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I have always wanted to understand the philosophies and ideas about life from different individuals. Therefore, I have invited 8 different guests from all over the world for a DYNAMITE INTERVIEW to share with me their answers of life (it’s really just that specific).
I’ve rounded up 4 guys and 4 gals for their interviews and stick-figure transformations. However, this post only contains the guys, meaning the gals will be presented a few days later.
This is the case because the guys sent me the questions faster 
(they took yeerr spots!) If you are one of the gals reading this, don’t worry it’ll be up before you start to worry. 
And now, I am proud to present the following guests and their voices to my blog:
- First up is Armen from Timeless Information
- Second is Josh from World’s Strongest Librarian
- Third is Oscar from Free Style Mind
- and finally Walter from Lion Slinger
With each of them, contains a brilliant and unique idea and voice. With each of them, contains an admirable lesson to learn from.
I hope you can all get something from each of them, because that is what personal development is all about- learning from others.
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GUEST 1.
Armen Shirvanian is the master behind Timeless Information. Armen has an extensive amount of wisdom and knowledge behind the topics of psychology and personal development. He continues to learn from books and other individuals in hopes of sharing ideas that may help peoples’ lives. Click here to view his blog. http://www.timelessinformation.com
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What would you like to do or what are you doing with your opportunity of life?
What I am doing is providing some of the information I have
gained to others who can benefit from it, which is sort of like
storytellers long ago passing down knowledge to the next
generation.
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What do you think the most important aspect of life is?
Your personal definition of “happiness”.
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.Happiness is an up after a down, or a period that is above
average. It is a temporary state.
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What sort of ideas would you like to leave for this world and it’s people after you’ve passed on?
I don’t have much to say here. Any legacy that would be left in this case would be up to those who were interested in maintaining it.
The period of time I have interest in is while I am present..
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What would you say to someone who is unhappy with themselves and their lives right now?
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Since you already know the next step you need to take in your endeavors, take that next step. The longer it is avoided, the longer your unhappiness continues.
Whether it is applying to a school, having a hard talk with a co-worker, setting out a study plan, planning a marketing campaign, or so on, you know the next step you need to take..
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GUEST 2.
Josh Hanagarne is the creator and author of World’s Strongest Librarian. He goes through life in an admirable way as he tries to cope with his Tourette’s Syndrome. He provides an ongoing series of inspirational and attractive stories of him dealing with his illness. He is a librarian who is passionate about kettlebells exercises, thus making him the world’s strongest librarian. Click here to view his blog http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/about/
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What would you like to do or what are you doing with your opportunity of life?
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I’m trying to be a kind, honest, happy person. My priorities are taking care of my family, loving who is around to love, and helping others whenever possible.
That’s all I want. Oh, and to deadlift 600 pounds.
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What do you think the most important aspect of life is?
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Your personal definition of “happiness”.
It is constant progress. Knowing that one’s ultimate potential draws nearer every day, but will always be just out of reach.
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What sort of ideas would you like to leave for this world and it’s people after you’ve passed on?
Things are never so bad that they cannot improve. Whenever possible, do not make anyone’s day worse.
Be courteous and kind but not a doormat.
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What would you say to someone who is unhappy with themselves and their lives right now?
You think that you can’t control your circumstances. That’s false. You just have to create new circumstances. When you are a in a situation you can’t control, you have to introduce something into it that you can control and get yourself some small victories.
Try and stay sad when you’re making progress and moving towards goals. Can’t be done.
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GUEST 3.
Oscar Del Ben is the author and creator of Free Style Mind. He has been committed to help others achieve their dreams ever since the start of 2009. From his life experience, he has learned to take actions in life and not waste a single second of it. His desire to help others later became a blog that was started in June 2009. Click here to view his blog. – http://www.freestylemind.com/about
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What would you like to do or what are you doing with your opportunity of life?
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What I like to do is to solve problems. I also like to help solve other people problems. I take both practical and theoretical challenges and I do my best to take over them, for me and for others.
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What do you think the most important aspect of life is?
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Your personal definition of “happiness”.
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Happiness is the state of mind you have when you smile.
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What sort of ideas would you like to leave for this world and it’s people after you’ve passed on?
