Stop watching others succeed--be your own hero

By John McGory

Stop watching others succeed-be your own hero

Local Matters held a fundraiser last week at Rockmill Brewery that I attended.  They are a local organization all about growing and eating healthy foods, supporting our farmers and reversing the trend of obesity and diabetes.

It is a great organization with laudable goals. I sent them a second check after my modest contribution at the fundraiser because I believe they are doing good things.* 

I’ve been working for the past year on another idea to support local people and healthy ideas.  Orbit Ohio is my new company with the same general goal.  We seek to promote local people and businesses that bring active joy into our lives. That get us off the couch and out enjoying life with those we love.

Why?  Not only do we put too much junk into our bodies, we fill our heads with it as well.  We all spend too much time watching others enjoy life through television, movies, the Internet and sporting events.  We get our “joy” watching others succeed.  It is an unhealthy and disturbing trend.

Orbit Ohio is a free-to-join membership organization that wants to change that trend.  We believe you should be your own hero.  We are building a list of 27 categories of great things to do by talented local people. 

Check us out at www.orbitohio.com and learn more how you can start changing your life.   Or take a look at our vide on Youtube

Don’t waste your life watching others live.  Be your own hero.  Go to our web site and join Orbit Ohio today.  It is free and will only take a few seconds to get active.  Send this to your friends who need to be their own hero as well.  

Let’s help each other find true joy and excitement in life.  Thanks.

Orbit Ohio is a membership organization located in Columbus, Ohio.  It is free to join.

*This blog is not intended to infer that Local Matters endorses Orbit Ohio.

 

  

Orbit Ohio launching August 20, 2013

Add some excitement

Finding great local things to do can be overwhelming.   The Internet is impossible with millions of hits on “finding fun things to do in Columbus, Ohio” and small talented Ohio businesses and artists unable to afford the marketing muscle to attract new customers.  The answer?  Orbit Ohio.

Orbit Ohio, an exciting new concept in entertainment and communications, is set to launch tomorrow, August 20, 2013. 

The company is a membership-based organization that acts as a talent scout, entertainment organizer and scheduler for its members. 

Here are the main components of Orbit Ohio:

1.      It is a membership organization that is free to join.  People can join by going to www.orbitohio.com or learn more by watching our Youtube video  

            http://youtu.be/C3853tOc_TM

2.      It is a talent scout looking for great local experiences throughout Ohio.  The organization finds and markets unique, interesting and fun experiences to its members. 

3.      It negotiates with vendors to get the best prices on experiences and markets them to its members.  The vendors pay a small service fee to Orbit Ohio when members use their services.   

 

4.      It puts the experiences into 27 separate categories that make it easy for members to find local things to do covering a wide-range of experiences.  Go to www.orbitohio.com for a complete list of the 27 categories.

5.      Members sign up for experiences through Orbit Ohio’s easy-to-use scheduler. It allows members to set a date, time and the number of people attending.

6.      Members can review and share experiences with one another.

 “Orbit Ohio’s goal is to be a useful resource by saving our members’ and vendor partners’ time and money.  Our service locates, negotiates a price and markets unique, fun and local experiences to our members.  Our vendors save marketing dollars by having access to our growing membership,” says John McGory, founder of Orbit Ohio. “We want to drive down the cost on both sides of the equation while creating awareness of Ohio’s talent.”

Orbit Ohio’s focus is now on signing up members.  Orbit Ohio has approximately 100 members in its young existence. It is giving away 20 experiences to winners of its “Tell Us What You Want to Do” contest.  Everyone who signs up for a free membership between now and September 30, 2013 is eligible to win.

“We are giving away the types of experiences our members can expect to find at Orbit Ohio.  These will include experiences from Orbit Ohio categories such as Rekindle the Fire, Journeys with a Purpose, Exploring Ohio Cities, Get Your Roar On, The Eye of an Artist and Wow Your Clients,” says McGory.

He is very encouraged by the early response to Orbit Ohio.  The founder believes people are looking for help in finding really unique, local things to do.

“Ohio is full of great local talent who can entertain through culture, food, music and many other ways.  People have a hard time finding great local talent due to all the clutter on the Internet.  We will make it easy for our members and Ohio’s talented artisans to find one another,” remarked McGory.    

McGory says Orbit Ohio’s web site is now a membership recruiting tool.  In early September it will starting listing experiences and allow members to schedule experiences.  He says once it is up and running, Orbit Ohio will be a valuable tool for members and small Ohio businesses.

“People want to enjoy life now. Connecting people looking for fun with those talented people who create fun makes a lot of sense in today’s insanely-busy world.  That is Orbit Ohio,” says McGory.

