S.U.M.M.I.T. Leadership

You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. - Zig Ziglar

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. - Denis Waitley If you think you're a winner you'll win, if you dare to step out you'll succeed. Believe in your heart, have purpose to start. Aim to help fellow man in his need. Thoughts of faith must replace every doubt. Use words of courage and you cannot fail. If you stumble and fall, rise and stand ten feet tall, you determine the course that you sail. The real winners in life are the people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work or make it better. Make it great!

Carry yourself with confidence, for who you are and all you do. Affect the things that are in your control, and it all begins with the person in the mirror. Things don't necessarily get easier, we just change the impact or meaning by how we choose to deal with them...and through this we get stronger and wiser. Make today a great day!

Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes. - Jim Rohn Instill optimism and creativity in all you do. Make the impossible...possible. Turn ordinary into extraordinary! Start now! Make today great!

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.  - Norman Vincent Peale

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. - Tao Te Ching

The loudest and most influential voice you hear is your own inner voice, your "self critic". It can work for you or against you, depending on the messages you allow. It can be pessimistic or optimistic. It can wear you down or cheer you on. You control the sender and the receiver, but only if you consciously take responsibility and control of your inner conversation. - Keith Harrell

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. - Mother Teresa

For all who have served and to those who are serving...we show great appreciation.  And to those who have died, we also show remembrance.  Men and women giving their best to defend what they love.  They defend our country, they fight and sacrifice so that we may know freedom.  Unknown and faceless to everyone except those who knew them personally or served with them.  Some call them soldiers, others call them heroes.  Because of them, we continue to live in freedom. For this we give our thanks!

Something will master and something will serve. Either you run the day or the day runs you. -  Jim Rohn

A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, understand the gift of laughter and laugh a lot, believe in yourself, and realize how blessed you are. When you go to bed with a dream and wake up with a purpose. Being with people who know your worth and who appreciate you for who you are. Live the life you deserve. Start now! Make it great!

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome – William James

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. - Confucius

The greater your dream...the greater your belief must be! The greater your belief...the greater your plan to achieve must be! The greater your plan to achieve...the greater your ability to risk and take action must be! The greater your risk and action...the greater your results will be! The greater your results...the greater your dreams will be!

Start by focusing in on your dreams and goals. Then, take action everyday toward those dreams and goals. Soon the impossible will be possible and the invisible will be visible.  Feel the energy and excitement that comes with doing something you are truly passionate about. Create a positive momentum by harnessing and refocusing this energy to achieve the life you deserve. Start today. Make today great!

With every new day comes a new beginning. A fresh start. Focus in and enjoy each new moment life brings you.  You have to make it YOUR choice to believe in yourself and in your dreams. If you believe in something...you must commit to it. YOU have the right and the power to choose. Decide today to use your power to choose. You have to believe to achieve. Once you have your attitude right you must believe it can and will happen. Have faith and release the past.  You have to start with the right attitude. In everything you do you must have the right mind set first. You have to get your head in the game to get, be and stay motivated.  Carry yourself with confidence, for who you are and all you do. Make it great!

Let's make this month a month of ACTION! Decide NOW! Decide what you want. Decide what you need to change or sacrifice to get it. Set your plan. Put your plan in motion! Start NOW! Taking action is the part...most people don't do. Then we wonder why things don't change for the better. Don't stop believing. Don't fear. Don't wait. Don't give up. Don't give in. Don't settle for less! Happy and unhappy people tend to have very similar life experiences. The difference is what they focus on. It's your choice. Approach everything with an Attitude of Gratitude and focus on what you have instead of what you do not. Things don't necessarily get easier, we just change the impact or meaning by how we choose to deal with them...and through this we get stronger and wiser. Make today a great day!

The problem with most people is that they get so caught up with what they 'think" is or isn't happening to them, that they fail to see the things that actually are.  It is important for us all to live our lives one day at a time, and realize that RIGHT NOW this is enough. Reflect on the past for what you have learned from it...but do not grieve over it for it is gone. Be careful not to let new opportunities pass you by while you sit idle thinking about the chances you may have lost.  Look forward to what lies ahead of us in the future, but do not worry about it, for it has not yet arrived. Stop wondering about the future - create it.  Life starts NOW, Live in the present, and make it so great it will be worth thinking about later. Instead of just making the best of everyday,  make the decision to make everyday the BEST - it's your choice! Utilize the power of NOW to make a difference in your life. We all have the power and the power to choose to MAKE today a...

By acting in a positive, pleasant and optimistic way, you become a positive, optimistic and enjoyable person. - Brian Tracy

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude - Dale Carnegie Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit

You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Remember...it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.  A person who truly does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. Make things count! Make today great!

