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What can be

We can't afford to waste tears on might-have -beens. We need to turn the tears into sweat that can take us to what can be. — Denis Waitley Instill optimism and creativity in all you do. Make the impossible...possible. Turn ordinary into extraordinary! Start now! Make today great!

Goals

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. -  Jim Rohn The future holds limitless possibilities...you decide what the future holds for you.

Destiny

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.  - William Jennings Bryan

To win

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. - Napoleon Hill

Positive

Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within. - Brian Tracy Positive thoughts can energize your day and the perfect way to start each morning! 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. Feeling motivated today...are YOU? Make it great!

Winning

Winning is not a sometime thing, it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit.  -  Vince Lombardi 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. 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!

New ending

What happened even as recently as yesterday is no longer of any consequence, unless we choose to allow it to be. What is of great importance is who and what it is that leaves its mark today, and each day thereafter. What we have been is an established and unchangeable fact. What we can yet become is an unlimited, boundless opportunity. - Jim Rohn Nobody can go back and start a new beginning...but anyone can start TODAY and make a new ending! Learn from your yesterdays, have faith in your tomorrows, Make TODAY great!

Don't wait

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right, you'll probably never do much of anything. - Win Borden. Start NOW!  Today is the perfect  day...to take charge, make a change, reach out, do something, improve, take risks, get ahead...and make a difference! Think about making a positive change to your future. Dream and Believe. Act and Achieve. Get going. Make today great!

Family time

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

Merry Christmas to All

Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect. - Oren Arnold The best of all gifts to have in the holiday spirit: the presence of happy friends and family all wrapped up within each other.  Peace, Joy, Love! Happy Holidays to all!

Christmas warmth & joy

From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other. - Emily Matthews

The life you desire

Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire. - Napoleon Hill

Positive thoughts

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to him positive results - Norman Vincent Peale

More gratitude

As soon as you start to feel differently about what you already have, you will start to attract more of the good things, more of the things you can be grateful for. - Joe Vitale

Gratitude

Developing a true sense of gratitude involves taking absolutely nothing for granted. Rather, we always look for friendly intention behind the deed and learn to appreciate it. - Albert Schweitzer Be thankful for all the things that are in your life.  Learning to be happy while you are pursuing what you want...is key.  Know that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.  Having gratitude opens the doors to receiving. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  We all have a lot to be grateful for...Start today. MAKE today a GREAT day!

You are powerful

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. - Alice Walker You are powerful. Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams!  Realize that you don't have to look outside yourself for strength...it is there within you, all the time.

Winning

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.

Do what you love

We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too. - Kristin Martz Do what you love and love what you do! Life is too short not to!

Passion

A passion for life is one of the most attractive qualities in a human being. If you want a teammate or a life mate who loves to be around you, all you need to do is love to be around. - Denis Waitley Passion and enthusiasm can make all the difference! Do what you love and love what you do! Decide to make today great! Carry forth an attitude of gratitude always!

Visualize

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.  - Robert Collier You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.

What we expect

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast.  - Norman Vincent Peale 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. We tend to get what we expect.

Think you can

Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. – Vince Lombardi

Who you are

Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving. W.Clement Stone Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

To be achieved

The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved. - Samuel Smiles

Be in charge

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself. - Robert F. Bennett

Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Momentum

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life - Tony Robbins

Change

Lives change. People change. How and why are less important than the fact that they change. Being thankful is not simply something we say, it’s something we do. You help one person, and pretty soon they’re helping someone else. You never know how many people you’ve touched just by reaching out to one. Practice random acts of kindness, daily. Approach everything you do and everything you have with an attitude of gratitude. Start now. Make today great! Happy Friday Everyone!

Astound ourself

If we did all the things we are  capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. - Thomas Edison Embrace the unexpected. The things we never saw coming often take us to places we never thought we'd go. Start living the live you always imagined. Create different results. Start now! Make today great!

Take the initiative

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life - Tony Robbins

Give a little bit

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. - Archbishop Desmond Tutu We live every day from what we can get, but create a life by what we can give. Do your part to make a positive difference daily.  You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself, for it is in giving that we actually receive! Make it a great day!

Within us

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. William Morrow Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.

