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The best profit of future is the past

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Fortunate BluFrog Wisdom – Daily Fortune Cookie

The best profit of future is the past
“The best profit of future is the past”

A new feature for BenSpark.com is the Fortunate BluFrog wisdom of the day.

History

One day I brought a fortune cookie to work and ate it with my lunch. I opened it and it said “Be on the Alert for New Opportunities” I placed the fortune in front of my can of BluFrog Wildly Healthy Energy Drink and shot off a picture to twitpic and utterli. I said in the caption, “is this a sign?” Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t but from there an idea was born. The FortunateBluFrog post came into being.

Later in the week I brought another fortune cookies to work and again shot a picture of it in front of my can of BluFrog. That fortune said, “If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances.” I began to think about the fortune cookie as a means to a daily post.

What wisdom could be garnered from this cryptic cookie?

A simple message in a fortune can spark the imagination in many different ways. Each person interprets the fortunes themselves and many people put the obligatory and sometimes hilarious “in bed” at the end of the fortune. Some even put “in bed naked and screaming, laughing, etc” at the end of their fortunes. But I digress. I think that the wisdom from a simple fortune cookie can be interpreted to be more beneficial than half the things that so called online experts are telling you. So I will break open a fortune cookie each day and share with you the wisdom I find inside. I bought myself 3 dozen fortune cookies last night. But if you want to help continue the fortune cookie trend you can always order me a container from my Amazon Wish List.

Why Fortunate BluFrog

In BluFrog I have found a very incredible drink. I’ve had quite a few cans over the past couple of weeks and I have to say that on the days I drink BluFrog I am more awake, alert and focused. On the off days I go back to being sleepy, bored and distracted. I’ve been weighing the pros and cons of becoming a distributor of BluFrog as well. If we do so our domain name for our BluFrog blog will be FortunateBluFrog.com. Fortunate because of the fortune cookie thing as well as our being fortunate enough to have a wonderful life.

By earning money with BluFrog we will be able to give more back to those who are less fortunate. We will do this by earning money to free ourselves from credit card debt which in turn will provide us with more take home income. We’ve always said that we’ve wanted to contribute more, but it is hard to do when every paycheck goes towards bills and debt. However, we still consider ourselves fortunate.

You might recall this past Christmas when we were involved in the Sears Grant a Wish program. That made us decide to put away $10 a month towards our own $100 donation to Christmas is for Kids. At that time we also decided to put away $10 a month for Heifer International for Eva’s Farm. The Limu Company (parent of BluFrog) is big on giving back, so is IZEA and so is Market Leverage. Our family does what we can but we’d love to be able to do more, so that means additional income. This brings us back to today’s fortune.

“The best profit of future is the past”

I interpret today’s fortune to mean that a solid foundation will bolster your future efforts. Therefore the past and everything you’ve done in the past, good and bad is what will determine your progress in the future. Profit actually means “to make progress”, in Latin. You can certainly interpret profit to mean money but you can also interpret it to mean to make progress. So, I would say the best way to make progress in the future is rooted in what you have done in the past. If you have worked hard to build an audience for your blog, been respectful and engaging to that audience then it stands to reason that you will continue to improve in the future. If you have been neglectful of your audience and have been someone who does not contribute to the conversation but rather spews forth your own garbage with no regards to the actual conversation then it stands to reason that you will not make progress in the future. The future holds profit for those who have built a solid foundation of engagement, respect and transparency.

How do you interpret today’s fortune? Please leave your thoughts in the comments below.

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Blogs, Brews and Belly Laughs

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At the Bar

With March almost upon us here I wanted to let you all know about a blogging event that I have put together. It is called Blogs, Brews and Belly Laughs. I’ve been spending quite a bit of time downtown at The Speed of Thought Playhouse. I’ve been there for an improv comedy show, I’ve been there to see bands perform, I’ve been there for a Stand up comedy show and I even sat in and watched the improv class one night. Eventually I will get up the nerve to join in the class.

Blogs, Brews and Belly Laughs will take place on March 13, 2009 at 6:30pm. That is when bloggers can show up. Then there is a $10 charge to stay for the Speed of Thought Players Comedy show. The comedy show is certainly worth the price of admission because it is funny and it encourages audience participation. We may even work out some way to display real time Tweets for suggestions in the improv games. Here is the information that I’ve already posted to Upcoming.com, Going.com, a couple of Rhode island message boards, Craigslist and of course facebook.

“BenSpark.com in collaboration with Speed of Thought Playhouse present Blogs, Brews and Belly Laughs. This is the first meeting of bloggers in the Greater North Attleboro area and beyond.

(You don’t have to live in North Attleboro to attend, if you want to come to the event we are happy to have you no matter where you live.)

The night will begin with a meet and greet in the Speed of Thought Playhouse. There is free wi-fi so feel free to bring a laptop or other wi-fi enabled device. During the Meet and Greet you will have a chance to Enter BenSpark’s PhotoBooth for a chance at cool swag. Also I am an IZEA Insider and I’ll be able to talk to you about some great sites like IZEA and SocialSpark.

At 8:30 the Speed of Thought Players will perform their hilarious comedy improv show. The cost of the show is $10. Bloggers are encouraged to stay for the show. You can bring cameras and video cameras with you.

I will try and broadcast the event Live through USTREAM and also be live Twittering and also sending Live posts to UTTERLI.

So come on down to the Speed of Thought Playhouse for a great time, some laughs, some beers and other bloggers.

Host: BenSpark.com & Speed of Thought Players
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009
Time: 6:30pm – 11:30pm
Location: Speed of Thought Playhouse
Street: 39 North Washington Street
City/Town: North Attleboro, MA”

What I am really excited about aside from meeting some new and interesting people is BenSpark’s PhotoBooth. I have been working really hard securing sponsors for this event and I got some great ones and some great prizes. I’ll be supplying a few BenSpark.com hats, IZEA Swag, BluFrog Energy Drink, Ten Bills.com T-Shirts, an XShot or two and I also received two PoGo printers from ZINK Imaging along with over 100 sheets of PoGo ZINK Paper. But you are going to have to wait till March 13 to see what I do with that.

Here is the flyer I made for the event.

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