? And what Amy suggested in her talk, and what I experienced, was that confidence allows us to become MORE authentic. Even faking confidence allowed me to be more authentic.
Thirdly - selfish? Well, I guess it depends on what actions you've taken and how you apply changes you've made. If, for example, you make a decision to recycle more, and you find that as a result you become more environmentally aware, I think you'd agree that's not being selfish.
I'm not a big fan of deception myself, so I appreciate where you're coming from, but I like to think my moral code isn't rigid. My default position is against dishonesty, in large part because it usually has the potential to harm myself and others, and it devalues the trust others place in me. These are the things I would consider if contemplating 'faking externally'.Dec 28 2013: I completely agree with you and also understand your point of view as well as that of Amy's Talk.
But, my point of view of is also true , that world does not has the courage to accept the truth and so people lie.And to prove my point I have to disable my privacy settings, which I prefer not to do so as this is not the right venue.
I won't argue.:)
Dec 30 2013: I'm grateful for your reply, Santokh. I was a little disturbed by the idea that I might be misinterpreted (perhaps that came across :) ). Apologies if I misinterpreted you.
I won't argue, either, but I do enjoy friendly discussion and debate. Perhaps you'll allow me to mount a small defence of 'the world'? Or, at least, a partial defence. I feel somewhat obliged to, since I'm a component part of the world and so is everyone I love. And, of course, so are you. Speaking for myself, sometimes I forget that.
I'm sure it's right that some, or even most, of humanity fears some truths. But I do know it's possible for a truthful person to be accepted and appreciated. I once worked with a man who was almost pathologically honest, at the top of his profession, and very much liked and admired - I'm smiling now at the thought of him.
Of course it would depend on the truths and the social group. I wonder whether a solution to your problem is to emerse yourself a social group which accepts your truths. We may be unique in the world, but it would be surprising to think that there is nobody who is similar and in a similar situation. However, I know this may be a completely impractical idea, or completely off base.
Whatever the case, I do hope you're able to find a way to be the best and most authentic version of yourself that you can, and still be accepted.Dec 31 2013: Authentic Version !! Ha Ha Ha ... The talk will continue in the New Year . . . :)
Good Bye 2013 and Welcome 2014
Happy New Year !!
Jan 1 2014: :) Touché! Perhaps not precisely what I meant, but then it probably has more of a ring to it than: "I hope you find a way to engage in the set of habitual and non-habitual behaviours which most closely and fully reflects what you consider to be the most positive and essential elements of your mental representations of yourself." (Oh dear. I think studying psychology may have broken my soul....)
Happy New Year :)Jan 2 2014: :) When I entered this conversation in the beginning, My authentic version was Male Heterosexual , but it seems that your paragraph containing the example of your pathological friend and the paragraphs afterwards and your psychology have transformed me into something I don't know what.
I am neither unique nor do I want to emerse myself into any social group.
During the start of the conversation I had no fear, But now I am afraid.
I have no pathological and technical problem.
Its been nice to talking to you.It was the most longest talk I had with anyone.
It seems that you have a strong influence of any one of these numbers (3,4,7,8)
Jan 2 2014: I wasn't thinking what I think you thought I was thinking :) My friend was also straight. Sorry to scare you. Glad to hear about the lack of pathological and technical problems. Rather like the positive qualites of 3,4 & 7, so thanks. Not sure 8 is me, though. Apparently 6 is, for name and birth.
Nice talking to you too. Kia ora :)Jan 2 2014: Santokh,
I like your blunt type of humor whether its intentional or not. Thanks for your contribution to this conversation. :)Jan 3 2014: :) I thought that we have concluded our talk.But, the revelation of your number brought me again here.Its been over a year since i have been a member at this site, but due to introverted,reserved and shy nature I never had such long talk with anyone.Making friends and talking to them is the most difficult task for me both offline as well as online.
But , the moment I saw that the talk is moving forward effortlessly. I got suspicious of it , that how come so comfortably I am talking to someone and that curiosity made me to ask you to which number do you belong.
Now, your revelation has confirmed that it was the magnetic energy of your number which was working behind the scene.
People belonging to number 6 are very magnetic and they are also beautiful and gorgeous.I am sure that in your teen years you could have stolen the sleep of many guys.Making friends is an effortless thing for you.
Does Kia ora means - Thank You.
Jan 3 2014: Thank you, Santokh! That you feel comfortable talking to me is such a lovely compliment - the best I've had this year :) Perhaps there's a limit to my sixishness, though. Making friends isn't effortless for me - I'm no extrovert, myself. I have a small number of close friends and a quiet, relaxed social life which, these days, suits me well. And I'm not sure about many boys having lost sleep. One did. He's more than enough, 20 years on.
Kia ora is used to mean a friendly "hello", "thank you", "I agree/support that/appreciate and acknowledge that", perhaps sometimes "goodbye". My Māori language lecturer gave it a literal translation of "It is my desire that you be well". So, I pretty much meant everything except "hello".
So shyness is your real issue? It's a tough one (I know!) but not insurmountable. I'm reading Philip Zimbardo's book 'The Lucifer Effect' right now (Philip has a talk on TED). He briefly talks about shyness as a self-imposed prison:
"Any action that calls attention to one's person threatens her or him with potential humiliation, shame, and social rejection and thus must be avoided. In response to that inner guardian, the prisoner-self shrinks back from life, retreats into a shell, and chooses the safety of the silent prison of shyness."
Does this ring as true to you as it does to me? He suggests shyness is a "social phobia". So, perhaps my suggestion of adapting the treatment for phobias isn't a bad one. Thinking about it, it's helped for me. Sometimes I'll still get a slightly sick feeling if I've called more attention to myself than usual, or in a new way, and I'm not sure how I'm being recieved, but it's not crippling now. And it does still take a bit of courage to write that! :)Dec 19 2013: Eliana, As we are all individuals we each have our demons to contend with and to limit to a top three would not provide the picture you are looking for.