 

Membership to Orbit Ohio is free.  If you have ways to entertain people and want to be a vendor partner then send us an email at orbitohio@gmail.com.  We are looking for Ohio-based experiences that are unique and fun.  For more information go to our web site at www.orbitohio.com.     

12 Short Tips to be a Winner

John McGory



Be enthusiastic

So you want to be a winner in life?  We all do.  

Winning to us isn’t about having the most money, the biggest house or the flashiest bling.  It is about being the best you can be, enjoying life and being a true friend to others.  It is pretty simple.

So be a friend and send this out to people you care about who can use your help.  Here are 12 Tips on Being a Winner brought to you by Orbit Ohio.  They work for life in general or a specific project, relationship or task. 

12 Tips on Being a Winner

1.       Believe in yourself-your ideas- your goals.  Don’t let others/yourself tell you that you can’t

2.       Be enthusiastic about your life and the lives you touch-share it with them-smile

3.       Create positive momentum-things get better or worse-you choose

4.       Don’t create unrealistic expectations for you or others-they only create fear or anger

5.       Build a strong team where all are important

6.       Work hard-if things go wrong-work harder-continue to learn

7.       Prepare a game plan-continue to revise it as the game changes

8.       Focus on improving yourself-don’t ignore your weaknesses-make them strengths

9.       Use the healing power of physical, mental and spiritual rest and exercise

10.     Don’t get too high or too low-act like you’ve been there

 

11.      Be grateful to-the living, dead and spiritual-who help you along the way.  Give of your yourself to repay them

12.   Keep your head in the game-a few losing plays, days, people in your life or feelings-won’t decide the outcome unless you let them.  Every winner loses along the way

Put these tips into play in your life and you will begin to think like a winner.   Just the act of trying will begin to change your life and the lives of those around you.

Orbit Ohio is a membership-based company for winners.  We are launching September 1, 2013 and our goal is to create one location to find winning, fun things to do in Ohio for our members.  We have 27 categories of great things to do in Ohio.  Be a winner and join Orbit Ohio at www.orbitohio.com  It is FREE to join!       

Too many weekend choices making you anxious and depressed? You're not alone

By John McGory 

Choices.   We make them all the time.  What to do this weekend?  Where to eat?  Who to call?  What to wear?  What to watch on tv?  Where to live and with whom? Americans have more freedom than every before in choosing what to do. Has it made us any happier?  Most likely the answer is no.

Take a look at your plans for the first weekend in August.  Is it something new and exciting?  Or is it something you’ve done over and over again and will continue to do?  Does the decision make you depressed or anxious?  Is another lousy weekend on tap? 

Same thing over and over?

This conflict of choice affects us all.  In a region like central Ohio, there are literally thousands of things to do every weekend.    You name the activity and it is out there somewhere.  Type in "fun things to do in central Ohio" and you'll come up with 9 million hits. 

But that many choices can make many people depressed, anxious or wondering if they made the right choice.

This unlimited selection of things to do is both wonderful and problematic.  Numerous studies show that an overload of choices may actually paralyze people, make them depressed or make them do what they always do. 

The choice between thousands of things and what you always do is often an easy one for some.  They will stick with what they know over and over again.  You can set your watch by their lives.  They will remain in their rut because they view it as safe.

The people who do new and exciting things find themselves wondering if they made the right choice.  To find them look at a dating service like Match.com and you will see thousands of people who continually look for someone better.  It is an endless circle of choice while happiness and satisfaction remain very elusive to them.

Next time you go to dinner with several people listen to the conversation. You will see both personality types at the table.  The discussion is always the same.  One group of people say “I always get the club sandwich” while the others say “I tried the calf liver but think the mahi-mahi would have been better.”

It is easy to put your friends and yourself into one of the two categories.  The calf liver people are always looking for something new and exciting to do this weekend and usually feel as if they made the wrong choice.    And the club sandwich people want to do what they did last weekend and, probably next weekend, feel as if they are in a rut.

Too many choices?

Where is this problem of choice leading Americans?

Psychologists David Myers and Robert Lane both conclude that the abundance of choice often leads to depression and feelings of loneliness.  Lane believes Americans are paying for increased influence and freedom with a substantial decrease in the quality and quantity of community. 

What was once given by family, neighborhood and workplace now must be achieved on an individual basis.  People’s lives are made up less of the community and more of demanding individual choices.

So what are you doing this weekend?  The same old, same old or something new that makes you feel as if you missed something else?  Maybe it is time to think about that question a little deeper and see what you are missing in your life.

Orbit Ohio is a new membership organization.  We will promote great things to do that will build your community and add fun and meaning to your life.  Take a look at our short video on things to do and keep your eye on Orbit Ohio as it sets to launch its new entertainment concept September 1, 2013.  To learn more and to sign up as a charter member go to www.orbitohio.com  The membership is free!