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Everything is possible! (for everyone)
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What would you say to someone who is unhappy with themselves and their lives right now?
Close your eyes and think about your ideal situation, focus on what you would feel, what you would do, where you would be.
Do this for a few minutes every day until you realize your dream.
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GUEST 4.
Walter Adena is the author and creator of Lionslinger. His blog is a medium of his philosophical opinions and ideas in which he hopes to shed some light upon the human race. He has written from experience, sharing his answers to the many life and human dilemmas that affect us every day. He provides profound opinions on diverse topics from philosophy to religion. Click here to view his blog http://www.lionslinger.com/about/
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What would you like to do or what are you doing with your opportunity of life?
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I live my life with the understanding of my own mortality. With each new day I do my best to find myself beyond the grasp of this world. While most people live within the boundaries of the material realm, I seek wisdom about the mystery of what lies beyond.
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What do you think the most important aspect of life is?
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Your personal definition of “happiness”.
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Happiness is an ideal state of existence.
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What sort of ideas would you like to leave for this world and it’s people after you’ve passed on?
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Beyond the physical form, there is the forgotten entity which is our source—immune to the manipulations of our mind, emotion and experience. It is the mission of man to find his true self; once mastered, the world will be on his hands and death will be a mystery no more.
We are not permanent in this world. Therefore we should not aspire to belong in this temporary form.
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What would you say to someone who is unhappy with themselves and their lives right now?
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Remember, you are the author of your perception of life, if you are unhappy with yourself or your situation, brooding will only increase your misery.
Make yourself useful by taking charge of the situation and use your faculties to influence a major change.
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THANK YOU GUESTS
I give my thanks to Armen, Josh, Oscar, and Walter for agreeing to be turned into stick-figures and sharing their answers of life. I recommend visiting their blogs, because they are awesome.
DO YOU WANT AN INTERVIEW?
It got me thinking when I was working on this project. I thought, why limit the answers of life to just 8 people? I would be absolutely delighted to learn different answers and philosophies from many more unique individuals!
Therefore, if you have a blog and want to be interviewed and see what you look like as a stick-figure too (BEST REASON! 
), don’t hesitate to contact me.
THANK YOU ALL FOR READING – don’t forget to share this with others! 
STEVEN
Have yourselves an explosive day!
PS: The Gals are up next!
Hey Steven, it’s very nice to see this post, and thanks a lot for including my answers!
Oscar – freestyle mind´s last blog ..Last Time I checked, 1 Step Per Day…
Hey Oscar thanks for contributing!
Wow Steven. Thanks!
Josh Hanagarne´s last blog ..32 Things I’ve Learned in 32 Years On This Planet
No problem Josh
Dude!!! If I’d have known I’d be scooped by four dudes, I’d have re-prioritized my responsibilities and responded sooner!
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This is great, Steven, nice job! I love your stick figures. When I appear here, can you make my butt skinny and basically make me look like Laura Croft from Tomb Raider?
I love comic land. This is a hoot! Your questions are great, too.
You rock, Steven.
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Hahahaha! Lori Croft the Tomb Raider? sure!
thank you for your excitement!!
Yours and 3 others are coming up!!
Hey Steven, this is very nice and entertaining. Thanks for making me a part of this.
Walter´s last blog ..Success eludes mediocrity
No prob Walter, glad I entertained you
Wow, the “stick figures” are a bit more than that really. You put this lot in the spotlight and made them look like stars. What they have to say for themselves isn’t bad but the pics are amazing!
How clever of you to surround yourself with such meaningful, courageous, compassionate and wise people. A winning team!
Thank you Annabel! You are one of those people, and I am grateful to have gotten your answer…I already learned from them
Hey Steven.
I sure am glad to be part of this cool creation. The thanks goes to you for taking it from idea to implementation. Talk about cool use of colors and images again.
Josh is a strong man on that stage, and represents compassion at the same time.
I have a green shirt just like the one I have on in the picture.
We sure each have slightly different views, and that is one of the best things.
Thanks for making this, and we look to see the next part.
