{"id":2565,"date":"2012-03-07T21:12:17","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T02:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2012-03-07T21:41:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T02:41:59","slug":"bob-flewelling-my-friend-and-mentor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/bob-flewelling-my-friend-and-mentor","title":{"rendered":"Bob Flewelling: My Friend and Mentor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bob_Flewelling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2568\" title=\"Bob_Flewelling\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bob_Flewelling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bob_Flewelling.jpg 718w, http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Bob_Flewelling-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I met Bob over 10 years ago, during a very challenging time in my life, while I was unemployed and still studying for a new career in 3D animation. This good friend and mentor has provided me with many tools and advice that have been invaluable over the last decade.\u00a0Some of the tools he referred me to include\u00a0<em><a title=\"book on Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Many-Lives-Masters-Prominent-Psychiatrist\/dp\/0671657860\">Many Lives, Many Masters<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/26329.Emotional_Intelligence\">Emotional Intelligence<\/a><\/em> by Daniel Goleman, and (a\u00a0favourite\u00a0of mine)\u00a0<em><a title=\"my practical introduction to meditation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Meditate-Self-Discovery-Lawrence-LeShan\/dp\/0316880620\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1331171954&amp;sr=1-2\">How to Meditate: A<\/a><\/em><a title=\"small book packed with practical info\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Meditate-Self-Discovery-Lawrence-LeShan\/dp\/0316880620\/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1331171954&amp;sr=1-2\"><em> Guide to Self-Discovery<\/em><\/a> by Lawrence Leshan.<\/p>\n<p>I recently came across a list with a few other points of interest that he recommended to check out. I am digitizing them here for future reference.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Are these number truly random?\" href=\"http:\/\/noosphere.princeton.edu\/\">Global Consiousness Project at Princeton University<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Chopra's homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chopra.com\/sslos\"><em>The Seven\u00a0Spiritual\u00a0Laws of Success<\/em> by Deepok Chopera<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"full book on Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Road-Less-Traveled-25th-Anniversary\/dp\/0743243153\">A Road Less Traveled<\/a><\/em> (with a summary available <a title=\"pages of note\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=The+Road+Less+Traveled+pdf&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCQQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwjshaffer.org%2FPDFs%2FTheRoadLessTraveled.pdf&amp;ei=rhNYT_vbGaba0QGR0rjIDw&amp;usg=AFQjCNExNhjVnPSGiaCBXDzFrhLiapiRig\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a title=\"was worth the watch\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/brain\/history\/index.html\">The Secret Life of the Brain<\/a><\/em> (PBS documentary series)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"author of Emotional Intelligence\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Destructive-Emotions-Scientific-Dialogue-Dalai\/dp\/0553801716\"><em>Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama<\/em> by Daniel Goleman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks again Bob. I hope to see you again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I met Bob over 10 years ago, during a very challenging time in my life, while I was unemployed and still studying for a new career in 3D animation. This good friend and mentor has provided me with many tools and advice that have been invaluable over the last decade.\u00a0Some of the tools he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[244,780,242,548],"class_list":["post-2565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book","tag-health","tag-psychology","tag-spirituality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2565"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2567,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2565\/revisions\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jerslife.com\/word\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}