Problem Watching Online Video (Simple Troubleshooting)

Technology is a big part of our lives and we often come across technical problems.  The following is a solution for a common problem when you are watching a video on your computer from a website and it doesn't play.  If it's a flash video, the following steps would most likely solve the problem:


1. Go to - http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html

2. Click "Delete Websites"

3. Then go to - http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager08.html

4.  Click "Reset License Files"

5.  That should solve the problem.  If not, just try opening that website in another browser (Firefox, Chrome, or Safari).

Lost Files in Google Drive

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A few weeks ago, I went into my Google Drive and opened an important folder (that contains years of my work) only to find that it's completely empty.  I started to panic and tried different things.  The following is what I did before all my files appeared again and I suggest you try this:

1.  Click "Refresh" on the browser.  (You can alternatively press the  "F5" key if on a PC.)  Most likely, this alone will make your files appear again.

2. Log out of Google.  

3. Clear cache and history on your browser.

4. Check your internet connection and make sure your internet connection is not intermittent (on and off).  Test other websites and application requiring internet connection to make sure there's no problem with your internet connection.  [If you suddenly lose connection to the internet, naturally your Google Drive folder will appear empty because your files are stored online and not in your computer.]

5. Restart your computer.

6. Go into your Google Drive again.  

7. If you still don't see your files, click "refresh" on your browser again.

After You Recover Your Files and Folders and Google Drive, Do the Following

For important folders and files that you put on, keep a backup elsewhere such as on your desktop computer or on a USB hard drive.  

Other People's Experience as Posted on Discussions Online

Although my Google Drive is the free 15GB version, this sudden disappearance of files happened also to people with the PAID version of Google Drive, as I've searched them out online.  Therefore, I strongly recommend that you have backup copies of your files elsewhere, even if you have the paid version of Google Drive.

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If I Want to Be Free, I Got to Be Me

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If I want to be free, I got to be me.  Not the me that you think I should be.  Not the me that my wife or husband thinks I should be. 

Not the me that people stereotypically thinks that an Asian man, a black woman, a black man, an Asian woman, a white woman, a Latina, a Latino, ... or a white man should be.  Not the me that my kids think I should be.  If I got to be free, I got to be me.  But I better know who "me" is.  The best way to know that is to connect to the Creator and keep asking Him.

Adapted from Bill Gove's speech with my own elaborations.


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Are You Going Where the Majority Goes?

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Summary of the Talk

* By the time Francis Chan was sixteen, his mom is dead, his step mom is dead, and his dad is dead.  (His mom died while giving birth to Francis.  His step-mother died in a car accident.  His dad died of cancer when he was twelve.)    Then his remaining guardians Uncle George and Aunt Sandra also died (in a murder suicide.)  At a young age, Francis Chan had experienced more instability than most of us have.

* When things around us become unstable, we tend to play it safe, and we hug and straddle the balance beam [instead of performing on it] as Francis demonstrated in his analogy of Olympics’ gymnastics.

After experiencing some instability, we tend to think, "This is crazy.  I'm just going to have my nice little family.  We're going to keep to ourselves.  We're going to live in a gated community.  I'm going to home school my kids [and] make them wear helmets everywhere.  I'm not going to let them outside because the sun has bad rays... You just live your life in this - I don't want to do anything crazy for God.  I just want to go to church and give maybe 2%, and may be serve/help the nursery (because I feel guilty.)  You do this your whole life.  Your greatest prayer is, "God, I would love to die in my sleep and not even feel it, and I would love to go to heaven."

* Then you wake up in heaven and stand before the judge and you go - [Francis does a pose of victory that Olympic gymnasts normally do at the end of a routine.]

Imagine watching the Olympics and the girl just straddles and hugs the balance beam for several minutes throughout the whole routine, and then gets off the balance beam in a pose of victory.  What is the judge supposed to do?  "Wow, well done!"  Is the judge going to say that?  "Well done!"  You lived the safest life possible.  You didn't slip.  You didn't fall."  This is what the majority will do with their life.  Do you want to go where the majority goes?  Are you going the same way as the majority?

* I don't want to go where the majority goes.

