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If there is one post worthy of you slowing down to read today, it is this one. The writing contest results are in and posted here. It was a truly enjoyable time gathering the posts for this writing contest. Congratulations to the winners. To all who participated I say thank you for sharing your amazing visions with me, my readers, and the interweb.

I chose this topic for my contest because I have always been fascinated by Amazing Visionaries. They range from Walt Disney (photo: wikipedia) to Pat Rodgers (my grandfather). By watching their moves, I have been able to recreate some of that success in my own life. And I have written about it.

I heard a story many years ago about how the new tellers at banks get to spend a week handling money … nothing more. The reasoning behind this was so that the tellers could detect a fact having been made so familiar with the real. When we study the look of a successful person’s moves, we too can avoid being duped by false success stories. Just like the well known authorize.net spots fraudulent consumers, so these posts will help you spot the bad examples as well as the ones to follow.

The stories mentioned here are the “real deal.” By collecting them and putting them in one place, hopefully it will rub off on us. If you enjoyed the links, please bookmark this page, as well as the permalinks individually, and share them with others. In my opinion, now more than ever, the world needs more amazing visions! I think you will be inspired by what you read here.

Below are the 6 winning urls for “Amazing Visions: Blog Carnival Edition 2.” After that are links to all the entries. Why hold them back when inspiration is so lacking in our times! I hope you enjoy reading all of them as much as I did. Stay tuned to Postcards for Edition 3 in the near future.

TOP 3

1. How I got Started with Blogging and Freelance Writ... by Michael Kwan
2. Mother Teresa on Love by Chelle
3. How to become what you want to become, in about tw... posted at I Will Not Die.

Honorable Mentions

1. An Entry from Torri’s Travels by Torri
2. Nick’s Entry on Randy Pausch posted at Romandock
3. Amazing Vision - Mahatma Gandhi posted at Growing Happiness.

Though they didn’t get in the top three, these highly well written posts are the rest of these amazing visions . . . Please read them, you will find strength and inspiration. (Thank you again to these bloggers!) -in no particular order …

Josh Waitzkin an Inspiring Performer by Isabella Mori

A One Man Peacekeeping Force by Alexander

She’s Inspiration by Katelynjane

How Hokusai can Inspire Designers and Bloggers posted at Designer Daily

The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone - How In The World D... posted at Shattered Paradigm.

Privilege to Be with a Loved One at the Time of De... posted at Andy, saying, “My dad was one of my greatest heroes. This is my tribute to his legacy.”

(and one of my own I just threw in at the end!)

Amazing People and Things by Damien Riley

My humorously titled post got picked up by a Wordpress Blog Carnival. It’s their 1st edition, may it live long and prosper, along with Wordpress.

I used to be really into doing Blog Carnivals. Through time, they have brought me a lot of traffic. Last week I read an good article that recommended them so I thought I’d get back into it to see what happens. The process is fairly simple: You browse the carnivals looking for a relevant one. Then you submit a post you think fits to the carnival host or manager. If they agree, they pick your post up and you get some free publicity for your article. In turn, the host blog gets linked and everyone benefits. My “Anger and the Brain” post got picked up by

The Brain Blogger Carnival By Shaheen E Lakhan, MS....

I’m hopeful some new readers will make their way over. There are some excellent articles linked there on biochemistry and the brain. Check it out.

I’m always fascinated by people who love what they do. I’ve always aspired to be one of those people and I’d like to think I’ve more or less I have achieved it. We always get inspiration when we see someone has inspiration, something they enjoy that propels their work. This Blog Carnival (the second I have hosted, to view my first one click here), is an open call for posts about success stories of people who are doing what they love! Entries will be featured on the edition’s blog carnival page. You’ll also receive the exposure of backlinks and traffic within the carnival. Now tell us about those amazing people out there you know (maybe yourself!) that are doing what they love.

~~~~Blog Carnival submissions for this edition 1 are linked below, thank you.~~~~

1. Damien Riley presents The Wrigley Gum Story at Riley Central.
2. Andy presents Saving Money Update posted at moneywalks.
3. Karen Lynch presents Work and Joy, Joy and Work posted at LivethePower.
4. Silicon Valley Blogger presents 10 Steps To Becoming A Millionaire posted at The Digerati Life.
5. Debra Moorhead presents Wake up and Create the Life You Want posted at Debra Moorhead.com.
6. Ishtar presents Presenting Eden posted at Ishtar News.
7. Shelly presents Work: It’s Not my Ball and Chain posted at This Eclectic Life.
8. Josiah Redding presents IndieMusicMarketer.com - A Secret to My Success posted at IndieMusicMarketer.com.
9. Gustav S presents The Money Tree : Is like to play with Marbles. posted at success-is-in-you.com.
10. Joanie Raisovich presents CornerScribe » Achieving Your Writing Dreams posted at CornerScribe.
11. Jacob Share presents Interview with Jason Alba of JibberJobber posted at JobMob.
12. Mike Harmon presents Seven Problems A Truck Driver May Have posted at Career Advice by Randy.
13. Mary White presents Daily Career Connection » Choosing a Career posted at Daily Career Connection.
14. Tupelo Kenyon presents Your Passion as Your Compass posted at Tupelo Kenyon.

Learn about blog carnivals at Blog Carnival.