We all prioritize. There are people in the poorest part of town who drive a fancy expensive car and wear designer cloths ... we know people who opt for a career over love and a family ... we know material people, and we know those who could care less.
One of the things that set the USA apart was that the "opportunity" to succeed was there regardless of your plight in life ... it took courage, hard work, and a dream. It some time took a generation to arrive at the goal through effort and determination.
That spirit has given away to a generation of "entitlement" mentality. Who refuse to "work for it" and want what they are entitled to and by the way ... re-distribute the wealth of those who did work for it .... I deserve it.
It seems like the harder you work the "luckier" you are.
So I am going to turn your question around and say "What are the traits of the successful".
This being the equivalent of the question: Is the glass half full or is it half empty.
Nothing stops us from living life those are just really bad choices and excuses.
Just my opinion ..... I wish you well. Bob
Dec 19 2013: Bob,
Thanks for your insight. I agree with you, especially on the mindset of entitlement. I have been victim of it in the past. Your comment of "it seems like the harder you work the luckier you are" and your question of "what are the traits of the successful," remind me of the book The Slight Edge. According to the book- what leads to success is being committed to daily disciplines. Its the compound effect of that commitment that leads to success.
So, based on your answer would you say that for those of us in the States- entitlement may be an issue because we think opportunities are supposed to "come to us" instead of us go after what we want? And that possibly that entitlement leads to excuses we make up or laziness or bad choices?
Thank you for your contribution sir!!
Dec 19 2013: Again my opinion ... entitlements are the absolute thing that could have happened to us. It is a killer to self pride, initiative, self respect, responsibility, morals, ethics, etc ... either directly or indirectly.
If I tell you that I will provide you and your four illegitimate children with food stamps, WICK, medical care, education, housing, and money for clothing, transportation etc ... which in the real world amount to about $80,000 .... or you could get a job, if lucky, for about $25,000 a year and pay for all of those things. The young girl on the Oprah Show stated this is her life and she plans to have another child out of wedlock soon to increase her income. .... why would she either get married or get a job?
The administrations view is that you deserve a chunk of the pie ... we will take it from the rich guy and give it to you and continue to reward you for not working and continue to have children out of wedlock for fun and profit .. we have your back.
Upon arriving in America, the Puritans devised what we call the Puritan Ethic Law .... If you are capable of working and refuse you will not share in the results of others efforts such as food, housing, etc ...
If I work all year to grow crops, can, store, build a house, chop wood for fires and a cistern for water, make blankets and cloths and another groups parties all summer .... then the government comes in and says you have a lot ... we are placing ten party people in your home for the winter to share your goods until summer when they can go back out weather permitting to party again.
I ain't happy.
When welfare is more profitable that working we have killed pride and self respect and invoked a nanny society that will make a big government even larger and will write the death warrant of the country.
Again just my opinion ... Bob.
PS; Read what happened to Argentina in 1916. It went from a world leader to the bottom in one year .... compare to the US today.
Dec 19 2013: Its the truth, unfortunately. Thanks for sharing Bob. Your opinion is valuable!Jan 16 2014: One thing that stops us from living life is the fear of death. another is the constant nagging at your mind, that tells you that following your dreams will not make you enough money. Another thing that stops us from living is envy. We must be confident in ourselves, in order to know what we really want.
The fear of death is a big one, but death is beautiful if you really think about it. Death creates life, and once you die your electricity is one with the universe. I would rather live life fulfilling my dream, than to live life, just so I can sustain myself, and one thing that helps me with my confidence is to pretend that I am confident, until I actually am.
Get out there and fulfill your dreams!
I like to listen to Allan Watts. He has an interesting point of view. Another source of inspiration is GandhiJan 13 2014: No.1 mental barriers 2. Money 3. upbringingJan 3 2014: Thanks to you also Eliana for starting such a beautiful conversation.:)
Humors are always blunt.Life is the big humor in itself.Sometimes it makes us to behave like monkey and sometimes it makes us to behave like donkey.:)Jan 2 2014: Money, Funding & Disposable Income...Dec 31 2013: Many good reasons have been given and by survival, I assume priorities always push into the usage of time. I would also ask that we make sure we evaluate the life purposes and talent. I have seen too many people say they deserve the goal because they want it most. Saying nothing about talent, work, personality.
A colleague's son wanted to be a golf pro. He spent 5 years chasing that dream - the difference between a very good amateur and a pro is very slight but it is there.
The questions we need to ask ourselves do we have the talent and are we willing to spend the time and effort to get there.Dec 27 2013: No. 1. Mental barriers
2 Upbringing
3. Societies response to the right thingsDec 25 2013: I wouldn't go about listing all the myriad factors, but I would comment on lack of purpose.
I've found that the absolute number one reason I haven't pursued my life purpose is that I don't know what it is, assuming there is one at all.
Being an atheist, its nothing of supernatural origin, and I never was one for ideology. The military made its effort to indoctrinate me to its purposes for a time, but it failed rather miserably in that regard.
In short, I've achieved no purpose because I don't have one. Setting up something arbitrary I never fully believed in just didn't seem good enough.Dec 24 2013: In the recreational world this is called barriers. Barriers are things that prevent you from achieving self -efficacy.
Albert Bandura has written many books on this and I have to say as a basis for the recognition of recreation as an important part of our daily lives this theory has helped develop many tools to helping people cross those barriers no matter what they may be - from the mental, to the physical.
