Hi Julie!

Wow.... Great message.... I thought you shared some great wisdom here.... :) Leonardo, Einstein.... and I also read your ebook! I'll share with you what I thought... but first about Leonardo!

> *Sigh* Pull on the heart strings whenever I
> can discuss my favorite renaissance man,
> Leonardo Da Vinci. After studying him, and
> strolling around an art museum, I saw what
> it meant to combine the "ART" with
> the "SCIENCE as you suggest in your
> discussion of.....

Leonardo da Vinci is quite fascinating!

I remember looking through his books as a teenager, and at his incredible designs -- his parachute, his version of a "helicopter", and all his other amazing ideas....

And his art is incredible! I'm a big fan of the Renaissance painters.... They were great artists then.

Call me square, but I ho-hummed over Andy Warhol's rows of Campbell soup cans.... I guess I'm more of a "traditionalist".... :)

> "Marketing and science are two
> different things!"

> Developing the Balance between two seemingly
> opposite sides equals incredible
> magnificence. I guess mathematically that
> would look like this

> Marketing + Science = Magnificence

Wow.... that looks like a very useful equation.... :)

> I was chatting today with a new
> entrepreneurial friend of mine. He designs
> all sorts of technical stuff, today he was
> working on his design contract with NASA. (I
> am so blessed to be in relationship with
> some fascinating people).

You're right he does sound fascinating.... Though Julie with a fascinating web site like you have, I'm not surprised other fascinating people are also attracted to it.... :)

> I threw out a *top
> secret product idea* that I have, and in a
> matter of about a half hour, we had further
> refined my product AND he has offered to
> purchase the initial materials AND do some
> gratis design work for me.

> I hypothesized in regards to the product and
> the market, and now we will do some
> experimenting. If it does not take, we will
> tweak and adjust and, well, watch the boards
> for a terrifically successful product coming
> soon from 5passions!

Sounds like things are happening!

We can all learn from this....

I believe there must be a balance between secrecy and openness when it comes to your *top secret* ideas.... I think you can be too secretive, and you can also be too open....

Sometimes, like your story shows us, you need to get feedback on your ideas and thoughts, from those who know what they are talking about. That's valuable information -- it's a type of market research.

Even just asking your friends for their opinions is a basic type of market research. It could give you some useful information....

But if you tell the whole world, you may have given it all away. And if you tell nobody -- you may not see any problems with your ideas until it's too late....

Julie, it seems like you have everything balanced very well.... :) Thank you for sharing your story with us.... :)

> ***Another fantastic not just scientist but
> philosopher as well. Go to any quote search
> site on the internet and do a search for
> EINSTEIN. Prepare to be amazed, this man was
> CERTAINLY whole brained!

I agree, Julie! I've read a lot of Einstein's essays published in the book "Ideas and Opinions"....

Julie.... I also read through your free ebook. After reading it, I felt there's so much I want to say, so much I could relate to.... :)

Your free ebook was very very inspiring.... Many people need to read it.... especially those who are feeling directionless, or who are having difficulties in their lives....

And we were talking about facing your fears -- and Julie, your story was one of the best stories I've read about that....!

There much much more to say... but I will save it for email (and spare everyone else my boring stories.... :)

Thanks Julie!

Dien


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