Encouragement

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause. -  George Matthew Adams Encourage someone who needs it. Whether it’s a friend, sibling, parent, child or coworker, a little recognition could make a world of difference in their lives. Let them know that you are thankful for them and that you appreciate having them in your life. You can encourage someone with words, a hug, a gift or even an email or phone call. It is so simple to do; act now and go encourage someone! Make today great!

Boom A Rang

Life’s like a boom-a-rang. The more good you throw out, the more you receive in return. - Josh S. Hinds The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon-to-be-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.  Remember...it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.  Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you. A person who truly does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. Make things count! Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.  Life’s like a boom-a-rang. The more good you throw out, the more you receive in return. Start now! Make today great!

Attitude

Discipline yourself to find something positive in every situation every day. You attract positivity when you are positive within. - Brian Tracy Positive thoughts can energize your day and the perfect way to start each morning! 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. Feeling motivated today...are YOU? Make it great!

Joy is an attitude

Joy is an attitude; it is the presence of love for self and others. It comes from a feeling of inner peace, the ability to give and receive, and appreciation of the self and others. It is a state of gratitude and compassion, a feeling of connection to your higher self. Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living

Don't Fear

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.  - Dale Carnegie Don't let fear hold you back from achieving your goals and dreams! Take control and take action, and soon you will realize there was never anything to be afraid of!

Commitment

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. - Mario Andretti Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

The future

The main reason that most people do not achieve their goals is not because they can't or they are not smart, good or deserving enough. They don't because their plan and system for taking action and staying on track is flawed. Take time to plan properly and then create a process for taking daily action towards your goals. - John Assaraf The future holds limitless possibilities...you decide what the future holds for you.

Never an accident

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 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. It's a great day to start your momentum for a productive week! Set goals, create a plan, take action! Make it great!

One more time

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.  - Thomas Edison Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength. Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. It always seems impossible until it is done. How long should you try? Until you succeed! Greatness is the ability to accomplish things even when others say you cannot!

Combination

Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have anything you want. - Brian Tracy

Life is what you make it

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning. -  Albert Einstein 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!

How is your attitude today?

We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. - Charles R. Swindoll A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. Positive thoughts can energize your day and the perfect way to start each morning!  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?

Limitations

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

What do you think

You may believe that you are responsible for what you do,but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think.— Quote from A Course in Miracles Write the script of your own life, rehearse it in your mind, then go out and perform it to the best of your ability. Our minds can shape the way something will become because we act according to our expectations. Start now, make today great!

Know yourself

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. - Julia Cameron Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Within each of us

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us. - Wilma Rudolph

Abundance

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness & simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Happy Thanksgiving 2014

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare.  They are consumed in twelve minutes.  Football games "Half-times" take twelve minutes.  This is not coincidence.  - Erma Bombeck In all things, let us remember to give thanks.  Be thankful for all the things that are in your life. Carry forward an attitude of gratitude in all we do.  Having gratitude opens the doors to receiving. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  Gratitude enables us to move on, grow and develop; with it comes peace, joy, laughter, good times and memories-in-the-making, to your life and to everyone around you!  We all have a lot to be grateful for.  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! 

Give

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 We live every day from what we can get, but create a life by what we can give. Do your part to make a positive difference daily.  You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself, for it is in giving that we actually receive! Make it a great day!

Gratitude

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. — Eckhart Tolle How do you turn your life around? Begin by developing an attitude of gratitude! As soon as you start to feel differently about the things in your life that you already have, you begin to realize and open the door for even greater things to come. Learn to not take things for granted.  Life is too short to not count your blessings on a daily basis! Be thankful for all the things that are in your life.  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. Learning ...

Obstacles

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 If you find a path without obstacles...it probably won't lead you anywhere.  We are built to conquer environment, solve problems and achieve goals. 

Positive change

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. - Ralph Marston Build upon you past experiences and use it as a stepping stone. Don't forget from your mistakes, but also...don't dwell upon them. Learn from them! Focus your energy on building positive momentum and creating positive change. Start now, make today a great day!

Attitude

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 Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

Passion

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. - Jack Canfield Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.  Find it & go after it.

Boundless opportunity

What happened even as recently as yesterday is no longer of any consequence, unless we choose to allow it to be. What is of great importance is who and what it is that leaves its mark today, and each day thereafter. What we have been is an established and unchangeable fact. What we can yet become is an unlimited, boundless opportunity. - Jim Rohn Nobody can go back and start a new beginning...but anyone can start TODAY and make a new ending! Learn from your yesterdays, have faith in your tomorrows, Make TODAY great!