It's quite a fascinating study, just as much as the therapeutic lifestyle changes that need to be made in order to be happy.Dec 23 2013: 1) money
2) environment/upbringing
3) workDec 19 2013: In my opinion, "living life" means just this: living life. Our personal utopias are in our dreams, but if you live your life properly and doing your best, you are just "living your life", because there isn't another one, by the moment.
The main issues are different for each individual, although most of them are naturally common to all us. Fear, doubt, envy, of course, plus violence, hate, and a very long etcetera.
Most of us let -like or dislike- issues like those stiffle our purpose. It's normal. Our response must be resilience, a strong and long lasting willing for doing or best, for not bending, not falling. And for remembering that we are what we are because our inner force for surviving. As a friend of mine says: 'At last, the secret is to resist and to have the help of somebody" Friends, family and people of good willing are the best help.
And good luck, of course! :)Dec 18 2013: Interestingly none of the comments have included...
What country you born in.
In fact, I'd go to far to say, you'd never hear this question even raised by children in poverty in the Philippines, nor in India, nor on the continent of Africa.
So I'd count that as 1), 2) and 3).
So Eliana, if you were born in one of those places, and in poverty, you'd not even get the luxury of asking the question. Let alone post in on the internet.
Dec 18 2013: Steven, that is an excellent question you raise and it definitely adds a different perspective. I was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised in poverty or a long time until I came to the States. I have been fortunate enough to also spend time in Africa working with the poor and you are right, their main question is not "what is my purpose, what am I supposed to do with my life." Their main concern is having basic needs met and being loved.
Not sure where you were born, but based on your observation...do you think that "strive to live with purpose" ad leave some type of personal legacy in the world is something only seen or thought of by those in the states? Is it a different mentality for those in Europe? What do you think Steven?
Dec 18 2013: Eliana, where I was born does not really to me matter any more. To many it's a flag of convenience, to separate as distance oneself from the rest of humanity. ie it's those people over there.
My life, which I'll be the first to admit was a very good one where I have lived all over the world and stayed long enough to understand the culture of many a people, has left me with the inevitable conclusion, that if those that are better off don't care, we must accept that we are guilty of allowing a whole section of humanity to be slaves for us, that's something I can't or won't accept.
What people don't realize, specially in the better of countries that, a personal legacy is really not that hard to achieve, I have helped literally hundreds of thousands of people all across the globe, regardless of race or creed or color, to get and education, by using the internet.
If, I, one solitary man can make that difference to so many without hardly any cost to himself, with the exception of time, and concern for his fellow human beings, and give them without cost, the opportunity of having opportunity, who knows Eliana maybe you wouldn't have had to leave home. And by not doing so, who knows again Eliana you may too have been the catalyst that could have helped others get out of poverty.
To anyone, who this may strike a chord with, I hope too that you can be the catalyst for change and betterment, and somewhat hopeful thought for you is.....surprisingly it's actually not that hard to do. The internet is a powerful tool and whatever skills you have, know that there are many people who would love a free mentor, even if it was just for one hour a day.
That was my hope, that was my goal, and with much humility, after receiving many a heartfelt thank you, for many that dream did finally come true.
And in answer to Eliana is that a different mentality in the us or europe, the answer is no, it's regardless of flags, it's regardless money or recognition - it's what's in your soul.Dec 19 2013: "Interestingly none of the comments have included...What country you born in." Steven, I interpreted the use of the phrase "personal issues" in the question to mean issues which exist over and above situational or environmental issues, like poverty and access to resources. Perhaps most of those who responded did also (although I notice Yoka had thoughts along the same lines as you). Of course, it could be argued that none of us exists independently of our environment, and so it's kind of impossible to draw a line between 'personal' and 'situational'. Just the same, maybe this will give you some hope that people aren't quite as oblivious as it seems to the challenges faced by those in poverty.
It sounds like you're a person of conscience, compassion and action, a powerful combination. Hats off. And you've made me think about how I personally can have a wider impact, so thanks.
Dec 19 2013: Sara I well understand that most people thought about 'personal issues', the question is geared that way, and when you read it, one's natural thought is to think about you.
As humanity we have to start having a wider vision, viz my take on the question. You see your personal issues are all easily solved, it's just that you might not know the person who can solve them.
And that's the real catch, we all have the ability to be 'solvers', and that's what I want to encourage people to be, because then we can solve children's poverty / edu, we can solve all the issues that face us, and personal issues you have may well to be solved.
You have to start somewhere, do what you can, as I said a little effort -really- can go a long way to people's who have so little. Also don't expect that just because your helping that other will immediately help you. Your doing it, not necessarily for immediate gratification, but as part as a long term plan of up upliftment of the whole of humanity.
It's only too apparent that politicians, multinationals, the un etc, have not solved these problems, so if everyone helps maybe we just don't need them. Maybe we never did. Maybe we just devolved our responsibility.
When I started by education plan, some didn't want me to be involved in certain countries, but how can one differentiate honestly with ones-self to people who need help. I realized that if you do selectively help on race, color, religion, you're only be co-oped in to the system we have now - the one that for many isn't working.
Your profile Sara, a student of linguistics and psychology, I'm sure that there are many people who would love to be helped with linguistics, but just can't afford it.
Even in a far away place like New Zealand, (one place I must still visit) the internet expands your reach. I would encourage you to create a web site, where people can be mentored by you, and what your now learning, if only for 1 hour a day. It WILL make a HUGE difference.
All the best
Dec 19 2013: You're right, of course, but you're preaching to the choir! :) Given that so many TED speakers are people trying to 'make the world a better place', I suspect a huge proportion of people in these conversations are doing the same, but perhaps on a smaller scale. Thanks for the encouragement, though, and the internet idea. It's a good one. But perhaps I'm getting off topic....Dec 18 2013: What stops us from "living life?"
