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Stasi. Organización.

El Ministerio para la Seguridad del Estado incluía las siguientes entidades:

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Escudo del Ministerio para la Seguridad del Estado

• Administración Central de Reconocimiento: centraba sus esfuerzos principalmente en Alemania Occidental y otros países de laOrganización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte, pero también dirigía la inteligencia en los demás países extranjeros.
• Administración Central de Coordinación: coordinaba el trabajo con los organismos de inteligencia soviéticos.
• Departamento Central para Comunicaciones Seguras y Protección Personal: proporcionaba seguridad personal para los dirigentes de la RDA y mantenía y operaba un sistema interno de comunicaciones seguras para el gobierno.
• Administración para la Seguridad de la Industria Pesada e Investigaciones y Administración Central para la Seguridad de la Economía: protección contra el sabotaje y el espionaje.
• Administración Central para la Lucha contra Personas Sospechosas: encargada de la vigilancia de los extranjeros sospechosos, principalmente los de Alemania Occidental.
• División de Análisis de Basura: análisis de desechos y materiales sospechosos del extranjero.
• Administración 12: vigilancia de comunicaciones.
• Administración 2000: vigilancia de la lealtad del Ejército Nacional Popular.
• La Stasi contaba con su propio e independiente servicio penitenciario para sus presos.
• Finalmente, la Stasi contaba con una pequeña fuerza armada: el Regimiento de Guardias «Félix Dzerzhinsky», tropas de élite que daban protección a los miembros del Ministerio. Compuesto por seis batallones de fusileros motorizados, un batallón de artillería, y un batallón de entrenamiento.

Agreement 1. Be impeccable with your word.

Speak with integrity.  Say only what you mean.  Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others.  Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

Impeccable means “without sin” and a sin is something you do or believe that goes against yourself.  It means not speaking against yourself, to yourself or to others.  It means not rejecting yourself.  To be impeccable means to take responsibility for yourself, to not participate in “the blame game.”

Regarding the word, the rules of “action-reaction” apply.  What you put out energetically will return to you.  Proper use of the word creates proper use of energy, putting out love and gratitude perpetuates the same in the universe.  The converse is also true. 

Impeccability starts at home.  Be impeccable with yourself and that will reflect in your life and your relationships with others.  This agreement can help change thousands of other agreements, especially ones that create fear instead of love.

Rajoy por Roberto Centeno. El Confidencial.

La etapa de Rajoy

Como les prometí la pasada semana, hoy sintetizo la etapa de Rajoy. Si hubiera que definir al presidente del Gobierno, habría que decir de él que,además de un cobarde, tiene una desidia insuperable en la toma de decisiones. Su cerebro, acostumbrado a recibir órdenes -porque siempre fue muy bien mandado- ha sido incapaz de adaptarse a la jefatura: ¡lejos de mí el nefando vicio de pensar y de trabajar! La historia de este trepa profesional no empieza con las elecciones de noviembre 2011, viene de mucho más atrás. Yo la empezaría en el congreso amañado de Valencia, donde se autoproclamó líder del PP y donde asestó una puñalada mortal al futuro del partido eliminando a sus mejores cabezas, sustituyéndolos por niñatos de tres al cuarto y aduladores profesionales.

Que Mariano Rajoy esté financiando con nuestro dinero la secesión de Cataluña y del País Vasco es un caso claro de deslealtad a España y deslealtad a cualquier región españolaSu capacidad de gestión se vio perfectamente retratada a lo largo de su dilatado periodo de jefe de la oposición. Mientras afirmaba muy serio en el Parlamento que “no se puede gastar más que lo que se ingresa”, las CCAA más despilfarradoras como Valencia o Murcia, o la capital de Europa más manirrota por decirlo suavemente, Madrid, no merecieron la mínima atención del personaje y gastaron y gastan a sus anchas. Por entonces, algunos decíamos: “Si Rajoy no es capaz de poner orden en su propia casa, ¿cómo va a ser capaz de poner orden en España?".

En septiembre de 2011, en un programa de televisión en el que coincidí conCristóbal Montoro, me dijo que iban a recibir una herencia envenenada, que el déficit público iba a ser del 8,5% y no del 6%, algo que conocían desde julio todos los analistas. Me confesó que iban a bajar impuestos y recortar gasto político porque era la única manera de crecer. Este sería el centro de la campaña electoral de Rajoy. Al formar nuevo Gobierno, y rasgándose las vestiduras, aseguró –después de imponerle la gran cruz de Isabel la Católica a ZP por sus “grandes servicios a España”-: “¡Nos han engañado, el déficit no es del 6% es del 8,5%, y no tenemos más remedio que subir impuestos!”.

