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In today's episode of 7 Good Minutes, in our Freddy Fri Day segment, we talk about what it means to live an above average life and how you can achieve it.
An above average life is one in which you consciously choose to live each day with intention. You set goals and work towards them with passion and determination. You don’t settle for mediocrity or complacency; instead, you strive to be the best version of yourself.
An Above Average Life is also about making a positive impact on those around you. It’s about being a role model and an inspiration to others. It’s about living your life with purpose and meaning. When you live An Above Average Life, you raise the bar for yourself and for those around you.
You create a life that is rich with experiences, growth, and joy. An Above Average Life is a life worth living.
We’ve all heard the saying, “live an above average life.” But what does that really mean? And how do we achieve it? In this blog post, we’ll explore what it means to live an above average life and some of the steps you can take to get there.
So, what does it mean to live an above average life? Simply put, it means living a life that is not only good but great. It means striving for excellence in all that we do and being the best version of ourselves that we can be. It means living with intention and purpose and making the most of our time here on earth.
But how do we achieve this? How do we become the best version of ourselves and live an above average life? Here are a few suggestions:
Set goals and strive to achieve them: One of the best ways to live an above average life is to set goals for ourselves and then take action steps to achieve them. That could mean setting goals relating to our health, our careers, our personal relationships, or anything else that is important to us. The key is to have a clear vision for what we want to achieve and then taking specific actions to make it happen.
Pursue our passions: Another way to live an above average life is to pursue our passions with gusto. What are you passionate about? What lights you up and makes you excited to wake up each day? When we pursue our passions, we not only feel more fulfilled, but we also tend to be more successful overall.
So if you’re not sure what your passion is, spend some time exploring different things until you find something that feels right for you. Then go after it with everything you’ve got.
Make meaningful connections: Another important aspect of living an above average life is making meaningful connections with others. This could mean deepening our relationships with family and friends, forging new connections with like-minded people, or even volunteering our time to help others.
When we have strong relationships, we feel supported, loved, and connected all of which are essential for a happy and fulfilling life.
Living an above average life is within reach for all of us we just need to be intentional about it. By setting goals, pursuing our passions, and making meaningful connections, we can each create a life that is not only good but great. So what are you waiting for?
Start living an above average life today!
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Even More About Living An Above Average Life!I’ve been wanting to write an extensive post about California’s Proposition 65 ever since starting this blog, and so far have not been able to sufficiently check my cynicism at the door or find the time. But I’m going to give it a try now. Please remember, this blog is designed for businesses, and their lawyers, who aren’t so fortunate as to be involved in California litigation every day—i.e., readers for whom our mysterious litigation ways are a rare and strange adventure. So if you’re located in this state, or practice law here, your reaction to what comes next may be “so what?” or, if you favor the consumer side of things “so what’s wrong with that?” If you’re part of the Proposition 65 Bar, on either side, you’ll not hear or learn anything new here.
For the rest of you, come with me for a tour on one of the strangest environmental protection schemes ever devised.
This post consists of three parts. The first is historic, and addresses the question, “how did any state – even California – come to enact something so weird?” The second will, I promise, be a fairy objective brief outline of how the statute is supposed to work. I’m going to try really, really hard to make it objective. I promise. Really. The third part is going to be by far the most entertaining, because I didn't write it. It’s basically a long description of how the statutory scheme REALLY works. And it’s written by, of all people, a sitting appellate court justice, Justice Sills from California’s Fourth Appellate District. Justice Sills Clearly HATES Proposition 65, and is utterly and completely contemptuous of the Proposition 65 bar. In fact, it seems pretty clear to me that he doesn’t think much more of the defense side than he does the plaintiff side. This opinion, which got a fair amount of attention when it came out a year ago (see, for example, this post, this one, or this one) has to be one of the angriest, cut-loose opinionated judicial opinions I’ve ever seen. If you can’t wait to get to part three, the entire decision in Consumer Defense Group v. Rental Housing Industry (2006) 137 Cal.App.4th 1185, 40 Cal.Rptr.3d 832 is available for your reading pleasure here. Also, our firm has a white paper on Proposition 65 here. And if you want to read about the way we beat the State of California in a Proposition 65 dispute, read here (FindLaw login required).
I. How Did This Happen, Anyway?
You may know already that California has a robust voter initiative process. Introduced as part of the progressive movement in the early part of the twentieth century, it was intended to provide an end-around to a corrupt or inertia-bound legislature and allow voters to put legislation on the ballot, then pass that legislation by majority vote. What has happened instead is that interest groups with large war chests hire paid petition circulators to ensure their pet laws go on the ballot, and spend millions more to fool the electorate into voting their way. Whether the outcomes are good or not is all in your perspective—many would argue that 2004’s Proposition 64 brought common sense to our Unfair Competition Law by imposing standing requirements, while others would argue that it was a bare-knuckle thrashing of consumer interests by deep-pocketed corporate interests. Personally, I favor the former view. But whichever side you favor, the process has way too much to do with money and politics, and not nearly enough to do with an informed electorate acting in its own best interests.
And Proposition 65, enacted in 1986, was no different. Billed the “Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986,” it was sponsored by a variety of environmental groups and passed by about 2/3 of the voters in the November, 1986 election. While I believe most voters saw this primarily as a clean water initiative, that has not been where the action is. Instead, as most often applied, the initiative requires that any business with more than ten or more employees give a “clear and reasonable warning” before “exposing” people to a chemical “known to the State of California” to cause cancer, developmental or reproductive harm.
• It can be listed by a vote taken by the “Science Advisory Board,” (”SAB”) which is, in turn, divided between the Deveopmental and Reproductive Toxicant (“DART”) Identification Committee and the Carcinogen Identification Committee (“CIC”). These committees meet at very infrequent intervals and vote on presentations made by regulatory scientists from the state’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”). Usually they vote on proposals to add chemicals. Very rarelythey will vote to remove a chemical. The standard for listing is that the toxicology has been established by scientifically valid testing according to generally accepted principles.
• Chemicals must be listed if they have been formally required by a state or federal government agency to be labeled or identified as causing cancer or causing reproductive toxicity.
Listing decisions are routinely made based on animal evidence whether or not there is evidence of human harm caused by the toxin. There are presently more than 800 chemicals listed as carcinogens, reproductive/developmental toxicants or both.
There are plenty of others as well, but you probably get the idea. And a business can use a non-safe harbor warning as long as it the warning it uses is “clear and reasonable.” The attorney general usually takes the position that to be “clear and reasonable” the warning must use the words "cancer" or "developmental or reproductive harm", whichever applies, and must state that the chemical causes the disease or harm, not that it might cause it, causes it in animals, etc.
Before filing suit, a bounty hunter must give sixty days notice to the proposed defendant, to the attorney general and the district attorney, city attorney, or prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the violation is alleged to have occurred.