Depends on how "living life" is defined. What does it mean to live life?, is there a predefined happiness level we need to achieve?, certain level of success we need to achieve?. I feel that "living life" is a vague term. A miserable unsuccessful unhappy person is technically someone who is living life. This is a subjective question and I think the answer is unique for every individual.
What are the main issues in life? Is it fear? doubt? low self esteem? envy?
Yet another subjective question. Doubt, low self esteem and envy are all tied to fear. Fear is the root cause of doubt,envy and low self esteem. And I don't really see them as necessarily bad. Fear is an important guiding agent that defines our limits and prepares us to overcome obstacles.
Some people let issues stifle their purpose either because they are not strong enough or because they don't have the adequate knowledge or resources that is required to overcome obstacles.Dec 18 2013: well, I don't really know anyone who hasn't pursued their life purpose and developed their talents. Do you know people like this? Are you yourself like this? Can you tell me the story of people who haven't done these activities?
Dec 19 2013: Here's a story that still puzzles me, more than ten years after the event. Maybe you'll be able to make sense of it, Greg.
While living in the UK, a couple of colleagues asked the usual question: "What made you move here?" I answered more seriously than usual, explaining that at 20 years old I found myself married, with a mortgage and a low-paying job and a hum-drum existence which I could see stretching out, unchanging, into my future until I had kids (which we couldn't have afforded), retired or died. The thought depressed me, so I wrote a bucket list and dragged my almost-willing husband off to England.
The response amazed me. My colleague said, "You can't run away from your problems, Sara. Look at Karl and I. We're miserable but we still live here and stick it out." I wish I'd probed a bit and tried to figure out where that thinking came from - that it's somehow virtuous to live an unhappy life and cowardly to seek to change it - but I was so astounded I didn't know where to begin.
greg dahlen
Dec 19 2013: Well, what were your motives for moving to England? Was it because you thought things would change, that in England you would do away with your mortgage, have a high-paying job, and an exciting existence? Why would that be? Or did you think that in England you still would have a low-paying job, but life would be exciting and interesting because you were in a new environment? Your friends might have thought you believed the former, that every aspect of life would change for the better because of the move; but maybe in truth your feelings were more modest, that you didn't expect everything to change but only that you would enjoy a new place?
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Dec 19 2013: Maybe you're right! That hadn't crossed my mind at all. I went to England with neither the expectation nor the realisation of a high-paying job. I went because I wanted to feel I was living a life and getting the most I could out of it (through novel experiences and other things), rather than just enduring one. And it worked. But I probably didn't make that clear to them.
Perhaps your response leads to another answer to Eliana's question. Maybe some just have a different concept of what a life should be and so they feel, if they've paid off the mortgage and raised a couple of kids, they've achieved their 'life purpose' (not that these are small feats), and fully developing their other talents would be redundant. Or perhaps they feel that if they've lived in such a way that's maximised their own and/or others' happiness, they've reached their potential (in essence, my own current philosophy). So, although they may not seem it, they're actually really successful.


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March 31, 2000
TESTIMONY OF GERARD COLBY, former National Vice President of the National Writers Union and currently Chair of the Political Issues Committee of the national Delegates Assembly of the National Writers Union, Co-Chair of the National Writers Union's Book Division, and Chair of the Vermont Local of the National Writers.
OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. S-777
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room N-2625
Washington, DC 20210
To Whom It May Concern
On behalf of the National Writers Union (NWU), UAW Local 1981, and as a former National Vice President and current Chair of the Political Issues Committee of its national Delegates Assembly, Co-Chair of the National Writers Union's Book Division, and Chair of its Vermont Local, I hereby submit written testimony in support of the promulgation of an OSHA ergonomics standard.
While we find it beyond comprehension that, despite medical studies evidencing the need for such protection, workers who use computers are not initially covered by OSHA's proposed standard, the 5,700 members of the National Writers Union strongly supports this proposed standard as an important step forward in public health and workplace safety. We believe that a law protecting workers from cumulative trauma disorders (hereinafter "CTD's") has long been overdue. Numerous members of our union have suffered debilitating injuries due to risk factors such as repetitive stress, required awkward postures, and unsafe design of workplaces, all of which are scientifically documented as risk factors for CTDs and more importantly, are scientifically documented as being a result of work-related factors. Some of our members have been maimed by such ergonomic risk factors. Some have had to resort to using voice activated software in order to maintain their livelihood as writers. These additional occupational expenses and the risk factors that caused them could have been avoided if an OSHA Ergonomics Standard had been promulgated.
CTDs and work-related factors are so serious that our members have engaged in the following activities to draw attention to them and raise public awareness:
* We have participated in OSHA Stakeholder meetings;
* We have attended health and safety trainings on ergonomics given by UAW Health and Safety Staff;
* We have published articles on ergonomics issues of health and safety;
* We have conducted ergonomic workshops at the 1999 NWU Delegates Assembly and at other events throughout the United States;
* We have strongly urged our Representatives in Congress to vote against any bills that would prevent an OSHA Ergonomics Standard from becoming law.
* And we have submitted written comments to OSHA on March 2, 2000 on the proposed ergonomics standard.
We are aware that practical ergonomics programs are already working in hundreds of worksites and that the Bureau of Labor Statistics 1998 Report showed the effectiveness of UAW-negotiated ergonomics programs, and that methods for measuring and relieving ergonomics streeses and procedures for carrying out practical ergonomics programs have already been developed and verified over the last decade. So, if the science is known, and it is, what valid reason can there be to delay action on an ergonomic standard or to wait completion of still an additional review by the National Academy of Sciences? For our members, who will be affected positively by an OSHA ergonomics standard and by the identifying of causes for injury, there is no valid reason for further delay. Without it, workers face not only injury, but denial of fair compensation from disability programs. There is no valid reason why they should have to risk further injury or be denied access to fair compensation for disabilities resulting from these injuries.