El engaño de Rajoy a su electorado sería total: haría exactamente lo contrario de lo que prometió, lo que le convierte en un presidente inveraz, que es lo peor que le puede suceder a un jefe de Gobierno. En un presupuesto de más de 400.000 millones, de los que 100.000 son gasto político improductivo, ¿no había ningún sitio de donde recortar 6.000 millones? Inaudito. En cuanto al gasto, en febrero de 2012 Montoro anunció a bombo y platillo que enviaría a “los hombres de negro” a las CCAA e intervendría las que hubieran superado los límites de gasto y deuda. Dos semanas después, las convocó en Madrid para decirles todo lo contrario, que “no se dejará quebrar ninguna autonomía y se habilitarían los recursos para ello”: 60.000 millones para que siguieran despilfarrando los caudales públicos para satisfacer su vanidad, su nepotismo y las exigencias inmorales de su corrupción.

Rajoy estaba convencido de que su sola presencia bastaba para que los mercados se rindieran ante él y la prima de riesgo bajara. Con medidas tan disparatadas, ocurrió justo lo contrario y a mediados de 2012 la prima de riesgo coqueteó con los 700 puntos básicos, un nivel muy superior al de la intervención. Pero en lugar de intervenirnos, lo que habría cortado de raíz el despilfarro político a otro irresponsable, Mario Draghi dijo que no dejaría quebrar a ningún país del euro, igual que Rajoy con las CCAA, pero con una diferencia esencial: Rajoy lo hace con el sudor y las lágrimas de los españoles y Draghi imprimiendo papeles de colores. Tras eso, la prima de riesgo bajó automáticamente.

Sólo la irresponsabilidad absoluta del BCE con su barra libre dando más y más droga a los drogadictos sin control alguno mantiene en pie hay un modelo de Estado insostenible y un sistema financiero quebrado. El resultado: sus primeros 18 meses en el poder han sido los de mayor endeudamiento desde Felipe II, la salvajada de 333.000 millones según el Banco de España, un tercio del PIB. Y a finales de 2013 esta cifra superará los 1,4 billones de euros o el 136% del PIB oficial.

La indigencia mental de Rajoy ha sido como la de su antecesor, manteniendo el Estado de partidos donde sobran decenas de instituciones, un millón de empleados públicos y 20.000 asesores que no asesoran. Y su disparatado gasto a costa de lo que sea, y lo que sea es llevar a la miseria a millones de gobernados, a destruir la clase media, a lo que Carlos Marx denomino “invertir en lujo asiático en medio de la miseria” y a dejar hipotecado el futuro de las siguientes generaciones. Este es el hombre que ahora dice que nos sacará de la crisis.   

The four agreements. Miguel Angel Ruiz

Don Miguel Ángel Ruiz (born 1952), better known as Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of New Age spiritualist and neoshamanistic texts. His teaching is significantly influenced by the work of Carlos Castaneda.

His most famous and influential work, The Four Agreements, was published in 1997 and has sold around 4 million copies.^[1] It was featured on the Oprah television show,^[2] and advocates personal freedom from agreements and beliefs that we have made with ourselves and others that are creating limitation and unhappiness in our lives. Ultimately, it is about finding one's own integrity, self-love, and peace by way of absolving oneself from responsibility for the woes of others. The Four Agreements are:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word.
2. Don't Take Anything Personally.
3. Don't Make Assumptions.
4. Always Do Your Best.

Ruiz also wrote a companion book to The Four Agreements. He then wrote several other books, including The Voice of Knowledge, Prayers, and The Mastery of Love.

Don Miguel Ruiz's son Don Jose Ruiz has subsequently released a sequel, The Fifth Agreement, which adds a further agreement:

5. Be Skeptical but Learn to Listen.

In Mary Carroll Nelson's Beyond Fear, he discusses some of his beliefs through a series of interviews, including his belief in the legend of Atlantis; his belief that the sun entered its sixth age on January 11, 1992, which should lead to a new age for humanity; and his belief in the spiritual power of the pyramid of the sun at Teotihuacan. Fluent in Spanish and English, he often lectures and leads retreats in the United States. Many of his students are American. In 2002 he suffered a massive heart attack, and spent nine weeks in a coma, but recovered although he was in pain for the next 8 years.^[3] He has handed the Eagle-Knight lineage^{[clarification needed]} over to his son Don José Luis. On October 9, 2010, Ruiz received a heart transplant at a hospital in Los Angeles, California. He was at a retreat in Wimberley, Texas, at the Lotus Ranch when he found out that a heart was available and had to charter a plane to get back to Los Angeles.^[3]

El etnocentrismo

El etnocentrismo es un concepto elaborado por la antropología para mencionar la tendencia que lleva a una persona o grupo social a interpretar la realidad a partir de sus propios parámetros culturales. Esta práctica está vinculada a la creencia de que la etnia propia y sus prácticas culturales son superiores a los comportamientos de otros grupos.

Una visión etnocentrista juzga y califica las costumbres, las creencias y el lenguaje de otras culturas de acuerdo a una cosmovisión considerada como deseable (que siempre es la propia). Las diferencias entre uno y otro grupo constituyen la identidad cultural.

El etnocentrismo es una tendencia común a cualquier grupo humano. Resulta usual que los elementos de la propia cultura sean calificados o comentados en términos positivos, describiendo de forma negativa las creencias y costumbres ajenas. Las prácticas de uno mismo son consideradas normales y hasta lógicas, a diferencia de los comportamientos exóticos y poco entendibles del otro.