As happy as you want to be

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart, develop the happiness habit, and life will become a continual feast. - Norman Vincent Peale The happiest people don't have the best of everything...they just make the best out of everything. Make today great!

Start all over again

For what it's worth...it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Think you can

Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks he can. – Vince Lombardi

Change the way you see things

Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future, challenge the improbable and attain the impossible. - William Arthur Ward Change the way you see things, and you will have the power to change your world.

Life's a boom a rang

The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon-to-be-forgotten charities of a kiss, a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless other infinitesimals of pleasurable thought and genial feeling.  Remember...it's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.  Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you. A person who truly does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. Make things count! Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.  Life’s like a boom-a-rang. The more good you throw out, the more you receive in return. Start now! Make today great!

Live by them

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  - John Fitzgerald Kennedy

One is silver and the other gold

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our  souls blossom. - Marcel Proust, Renew an old friendship, enhance an existing or make a new friend!  Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life.

Unlimited beings

We are unlimited beings. We have no ceiling. The capabilities and the talents and the gifts and the power that is within every single individual that is on this planet, is unlimited - Michael Beckwith

Accomplish

If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. - Vince Lombardi

Attitude of gratitude

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation. - Brian Tracy

Rewarding things

The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things. - Jim Rohn Do what you love and love what you do! It truly makes a difference...so you can make a difference! Make it a great day!

Be Excited

When you know clearly what you want, you'll wake up every morning excited about life. - Mark Victor Hansen

Meant to be

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!

Be inspired

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain -- he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem -- he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills. - William Arthur Ward

Adversity

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.  - Ralph Waldo Emerson There is great pleasure in achieving and succeeding when others say you cannot. The goal is not to never 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.  Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.

Confidence

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking the tartar sauce with you. - Zig Ziglar You are powerful. Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams!  Realize that you don't have to look outside yourself for strength...it is there within you, all the time.

Be a champion

There's always the motivation of wanting to win. Everybody has that. But a champion needs, in his attitude, a motivation above and beyond winning. - Pat Riley What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.

Make a new ending

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. - Maria Robinson

Brilliant

Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation. - Eric Buttterworth Practice doesn't make perfect, "perfect practice" makes perfect.

Success

Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. - John Wooden The real opportunity for SUCCESS! lies within the person and not in the job.

Do something

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. - Shira Tehrani

Dream big

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. - Harriet Tubman 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! Dare to dream and dream big.

Grateful heart

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness & simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Veterans Day 2014

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!

Only in your mind

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.  - Dale Carnegie Don't let fear hold you back from achieving your goals and dreams! Take control and take action, and soon you will realize there was never anything to be afraid of!

Leadership

Everything rises and falls on leadership.  And leadership truly develops from the inside out.  If you can become who you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader you want to be on the outside. - John Maxwell We're all leaders... If you influence anyone's beliefs, thinking, behavior, or development, then you are engaging in leadership.  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more...you are a leader. Leaders are made, not born.  Leaders have a sense of missions--vision--that uplifts, motivates and inspires men and women to heights to help them achieve that vision. Leaders make things happen.

Thank you

None of us got to where we are alone. Whether the assistance we received was obvious or subtle, acknowledging someone's help is a big part of understanding the importance of saying thank you. - Harvey Mackay

Gratitude

Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. - Ralph Marston Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Carry forth an Attitude of Gratitude in all you do!

Begin it

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Explore, Dream, Discover

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

Jump the hurdles

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle. - George Lucas If you find a path without obstacles...it probably won't lead you anywhere.  We are built to conquer environment, solve problems and achieve goals. 

Make it a better place

Don't spend your precious time asking 'Why isn't the world a better place?' It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is 'How can I make it better?' To that there is an answer. - Leo Buscaglia Take personal responsibility.  Change the only corner of the world you can be certain of improving, your own self.  We must continuously improve to grow, progress and have success.  You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing. Start now.

Happen to things

It has long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. - Leonardo Da Vinci Actions truly speak louder than words. Lack of action also speaks volumes. Take action steps today toward achieving your goals and dreams. You don't have to see the entire staircase to take the first step. Live the life you deserve! Make today great!

Those that count

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

Goals

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives.  One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it.  That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy. -  Denis Waitley This is a great exercise to recommit to.  I'm getting re-focused today! Setting up some long and short term goals. Creating a task & to do list. There is a lot I need to get done! No better time than NOW to get started! Feeling rejuvenated!!