Contemplation/Free-writing Exercise

Write two or more paragraphs addressing one or more of the following questions.  Do you think you will be happy and fulfilled just pursuing a safe comfortable life with money, a nice house, a nice car, a nice family with kids, and nice vacations periodically?   Is this typical pursuit really going to make you happy when you obtain all of it?  For those who already have attained all of these, are they truly fulfilled and happy?  Not that we shouldn’t have this comfort and security.  However, is there something else, something greater than yourself you should also pursue, alongside working for these necessities and amenities of life?  How can you pursue something greater that would ironically also provide all these necessities and security in the long run?  How can going where the majority does not, provide greater fulfillment (while also providing the lesser necessities and amenities most people pursue)?  Are you currently going where the majority is going?  Are you okay with that?  If not, what do you need to do to change directions?

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What Faith Really Is

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You'd be amazed that some not considered to be Christians actually have more faith than Christians who proclaim "I believe" on Sundays.  This was also true when Jesus was physically down here on earth with us.  Jesus came across some people who were not considered to be of God, but Jesus was amazed at their faith.   (Matthew 8: 5 - 13;  Matthew 15: 21- 28)

So, what is faith?  Faith is belief, but it's more than that.  In addition to belief, it's a knowing, but it's even more than that.  It's also an absolute certainty.  More than that, it's an expectation that what you know will come about, especially with God by your side.  

One simple demonstration of faith is the example of you having strep throat and your doctor gives you the drug Amoxycillin.  The drug is more likely to work if you have faith (a knowing and an expectation) that it will work.  Believe it or not, it has actually been shown in studies that your expectation (or faith) in a drug actually can affect how well it works on you.  They call this the placebo effect in science.  Some studies have even shown that your negative expectation (or belief that the drug will not work) may actually decrease the effect, or effectiveness, of the drug.  

“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.”
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:1‬ ‭NET‬‬
http://bible.com/107/heb.11.1.net

Faith is a knowing and a certainty of something even though we have not seen or experienced it yet.  In the analogy of the Amoxycillin drug, you would have faith that the drug will work even though you have never taken it in the past.  If only we can apply this faith when it comes to God.

Your faith in God (your absolute knowing and certainty of His existence and your expectation that He is with you as you incessantly talk/pray to Him daily) will allow God to work in your life.  When you lack faith, you block God from working in your life.  Then you say, "There is no God in my life," and you would be right, but that's your fault.

Whether God works in your life or not, it's up to you.  He is ready to give when you are ready to receive.  You have to be receptive and have faith deep within you subconsciously, consciously, preconsciously, unconsciously, and whatever other levels of mind there are.  But this is the tricky part - getting that faith ingrained deep in you at every level.  (It's not just saying you have faith, as many do but it's just all talk.)  

To help you with getting the faith you need deep in your mind and heart at every level, I strongly recommend that you start with the following readings or videos for just 15 minutes each day (or longer if you can):

Choose one of the following to do for at least 15 minutes a day:

* Read/re-read one of the articles at - http://spirfit.org/Academy/goingthroughstuff/index.htm

OR

http://spirfit.org/Academy/#life

OR

* View (or view again) one of the videos at - http://spirfit.org/Academy/message/index.htm

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Minding the Millimeter

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"Minding the millimeter" is a very important principle you must understand in many areas of life.  It's something you need to understand if you are dealing with diseases such as eye disease where your eye sight is in jeopardy (which I had experienced).  It is something you must understand if you are building a business, running a business, or fixing a sinking business.  You need to understand this principle if you are training in sports, especially professional sports.  It's also important to understand this if you are developing software or writing code.   Whatever outcome you are striving toward, you need to understand the importance of minding the millimeter.   

So, what exactly is minding the millimeter?  Minding the millimeter, to put it simply, is minding or attending to the seemingly minor things that do not seem to matter much.  However, the "minor" things add up to (or multiply into) major problems.  The other end is also true where, if you attend to the right "minor" things, they add up to the major accomplishment or outcome you are aiming for.

When people suffer from a loss (such as loss of eye sight from a disease, loss in business, loss in sports, or failure in school), often it may have been prevented if they did not neglect the millimeters, or the seemingly minor things.  (Or they could've had a better chance if they did not neglect the millimeters.)  Although neglecting the millimeter is usually not the sole cause of the problem, it is usually a contributing factor.  Again, I must reemphasize that minor things add up or multiply into major things.  Therefore, minding the millimeter is a crucial principle to put to practice in many areas of life, to prevent crises and to keep from disaster (or at least improve your chances).  