Los antropólogos y otros científicos sociales deben esforzarse por no caer en el etnocentrismo a la hora de analizar las culturas que les resultan ajenas. El investigador debe luchar constantemente contra la tentación de considerar su propia estructura cultural como normal o superior para realizar un trabajo objetivo. El etnocentrismo también impide el aprendizaje (no puedo aprender de algo que considero inferior o menos valioso que lo que ya tengo).

El respeto por la propia identidad no implica tener una visión etnocéntrica del mundo: por el contrario, valorar las diferencias culturales es una forma de realzar nuestra propia historia.

Etnocentrismo y relativismo cultural

Desde sus orígenes, la antropología ha luchado para combatir el etnocentrismo que pondera a unas culturas sobre otras y genera una gran discriminación y disparidad en torno de las necesidades de los pueblos; donde quienes consiguen mayores beneficios son los grupos hegemónicos.

El etnocentrismo es un universal cultural; en todas partes hay personas que creen que su forma de entender la vida y costumbres es la correcta en detrimento de aquellos grupos que no las compartan. De hecho consideran que aquellos comportamientos diferentes son extraños o salvajes.

Existe además otro concepto que se conoce como relativismo cultural, que está ubicado en el extremo opuesto al etnocentrismo. Esta corriente de pensamiento afirma que ninguna cultura debe ser juzgada a partir de los patrones de otra.

Como todo razonamiento extremo, también el relativismo cultural puede ser negativo porque puede ser tolerante con aquellos comportamientos que atentan contra la vida o la libertad de los individuos que forman parte de un pueblo. Es decir que, desde este punto de vista, deberíamos aceptar las ideas preponderantes de la Alemania nazi, al igual que aceptamos las que provienen de la Grecia clásica.

Es importante que los antropólogos, desde un punto de vista objetivo, sensible y ante todo, transcultural, estudien una cultura, pero sin ignorar aquellos valores que tienen que ver con la justicia y la ética, los cuales deben apuntar a la defensa de la individualidad de todas las personas en cualquier ámbito cultural.

Podría decirse que dentro de una postura etnocentrista, la forma de acercarse a otra cultura sería desde una postura autoritaria que considera que todo aquello que se aleje de la propia sociedad es primitivo, inmaduro y hasta despreciable. Cabe mencionar que estos pensamientos niegan el proceso de la hominización y la historia de la diversidad humana.

Por su parte el relativismo cultural afirma que los rasgos característicos de un lugar deben analizarse únicamente dentro del sistema que pertenecen y que son tan dignos de respeto como los de cualquier otro.

Lee todo en: Definición de etnocentrismo - Qué es, Significado y Concepto http://definicion.de/etnocentrismo/#ixzz2hPtUIuGl

The choice theory. William Glasser

The 1998 book, Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom, is the primary text for all that is taught by The William Glasser Institute. Choice theory states that:

• all we do is behave,
• that almost all behavior is chosen, and
• that we are driven by our genes to satisfy five basic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom and fun.

In practice, the most important need is love and belonging, as closeness and connectedness with the people we care about is a requisite for satisfying all of the needs.

Choice theory, with the Seven Caring Habits, replaces external control psychology and the Seven Deadly Habits. External control, the present psychology of almost all people in the world, is destructive to relationships. When used, it will destroy the ability of one or both to find satisfaction in that relationship and will result in a disconnection from each other. Being disconnected is the source of almost all human problems such as what is called mental illness, drug addiction, violence, crime, school failure, spousal abuse, to mention a few.

Relationships and our Habits

Seven Caring Habits		Seven Deadly Habits
1.	Supporting	1.	Criticizing
2.	Encouraging	2.	Blaming
3.	Listening	3.	Complaining
4.	Accepting	4.	Nagging
5.	Trusting	5.	Threatening
6.	Respecting	6.	Punishing
7.	Negotiating differences	7.	Bribing, rewarding to control

The Ten Axioms of Choice Theory

1. The only person whose behavior we can control is our own.
2. All we can give another person is information.
3. All long-lasting psychological problems are relationship problems.
4. The problem relationship is always part of our present life.
5. What happened in the past has everything to do with what we are today, but we can only satisfy our basic needs right now and plan to continue satisfying them in the future.
6. We can only satisfy our needs by satisfying the pictures in our Quality World.
7. All we do is behave.
8. All behavior is Total Behavior and is made up of four components: acting, thinking, feeling and physiology.
9. All Total Behavior is chosen, but we only have direct control over the acting and thinking components. We can only control our feeling and physiology indirectly through how we choose to act and think.
10. All Total Behavior is designated by verbs and named by the part that is the most recognizable. 

Reality Therapy. William Glasser

Reality Therapy is the method of counseling that Dr. Glasser has been teaching since 1965. Reality therapy is firmly based on choice theory and its successful application is dependent on a strong understanding of choice theory. Reality therapy training is available to anyone...the first step in learning this tool is to enroll in a Basic Intensive Training.

Since unsatisfactory or non-existent connections with people we need are the source of almost all human problems, the goal of reality therapy is to help people reconnect. To create a connection between people, the reality therapy counselor, teacher or manager will:

• Focus on the present and avoid discussing the past because all human problems are caused by unsatisfying present relationships.

