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Today I will be sitting down to share Thanksgiving with a childhood friend I had not seen in over 25 years. This is a result of the Law of Attraction. I came to Washington DC last week to deliver two workshop presentations which included Visualization and the Law of Attraction.I had spent so many unpleasant Thanksgivings in DC that I was determined not to be with anyone that would embarrass me, hurt me, be nasty to me or bring painful tears from my heart to my eyes. I came from Florida, with an absolutely no idea where I would be spending Thanksgiving Day. I knew in my heart that I would like to be with someone who loved me, appreciated me and respected me. And I left it to the Cosmic to find me a safe, harmonious table.I had planned to spend a few days with an elderly friend. But she became so ill that I had to extend my hotel stay. I sat in silence and asked “where should I go? Who should I call?“ The answer came clear, “Call Linda!” But the problem was that I had not been in contact with Linda in over 15 years.When I searched my phone I found her old work number. But I figured she had retired. That turned out to be true. I had a number that was a landline. But I left a message anyway. I didn’t worry about whether or not she would call me back . But she heard it and did call me back.I asked if I could stay with her through the holiday. Her immediate response was, “C’mon!” Her mother had been my sister’s lifelong best friend. And so in spite of the years, no time had passed between us – – the bond was a strong as ever. This story is an excellent example of the Law of Attraction.These six points outline my process that manifested my desire.Deep in my heart I had a desire.I meditated on that desire.I released that desire into the Cosmic.I had what I call “Cosmic Confidence” — an assurance that my desire would be fulfilled.I didn’t worry about it anymore.I gave thanks when it was fulfilled — “Attitude of Gratitude”These points contain the essence of how to work in harmony with the Law of Attraction.One of the most powerful laws of the Cosmic is the Law of Vibration. Everything that exists in the universe is always in constant motion – – including us. That motion sends out signals, so that whatever is vibrating at the same rate is attracted to the other that is vibrating at the same rate. That’s why thoughts are was so powerful. What you think about you truly do attract.My thoughts attracted to me the experience I deeply desired. I have manifested dream jobs, apartments, world travel and met incredible human beings! Test this law for yourself.I recommend you read “Creative Visualization” by Shakti Gawain. This was my text book when I began studying how to attract conditions to fulfill my desires.Here is a link:http://106233497-Creative-Visualization.pdf - BoxHope it inspires you! I strengthened my creative visualization skills through my studies with The Rosicrucian Order, AMORCThis booklet on the AMORC website, called the “Mastery of Life” will explain their advanced studies on creative visualization. Enjoy you adventure!Explore! Experiment! Experience!#InwardandOnward!#TogetherWeGrowFrancesca C. Simon is on Spotify — listen!ABCs of Meditation by Francesca C. Simon (Trailer)Listen to this episode from ABCs of Meditation by Francesca C. Simon on Spotify. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/francesca-c-simon/supporthttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2SKsjXjTNBNubntqHMACr6?si=6yncYRnXRJKXAPHcu7SD8AVISIT MY QUORA SPACES!

There are around 2,000 billionaires in the world.And by definition, they’re some of the best at time management. They’re bombarded with thousands of emails. They have a thousand things they could do: meet with an employee, schedule a meeting, find a new marketing strategy, work on a product design, etc.How do they choose what’s most important and still effectively build their wealth to $10,000 per day or more?It’s not a “myth” that people succeed because they’re more productive.The female billionaire Sheryl Sandberg has stated in her books that she made sure to leave work at 5:30 every day because her children were a priority.Richard Branson has over 400 companies to run but he still has time to kite-surf because he puts his fitness as a priority.President Bush has a million things to do: foreign leaders to call, CIA briefings to read, voters to please, and so on. Yet he was able to still read 95 books in a year: more than most people ever read.Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell Soup, sent 20 handwritten thank you notes a day while running a Fortune 500 company.I stumbled across a book called 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management: The Productivity Habits of 7 Billionaires, 13 Olympic Athletes, 29 Straight-A Students, and 239 Entrepreneurs.It has the longest title I’ve seen in a while. And I think it’ll help you uncover some secrets of time management.Here are the top tips on billionaire productivity tips I know (which I learned from this book and all the other videos and podcasts I consumed):1. Do the #1 Most Important Task At The Start of the DayNathan Blecharczyk, billionaire, and cofounder of Airbnb, says he fills his calendar from reverse.He schedules things from the end of the day to the start so that he can focus on the real work in the morning. He makes sure to leave meetings for late in the day because they’re not as important.You want to start your day with your #1 most important task and finish it first because otherwise, you get distracted with less important requests, tasks, and email.2. Don’t MultitaskBillionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes gave some short advice for the book:Do one thing at once. Stop multitasking!When I was young, I grew up with multitasking and could do it better than most people. I used to pride myself on the process.Later on, I did some research on multitasking. Studies show that it decreases productivity, especially for the young people who have done it for longer. The American Psychological Association found that task switching can lead to a 40% decrease in productivity.3. Have Themed DaysThe youngest billionaire in history and founder of Facebook and Asana, Dustin Moskovitz, said:Have a themed day of the week where you don’t have meetings. He says it allows for no interruptions and focus on individual work.At Asana, they have No Meeting Wednesday’s.Billionaire Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square also has themed days. Jack, like Elon Musk, works 80 hour weeks, 40 at each company.In a 2011 interview at Techonomy, Dorsey said he accomplishes this by having themed days and being very disciplined.Every day has a theme and he does the same things around that theme at each company on a specific day.These themes let him deal with interruptions and distractions. If a task or request is not in theme with the day, he does not do it. It sets a cadence for the rest of the company to deliver and check their progress:His Mondays are for management.His Tuesdays are for product.Wednesday’s are marketing and growth.Thursdays are for developers and partnerships.Friday’s are on culture and recruiting.Saturday’s he takes off.Sunday’s are for reflection, strategy, feedback, and getting ready for Monday.4. Discipline Matters More Than IntelligenceThe billionaire Andrew Mason, co-founder of Groupon and Detour, said that he’s met a lot of people who are smarter but less successful than him because they lack the discipline to do what they say they will:“I often meet people who seem smarter than me yet are less capable because they don’t have the self-discipline and/or self-confidence to introspect on their ability to do what they think they’re going to do and find ways to iteratively improve. Amazingly, it’s as simple as that. It’s kind of a sore spot for me because I can’t understand why people don’t take it more seriously.” -Andrew MasonHe says it’s that simple. It’s not rocket science. Being disciplined about forming great habits is a true key to success.I highly recommend you read The Power of Habit. It goes into great scientific detail, while staying easy to read, on how to effectively form great habits and break bad habits. I wrote an article on everything you need to know about the book as well.Andrew said that if he was playing a video game that replicates real life business and had 10 points to distribute into skills, he’d put 7 into discipline and 3 into intelligence.Nothing into Ability Power, Attack Damage, or Mana, Andrew? I jest. Nerd joke.The point is to improve your willpower because it matters more than pure IQ.5. Recharge and Refresh Mid-Day To Keep Up Your Mental FitnessThe youngest billionaire in Africa, Mohammed Dewji, says that mental fitness and a fresh mind are keys to success.By 1pm, he has already worked 7 hours and it’s natural for him to feel drained and tired. He has a daily workout during his lunch hour to recharge and refresh.This let’s him attack the 2nd half of his day as hard as he did the 1st half. He recommends finding what works best for you to stay invigorated and recharge. He acknowledges that people have different ways of doing it that work best.There are hundreds of studies, articles, and books that prove how exercise is so beneficial to you in so many ways. Studies show that exercise increases your focus, energy, happiness, productivity, attractiveness, health, and longevity. Look at it as an investment rather than a time