I've added a blog to my blog roll

I just discovered a blog called zenhabits.

I don't really know how I found it now. Tangentially via something else that I was searching for, I'm relatively secure in saying. And I haven't really read much of it yet. But I want to. And I think that you should to. So there.

You might be thinking to yourself "Fine. You may wish to read some goofball's idea of zen life, but don't you be forcing your ideas down my throat!"

Well... I'm not really the kind of person that generally stuffs things down people's throats (Although, I think it's fair to admit that there have probably been times when I would certainly apply duct tape to a person's mouth were a roll to be nearby). So I don't think of this so much as forcing you to listen to an idea as I think of it as presenting to you information that I think may have some value to you.

Every working day, I talk about value to automobile sales consultants. Unfortunately, the vast majority of automobile sales consultants have no idea what value is. (Or if they do, they hide their knowledge very well.) Many people value the wrong things and they value them for the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, many in the marketing business have learned that value is important, so they have created the idea of perceived value. "But wait... there's more!"

An example of value that I see on this guys site is his most recent post. It is about forgiveness. I know people that have given over significant time and and energy to the feeling that someone has done something wrong to them, and that they have been hurt in some way. And they have held onto those feelings, only to their own detriment. I have felt that way in the past, and I know that I have made others feel that way. One of my goals in life is to make that happen less often. I don't know that I will ever get to the point where I do not wrong another, but I see it as a worthwhile goal.

Once I became a parent, my outlook on life changed. My children are the biggest responsibility that I have ever had in my life, and I think it would be in my best interest to see that they grow up to be intelligent, thoughtful, caring human beings (so they don't kick me to the curb in my old age).

So I started making changes in my life. I'm still wrong probably much more often than I'm right. I still hurt people that I love, and probably many more that I just come in contact with. But I am making an effort to be a better person. And if I can help you help yourself too, I think that's a good thing.