• Avoid discussing symptoms and complaints as much as possible since these are the ways that counselees choose to deal with unsatisfying relationships.

• Understand the concept of total behavior, which meansfocus on what counselees can do directly - act and think. Spend less time on what they cannot do directly; that is, change their feelings and physiology. Feelings and physiology can be changed, but only if there is a change in the acting and thinking.

• Avoid criticizing, blaming and/or complaining and help counselees to do the same. By doing this, they learn to avoid some extremely harmful external control behaviors that destroy relationships.

• Remain non-judgmental and non-coercive, but encourage people to judge all they are doing by the choice theory axiom: Is what I am doing getting me closer to the people I need? If the choice of behaviors is not working, then the counselor helps clients find new behaviors that lead to a better connection.

• Teach counselees that legitimate or not, excuses stand directly in the way of their making needed connections.

• Focus on specifics. Find out as soon as possible who counselees are disconnected from and work to help them choose reconnecting behaviors. If they are completely disconnected, focus on helping them find a new connection.

• Help them make specific, workable plans to reconnect with the people they need, and then follow through on what was planned by helping them evaluate their progress. Based on their experience, counselors may suggest plans, but should not give the message that there is only one plan. A plan is always open to revision or rejection by the counselee.

• Be patient and supportive but keep focusing on the source of the problem - the disconnectedness. Counselees who have been disconnected for a long time will find it difficult to reconnect. They are often so involved in the symptom they are choosing that they have lost sight of the fact that they need to reconnect. Help them to understand, through teaching them choice theory and encouraging them to read the book, Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom, that whatever their complaint, reconnecting is the best possible solution to their problem.

William Glasser. Reality Therapy.

Reality therapy teaches that we need NOT be victims of our past or our present unless we choose to be

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Rocky Balboa speech to his son.

- You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. I'd hold you up and say to your mother: this kid is going to be the best kid in the world. This kid is gonna be somebody better than anybody ever knew. 
And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching, every day was like a privilege. Then the time came for you to be your own man and take on the world and you did. 
 But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you are not good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame like a big shadow. 
Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there if you let it. You, me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! 
If you know what you're worth, go and get what you are worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers, saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him or her or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You are better than that!
 I'm always gonna love you no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You are the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself,you ain't gonna have a life.

Any Given Sunday - Pacino - Peace by Inches

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Temazo!!!!

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"Es muy importante encontrar una manera con la que podamos apreciar y divertirnos haciendo todo lo que hacemos en la vida". 

Rocky Balboa's Inspirational Speech To His Son With Mysic HD

Promised land

No, be encouraged today. Stay the course. Keep believing. You may be tired, discouraged and tempted to be frustrated, but don’t give up on your future. Stay on the high road. Our God is a faithful God. It may be taking a long time, but what He started He will finish in your life. Scripture says the eyes of the Lord search to and fro to find someone who will be faithful on His behalf. Be the person He finds faithful. Keep believing, keep praying, keep obeying and stay the course because He is leading you in the path of victory!

The present moment. by Alan Watts.

Life exists only at this very moment, and in this moment it is infinite and eternal. For the present moment is infinitely small; before we can measure it, it has gone and yet, persists forever. 

Detachment by Alan Watts

Detachment means to have neither regrets for the past nor fears for the future; to let life to take its course without attempting to interfere  with its movement and change, neither trying to prolong the stay of things pleasant not to hasten the departure of things unpleasant.

Autumn - George Winston

Inspirational quotes.

- Do it, and if doesn't work, do it again.

- A Cleaner can't ever accept that it's over. But he does recognize when it's time to change direction.

-It is not weak to recognize when it's time to change directions. It's weak to refuse to consider other options and fail at everything because you couldn't adapt to anything.

-In any situation, it's the courage and confidence to know it's time to make a change.

-I had no idea at that time that my greatest weakness would become my greatest strength, that experiencing every possible injury and surgery would allow me to help others to deal with the same, at the most elite level.

-You take what everyone else sees as a negative and turn it to your advantage. You don't sulk, you don't curl up and die, you glare at it and think, if it's not going to happen this way, it's sure as hell going to happen that way. And you tell anyone who doubts you "I got this"

-They anticipate failure, you anticipate opportunity.

-A Cleaner knows when to walk away, and which direction to walk. Never running, always walking. He leaves smoothly and on his own terms. He can lose a battle because he's still planning to win the war.

-The drive to close the gap between near-perfect and perfect is the difference between great and unstoppable.

-I don't have to watch the ball go into the basket, I know from looking at the shot whether it's going in.

-Nothing is impossible.

-I'm telling you that because my advice to my daughter is the same advice I pass along to you, so you know it's the truth: every dream you imagine, everything you see and hear and feel in your sleep, that's not a fantasy, that's your deep instinct telling you it can all be real. Follow those visions and dreams and desires, and believe what you know. Only you can turn those dreams into reality. Never stop until you do.