The 5700 writers throughout the United States in the National Writers Union, UAW Local 1981, who face the dangers of unsafe work every day with little or no recourse once they are injured, urge that our concerns over the need for an OSHA Egonomic Standard be considered with the seriousness that they deserve. In our democracy, the public relies on government to place the health and safety of the working citizens of this country over any special interests. We trust that the government is listening to its citizens, just as the citizens are watching to see if the government is responding with compassion.
The National Writers Union therefore strongly supports the recommendations of the Health and Safety Department of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and hereby resubmits those recommendations that were presented in March of this year in the pre-hearing comments of Jonathan Tasini,
President of the National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981. Thank you.
Pre-Hearing Comments
International Union, United Automobile,
Aerospace & Agricultural Implement
Workers of America, UAW
OSHA Proposed Ergonomics Program Standard
Submitted by
Health and Safety Department
International Union, UAW
8000 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48214
These comments are submitted on behalf of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW and its 1.3 million active and retired members.
The UAW strongly supports OSHA's proposed ergonomics program standard as a modest, but critical, first step toward abating the largest single cause of injury and disability among American workers generally, and UAW members in particular. Forward movement has been delayed several years by political controversy. The UAW hopes that this rulemaking proceeding will provide an oasis of science amid a desert of lobbying and sound bites. OSHA's proposal is supported by the experience of the UAW with ergonomics in hundreds of workplaces in many industries. The standard, if enacted, would benefit employees in small and medium sized facilities which now lag behind in implementation of ergonomics. It would benefit employees in facilities which have begun to address ergonomics by establishing a framework of employee rights. It would benefit employers by leveling the playing field and by defining the specific action necessary to protect their employees.
However, the proposal falls short in several areas: medical surveillance programs; time tables for correction of identified hazards; triggers for the ergonomics program; and, scope of jobs to be covered. OSHA must also make clear that this proposal is a step on a longer road to protection, rather than the last word. In the long run, OSHA will need to set actual exposure standards and regulate particular operations.
These comments convey ideas from the practical experience of UAW representatives practicing ergonomics at literally hundreds of worksites across the United States. These locations include automobile assembly and parts plants, but also many other manufacturing, service and public sector facilities.
This experience answers the threshold questions: "Is an OSHA ergonomics standard needed? Is an ergonomics standard feasible?" The answer is yes. The actions such a standard would require are not only feasible, they are being done by many employers and unions even today. The problem for the country is that not enough employers have started these programs, and few, if any, have carried them forward to completion.
Our comments will be in two parts: first, the basis for the standard; second, concerns with the regulatory text.
The UAW comments will emphasize key points:
1. Ergonomics programs are the only means to prevent the majority of injuries suffered by American workers in the automobile industry, and the manufacturing sector generally. Approximately 60% of injuries in the auto sector are MSD's.
2. Practical ergonomics programs are in place in hundreds of worksites and have set the stage for major progress.
3. The Bureau of Labor Statistics 1998 Report Shows Effectiveness of UAW Negotiated Ergonomics Programs
4. Methods for measuring and relieving ergonomic stresses and procedures for carrying out practical ergonomics programs have been developed and verified over the last decade. The science is known. There is no valid reason to delay action on an ergonomic standard to wait for completion of an additional National Academy of Sciences review.
5. The principal need over the next decade is abatement of exposure to physical stresses. In addition, the pace of job analysis needs to speed up as well.
6. Only the direction of an OSHA ergonomic standard will provide employers with definitions of what they need to do, and workers with a means to spur their employers to do it.
7. Corporate-wide settlement agreements in the auto industry demonstrate industry recognition of the existence of MSD hazards, and the elements of industry practice regarding a program to prevent worker injuries arising from exposure to these hazards.
a. The OSHA-UAW-Chrysler Settlement established recognition of hazards in assembly facilities, and a set of triggers for job analysis and correction which went beyond injuries and symptoms complaints on particular jobs.
b. The OSHA-UAW-Ford Settlement extended recognition beyond vehicle assembly to all processes within the auto industry, and established the principle of worker involvement and management leadership.
c. OSHA-UAW-General Motors agreements established specific risk assessment checklists, a process to evaluate all jobs in a facility, a timetable for correction of hazards once identified, and the principle of management stepping forward to include facilities under an agreement.
8s These programs also establish industry recognition of MSD risk factors and the elements of a program needed to protect employees.
a. Employers in the many small facilities have voluntarily or through the collective bargaining process, adopted a common approach to preventing ergonomic injuries and abating ergonomic risk factors in the workplace.
b. The program includes of all components established in the proposed standard and can be established without hindering the established processes at these facilities.
c. Documentation and testimonials from management representatives state their appreciation to the work performed and its positive impact on their facility.
d. Contract language has been developed to formalize processes in these facilities
e. Challenges to supporting ergonomics in spite of the collective bargaining process continue because of the absence of enforcement of the employer's obligations.
79. Analysis of the proposed standard should start with a description of an employer's present obligations in ergonomics under the General Duty Clause of the OSHA law.
10. The "one-hit" trigger for job analysis is necessary, but not sufficient to detect a significant risk of suffering an MSD.
a. A serious, chronic MSD leading to reduced capacity to work, impairment of non-work activities, and continuing pain is certainly a "material impairment to health or functional capacity."
b. OSHA's method for calculating lifetime risks of disabling MSD's from current BLS incidence rates in various industries is valid. However, this method should be extended to other BLS data systems to broaden the analysis.
c. The MSD risk for restricted day cases and recordable cases, derived from the annual survey, can be estimated using proportional MSD risk derived from the work injury survey results.
d. Lifetime risks of MSD's are substantial for all private employment in the United States, and in virtually every SIC.
e. The "one-hit" trigger allows very large yearly risks to persist.
f. The 3-year escape period provides little assurance that risk factors have been abated.
