The Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs opened it’s doors to the public October 5, 2013.
Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs
Outfitted with the usual super-cool rock and roll paraphernalia, the hotel is looking to add to the cache that is Palm Springs.
Don and I mosied over to take a look, and being that it was lunchtime, were crossing our fingers that the powers that be had also put in a Hard Rock (Palm Springs) cafe. We were hungry.
Walking through the entry doors, with great rock music playing, we were greeted by a nice new lobby that only vaguely felt like the old Hotel Zoso. The lobby has a sculpture made of old speakers. Here’s a close up pic:
Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs – Pool
The hotel is built around a center courtyard with a pool, where rock and roll is still blasting away, but has a super cool vibe with white towels on all the lounge chairs and beautiful people in bikinis and board shorts laughing and generally having fun. All agreed that the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs was where it’s at.
Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs – Eats
We were only a little disappointed that the hotel didn’t have an actual Hard Rock cafe, but the restaurant (named Sessions) that has a different, more sophisticated menu. The prices were OK – lunch will cost you about $20/pp and dinner looked like around $40/pp (without cocktails).
The website has this fully quote about the food:
You are what you eat, so we serve dishes that are fresh, attractive and that totally rock, just like you.
Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs – Other Stuff
Being the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs, you have to expect some cool stuff. There is a kiosk in the lobby where you can get your picture taken and then post to Facebook/Twitter, etc. Unfortunately, the Facebook posting didn’t work, but we sent ourselves a copy of the picture via email. Not sure why this thing is particularly interesting since we could do this whole thing anyway from our phones. But, it did catch our attention and we DID try it, so…
You can also take advantage of their “music amenity program,” where you can…
Have a Fender Stratocaster delivered to your room and take guitar lessons via your tv, or just jam away
Download a curated set of tracks to your mobile device so that you have music during your stay anywhere you are on the property, or…
Turn your room into a mixing studio with all the stuff you need. Traktor S2 DJ controller and laptop with a stereo system. If you aren’t quite sure what to do with it, watch the video they send along and you’ll be spinning like the celebrity DJ you are deep down.
We would like to share a video that we watched ages ago that changed our thinking of what we needed to do to be “successful.”
Success to us is a feeling. It isn’t a number in our bank account. It isn’t a gigantic house, first class travel, cars or stuff. (Although we certainly like those things.)
Success, or FREEDOM to us is a life free of anxiety over whether or not we can afford the things and experiences that contribute to our lives and other people’s lives.
We’re guessing this is true for most people.
Robert Kiyosaki, the investor and bestselling author of “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” books really changed the way we thought about how to generate income and get “out of the rat race,” and into financial freedom.
Here’s the video. It’s about 10 minutes long and could really help you and your family make the decisions that could help you live a life that is free of anxiety and a life of FREEDOM.
When you are ready to make that shift into the right hand side of the Cash Flow Quadrants, click below.
Have you ever just felt like asking, “Is this it?”
Have you ever felt like you are living a deferred-life plan?
Have you ever felt like you aren’t moving forward toward your goals? Maybe even felt like you are going in reverse?
Of course, we all have felt those things at some point in our lives.
Here’s your answer: LIFESTYLE DESIGN
What is Lifestyle Design?
In 2007, my husband and I were on a flight to Sydney, Australia and I had brought a book, “The Four Hour Work Week,” by Timothy Ferriss to read on the way. In that book, the author described a concept that rocked my world.
What does an beach-dwelling millionaire do that a cubicle-dweller doesn’t? Follow an uncommon set of rules.
How does a lifelong blue-chip employee escape to travel to world for a month without his boss even noticing? He uses technology.
Gold is getting old. The New Rich (NR) are those who abandon the deferred-life plan and create luxury lifestyles in the present using the currency of the New Rich: time and mobility. This is an art and a science we will refer to as Lifestyle Design.
He goes on to explain how most people simply accept the status quo and never even question if there could be an alternative to working hard your whole life to retire at age 60:
Life doesn’t have to be so damn hard. It really doesn’t. Most people, my past self included, have spent too much time convincing themselves that life has to be hard, a resignation to 9-to-5 drudgery in exchange for (sometimes) relaxing weekends and the occasional keep-it-short-or-get-fired vacation.
People don’t want to be millionaires — they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy. Ski chalets, butlers, and exotic travel often enter the picture. Perhaps rubbing cocoa butter on your belly in a hammock while you listen to waves rhythmically lapping against the deck of your thatched-roof bungalow? Sounds nice.
$1,000,000 in the bank isn’t the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows. The question is then, How can one achieve the millionaire lifestyle of complete freedom without first having $1,000,000?
The very IDEA that lifestyle design existed, that I could actually design my life changed the way I looked at my life and living my life forever.
As far as I know, we only have ONE life. Why wasn’t I living my best life… NOW?
I decided that what was important to my husband and me was to determine what is most important to our lives and design a (sometimes unconventional) work life around those values rather than working 40+ hours for 40-50 years — waiting until retirement to finally begin pursuing other passions and a better quality of living.
How Did We Pursue Lifestyle Design?
We were already working an internet based business, so why were we not looking closely at our lives and designing or actively doing the things we’ve always wanted to do…
… like YESTERDAY?
A few months after reading that book, we got rid of all our stuff and decided to travel the world while working our business. The Luxury Vagabonds were born!
Over the past 5 years, we’ve lived in France, the Bahamas, Acapulco, Hawaii (two times), Lake Tahoe, Italy, San Francisco, Spain, Los Angeles, Portugal and Mexico.
(If you are interested in how we pay for everything, fill out the form on the upper right hand corner of this page.)
Is LifeStyle Design for You?