-The greatest battles you will ever fight are with yourself, and you must always be your toughest opponent. Always demand more of yourself than others demand of you. Be honest with yourself, and you'll be able to meet every challenge with confidence and the deep belief that you are prepared for anything. Life can be complicated. The truth is not

Relentless. Quotes V. By Tim Grover

- Show up, work hard and listen.

- No excuses and not explanation afterward. When the other guy sees you had some indecision, he’s going to try to negotiate. No is a closing door, no negotiation. Don’t explain, don’t make excuses. 

- People who don’t pursue their own dreams probably won’t encourage you to pursue yours.

- If there’s a 2 percent chance that something will work, and a 98 percent  chance that it won’t, he’ll take the 98 percent risk just to show he took the challenge and did what everyone else said couldn’t be done.

- Success and failure are 100 percent mental. 

- A Cleaner never sees failure because to him it’s never over. If something doesn’t go as planned he instinctively looks for options to make things work a different way. He doesn’t feel embarrassed or ashamed, he doesn’t blame anyone else, and he doesn’t care what anyone else says about his situation. It’s never the end, it’s never over.

- If you ever find me and a bear wrestling in the woods, help the bear. 

- Make the choice to turn “failure” into success. If you team doesn’t win a championship, if your business falls apart, if you don’t achieve something you worked for, move to the next step in you evolution. Remember who you are, and how you got this far. Listen to your gut. What is it telling you?

- The Cleaner strategizes for a different outcome. 

- You tried your best or did you do your best? Huge difference. People who admit defeat and say they had no choice  just aren’t serious about success, excellence, or themselves. They say they’ll try and then give up when doesn’t work. Fuck try. Trying in an open invitation to failure, just another way of saying; if I fail, it’s not my fault, I tried. Tell me what you did. Do, or don’t do. Do it, and if it doesn’t work, do it again. Did you do it this way? That way? Did you explore every idea you had? Is there anything else you could possibly do to turn things in your favor?

- A Cleaner can’t never accept it’s over. But he does recognize when it’s time to change direction.  It is not weak to recognize when it’s time to shift directions. It’s weak to refuse to consider other options and fail at everything because you couldn’t adapt to anything. In any situation, it’s the courage and confidence to know it’s time to make a change.

- To become the best, I had to learn a lot of lessons about always being prepared to change direction, and refusing to get sucked into other people’s opinions of what it means to succeed or fail. 

- As you sit back doing nothing because you are afraid to make a mistake, someone else is out there making all kinds of mistakes, learning from them, and getting to where you wanted to be. And probably laughing at your weakness.
-You don’t become unstoppable by following the crowd, you get there by doing something better than anyone else can do it,and proving every day why you are the best at what you can do.
- Why did not you trust yourself the first time?
- Can you get comfortable being uncomfortable?
- The most talented guy working harder than anyone else. (On Kobe)
- No fear of failure. That’s not about the myth of positive thinking. It’s about the hard work and preparation that go into knowing everything there is to know, letting go of your fears and insecurities, and trusting your ability to handle any situation.
- You have to be willing to fail if you are going to trust your yourself to act from the gut, and than adapt as you go. That’s the confidence that allows you to take risks and know that whatever happens, you will figure it out. Adapt, and adapt again.
- That’s how I learned: your figure it out.
- You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.
- As long as you continue to deny responsibility , you have the added burden of covering your mistake, and you know the truth will eventually come out anyway. Why bother prolonging the drama? You screwed up, admit it.
- Once you start blaming others, you’are admitting you had no control over the situation. And without that control, you can’t create a solution.
- Have the confidence to trust that you can handle anything.
 - When you are confident, you don’t care about what others think. You can take your mistakes seriously but still laugh because you know you can and will do better. Cleaners always have the confidence to know they’ll get it right. Accept the consequences and move on.
- If you did it, own it. If you said it, stand by it. Not just the mistakes, but all your decisions and choices. That’s your reputation. Make it count. If you want your opinions to have value, you have to be willing to put them out there and mean what you say. Two things you can’t let anyone take from you: your reputation and your balls. That means accepting the pressure of taking responsibility for everything you say and do.
- A Cleaner never wants to be locked in to one plan. He’ll know the original plan, and he’ll follow it if it feels right to him, but his skills and intuition are so great that he’ll usually improvise as he goes. He can’t help it. He just goes with the flow of the action, and wherever his instincts take him, that’s what you get.
- Will you be ready? Will you have done the work that allows you to step in, fully prepared, and show you should have had that job all along?
- Everyone is given some ability at birth.
- Our challenge in life is to use the abilities we have, and to compensate for the abilities we don’t have. Successful people compensate for what they don’t have. Unsuccessful people make excuses, blame everyone else and never get past the deficiencies.
- Every minute that you sit around trying to figure out what to do, someone else is already doing it. Make a choice or a choice will be made for you. A Cleaner makes decisions because there’s no chance in the world he’s going to let anyone else make a decision for him.
- Over thinking imaginary problems just generates fear and anxiety. There is only a situation, your response and an outcome. Prepare yourself with everything you’ll need to succeed, then act.
- Are you listening to others, or to your own instincts?
 - Good things come to those who work.
- It’s easy to improve on mediocrity, not so easy to improve on excellence.
- There are not shortcuts, no luck.
- The guy who started by sorting the mail, or cleaning the restaurant late at night, or fixing the equipment at the gym, that’s the guy who knows how things get done.
- Cleaners don’t care about instant gratification. The invest in the long therm payoff.
- I can’t believe how lucky that guy is, I could do that if… Stop. You could do that if… what? If you put in more time and effort? If you commit to whatever is making it work for him? If you’re willing to pay the price he’s paying? What’s he doing that you can’t do?
- When did hard work become a skill? It doesn’t take talent to work hard, anyone can do it. Show up, work hard and listen. It takes a willingness to be dedicated, to improve, to be better.
- Cleaner Law: when you are going through a world of pain, you never hide. You show up to work ready to go, you face adversity and your critics and those who judge you, you step into the Zone and perform at that top level when everyone is expecting you to falter. That’s being a profesional