The importance of minding every millimeter is apparent in other areas such as in the sport of bike racing.  Mark Cavendish (professional cyclist and winner of many stages of major bike races such as the Tour de France and the Tour de Britain) is known to mind every small adjustment on his bike and in his training, down to the millimeter literally.  "Cavendish is well known for being completely obsessed with every detail in his preparation, paying close attention to everything from his wattage output to adjusting his saddle position a fraction of a millimeter,” as one online sports blog stated.  

Mark Cavendish is not alone as many past winners of the Tour de France also mind the millimeter adjustments.  Every millimeter and every gram on the bike counts.  Every second matters.  Athletes who perform at the highest level in other sports are also just as meticulous in the smallest adjustments.  In other sports such as running or swimming, a fraction of a second may mean the difference between a bronze medal and no medal at all.

Even one millimeter or one fraction of a second matters.  It can mean the difference between getting a medal and losing a medal.

Phil Jackson, the former basketball coach who has won ten NBA championships, taught his players this importance of not neglecting the small things.  He told them that a war is lost on a single nail of a ship.  Apparently, this was programmed into the mind of Michael Jordan (the most notable player coached by Jackson).  Michael Jordan won all six of his NBA championships under the leadership of Phil Jackson.

Even after Jordan retired from basketball and now running his own multi-million dollar company, he assures that the smallest details of the products with the Jordan brand are up to his standards.  Also, he applies this same principle of minding the millimeter to other business entities he owns.  Unbeknownst to many, Michael Jordan after retiring from basketball has now become just as successful in business as he was a basketball player.  As a matter of fact, Jordan's net worth has risen astronomically from when he had retired completely from the NBA.  While most retired professional athletes' net worth do not change much, Jordan's impressive business performance increased his net worth so much that he has become a billionaire recently.  ( He was a multimillionaire as an athlete, but became a billionaire as a business man. I do not know of any other professional athlete who became a billionnaire ten years after their retirement.)  Jordan's habit of minding the millimeter allowed him to produce intended results in basketball as well as in business.

Likewise, many of you are also great at your work in solving problems or in building something, and you understand exactly how the minor factors can synergistically add up (or multiply).  Others of you understand this for other areas in your life, and you are great with those areas of your life. 

However, those of you who understand how this principle applies to your work neglect this when it comes to another area, such as your health (or the medical problem you're dealing with) whether it is eye disease, a severe infection of an organ, or another disease.  You neglect this principle of minding the millimeter, and you erroneously think, "What does it matter?  It's only one small thing."

As a result, you suffer unnecessarily, or you lose.  For example, the eye patient who (after retinal detachment surgery) neglects one small thing such as adhering closely to the doctor's instructions of what position to lie down and for how long.  Or the patient not following the doctor's  exact instructions in how to take the post-surgery eye drops, how frequently to take them, and when to stop.  Another example would be the patient neglecting overall health and nutritional practices (like adequate intake of fruits and vegetables known to be good for overall health and health of the eyes) because he thinks such indirectly related factors or "minor" factors don't matter. 

When unexpected complications occur after the eye patient neglect a millimeter here and a millimeter there, they end up losing eyesight.  Neglecting small things may contribute to losing big.

Is it for certain that minding every significant millimeter would solve a problem or allow you to produce the desired outcome?  No, it's not a guarantee, but it significantly improves your chances if you mind the millimeter.  Nothing in life is a guarantee.  A professional athlete training for a championship is not guaranteed to win the gold medal, but it would be foolish for him to neglect the training and neglect the millimeter adjustments just because there's no guarantee.  Unfortunately, people have the foolish logic of not minding the millimeter just because there's no guarantee. 

As foolish as this is in sports, it's even more foolish to neglect this principle of minding the millimeter when it comes to dealing with your medical problem, especially when what's at stake is losing or keeping your eyesight, or when it's life or death.  

Another reason for this common fallacy (or error in thinking) is that one adjustment in itself or a small millimeter in itself does not solve the problem and therefore, why bother.  This logic is flawed.

In the cases of the professional cyclists, they mind the millimeter adjustments even though any one small adjustment by itself does not directly make an impact.  Again, all the small adjustments would add up or multiply, to make an impact indirectly or directly.