11. Inclusion of provisions for "Medical Removal Protection - Multiple Physician Review" in previous OSHA health standards was essential to the success of medical programs, and is consistent with the law.
a. In the past, OSHA has consistently found that MRP-MPR was necessary to the effectiveness of medical surveillance programs.
b. OSHA's Lead Standard established the rationale for MRP-MPR, a pattern of medical practices, and also OSHA's statutory mandate to provide these protections.
c. The Formaldehyde Standard established the presumption that OSHA would include MRP-MPR in health standards which required medical testing.
d. The OSHA standard for Methylene Chloride is the most recent precedent for including MRP-MPR in a standard dependent on report of exposure symptoms.
e. The principle impact of WRP will be to prevent economic disadvantage and retaliation against employees who report symptoms of MSD's.
f. Multiple Physician Review is integral to the regulatory scheme in previous standards incorporating the physician's written opinion.
g. WRP is distinctly different from a workers' compensation program. Comments linking the two misread the purpose of WRP or are deliberate distortions.
h. Regulations keeping medical examination results and recommendations confidential from employers has substantial precedent in other occupational settings and should be considered by OSHA.
Below are excerpts of the UAW Health and Safety Department Comments Submitted to OSHA that were also submitted by the NWU.
Full Text
1. Ergonomics programs are the only means to prevent the majority of injuries suffered by American workers in the automobile industry, and the manufacturing sector generally. Approximately 60% of injuries in the auto sector are MSD's.
The need for ergonomics abatement is most clearly shown in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Disabling Injury reports. These studies compile employer data on the types and causes of injuries and illnesses. The employer data are a sample of OSHA 101 forms for cases with days away from work.
OSHA has relied on this same data base. The UAW concurs with OSHA regarding to value of this information, with several reservations. These data are best analyzed as proportional morbidity ratio data. This somewhat corrects for expected under-reporting of cases. However, there is likely still bias to under reporting of latent injuries, injuries without blood or fractures. In addition, the category "other" includes conditions which may include MSD's, plus documentation which can't be interpreted. So, a substantial fraction of other, and multiple injuries, are likely MSD's. Type of injury may also confuse acute MSD conditions and chronic MSD conditions which are better classified as CTD's. Many CTD's have acute episodes which can be confused, or otherwise coded, as strain or sprain injuries.
Body part affected is probably the most reliable item in the data base, but is generally uninformative. For example, hand injuries could be cuts, bruises or CTD's, as would be leg and foot injuries. However, virtually all back injuries and shoulder injuries are MSD's, with unknown distribution between overexertion and repetitive motion causes.
mployer's Obligations in Ergonomics Under the General Duty Clause of the OSHA Law
Analysis of the the proposed standard should start with a description of an employer's present obligations in ergonomics under the General Duty Clause of the OSHA law.
Employers are now legally obligated to prevent musculoskeletal disorders caused by ergonomic risk factors by the General Duty Clause of the OSHA Act. The absence of a specific OSHA standard for ergonomics programs does not relieve employers of their obligation to abate known risk factors. Settlement agreements for ergonomics problems have been negotiated between OSHA, the UAW and several UAW employers, including DaimlerChrysler, Ford Motor Company and General Motors based on this obligation.
The proposed standard is to the advantage of employers who want to prevent injuries and illnesses because it defines their obligations. In some regards, the proposed standard concedes issues to employers based on the practical obstacles to General Duty Clause enforcement.
The General Duty approach is simple common sense.
The General Duty Clause states that:
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
A long line of court decisions establishes the elements of proof of general duty clause violations:
In order to establish a section 5(a)(1) violation, the Secretary must prove: (1) the employer failed to render its workplace free of hazard, (2) the hazard was recognized either by the cited employer or generally within the employer's industry, (3) the hazard was causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm, and (4) there was a feasible means by which the employer could have eliminated or materially reduced the hazard.
There can be little doubt that many MSD's are substantial physical harm. Extensive evidence shows that MSD's result in severe pain, loss of function of important body parts, deformity resulting from the actual condition or surgery, inability to perform work, and may force employees to leave all gainful employment. The UAW believes that a substantial fraction of milder MSD's, those which initially present as persistent symptoms or threshold recordable cases, will progress to complete disability if the worker persists in the job with risk factors unabated.
The employer is presumed to know workplace conditions are hazards because these conditions are: violations of consensus standards; contrary to industry practice; contrary to suppliers' instructions for use; or violate the employers' own programs and directives. These facts are all ways to establish that the employer "recognized" the hazard, and are also sources of information on what feasible abatement methods are available.
Injury records also establish employer knowledge of hazards. This method was the basis for the OSHA citations leading to ergonomic settlement agreements. The most obvious way an employer would know that a hazard in the workplace is capable of causing serious physical harm is if a member was hurt or made ill.
The practical obstacles to ergonomics enforcement under the General Duty Clause are identification of the particular job or workstation where the injury occurred, and once the workstation is found, identification and documentation of risk factors and abatement methods on specific jobs. In addition, each contested enforcement action would become a mini-rulemaking hearing, exceeding OSHA's resources. However, it is crucial that this record show that the barriers to General Duty Clause enforcement are primarily practical rather than legal obstacles. The unfortunate hiatus in OSHA ergonomics enforcement, during the period when this proposed standard was being developed, has given the impression that employers have a choice of doing nothing at all if the standard isn't issued.
The UAW analysis below suggests that the regulatory text of this proposed rule simply restates the General Duty Clause obligation, and in some instances requires less than the prevailing General Duty Clause obligation. Where an obligation already exists under the General Duty Clause, the specific regulatory impact (cost) should be identified and perhaps subtracted from the cost estimates related to the standard. Where an obligation is less than that which prevails under the General Duty Clause, the regulatory text should be upgraded.