El sistema educativo finlandés.

El sistema educativo finlandés es un sistema igualitario: la escolaridad es obligatoria de los 7 a los 16 años (los alumnos acuden a la escuela local). Es gratuita a tiempo completo para los estudiantes y esta gratuidad incluye la asistencia sanitaria y el comedor (con una comida diaria que debe cubrir alrededor de un tercio de las necesidades nutricionales diarias del alumno) para las escuelas primaria y secundaria. Durante toda la escuela elemental (peruskoulu) de 7 a 16 años, todos los libros y materiales escolares son gratuitos y dados por el mismo centro. Los alumnos que viven lejos de la escuela - a más de 5km - pueden pedir el reembolso del coste del transporte. Los alumnos que tienen dificultades de aprendizaje pudiendo también beneficiarse, en el mismo centro, de la ayuda de un profesor especialista (eritysopettaja), que puede ir a clase para guiarlo o bien trabajar con él de manera separada.¹

A partir de la encuesta internacional PISA sobre los sistemas educativos de la OCDE, Finlandia recibe regularmente las mejores calificaciones a escala mundial. En 2003 los alumnos finlandeses de 15 años figuraban en el primer lugar del ranking mundial en cuanto a competencias lingüísticas y científicas, y se clasificaron en segunda posición en cuanto a resolución de problemas. En cuanto a los estudios superiores, el FEM (Foro Económico Mundial) situó Finlandia primera en el ranking mundial en cuanto a número de matrículas y calidad, y en segundo lugar en la enseñanza de las matemáticas y las ciencias. En los estudios que se hacer para analizar los motivos de estos buenos resultados se ponían de relieve el alto grado de responsabilidad de los alumnos, la ausencia de estrés en un sistema donde no se puede repetir curso y la calidad de la formación de los docentes.

Es importante considerar que los docentes del sistema público son elegidos directamente por la directiva del centro educativo. Esto permite que cada centro pueda crear los mejores equipos de trabajo y buscar a los profesores que mejor encajen en su proyecto educativo real. Los fondos que recibe cada centro son proporcionales a el nivel de calidad que estos ofrecen.

45 uses for lemons

Most people are familiar with the traditional uses for lemons to soothe sore throats and add some citrus flavor to our foods. However the diversity of applications for lemons far exceeds general knowledge and once you read the following list, you'll likely want to stock at least a few lemons in your kitchen 24-7.

1. Freshen the Fridge
Remove refrigerator odors with ease. Dab lemon juice on a cotton ball or sponge and leave it in the fridge for several hours. Make sure to toss out any malodorous items that might be causing the bad smell.

2. High Blood Pressure
Lemon contains potassium which controls high blood pressure and reduces the effect of nausea and dizziness.

3. Prevent Cauliflower From Turning Brown
Cauliflower tend to turn brown with even the slightest cooking. You can make sure the white vegetables stay white by squeezing a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice on them before heating.

4. Mental Health
Lemon water can also prep up your mood and relieve you from depression and stress. Long distance walkers and world travelers as well as explorers look upon the lemon as a Godsend. When fatigue begins, a lemon is sucked through a hole in the top. Quick acting medicine it is, giving almost unbelievable refreshments. 

5. Refresh Cutting Boards
No wonder your kitchen cutting board smells! After all, you use it to chop onions, crush garlic, and prepare fish. To get rid of the smell and help sanitize the cutting board, rub it all over with the cut side of half a lemon or wash it in undiluted juice straight from the bottle.

6. Respiratory Problems
Lemon water can reduce phlegm; and can also help you breathe properly and aids a person suffering with asthma.

7. Treating Arthritis and Rheumatism
Lemon is a diuretic - assists in the production of urine which helps you to reduce inflammation by flushing out toxins and bacteria while also giving you relief from arthritis and rheumatism.

8. Prevents Kidney Stones
Regular consumption of the refreshing drink -- or even lemon juice mixed with water -- may increase the production of urinary citrate, a chemical in the urine that prevents the formation of crystals that may build up into kidney stones. 