Faith

If you believe in faith and keep speaking victory, favor, health and wholeness, you will see positive changes begin to happen in your life. You will reap a good harvest from the seeds you are sowing. - Joel Osteen Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death. By having belief, faith & enthusiasm for something ...it will make life worth living.

Conquer fear

You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.  - Dale Carnegie Don't let fear hold you back from achieving your goals and dreams! Take control and take action, and soon you will realize there was never anything to be afraid of!

Power of Now

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!

Be the example

Be the example people want to follow, be the friend no one can seem to repay, be the person you always hoped to become. Don't settle for just being all you can be...be more than you ever expected.  May the strength that you have obtained from the difficulties you've endured help you achieve the goals you desire and the life you deserve!  We all have the power and the power to choose to make today Great!

See it as it is

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be - Marcel Pagnol

Happiness is

Success is not the key to happiness, Happiness is the key to success! If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Herman Cain We are just as happy as we make up our minds to be. Practice happy thinking daily. The happiest people don't always have the best of everything...they just make the best out of everything. Make today great!

Within each of us

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion. The potential for greatness lives within each of us. - Wilma Rudolph

The greatness

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. - Bob Marley

Choose life

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it. - Kevyn Aucoin

With the heart

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. - Helen Keller

By choice

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself. - Robert F. Bennett It's not what happens to us, it is what we choose to do about what happens that makes the difference in how our lives turn out.  The realization that the power is yours, and choosing the right responses to things can truly make the difference in your attitude and outcomes you experience. You have that power...the power to choose.  Choose wisely and create the outcomes that benefit you. Make today great!

To accomplish great things

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. - Anatole France Believe in your dreams and they may come true; believe in yourself and they will come true

Pay it Forward

Happy 'Pay it Forward' Friday!! You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime - Dale Carnegie Often we don't realize the impact we can make in someone's life. Small random acts of kindness can go a long way! Make a difference today!

True friend

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.

Be thankful...be happy

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year - Ralph Waldo Emerson Be thankful for all the things that are in your life.  Learning to be happy while you are pursuing what you want...is key.  Know that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.  Having gratitude opens the doors to receiving. Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  We all have a lot to be grateful for...Start today. MAKE today a GREAT day!

Life is what you make it

Life is what you make it. Make the most of it every day. Don't take it for granted for it is valuable. It's your life...live it. Enjoy it to the fullest. Carry forth that attitude of gratitude in all you do, always.  Believe in your dreams and dream big. Don't just be all that you can be, become more than you ever thought you could be.  Instill optimism and creativity in all you do. Make the impossible...possible. Turn ordinary into extraordinary! 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. Live the life you deserve.  Start NOW for life is too short.  Begin by making today GREAT!

Your future is unlimited

When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited. - Brian Tracy Believe in yourself...believe in your dreams...believe you deserve to achieve them. Instill optimism and creativity in all you do. Make the impossible...possible. Turn the ordinary into extraordinary! Affect the things that are in your control, and it all begins with the person in the mirror. Don't just be all that you can be. Become more than you ever thought you could be! Start NOW for life is too short! Begin by making TODAY a great day!

Life in your years

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln 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!

Expectations

Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations. - Federico Fellini Write the script of your own life, rehearse it in your mind, then go out and perform it to the best of your ability. Our minds can shape the way something will become because we act according to our expectations. Start now, make today great!

Self discipline

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature. - Dennis Prager

Fight for what you want

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive. - Leah LaBelle

Never too late or too early

For what it's worth...it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Perception

The reality of life is that your perceptions - right or wrong -  influence everything else you do.  When you get a proper  perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how  many other things fall into place. - Roger Birkman

Why worry?

How would your life be different if…You stopped worrying about things you can’t control and started focusing on the things you can? Let today be the day…You free yourself from fruitless worry, seize the day and take effective action on things you can change. - Steve Maraboli If there is no solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it. If there is a solution to the problem then don't waste time worrying about it.

A true friend

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.  A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to just be yourself.

Strength

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret - curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.  - Walt Disney Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams!  Realize that you don't have to look outside yourself for strength...it is there all the time.

