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

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 positive results when you are positive within. You are in control. Feeling motivated today...are YOU? Make it great!

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively. - Norman Vincent Peale 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.

People spend too much time finding other people to blame, too much energy finding excuses for not being what they are capable of being, and not enough energy putting themselves on the line, growing out of the past, and getting on with their lives. - J. Michael Straczynski As long as we believe that someone else is to blame for our problems/difficulties, we are powerless to change. Forgiving helps us take back our power. Letting go of blame allows us to take responsibility for our lives. Forgiveness is an act of self-kindness. Choosing now to heal old unfinished business, completes the past. It ’ s time to surrender your pain and set yourself and others free. This will change the course of your life. All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame others, it will not change you.

Whatever we are waiting for - peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness o f 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

You are created and fashioned by the Master. He made you just the way you are, and He has a specific and amazing plan for you, a destiny for your life. - Joel Osteen

Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up obstacles in your imagination. - Norman Vincent Peale

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. - Jim Rohn 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.

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!

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own - Benjamin Disraeli Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know it just as well as you. You are all learners, doers and teachers.

The most important thing you can do to achieve your goals is to make sure that as soon as you set them, you immediately begin to create momentum. The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who taught me to first write down the goal, and then to never leave the site of setting a goal without first taking some form of positive action toward its attainment. - Anthony Robbins

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Make A Decision! Every positive change in your life begins with a clear, unequivocal decision that you are going to either do something or stop doing something. Significant change starts when you decide to either get in or get out. Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny. - Bob Marley

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

Feeling sorry for yourself, and you present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have. - Dale Carnegie Worrying is using your imagination to create something you don't want.

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.

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious. -John Sculley    

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get. - Jim Rohn    

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

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 rejuv e nated!!

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.

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.

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!

Everyone has the power to impact the outcome of their life. The way to do it is to focus on today….Today is the only time you have. It's too late for yesterday. And you can't depend on tomorrow. -  John C. Maxwell Wise words...live for today! Learn and cherish all from your past, dream and believe in all that the future can bring. Make the most of today! Make it great!

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will. - Vince Lombardi Don't focus on "I would if I could".  Tell yourself..."If I can, I will". Start now! Make today a great day!

Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.— Earl Nightingale

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!

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!

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

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient, but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, of uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. - Charles Victor Cherbuliez

I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it -  Thomas Jefferson

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength. - Charles Stanley

I do believe we're all connected. I do believe in positive energy. I do believe in the power of prayer. I do believe in putting good out into the world. And I believe in taking care of each other. - Harvey Fierstein

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 Life is what we make it. We tend to get more of what we give and what we expect. Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on our own expectations for ourselves. As soon as we start to feel differently about what we already have and how we perceive things to be...we start to realize more good things to be grateful for. The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to him positive results. You become what you think about. Visualize what you want. See it & feel it. Believe it.

Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon. - Denis Waitley You become what you think about. Visualize what you want. See it & feel it. Believe it.

Happy Friday Everyone!! This is your life. Live it. It is valuable. Make the most of it. If you desire more. Do something about it. Live the life you deserve! 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!

Happy Friendship Friday! 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.

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.

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.

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess. -  Rainer Maria Rilke May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.

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

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living – Amanda Bradley 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.

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 If you have the courage to begin, to take action, to stick with it...you have the courage to succeed.

How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself. So always think positively. - Norman Vincent Peale 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.

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!

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want. -  Mark Twain Dream. Dream big. Make them crystal clear in your mind. If you're having trouble staying focused on them...they're probably not big enough to motivate you and help pull you through. Believe in yourself and in your dreams.  Believe you can and will achieve them. Believe you deserve to achieve them. Now DO something about it! Small achievable wins can catapult you on your way. Start today! Make it great! - Curtis Hirata

You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. - Les Brown   If you don't act now while it's fresh in your mind, it will probably join the list of things you were always going to do but never quite got around to. Chances are you'll also miss some opportunities.  Everyone has the power to impact the outcome of their life. Focus and live for today! Learn and cherish all from your past, dream and believe in all that the future can bring. Make the most of today! Your big opportunity may be right here, right now! Make it great!

It's not what's happening to you now or what has happened to you in your past that determines who you become.  Rather, it's your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you're going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny. - Anthony Robbins

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.   - John Wooden

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 every day the BEST - it's your choice! Utilize the power of NOW to make a difference in your life. Be the example people want to follow, be the friend no one ...

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!

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

Life is sacred. I hold in my heart all the parts of myself—the infant, the child, the teenager, the young adult, the adult, and my present and future self. My story includes every success and every failure, every error and every truthful insight, and all of it is valuable. I have compassion for me, and I also feel compassion for others. I create a life of acceptance and understanding. - Louise L. Hay 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!

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.  - 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?

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives. - Tony Robbins Believe in yourself, believe in your dreams. Believe you deserve to achieve them. Believe you can...and you will. Set a plan and take action. Start now. Make today great!

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!

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true. - Robert H. Schuller Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.  Don't wait for it...go out and achieve it.   Happy Monday Everyone! Make it a great day!

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. -  Albert Schweitzer 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!

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

My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed. - Mark Warner A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own - Benjamin Disraeli Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know it just as well as you. You are all learners, doers and teachers.