cost.Dustin Moskovitz, billionaire cofounder of Facebook, wrote a whole Medium post saying how he regretted not exercising and eating better because he would have achieved his success even faster, and without the arguments and health problems he had.6. Devote At Least 50% of Your Time to Building Great Products. Avoid Ego-Gratifying Activities.Mark Pincus is the billionaire founder of Zynga, a video game app platform built on the back of the social network Facebook.Mark says that if you want to build great products, you should spend at least 50% of your work time to building great products.He says don’t accept speaking opportunities if they don’t benefit your users or company.The same goes for any ego-boosting activities that don’t contribute to the bottom line success of your company, such as going on talk shows. Good To Great is a book that outlines the downfalls of doing this. Lee Iacocca was a bad-ass entrepreneur who took Chrysler from near-bankruptcy to a full revival. But during the second half of his tenure, he started spending most of his time on talk shows, TV shows, and other ego-boosting events. Chrysler’s stock took a huge plunge.7. Write Notes Down on PaperIn the book, Greek billionaire Aristotle Onassis is quoted giving advice on writing things down.He calls it his “million dollar lesson they don’t teach in business school.”He recommends you write everything down in a notebook. Everything. This includes ideas, information about a new person you met, or interesting facts.He says that if you write things down, you’re more likely to act on things. If you don’t, you forget.Many successful people still write things down on paper ; this includes Brian Tracy, Napoleon Hill, Bill Gates, and Richard Branson.Richard Branson has spent a great deal of time emphasizing the importance of writing everything down immediately so you do not forget, especially in his articles online and his books The Virgin Way and Business Stripped Bare.He says this is so important because:No one else does it. They think they can remember everything in their head and they end up forgetting most of it. He is always the only one writing things down in a notebook.You have proof if someone questions your memory later on.Richard tells the story of a man he knew who had the most incredible memory but forgot something at the absolutely worse time: during an important business deal. I have heard almost the exact same story from people in real life back when I tried to rely on my memory for everything.Write it down on paper because it burns it into your brain and subconscious more than typing it out does. Ever since I started writing everything down, I realized how much I forget on a daily basis by looking at my notes later.Even the genius rapper Eminem said in a 60 Minutes Interview that he always wrote things down whenever he had an idea for a lyric.Taylor Swift has admitted in many interviews that she immediately records a voice memo if she has a song idea on her iPhone.8. Be Willing To Say Not And Give Yourself TimeCEO of LinkedIn Jeff Weiner schedules “do nothing” time on his calendar. He schedules 90 minutes to 2 hours in total a day a day, broken into 30 to 90-minute blocks.No one can disturb him during this time.He developed this system after having no time to process anything. His schedule was always packed with back-to-back meetings.He realized these breaks were absolutely necessary to do his job well.Many millionaires I have come across have voiced similar realizations.They’ve burned out after years overwork to the point of physical illness and had to finally give themselves free time.This includes some of the most followed people on social media, like Cara DeLevingne, Alicia Keys, and Lady Gaga. These three have spoken publicly about it.Cara suffered from skin and health issues from overwork. Her modeling agency shipped her to a hospital for a quick, unhealthy drug fix rather than tell her to rest.9. Reduce (or Eliminate) the Meetings You Have3 billionaires gave advice on reducing or eliminating meetings in the book.Mark Cuban said to never have a meeting unless you stand to make a lot of money: like a sales negotiation or when you are selling your company.His exact words were:“Never do meetings unless someone is writing a check.”Warren Buffett, consistently the world’s richest man this last decade, said in numerous interviews with him and Bill Gates that he never has meetings.This is because many meetings are a waste of time. If you pay people $30 an hour and ten people show up for a useless meeting, they have taken $300 from you.If you are an employee, Tim Ferriss, author of the 4 Hour Work Week, has some great strategies for phasing out of meetings as an employee in his book.Jason Fried, a multi-millionaire, has said in his book Rework to only invite necessary people to a meeting. He also recommends setting an objective at the start and a timer for how long the meeting goes for. It’s all about not wasting people’s time. As the boss, you’re paying for that time.Try Stand-Up Meetings With A Time Limit and PurposeIf you do have meetings, try having stand-up meetings. Billionaire Richard Branson has 10-minute stand-up meetings. He says this is because:It emphasizes real communication.It makes it quicker to get to business and seal a deal.It wastes less time.No one nods off.Decisions are made quicker.