Maybe you are a computer programmer and you know that neglecting, or leaving out, a little part of the code can mean major problems, such as the whole application not working at all.  Leaving out a small part of the code in one place, neglecting another small part here, and adding a wrong part there - would all add up to disaster.  This is apparent if you are a good computer programmer or developer.  Therefore, you are mindful of any "small" part of the code.

Whatever it is you are facing or whatever it is you are building or striving for, you must mind the millimeter.  When you adjust for one millimeter here, another millimeter there, and one gram here, they will all contribute toward the outcome you want (whether it is to heal from a disease, to keep your eyesight, or to turn a profit for your business.)

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Breaking a Bad Habit or Pattern

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In your life right now, is there a bad habit or a bad pattern that you are trying to break, such as stuttering, eating too much unhealthy foods, overeating in general, or any recurring behavior that is causing you misery in the long run?  Is there an addiction that you are trying to rid, such as smoking, cutting, drinking, drug addiction, or any other type of common or uncommon addictions?  

One of the first things you need to do before you break a pattern is to go back in time in your mind and remember when the pattern began. 

The following video shows a thirty-year-old man, Rechaud, who has severely stuttered speech for most of his life and how he was guided by Anthony Robbins to think back and remember the time when his speech impediment started.  The stuttering man remembered the time when he was around three years old when he watched a cartoon in the mornings where one of the characters with a speech impediment often yelled for help.  During this time of this man’s early life, his father was physically beating his mom.  As a child, he subconsciously started stuttering which presented a problem to distract his father from physically beating his mother.

Remembering this childhood memory was an important step toward stopping his lifelong pattern of severe stuttering.  As a matter of fact, this man stopped stuttering from that day forward, after remembering when the stuttering started.

Remembering and Writing Exercise

For whatever pattern or habit you are trying to break:

1.        Think back to the very first moment (or the time period) the pattern started and the brief period AFTER the pattern started.  Even if you can’t remember a specific moment, remember the approximate time period.  How old were you?  Picture the environment you were in and the people around you.  What did you look like?  What did the people around you look like?  What was happening in your life at the time?  What were you doing?  What were people around you doing?  What or how were you feeling at the time?  Remember and describe as much as possible.
2.         Now think back at the time period BEFORE the pattern started that may have contributed to your unintentional adaptation of this pattern (or caused you to subsconsciously adapt this pattern.)  What was happening in your life before the pattern started.  Usually, we adapt these bad patterns to get away from pain or to survive (and also probably to obtain ephemeral pleasure).
3.         If you want me to guide you with the next steps to break your bad habit or pattern, feel free to email me at healthsciencewriter@gmail.com  with what you’ve written here.  Be sure to title the email “Breaking a Pattern or Habit”.

Clarification for Possible Misunderstanding

Let me be clear in case there’s any misunderstanding.  Not everyone will get results this quickly with just one step.  Some will, but not everyone will.  In other words, I am not saying that this exercise in remembering (and writing) is all you need to stop addictions or stuttering in all cases.  Not at all.  I am merely saying that this exercise is one step or one part of a whole set of strategies.  Although this stuttering man was cured with this one step, many will require additional strategies.  This is especially true with patterns like addictions.   If you are trying to break your pattern of any type of addiction, this exercise in remembering should not replace conventional medical treatment.  Instead, it should be used in addition to conventional and medically recognized treatment. 

Note for Coaches, Teachers, Advisors, and Trainers

• Put attention on what you want whenever it shows up.  Notice when Rechaud said one phrase without stuttering, “Sign me up for that,” Tony stopped immediately to put both their attention on it. 

“Say that again,” requested Tony.  Tony was applying the principle of focusing on the behavior they want to grow (instead of focusing on what they don't want) .  In this case, you want the normal non-stuttering speech to grow (not the stuttered speech). 

• Get your client or student to put his mind on a model he wants to become (whether it’s a metaphorical model or an actual person).  After Rechaud remembered the genesis of the problem (in his childhood) and after some strategies in releasing (that in Rechaud’s unconscious mind that had bound him in severely stuttered speech), Tony guided Rechaud to put Rechaud’s mind on the metaphorical model of person Rechaud wants to be, like the warrior “and the warrior never stutters.”

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