Armen Shirvanian´s last blog ..Where You Are Is Where You Succeed
Hey Armen,
thanks man for the compliment, you are awesome as usual.
hahaha! I had a feeling that you have some shirts like that
And for that stage picture of you, I thought about your video where you decided to put your arms up for a long time xD Therefore, I drew you with your arms up haha.
Anyways, thanks for your answers dude, appreciate them.
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What a wonderful way of doing an interview. Excellent, love the cartoons.
Hey Jonny thanks alot
. Maybe I’ll ask you to do one too 
THIS is awesome! We’ve all seen the link roundup posts, where one mentions other blogs they read. And we’ve seen the interview posts, where we learn about a particular blogger. But this is a far more interesting way to present the information, and a great way to compare one to another… to get a better idea of what each one is like.
I can’t wait to see what I look like as a stick figure. I have to say, I’m a little disappointed that Josh has focused so much on strengthening his upper body, while neglecting his chicken legs! Maybe by his next interview he’ll have some quads!
I love the idea of interviewing MORE than just the 8, as this is a great way for the rest of us to learn a little about who is out there. If I may make a suggestion, I would love to see one more question asked: What makes your blog unique? (Or what do you offer that others don’t? Or something along those lines.) We have so many PD blogs now that I would like to be able to differentiate them better. Just a thought.
Still, brilliant!!!!
Hey Lisis, thank you so much! Haha I hear you, I’ve been getting tired at just reading text…well because I was never really a fan of wordy books. So I wanted to add something fun and visual to it…so I thought why not turn my guests into STICK FIGURES!!
I hope you like my stick figure of you Lisis, it was especially hard to draw you because you had the longest hair xD, but somehow I think I pulled it off
Well, I drew Josh like that because I didn’t want him to look too different from the other guests, you know before the other stick-figures start hatin me for making them look so weak lol.
I was planning to do one or two interviews per week, I just love the idea of collecting personal philosophies of life from different individuals. And your answer made me think, therefore I really appreciate them!
That is actually a great idea Lisis, thanks for pointing that out, I’ll consider that as one of my questions. In the meantime, I think should revise some of my questions, because I think some of them might be a little redundant…
Anyways, thanks for the comment, I appreciate your commenting effort lol, and your awesome responses.
Steven
Amazing!
Today’s interviews were delightful to read. The answers are meaningful and the cartoon figures are downright fun to look at. I can’t wait to read the rest!
Hey Eirien,
I’m glad you enjoyed them much!
Next up are the gals, they’ve got longer hair AND longer answers…so that should be interesting 
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Hey Mr. Hoot,
Youve done it again. Everytime i come here..i think..he cant get better than the last illustration..and you top it everytime.
Lovely work on all the stick figures of the guys!! And their answers with the perfect illustrations made it so much more fun to read.
Like Lisis…even I cant wait to see what i look like as a stick figure…..please make me pink and cute
OH>>>Did I tell you….YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!
Lots of love.
Z
Zeenat{Positive Provocations}´s last blog ..RAOKA:Beauty-The Beautiful Smile Experiment
Hey Zeenat!!
haha, I hope you think that on the newest post! I made sure I put on bow on you, and lots of pinkness xD
Hope you enjoy it
Steven
@Lisis: My legs each weigh a lot, they’re just 6 feet long! And they get plenty of work, thank you very much:) And where’s my guest post? I’m not going away.
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Steven, I love this entry. What a fun and interesting way to grab readers’ attention. So glad Josh directed me here!
-Christa
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Steven,
Loved the interviews! Loved the cartoons! Awesome site! Thanks for putting a grin on my face!
Oh man! Those are some sexy black tights Josh! Did your wife win another bet? You guys should bet wayyy more often. BTW.
I don’t think my first attempt at a comment worked..
Josh, those are some sexy black tights! Did your wife win another bet? You guys should place bets way more often. BTW.
Really enjoyed these. Thanks for the entertainment and some really interesting answers by some great stick people. I wonder how I’d look as a stick-person lol. I like this blog, gonna see me here quite often. Cheers!
Hey Steven,
I think you’ve found your voice so to speak. Making caricatures of all the bloggers actually sounds like a hilarious endeavor and maybe even a monetization method. I hope you’ll be using these again throughout you posts.
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