“While some circumstances call for workshops and more elaborate presentations, it’s very rare that a meeting on a single topic should need to last more than 5-10 minutes.”-Richard BransonA 1999 study from the Journal of Applied Psychology found that sit-down meetings were 34% longer than stand-up meetings but produced no better decisions.Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that stand-up meetings produced far better outcomes than sit-down meetings. In Social Psychological & Personality Science, they found that stand-up meetings led to better collaboration, more engagement, less possessiveness, and more problem-solving creativity.Try A Walking MeetingRichard Branson said he prefers walking meetings for the reasons listed above. Also, seeing running waters from rivers or oceans makes him more creative.According to the book, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and Jack Dorsey also had walking meetings.10. Don’t Under-emphasize the basics: Exercise, Eat Right, & ReadThis one is more from finding obvious common themes from millionaires, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Tony Robbins. These are basic, common themes that are simple, but no one does.Basic fundamental habits are most easily looked over because they’re “too easy.” Yet everyone is too lazy to actually do them consistently.Most multi-millionaires do most, if not all, of these:Stay fully hydratedEat nutritious foodExercise daily, especially cardio (aerobic exercise)Wake up before 6amMeditateRead the right thingsJournalDaily goal-settingThe most important are probably exercise, nutrition, and goal setting. I’d throw in meditation as a close 4th.Don’t let it overwhelm you. Just improving on one of these puts you ahead. The average person doesn’t bother to improve any of these.11. Realize You Control Your Time & Simplify Your CalendarHere’s a bonus tip. Warren Buffett has said in many interviews that he keeps his calendar very simple. In the Charlie Rose interview below, he shows his actual calendar, which has only three to-do activities for the month.Bill Gates was stunned when he learned about this from Warren. Before he met him, he was moreso at the whim of whoever wanted his time. Warren taught him that you are in charge of your time, not someone else.Bill still maps out every minute of his day to control his productivity, but is more thoughtful with what he chooses to put on there. As you can tell, there are different styles based on your preferences. But there are universal mindsets that you should still have.Warren has an infinite amount of things he could do. But by focusing on an amount he can count with his fingers for the month, it clears out all the low-impact, distracting activities he should de-prioritize.

Noordung Space Habitat - 1924DiscussionToday, SpaceX launches Liquid Oxygen and Kerosene powered engines that have incredible performance. Engine pressures are 300 times atmospheric pressure and exhaust speeds of 3.75 km/sec are routinely achieved. Thrust to weight is 167 to 1!! Meanwhile structural fraction is less than 3% of total vehicle mass- beating the relative weight of an egg shell versus an egg. A result of advanced materials and methods impossible to achieve in any reasonable time in the 1890s. Controls with modern electronics and computers make retropropulsion seem easy seem impossible to attain in the 1890s.It seems with the limited materials methods and know how it would be impossible to build a moon ship. yet, the Russian Cosmism movement that inspired Tsiolkovski to solve the rocket equation thought such a task was attainable in that era, given the advances made by industry up to that time. Modern rail road networks would be impossibly dangerous to operate without the invention of the electrical railway telegraph that automatically signalled engineers and switchmen across a continent as trains passed down various rail lines in different directions and speeds - without collision. This was developed in the 1840s. Optical telegraphs sent signals instantly across the European continent in Napoleon’s time.When one looks at the severe restrictions and limitations