The answer to this question is a resounding YES. Lifestyle Design is for anyone that is serious about moving forward in their lives and wants to live their best life. Not “someday,” or “when I’m retired,” but RIGHT NOW.
Why not live the life you want to, right now? Can it be done? Can you live the good life now without being independently wealthy or retired?
You bet.
It might take some innovative strategies, or maybe some different thinking, but anyone that is serious about doing something that maybe not everyone else is doing should…
It just sounds weird… “Karla Silver, Bestselling Author.” Try it out… [insert YOUR name here] – bestselling author.
Karla Silver, Bestselling Author?
I know… right?
I never set out to be a writer, so I’m not. But what I am is passionate about is helping people DESIGN their lives, so writing about my purpose is easy. Thinking about being “Karla Silver… Bestselling Author” is just… well… weird!
What is amazing about being so connected with my purpose is that I was selected by the great Brian Tracy (if you don’t know who he is… Google him) to be part of his book, “Change Agents.” As a result of his invitation to co-author his book, I’m a bestselling author… AGAIN!
I’m writing this post from the Hotel Roosevelt in Hollywood, where I’m set to receive a “Quilly” Award from the National Academy of Bestselling Authors tomorrow night!
How cool is that?
I was super-lucky to be picked to be an “Expert” on a topic that I’m super-passionate about – LIFESTYLE DESIGN.
I truly believe that anyone… ANYONE… even YOU can actually “design” your life.
I guess I’m feeling like anyone that has been nominated for an award that is significant….
What am I going to wear on the red carpet?
OMG… my HAIR?
Do I need to have someone do my makeup? What about my dress, and really.. how do I stand like those stars on the BIG red carpets look good in their pictures… how do they stand and where do they hold their hands???
What could you do to live your best life in the next 100 days?
There is so much that you can do in a very short period of time.
Believe it or not, if you were truly motivated, in 100 days you could…
Learn a new language
Lose 30 pounds
Add another significant income stream to your portfolio
Make a new best friend
Write a bestselling book
The list can go on and on…
Here are 12 (plus one extra credit bonus) changes that you can implement in the next 100 days to improve your life.
Family/Home
Everyday, write down something that you are grateful for in your partner or family.
Select a “de-clutter” day of the week, and make a calendar, so in the next 100 days (14 weeks, you will have de-cluttered 14 areas of your home). For example:
For the next 100 days, pay for everything with paper money and keep any change that you receive. Then, put all of your change in a jar and see how much money you can accumulate in 100 days.
Set an 1-2 hours aside every day for the next 100 days to devote to creating one source of passive income. According to The New York Daily News the average person watches 34 hours of television per week. Just think… if you just turned OFF the television, what could you do with that time? (HINT: that’s what we did.)
If you can’t stand the idea of not watching your favorite programs, then record only those
programs you cannot live without seeing. When you do watch them after you’ve done
your “income producing activities” you can fast forward through all the ads. It always amazes me just how little “program” there is compared to advertising.
Spiritual
I love this one… For the next 100 days make it a point to feed your mind with the thoughts, words, and images that are most consistent with who you want to be, what you want to have, and what you want to achieve.
Smile – the benefits of smiling and laughing are many. If you can’t find anything to
make you smile every day for 100 days invest in a good joke book or find one on the
web. Failing that, clamp a pencil between your teeth lengthwise so it sticks out across
your cheeks, believe it or not you will feel so ridiculous you will have to smile. Actually
it forces your mouth into the right position and that may be just enough to lift your
mood.
Health Fitness
Set your alarm a minute earlier every day for the next 100 days. Then make sure that you get out of bed as soon as your alarm rings, open the windows to let in some sunlight, and do some light stretching. In 100 days you’ll be waking up an hour and forty minutes earlier than you’re waking up now.
For the next 100 days, eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. Easy-peasy lemon squeezy health tip. Not only will you fill your body with great nutrition, but you’ll feel too full to eat that dessert or extra helping of potatoes.
BONUS TIP FOR EXTRA CREDIT AND REAL CHANGE: Choose one food that constantly sabotages your efforts to eat healthier—whether it’s the decadent cheesecake from the bakery around the corner, deep-dish pizza, or your favorite potato chips—and go cold turkey for the next 100 days.
Social/Recreational
Connect with someone new every day for the next 100 days, whether it’s by greeting a neighbor you’ve never spoken to before, following someone new on Twitter, leaving a comment on a blog you’ve never commented on before, and so on.
For the next 100 days, make it a point to associate with people you admire, respect and want to be like. If you want to improve any area of your life, it is important to hang out with people that have already achieved what you are looking for. If you want to be in a better relationship, hang out with people that have great relationships. If you want to be a better tennis player, play with people that are better players. If you want to make more money in your life, hang out with people that are making more money than you.
Educational
Make it a point to learn at least one new thing each day: the name of a flower that grows in your garden, the capital of a far-off country, or the name of a piece of classical music you hear playing in your favorite clothing boutique as you shop. If it’s time for bed and you can’t identify anything you’ve learned that day, take out your dictionary and learn a new word.
Take a course online. There are literally THOUSANDS of free, college-level courses on almost any topic. Recently, my husband Don and I completed “The Modern World: Global History Since 1760,” a 15 week course given by the University of Virginia on Coursera.org. Check out the following cool places for free courses: Coursera.org, Udacity.com, iTunes University, etc.
Improve Your Life in 100 Days
It is truly unbelievable what you can accomplish with a little motivation and focus. We believe that you can accomplish anything you want.
“The Four Hour Work Week,” by Timothy Ferriss to read on the way. In that book, the author described a concept that rocked my world.