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Can't argue with a bit of that. What is very sad is that all U.S. tech firms seems to employ the same strategy and that may shoot them in the foot one day. It makes very little sense to actively shift jobs away from the very consumers that are supposed to buy these dandy toys. One would think people employed in the tech industry would have some foresight, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
It costs too much in the states. If you had a business and your competitor had cheaper labor for the same product line you would have to do the same. Made in the USA does not bring in enough consumers to justify it.


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ARARAT — An Ararat couple are in jail after investigators broke up what Sheriff Graham Atkinson said is "one of the most elaborate indoor marijuana grow operations ever seized in Surry County."
According to the sheriff, investigators with his department executed a search warrant at 261 Key Road Tuesday, the residence of George Matthew Keen, 31, and Meigan Llewelyn Keen, 25.
"The search was the result of an investigation that was initiated after the Surry County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Division received information that the Keens were growing marijuana inside a barn-type structure located on their property," he said.
Officers followed up on the information, and their investigation uncovered enough evidence for them to receive a search warrant for the outbuilding and residence on the property.
"Once inside the outbuilding, officers found one of the most elaborate indoor marijuana grow operations ever seized in Surry County," he said.
Atkinson said the front area of the outbuilding was disguised to look like a typical shop-type work area, with the alleged growing operation concealed.
"Behind a door was a hallway which led to four individual rooms on each side, and one in the rear at the end of the hall," he said. "Five of the rooms were outfitted with grow lights, air conditioning, automatic timers and thermostats and were designed to create a continuous perfect climate in which to produce marijuana."
The sheriff said one of the rooms was dedicated to drying and processing the plants after they reached maturity. A second room was designed as a "starter room," where new plants were cloned from mature plants.
"The remaining rooms were used for storage and clean-up," he said. "The entire structure was outfitted with a complex ventilation system."
Officers located a total of 444 marijuana plants at various stages of development, from seedlings to mature plants.
They also seized several pounds of processed marijuana.
"Inside the house, officers located several ounces of marijuana inside a mason jar, and a smaller amount which appeared to be for personal use," Atkinson said.
Investigators also seized a 30.06 rifle, three .22 caliber rifles, a 12-gauge shotgun, a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol and two .25 caliber pistols.
"Both of the suspects have been charged with with two counts of trafficking marijuana, maintaining a drug dwelling and possession of drug paraphernalia," he said, noting that additional charges are pending.
George Keen has been booked into the Surry County Jail under a $100,000 secured bond, while Meigan Keen has been jailed under a $25,000 secured bond.


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Pushmataha County was recognized in the debut of a documentary titled "The Earth Chronicles Project: Oklahoma" held on Saturday, March 17 at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art in Shawnee.
Fran Hardy, M.Ed., artist and educator and Bob Demboski, filmmaker, produced a series of documentaries that illustrate the intersection of art, creativity, ecological sustainability and cultural preservation in different regions of the United States.
In May, 2011 Hardy and Demboski visited Jim Stevens, owner of Chahta Isuba Ranch and Fossil River Preserve in Pushmataha County on which the Choctaw ponies live. The documentary highlighted how these horses, who once ran free on our area mountains have been moved and the ongoing efforts to save these majestic creatures from extinction. Stevens is a supporter of this effort allowing the horses to be taken care of at Chahta Isuba Ranch and Fossil River Preserve.
The film also included highlights of the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve; Four Canyon preserve; Keystone Ancient Forest Preserve; Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art; St. Gregory's Abbey; Kim Baker, Oklahoma conservation photographer; artists Katherine Liontas-Warren and Jack Bryan in the Wichita Mountains; Tulsa synthetic landscape painter, Grace Grothaus; Museum of the Red River; Little River National Wildlife Refuge; Closer to Earth Youth Gardens; Jerri Redcorn, Caddo potter; and Dr. Ian Thompson, Choctaw archaeologist, anthropologist and artist.
The event was also attended by Bryant and Darlene Rickman, owners of the Choctaw ponies; Harold and Donna Davis; Michael and Francine Bray; Randy and Dianne Weeks; Victoria Hicks and Brad and Jennie Smith on behalf of Chahta Isuba Ranch and Fossil River Preserve.
Fran Hardy's work has been featured in six museum exhibitions and Bob Demboski's long career in television and film making include clients such as The Oprah Show, Bravo, Discovery Channel and HBO. They are currently working on The Earth Chronicles Project documentary being broadcast on PBS and OETV.