9. Keep Insects Out of the Kitchen
You don’t need insecticides or ant traps to ant-proof your kitchen. Just give it the lemon treatment. First squirt some lemon juice on door thresholds and windowsills. Then squeeze lemon juice into any holes or cracks where the ants are getting in. Finally, scatter small slices of lemon peel around the outdoor entrance. The ants will get the message that they aren’t welcome. Lemons are also effective against roaches and fleas: Simply mix the juice of 4 lemons (along with the rinds) with 1/2 gallon (2 liters) water and wash your floors with it; then watch the fleas and roaches flee. They hate the smell.

10. Anti-Aging
Lemon water reduces the production of free radicals which are responsible for aging skin and skin damage. Lemon water is calorie free and an antioxidant.

11. Fruit and Vegetable Wash
You never know what kind of pesticides or dirt may be lurking on the skin of your favorite fruits and vegetables. Slice your lemon and squeeze out one tablespoon of lemon juice into your spray bottle. The lemon juice is a natural disinfectant and will leave your fruits and vegetables smelling nice too.

12. Treat Infections
Lemon water can fight throat infections thanks to its antibacterial property. If salt water does not work for you, try lime and water for gargling.

13. Deodorize Your Garbage 
If your garbage is beginning to smell yucky, here’s an easy way to deodorize it: Save leftover lemon and orange peels and toss them at the base under the bag. To keep it smelling fresh, repeat once every couple of weeks.

14. Keep Guacamole Green
You’ve been making guacamole all day long for the big party, and you don’t want it to turn brown on top before the guests arrive. The solution: Sprinkle a liberal amount of fresh lemon juice over it and it will stay fresh and green. The flavor of the lemon juice is a natural complement to the avocados in the guacamole. Make the fruit salad hours in advance too. Just squeeze some lemon juice onto the apple slices, and they’ll stay snowy white.

15. Purges The Blood
We consume a lot of junk food or food with a lot of preservatives and artificial flavours. This builds up a lot of toxins in the blood and body but daily consumption of lemon water helps to purify the blood. 

16. Make Soggy Lettuce Crisp
Don’t toss that soggy lettuce into the garbage. With the help of a little lemon juice you can toss it in a salad instead. Add the juice of half a lemon to a bowl of cold water. Then put the soggy lettuce in it and refrigerate for 1 hour. Make sure to dry the leaves completely before putting them into salads or sandwiches.

17. Oral Health
Lemon juice also stops bleeding gums and reduces toothaches

18. Lighten Age Spots
Why buy expensive creams when you’ve got lemon juice? To lighten liver spots or freckles, try applying lemon juice directly to the area. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then rinse your skin clean. It’s a safe and effective skin-lightening agent.

19. Create Blonde Highlights
For salon-worthy highlights, add 1/4 cup lemon juice to 3/4 cup water and rinse your hair with the mixture. Then, sit in the sun until your hair dries. To maximize the effect, repeat once daily for up to a week. 

20. Make a Room Scent/Humidifier
Freshen and moisturize the air in your home on dry winter days. Make your own room scent that also doubles as a humidifier. If you have a wood-burning stove, place an enameled cast-iron pot or bowl on top, fill with water, and add lemon (and/or orange) peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and apple skins. No wood-burning stove? Use your stovetop instead and just simmer the water periodically.

21. Clean and Whiten Nails
Pamper your hands without a manicurist. Add the juice of 1/2 lemon to 1 cup warm water and soak your fingertips in the mixture for 5 minutes. After pushing back the cuticles, rub some lemon peel back and forth against the nail.

22. Cleanse Your Face
Zap zits naturally by dabbing lemon juice on blackheads to draw them out during the day. You can also wash your face with lemon juice for a natural cleanse and exfoliation. Your skin should improve after several days of treatment. Lemon water is also a cooling agent, best way to beat the heat.

23. Freshen Your Breath
Make an impromptu mouthwash by rinsing with lemon juice straight from the bottle. Swallow for longer-lasting fresh breath. The citric acid in the juice alters the pH level in your mouth, killing bacteria that causes bad breath. Rinse after a few minutes because long-term exposure to the acid in lemons can harm tooth enamel.

24. Treat Flaky Dandruff
If itchy, scaly dandruff has you scratching your head, relief may be no farther away than your refrigerator. Just massage two tablespoons lemon juice into your scalp and rinse with water. Then stir one teaspoon lemon juice into one cup water and rinse your hair with it. Repeat daily until your dandruff disappears.

25. Get Rid of Tough Stains on Marble
You probably think of marble as stone, but it is really petrified calcium (also known as old seashells). That explains why it is so porous and easily stained and damaged. Those stains can be hard to remove. If washing won’t remove a stubborn stain, try this: Cut a lemon in half, dip the exposed flesh into some table salt, and rub it vigorously on the stain. But do this only as a last resort; acid can damage marble. Rinse well. Use These Lemons To Clean - Easy and Effective

26. Remove Berry Stains
It sure was fun to pick your own berries, but now your fingers are stained with berry juice that won’t come off no matter how much you scrub with soap and water. Try washing your hands with undiluted lemon juice, then wait a few minutes and wash with warm, soapy water. Repeat until your hands are stain-free.

