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

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

There are no limits...only beliefs about what is possible! Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. - Norm Chomsky

Winner's Blueprint for Achievement BELIEVE while others are doubting. PLAN while others are playing. STUDY while others are sleeping. DECIDE while others are delaying. PREPARE while others are daydreaming. BEGIN while others are procrastinating. WORK while others are wishing. SAVE while others are wasting. LISTEN while others are talking. SMILE while others are frowning. COMMEND while others are criticizing. PERSIST while others are quitting. - William Arthur Ward 

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 Set goals! Believe in yourself and believe in your dreams! Create a plan and take action! There's no better time than now! Start by making today a great day!

We have an innate desire to endlessly learn, grow and develop. We want to become more than what we already are. Once we yield to this inclination for continuous and never-ending improvement, we lead a life of endless accomplishments and satisfaction. - Chuck Gallozzi

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

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. - Kahlil Gibran 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? 

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game. - Voltaire

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

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

If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is siimply 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

In order to stop any negative momentum you must first STOP... turn around and develop positive momentum. It all starts with awareness, decision and then forward action. And as Nike says... just do it! - John Assaraf It is inevitable that we must change our habits if we intend to get different results. Continue to only develop ones that are giving us positive results. Don't settle for less. Believe and achieve! Start now! Make today great!

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

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway.  If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do good anyway.  If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway.  The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.  Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway.  What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway.  People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help them anyway.  Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give the world your best anyway.  --Mother Teresa Sent from my iPhone

Because we don't know what is really important to us, everything seems important. Because everything seems important we have to do everything. Other people unfortunately see us as doing everything, so they expect us to do everything. But doing everything keeps us so busy we don't have time to think about what is really important...to us.   It is our job to find out what is most important to us, and spend more time focused on what matters most. Sent from my iPhone

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. - Thomas Edison There is no better time than NOW to start living the life you imagined. Start by making today a great day!

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

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

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours,weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character - T. Alan Armstrong Champions are not born, they are created. It is not just about winning the game, it's about becoming a winner through the journey and as a result of the hours of hard work, dedication and mental preparation for the challenge. Teams succeed when the desire and intent are joined with attitude and action.

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

Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it. – Sai Baba‬ Live the miracle: Live and enjoy your life to the fullest. Remember how extraordinary even what you think of as ordinary, truly is! Carry forth an attitude of gratitude in all you do, always. For every miracle must not be taken for granted! Start NOW for life is too short! Begin by making TODAY a great day! Love, laugh, live!

When life knocks you down you have two choices- stay down or get up. - Tom Krause Get up, get over it, get a plan, get focused, get going!

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   Make sure the outside of you is a good reflection of the inside of you.

The problem is that most people focus on their failures rather than their successes. But the truth is that most people have many more successes than failures. - Jack Canfield We get more of what we focus on. Positive thoughts can energize your day and the perfect way to start each morning! Carry forth an attitude of gratitude for all you have and in all you do. It will make a world of difference. Make the most out of life, start today, make today great!

We have an innate desire to endlessly learn, grow and develop. We want to become more than what we already are. Once we yield to this inclination for continuous and never-ending improvement, we lead a life of endless accomplishments and satisfaction. - Chuck Gallozzi Strive for improvement and excellence and make sure your goals and dreams are big enough to help pull you through!

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.

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. -  Joshua J. Marin The only thing that life denies you are the things that you are willing to let pass by. Fight for the things you love, and love the things worth fighting for. Obstacles are put in the way to see if what we want are worth fighting for.

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

This is your life...do what you love, and do it often. If you don't like something...change it. If you don't like your job, quit. If you don't have enough time, stop wasting it on things that have no meaning. If you're looking for the love of your life, stop. They will be there waiting for you when you start doing things you love. Stop over analyzing. Life is simple. All emotions are beautiful when you eat, appreciate every last bite. Travel often. Getting lost will help you find yourself. Some opportunities only come once, seize them. Life is about the people you meet and the things you create with them. Go out and start creating. Life is short. Live your dream. Share your passion.

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader; a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves. -  Eleanor Roosevelt

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 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.  To be kind is more importa...

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

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! 

"Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small."— Tim Ferriss Make your dreams and goals big enough to help pull you through. Make a plan and set yourself in action. Instead of saying "I should, I could or I would", change it to telling yourself "I can, I will and I must"! Make it happen! Make today great!

Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.- Mark Twain  

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. -  Kahlil Gibran

Happy Good Friday Everyone!! Getting ready for a fantastic weekend! Words to remember: If we could all just focus in on "what we have" as opposed to "what we do not" and realize who we have become along the way, through all of life's lessons - we would all be happier, more confident people! Happy and unhappy people tend to have very similar life experiences. The difference is what they focus on. It's your choice. Live and enjoy your life to the fullest. This is your life. Live it. It is valuable. Make the most of it. Live the miracle. For every miracle must not be taken for granted! If you desire more. Do something about it. Remember how extraordinary even what you think of as ordinary, truly is! Carry forth an attitude of gratitude in all you do, always. 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. Don't just be all that you can be. Become ...

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 Other things may change us, but we start and end with family !

Changing your mind about anything is work. The realization that you CAN change your mind, and therefore your life, is the start. - Terri Cole Choosing the right responses to things can truly make the difference in your attitude and outcomes you experience. Choose wisely and create the outcomes that benefit you. Make today great! 

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.- Benjamin Franklin Do your best, always. Give it your all! Only worry about trying to be better than yourself! Aim for constant improvement. Expect greatness! Make today great!

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy. - Dale Carnegie 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!

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all. - Norman Vincent Peale Actions truly speak louder than words. Lack of action also speaks volumes. Inaction breeds doubt and fear, action breeds confidence and courage. 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!