Focused effort

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. - Mario Andretti Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Grateful heart

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness & simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Limitations

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

Conquer obstacles

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. - Maxwell Maltz If you find a path without obstacles...it probably won't lead you anywhere.  We are built to conquer environment, solve problems and achieve goals.   Challenges are what make life interesting...overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Fill it with gratitude

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. — Eckhart Tolle How do you turn your life around? Begin by developing an attitude of gratitude! As soon as you start to feel differently about the things in your life that you already have, you begin to realize and open the door for even greater things to come. Learn to not take things for granted.  Life is too short to not count your blessings on a daily basis! Be thankful for all the things that are in your life.  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. Learning ...

The key to success

Success is not the key to happiness, Happiness is the key to success! If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Herman Cain We are just as happy as we make up our minds to be. Practice happy thinking daily. The happiest people don't always have the best of everything...they just make the best out of everything. Make today great!

Master change

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. - Norman Vincent Peale You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you. Positive thoughts can energize your day and the perfect way to start each morning!  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. Learn to master change rather than allowing it to master you. How's your attitude today?

Mental attitude

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude - Dale Carnegie

Do the impossible

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - St. Francis of Assisi The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

Blessed is he

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate - William Arthur Ward

Receive it

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness & simple abundance - it will surely come to us, but only when we are ready to receive it with an open and grateful heart. - Sarah Ban Breathnach

Influence

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 The most important words we'll utter are those words we say to ourselves, about ourselves, when we're by ourselves.

The little details

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. — Swami Sivananda It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

Good idea

Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea. — Jim Rohn

It happens for you

Life is simple. Everything happens for you, not to you. Everything happens at exactly the right moment, neither too soon nor too late. You don't have to like it... it's just easier if you do. - Byron Katie

A good life

Lifestyle is not an amount; it's a practice. — 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 a live of Sharing & Caring, Giving & Living, Attitude & Gratitude.  Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's learning to dance in the rain. Live the life you deserve. Start now! Make it great!

Positive possibilities

You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. - Ralph Marston Build upon you past experiences and use it as a stepping stone. Don't forget from your mistakes, but also...don't dwell upon them. Learn from them! Focus your energy on building positive momentum and creating positive change. Start now, make today a great day!

Listen to your heart

In all things...Listen to your heart. Even though it’s on the left side, it’s always right.

Happiness

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. - Jim Rohn

Subconscious Mind

Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities 'lock in' to your subconscious mind. -  Brian Tracy

Invincible host

Y our success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. - Helen Keller

Be Happy

Accept the notion that you deserve all the happiness you can honestly attain through the application of your talents and abilities. The more you like and respect yourself, the more deserving you will feel of the good things in life. And the more deserving you feel, the more likely you will attain and hold on to the happiness you are working toward. - Brian Tracy

Dealing with adversity

The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain -- he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem -- he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills. - William Arthur Ward Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.

Growing slowly

Don't be afraid of growing slowly, be afraid of standing still. - Chinese proverb

Goal Setting

Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is to focus it. That is what goals can do for us; concentrate our energy. -  Denis Waitley The future holds limitless possibilities...you decide what the future holds for you.

Patience and perseverance

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. - Marie Curie There is great pleasure in achieving and succeeding when others say you cannot. The goal is not to never 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.

Be productive

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've everything to do, and you've done it. - Margaret Thatcher 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. It's a great day to start your momentum for a productive week! Set goals, create a plan, take action! Make it great!

Make today great

Life is what you make it. Make the most of it every day. Don't take it for granted for it is valuable. It's your life...live it. Enjoy it to the fullest. Carry forth that attitude of gratitude in all you do, always.  Believe in your dreams and dream big. Don't just be all that you can be, become more than you ever thought you could be.  Instill optimism and creativity in all you do. Make the impossible...possible. Turn ordinary into extraordinary! 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. Live the life you deserve.  Start NOW for life is too short.  Begin by making today GREAT!

In your control

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!

Have gratitude

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. — Eckhart Tolle How do you turn your life around? Begin by developing an attitude of gratitude! As soon as you start to feel differently about the things in your life that you already have, you begin to realize and open the door for even greater things to come. Learn to not take things for granted.  Life is too short to not count your blessings on a daily basis! Be thankful for all the things that are in your life.  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. Learning ...