Be careful not to let opportunities pass you by while you sit idle thinking about the chances you may have lost. Learn from the past - do not live in it. Don't wonder about the future - create it. Utilize the power of NOW to make a difference in your life! We all have the power, and the power to choose...choose to MAKE today a great day!

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale

You must first have knowledge of your power; second, the courage to dare; third, the faith to do. - Charles F. Haanel

You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself. - Harvey S. Firestone

Make a gift of your life and lift all mankind by being kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times, in all places, and under all conditions, with everyone as well as yourself. This is the greatest gift anyone can give.—  Dr. David Hawkins

Don't spend most of your time on the voices that don't count, voices that are going to add too little worth to your future. Don't waste time on the shallow and the silly. Tune those voices out and tune in voices that are going to add something to your life. - Jim Rohn

Today is life-the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto. - Dale Carnegie

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. - William James Our attitude is the environment we carry with us during the day. It proclaims to the world what we think of ourselves and indicates the sort of person we have made up our minds to be. It is the person we will become. How's your attitude today? Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within. You are in control. Make it great!

Your enthusiasm will be infectious, stimulating and attractive to others. They will love you for it. They will go for you and with you.  Norman Vincent Peale

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family -Anthony Brandt

Always reward your long hours of labor and toil in the very best way, surrounded by your family. Nurture their love carefully, remembering that your children need models, not critics, and your own progress will hasten when you constantly strive to present your best side to your children. And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success. - Og Mandino

Believe that you will succeed, and you will. - Dale Carnegie Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams, believe that you deserve to achieve them, believe that you can and will achieve them.  You can have anything you want if you will give up the belief that you can't have it.

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibility: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak - Thomas Carlyle There is great pleasure in achieving and succeeding when others say you cannot. The goal is not to ever fail, but to be able to pick yourself up after a failure, learn from it...and move on.  With enough patience and perseverance...soon your difficulties and obstacles will disappear.

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are. -Thomas Dreier Life is what we make it.  We tend to get more of what we give and what we expect. Positive thoughts bring positive results.  Start now, make today great!

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. - William Arthur Ward Renew an old friendship, enhance an existing or make a new friend!  "Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be - George Sheeha These are two of the greatest moments in a person's life: The first is when you are born. The second is when you discover why you were born.  Live a life of Purpose. Live it with Passion. Create a solid Plan to achieve your dreams and goals. Pursue and Persist with constant action and stick-to-it-iveness. Start now! Make today great!

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear. - Brian Tracy

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you. - Jim Rohn

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. - Jamie Paolinetti

It's the little things you do that can make a big difference. What are you attempting to accomplish? What little thing can you do today that will make you more effective? You are probably only one step away from greatness. - Bob Proctor

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined. Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning and focused effort - Paul J. Meyer It's a great day to start off a productive week! Set goals, create a plan, take action! Make it great!

The key to success is simple: Keep doing more of the things that work, stop doing things that don't. Ask questions and try new things to get better results. It's all up to you to act upon these things. Things don't necessarily get easier, we just change the impact or meaning by how we choose to deal with them...and through this we get stronger and wiser. Make today a great day!

There is always something to celebrate, so long as life is being lived. - Neale Donald Walsch Have fun! Live your life! Make it great!

Choosing the right responses to things can truly make the difference in your attitude and outcomes you experience. Choose wisely and create the outcomes that benefit you. Make today great!

It's time to start living the life you imagined. - Henry James

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. - Les Brown Someone once said, There comes a time in your life when you walk away from all the drama and the people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh. Forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right, pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is a part of life, getting back up is living. Learn from the past, live in the now. Being alive is a gift, being happy is by choice! Life is what you make it. Choose to make it great!

Unexpected circumstances can be thrown at you, but what is the thing that counts most in these situations? What counts most is how you react to what happens to you, especially when you have unexpected problems of any kind.  A Positive Mental Attitude is indispensable to your success. You can be as positive as you want to be if you will simply think about the future, focus on the solution and look for the good. If you do what other successful people do, if you use your mind to exert mental control over the situation, you will be positive and cheerful most of the time. And you will reap the benefits enjoyed by all successful people.

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it. - Mary Engelbreit

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. - William James Our attitude is the environment we carry with us during the day. It proclaims to the world what we think of ourselves and indicates the sort of person we have made up our minds to be. It is the person we will become. How's your attitude today? Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within. You are in control. Make it great!

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie

Write it on your heart that everyday is the best day in the year - Ralph Waldo Emerson Be thankful for all the things that are in your life.  Having gratitude opens the doors to receiving. When a negative thought enters your mind, immediately replace it with something you are grateful for (roof over your head, love in your life, food on the table, etc..). Just as with learning anything new, it will require watchfulness and practice until a new behavior pattern is learned. Being mindful of changing your thoughts will eventually create an automatic response process with little effort, thus allowing more room for joy in your life. Start today. Make today great!