imposed by technology of the 1890s one realises that if we limit ourselves to the temperatures and pressures and strengths attainable with the materials possible, all we are doing is increasing our structural component, and reducing our exhaust speeds.Charles Goodyear invented Rubber in 1839. Hydrogen Peroxide was prepared industrially in 1873. A similar litany of development of critical components were made well before 1890 start date, so a careful analysis of the requirements in the context of the industrial art of that era, would form an interesting study.Labour was very cheap in this era. That means lots of labor and plenty of it could be commanded by a small sum of money. The Majestic, a 9965 ton ship could be built for less than $1 million. $100 per ton.A structure fraction of 12.5%An exhaust velocity of 2.4 km/secMechanical & electro mechanical controls (watchwork)Mechanical & electro mechanical computersFor storeability - Nitrous oxide and rubber - Nitrous oxide can be decomposed to form air.For simplicity - hybrid engine - liquid nitrous and solid rubber.So, starting with a 10,000 ton structure, this implies an 80,000 take off weight with 70,000 ton of propellant. The total delta vee to get to the Moon is 18 km/sec. A 2.57 km/sec delta vee per stage using a 2.4 km/sec exhaust speed.0.658 per stage - propellant fraction0.122 per stage - structure fraction0.220 per stage - payload fractionSo 80,000* 0.22^7 = 1.995 tons - final payloadSo,Stage 7:2 tons / 0.22 = 9.09 stage weight5.99 tons propellant weight9.09–5.99–2 = 1.10 structure weightStage 6:9.09 tons / 0.22 = 41.32 stage weight27.19 tons propellant weight41.32–27.19–9.09 = 5.04 tons structure weightStage 5:41.32 tons / 0.22 = 187.82 stage weight187.82 * 0.658 = 123.59 propellant weight187.82 - 123.59 - 41.32 = 22.91Stage 4:187.82 / 0.22 = 853.73 tons stage weight853.73*0.658 = 561.76 tons propellant weight853.73–561.76–187.82 = 104.15 tons structure weightStage 3853.73 / 0.22 = 3880.58 tons stage weight2553.42 tons propellant weight3880.58 - 2553.42–853.73 = 473.43 tons structure weightStage 23880.58/0.22 = 17,639.00 tons stage weight11,606.5 propellant weight17639–11606.5–3880.58 = 2151.92 tons structureStage 117,639.00/0.22 = 80,177.3 tons stage weight52,756.6 propellant weight80177.3–52756.6–17639.0 = 9781.7 tons structure2 tons is double what the Apollo Command module carried.Building a 1.1 ton structure with capsule and control, that I could take off and land - practicing landing on the moon - and demonstrating the system to the public. Then add stages.I would make a series of pipe-like hybrid rockets with telegraph control system and put them together module fashion - ending up with something similar to the VonBraun rocket - excepting 7 stages.So, one stage system with 1.2 km/sec has a range of 140 km - with powered landing. 560 km with two stages - and potentially recovering the stages. This allows testing of control hardware at higher speeds. 1,500 km with three stages, and recovery of all stages. 6,000 km with four stages and recovery of stages. Orbit with four stages and return to Earth. Moon orbit and return - with five stages. (also put up a space station and visit it with the smaller ship to promote the project). Six stages enter moon orbit - and land an unmanned stage on the surface while return capsule remains in orbit which comes back. Seven stages - land return capsule on surface and come back.Now, the four stage system puts 187.2 tons into orbit. The five stages less the first stage puts 41 tons into orbit. So, you can see on your way to the moon, you could put up a sizeable space stationThe entire operation involves a number of ships (assuming that the recovery operation was for research only, not actual reuse - but beyond the 1900s we would expect progress to advance beyond the 10 year limit) So, we build 100 ships - 700 stages - for $100 million - $3.5 billion - which would have employed - 12,785 people at $6 per day (very good wages) for a decade - each working 60 hours per week - 6 days per week 10 hours per day.AerodynamicsOtto Lilenthal - 1890sPumpsCharles Algernon Parsons invented the modern steam turbine in 1884 and, having foreseen its potential to power ships, he set up the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company with five associates in 1893. To develop this he had the experimental vessel Turbinia built in a light design of steel by the firm of Brown and Hood, based at Wallsend on Tyne in the Northeast of England.ControlsComputer SupportThe period 1860 to 1910 is known as "The Golden Age of Automata". During this period many small family based companies of Automata makers thrived in Paris. From their workshops they exported thousands of clockwork automata and mechanical singing birds around the world. Although now rare and expensive, these French automata attract collectors worldwide. The main French makers were Bontems, Lambert, Phalibois, Renou, Roullet & Decamps, Theroude and Vichy.Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to more complex electronic designs, though all the essential ideas of modern computers are to be found in Babbage's Analytical Engine. His varied work in other fields has led him to be described as "pre-eminent" among the many polymaths of his century.Life SupportIn 1829 the Deane brothers sailed from Whitstable for trials of their new underwater apparatus, establishing the diving industry in the town. In 1834 Charles used his diving helmet and suit in a successful attempt on the wreck of Royal George at Spithead, during which he recovered 28 of the ship's cannon. In 1836, John Deane recovered timbers, guns, longbows, and other items from the recently rediscovered wreckage of the Mary Rose.By 1836 the Deane brothers had produced the world's first diving manual, Method of Using Deane's Patent Diving Apparatus which explained in detail the workings of the apparatus and pump, plus safety precautions.StructureThe tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. It was the first structure to reach a height of 300 metres.Gustave Eiffel published a work on how to build arbitrarily large structures by tapering them regardless of the limitations of the materials. This is an important trick given the limitations of the materials of the age, and the time frame in which the project must be done.TheoryWays to spaceflight : Oberth, H : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveThis was a book published in German in 1929 and was republished in English by NASA in 1972. I would suspect that much of the state of the art outlined in this book would be applicable to 1890 state of the art in industrial technology.Capacity & CostThe RMS Majestic massed 9965 tons 177.8 meters long and 17.6 meter beam. Constructed by Harland and Wolff, Majestic was launched on 29 June 1889. The ship spent the next nine months being fitted out for delivery to White Star in March, 1890.Tankshttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/55e5ef3fe4b0d3b9ddaa5954/t/563cd055e4b00d0a3b361393/1446826069508/WP_WPFOLB.pdf11 to 14 bar was routinely attained on steam engines and steam turbines in the 1890s - and handled routinely in water tanks and mains.Old Florence Water Tower built in 1890 held 282,000 gallons of water 1,067 metric tons. The steel totalled 50 metric tons - 5% -Fuels & OxidizersHydrogen PeroxideThe first plant producing hydrogen peroxide was built in 1873 in Berlin. The discovery of the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide by electrolysis with sulfuric acid introduced the more efficient electrochemical method. It was first implemented into industry in 1908 in Weißenstein, Carinthia, Austria.Liquid HydrogenIn 1885, Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski published hydrogen's critical temperature as 33 K; critical pressure, 13.3 atmospheres; and boiling point, 23 K. Hydrogen was liquefied by James Dewar in 1898 by using regenerative cooling and his invention, the vacuum flask.Liquid OxygenIn 1877 Louis Paul Cailletet in France and Raoul Pictet in Switzerland liquefied oxygenMethaneIn November 1776, methane was first scientifically identified by Italian physicist Alessandro Volta in the marshes of Lake Maggiore straddling Italy and Switzerland. Volta was inspired to search for the substance after reading a paper written by Benjamin Franklin about "flammable air".KeroseneIn 1851, Samuel Martin Kier began selling lamp oil to local miners, under the name "Carbon Oil"InstrumentationThe first gyrocompass was patented in 1885 by Marinus Gerardus van den Bos.Possibly the earliest recorded examples of thermostat control were built by the Dutch innovator Cornelis Drebbel (1572–1633) around 1620 in England. He invented a mercury thermostat to regulate the temperature of a chicken incubator.This is one of the first recorded feedback-controlled devices.Modern thermostat control was developed in the 1830s by Andrew Ure (1778–1857), a Scottish chemist, who invented the bi-metallic thermostat. The textile mills of the time needed a constant and steady temperature to operate optimally, so to achieve this Ure designed the bimetallic thermostat, which would bend as one of the metals expanded in response to the increased temperature and cut off the energy supply.Warren S. Johnson (1847–1911) of Wisconsin patented a bi-metal room thermostat in 1883, and two years later filed a patent for the first multi-zone thermostatic control system.Albert Butz (1849–1905) invented the electric thermostat and patented it in 1886.