27. Soften Dry, Scaly Elbows
Itchy elbows are bad enough, but they look terrible too. For better looking (and feeling) elbows, mix baking soda and lemon juice to make an abrasive paste, then rub it into your elbows for a soothing, smoothing, and exfoliating treatment. Rinse your extremities in a mixture of equal parts lemon juice and water, then massage with olive oil and dab dry with a soft cloth.

28. Headaches 
Lemon juice with a few teaspoons of hot tea added is the treatment of a sophisticated New York bartender, for those who suffer with hangover headaches--and from headaches due to many other causes. He converts his customers to this regime, and weans them away from drug remedies completely.

29. Chills and Fevers
Chills and fevers may be due to a variety of causes; never the less the lemon is always a helpful remedy. Spanish physicians regard it as an infallible friend. 

30. Diptheria
Skip the vaccine for this disease. Lemon Juice Treatment still proves as one of the most powerful antiseptics and the strong digestive qualities of the fruit are admired around the world. With the juice every hour or two, and at the same time, 1/2 to 1 tsp. should be swallowed. This cuts loose the false membrane in the throat and permits it to come out.

31. Vaginal Hygiene
Diluted lemon juice makes a safe and sane method of vaginal hygiene. Though it is a powerful antiseptic it is nevertheless free from irritating drugs in douches and suppositories. 

32. Forget The Moth Balls
A charming French custom to keep closets free from moths is to take ripe lemons and stick them with cloves all over the skin. The heavily studded lemons slowly dry with their cloves, leaving a marvelous odor throughout the closets and rooms. 

33. Stomach Health
Digestive problems are the most common ailments but warm water and lime juice is the solution to most digestive problems. Lemon juice helps to purify the blood, reduces your chances of indigestion, constipation, eliminates toxins from the body, adds digestion and reduces phlegm.

34. Disinfect Cuts and Scrapes
Stop bleeding and disinfect minor cuts and scraps by pouring a few drops of lemon juice directly on the cut. You can also apply the juice with a cotton ball and hold firmly in place for one minute.

35. Soothe Poison Ivy Rash
You won’t need an ocean of calamine lotion the next time poison ivy comes a-creeping. Just apply lemon juice directly to the affected area to soothe itching and alleviate the rash.

36. Remove Warts
You’ve tried countless remedies to banish warts and nothing seems to work. Next time, apply a dab of lemon juice directly to the wart using a cotton swab. Repeat for several days until the acids in the lemon juice dissolve the wart completely.

37. Bleach Delicate Fabrics
Avoid additional bleach stains by swapping ordinary household chlorine bleach with lemon juice, which is milder but no less effective. Soak your delicates in a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda for at least half an hour before washing.

38. Clean Tarnished Brass and Polish Chrome
Say good-bye to tarnish on brass, copper, or stainless steel. Make a paste of lemon juice and salt (or substitute baking soda or cream of tartar for the salt) and coat the affected area. Let it stay on for 5 minutes. Then wash in warm water, rinse, and polish dry. Use the same mixture to clean metal kitchen sinks too. Apply the paste, scrub gently, and rinse. Get rid of mineral deposits and polish chrome faucets and other tarnished chrome. Simply rub lemon rind over the chrome and watch it shine! Rinse well and dry with a soft cloth.

39. Replace Your Dry Cleaner
Ditch the expensive dry-cleaning bills (and harsh chemicals) with this homegrown trick. Simply scrub the stained area on shirts and blouses with equal parts lemon juice and water. Your “pits” will be good as new, and smell nice too.

40. Boost Laundry Detergent
For more powerful cleaning action, pour 1 cup lemon juice into the washer during the wash cycle. The natural bleaching action of the juice will zap stains and remove rust and mineral discolorations from cotton T-shirts and briefs and will leave your clothes smelling fresh. Your clothes will turn out brighter and also come out smelling lemon-fresh.

41. Rid Clothes of Mildew
Have you ever unpacked clothes you stored all winter and discovered some are stained with mildew? To get rid of it, make a paste of lemon juice and salt and rub it on the affected area, then dry the clothes in sunlight. Repeat the process until the stain is gone.

42. Eliminate Fireplace Odor
There’s nothing cozier on a cold winter night than a warm fire burning in the fireplace — unless the fire happens to smell horrible. Next time you have a fire that sends a stench into the room, try throwing a few lemon peels into the flames. Or simply burn some lemon peels along with your firewood as a preventive measure.

43. Neutralize Cat-Box Odor
You don’t have to use an aerosol spray to neutralize foul-smelling cat-box odors or freshen the air in your bathroom. Just cut a couple of lemons in half. Then place them, cut side up, in a dish in the room, and the air will soon smell lemon-fresh.

44. Deodorize a Humidifier
When your humidifier starts to smell funky, deodorize it with ease: Just pour 3 or 4 teaspoons lemon juice into the water. It will not only remove the off odor but will replace it with a lemon-fresh fragrance. Repeat every couple of weeks to keep the odor from returning.

45. Reduce Asthma Symptoms
In addition to a general detoxifying diet, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice before each meal, and before retiring can reduce asthma symptoms.