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

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

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!

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.

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

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

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! 

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!

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 to be happy while yo

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. 

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

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

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 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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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.

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

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!

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

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

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. 

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.

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!

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 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!!