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You already know RK Motors Charlotte is Winged Warrior Central in the past three years, we've had more than a few of these, including our spectacular restored HEMI Daytona that set several price records when it sold earlier this year. Well, here's the follow-up: a gorgeous HEMI Superbird with just 16,905 original miles, a beautifully preserved Chrysler Corporation broadcast sheet, and a 100% original interior. It has been featured on TV shows, in calendars, books and magazines, and headlined a big-name auction. Our restored car was undoubtedly the nicest in the world, but this one is something else entirely. By now, everyone knows the Superbird story, so I'm not going to go into details about the reasons these amazing cars were built. But when a car is outlawed from NASCAR racing because it's too fast, you know you've done something right. Too radical for most buyers when they were new, today they're highly-sought collectibles that live at the top of the Mopar food chain. This one also sports a complete Chrysler Corporation broadcast sheet, and here are the details from the fender tag (although it appears that this is a Lynch Road car, so you know what those tags are like):
RM23:Plymouth Belvedere, SatelliteMedium, Road Runner2-Door Hardtop
R0A: 426 HEMI 425HP 2-4BBL 8 CYL1970Lynch Road, MI, USA
166204: Sequence number
E74: 426 Hemi 2×4 barrel V8 425hp
D32: Heavy Duty Automatic Transmission
EV2: Hemi Orange / Tor Red Exterior Color
H2X9: Trim – High, Vinyl Bench Seat, Black
TX9: Black / Black Velvet Int. Door Frames
B30: Build Date: November
30J97652: Order number
V10: Full Vinyl Top
V88: Tranverse Stripes, Deleted
26: 26 inch Radiator
113: 426 Hemi, automatic transmission, heater, 425hp, Orange
052: 3.55 Sure Grip, 8-3/4, 10" rear drum – front disc, (A36 Pkg)
671: 727 Automatic Transmission, 426 Hemi engine
15: Gate Sequence Number Lynch Road Assembly Plant
130: Base Sequence Number Lynch Road Assembly Plant
168108: Line Sequence Number Lynch Road Assembly Plant
Never fully restored because it never needed it this Superbird presents in excellent condition throughout. It was repainted several years ago, but the body remains 100% OEM steel and there are no patches, panel replacements, or other questionable areas. The only reason this car was painted was because the original Tor-Red paint was getting a little tired. It's anything but tired now, with the fresh 2-stage urethane popping off the wild curves of this car. And with a blue-chip vehicle such as this, you know the gaps and alignment were properly adjusted, the nose fits better than they ever did from the factory (which isn't hard to do factory fit was terrible), and the headlight doors operate properly with no binding.
All the signature pieces that make the Superbirds unique are here, too, from the scoops on top of the front fenders to the outrageous adjustable wing out back. This car was on the cover of Paul Herd and Mike Mueller's authoritative book on the Charger, Road Runner, and Super Bee, so you know it's spectacular in person. There isn't a lot of chrome on these cars, with the front ends being replaced with the aerodynamic nose cone, but items like the rear bumper are in excellent condition. The stainless trim, much of which is unique, has been polished to new condition. Glass is all original, of course, and is virtually blemish-free. And the vinyl top is so nice, I'm assuming that it was replaced when the body was repainted, although it's possible that it could be original given the cars exceptionally low mileage.
The engine bay was fully restored to show condition recently, including a full engine tear-down and inspection. We have detailed photos of the entire process that shows all the relevant casting numbers, which suggest the engine is a correct code WT warranty replacement unit. Since it was in such good condition, the engine needed no replacement parts, so it was carefully reassembled and runs beautifully today. The rest of the engine compartment was fully detailed at the same time, with fresh Tor-Red paint, new hoses and clamps, correct inspection markings, and all the original components that were removed were cleaned and reinstalled. The massive air cleaner was reinstalled, and a new red cap battery was installed to complete the show-quality engine compartment.
Underneath, the chassis is ready for show. Finishes are correct, markings are still visible throughout, and even the floors look as nice as the day it rolled off the assembly line. Obviously, on a low-mileage car like this, the components are in excellent condition, from the non-matching numbers but correct 1-year only, B-Body only, HEMI-only HD 727 TorqueFlite transmission, to the 8.75-inch rear packing 3.55 gears and a Sure Grip limited slip. Look closely at the details like the control arms and steering linkage correctly finished in every way. The exhaust system is recently installed, however, just to ensure that everything is up to the same high standards throughout. Wheels are correct original Rallyes wearing reproduction Goodyear Polyglas tires. The 100% original interior is the jewel in this cars crown.
After 40 years, you would think that age would have caught up with the soft parts, but that's not the case here. Instead, you have an all-original driver's compartment that looks better than any reproduction setup ever could. There's no fading or discoloration even on the contrasting silver details, no splits in the seams, and almost no wear on the carpets. If any passengers have ever been in the back seat, they were careful and conscientious people, and left no marks behind. The headliner is taut and the seat belts, usually the first things to fade, are still shiny and black. The dashboard and gauges are untouched and look factory fresh. Door panels show no trace of cracking or sun damage, and no wayward scratches from a passenger's button or zipper. The trunk is equally well preserved, and that's very likely the original spare tire back there, which has never seen the pavement. This car could easily be the benchmark for future interior restorations.
As I mentioned earlier, this car is very nicely documented with a gorgeous Chrysler Corporation broadcast sheet that came from behind the back seat. It also has a certificate of authenticity verifying its matching numbers status, original owners manuals, and a stack of photos from the engine detail session that show all the relevant stampings and casting numbers. This car also took second in its class at the 1990 Mopar Nationals, and there's a judging sheet included, although it's important to note that the 2nd place was awarded before all the detailing was done, so the car would likely score much higher today. Finally, there's a copy of the reference book on Superbirds, which features this car extensively as a benchmark for authenticity.
Look at the relevant details again HEMI Superbird with just 16,905 original miles. Well documented, this car can be shown at the highest levels with confidence. A lot of so-called experts claim the Hemi market is in decline, but our sales record suggests otherwise. Offered at about half the price of the restored Daytona we sold a few months ago, this one could almost be considered a bargain. If you're a fan of these cars, your collection isn't complete without a HEMI Superbird. Call today!
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On Friday an earthquake occurred in the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive earthquake and tsunami. Several people were reportedly injured and some building were moving, reported the L.A Times.
The earthquake had magnitude of 7.3 and occurred at 5:18 p.m. reported ABC News.
After the earthquake the authorities issued an alarm of a possible tsunami, but two hours later the alarmed was canceled, reported ABC, news.
L.A Times reported that the public television broadcaster NHK reported that five people were injured, including a 75-year-old woman in Miyagi.
There was no reports of any nuclear plants damages, but only two of Japan's 50 nuclear plants are operating at the moment. The other ones have been shut down for safety checks, reported L.A Times