One person

I am personally convinced that one person can be a change catalyst, a "transformer" in any situation, any organization. Such an individual is yeast that can leaven an entire loaf. It requires vision, initiative, patience, respect, persistence, courage, and faith to be a transforming leader. - Stephen R. Covey

Be amazed

If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. - Vince Lombardi

Change your mind...make a choice

There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them -  Denis Waitley It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.  Changing your mind about anything...is work. The realization that you CAN change your mind and make a choice is a great start. Choosing the right responses to things can truly make the difference in your attitude and outcomes you experience. You have the power...the power to choose.  Choose wisely and create the outcomes that benefit you. Make today great! - Curtis Hirata

Rekindled light

Sometime our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. – Albert Scheitzer Lives change. People change. How and why are less important than the fact that they change. Being thankful is not simply something we say, it’s something we do. You help one person, and pretty soon they’re helping someone else. You never know how many people you’ve touched just by reaching out to one. Practice random acts of kindness, daily. Approach everything you do and everything you have with an attitude of gratitude. Start now. Make today great!

Embrace the Unexpected

If we did all the things we are  capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. - Thomas Edison Embrace the unexpe c ted. The things we never saw coming often take us to places we never thought we'd go. Start living the live you always imagined. Create different results. Start now! Make today great!

The more we see

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing. - Maria Mitchell

The reason

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be - Marcel Pagnol The happiest people don't always have the best of everything...they just make the best out of everything. Make today great!

Momentum

Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life - Tony Robbins

Immediate action

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. - Orison Swett Marden Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.  Don't wait for it...go out and achieve it. High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately.

Be positive

Positive thoughts can energize your day and the perfect way to start each morning! 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. Feeling motivated today...are YOU? Make it great!

Believe

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret - curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.  - Walt Disney Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams!  Realize that you don't have to look outside yourself for strength...it is there all the time.

Control

Something will master and something will serve. Either you run the day or the day runs you. -  Jim Rohn Take control of your thoughts. Take control of your attitudes. Take control of your responses. Take control of your actions. Take control of your desired outcome

Success

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals. - Jim Rohn

Action

It has long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. - Leonardo Da Vinci Actions truly speak louder than words. Lack of action also speaks volumes. Take action steps today toward achieving your goals and dreams. You don't have to see the entire staircase to take the first step. Live the life you deserve! Make today great!

Caring

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile,  a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the  smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to  turn a life around. - Leo Buscaglia There is no better time than NOW to show & tell others how much you love them!  Life has taught me that respect, caring and love must be shared, for it's only through sharing that friendships are born.

Making progress

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 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. It's a great day to start your momentum for a productive week! Set goals, create a plan, take action! Make it great!

Moving toward a goal

You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal. - Chuck Carlson I'd rather attempt to do something and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Fear

You have the power to free yourself from the mental prison that fear creates. Anything worth having is worth working for, and you deserve to live fearless and free. - Terri Cole Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage and the confidence in doing.  Don't let fear hold you back from achieving your goals and dreams! Take control and take action, and soon you will realize there was never anything to be afraid of! Make it a great day!

Obstacles

We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. - Maxwell Maltz If you find a path without obstacles...it probably won't lead you anywhere.  We are built to conquer environment, solve problems and achieve goals.   Challenges are what make life interesting...overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

Don't spend your time

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

Three things

They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. - Tom Bodett

Throw something back

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. - Maya Angelou This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess.

Make a gift

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 We live every day from what we can get, but create a life by what we can give. Do your part to make a positive difference daily.  You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself, for it is in giving that we actually receive! Make it a great day!

Leadership

Everything rises and falls on leadership.  And leadership truly develops from the inside out.  If you can become who you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader you want to be on the outside. - John Maxwell We're all leaders... If you influence anyone's beliefs, thinking, behavior, or development, then you are engaging in leadership.  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more...you are a leader. Leaders are made, not born.  Leaders have a sense of missions--vision--that uplifts, motivates and inspires men and women to heights to help them achieve that vision. Leaders make things happen.

Kind and merciful

Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. - Mother Teresa

What they ought to be

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming. - Goethe

Encourage others

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right. -  Jack Canfield Encourage someone who needs it. Whether it’s a friend, sibling, parent, child or coworker, a little recognition could make a world of difference in their lives. Let them know that you are thankful for them and that you appreciate having them in your life. You can encourage someone with words, a hug, a gift or even an email or phone call. It is so simple to do; act now and go encourage someone! Make today great!

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