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

Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. -William Faulkner

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.

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to him positive results - Norman Vincent Peale  We tend to get more of what we expect. You have to expect great things from yourself before you can achieve them. Expect greatness!

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.  

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 Great day to start off a productive weekend! Set goals, take action! Make it great!

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today.  Have you used one to say "thank you?"  ~William A. Ward In all things, let us remember to always give thanks.  Carry forward an attitude of gratitude in all we do.  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!  Focus on the things we have, not on the things we do not. Be grateful for what you have already achieved while you strive to get what you desire. Life is a blessing, live it. And always remember...Thanksgiving dinners can take approximately eighteen hours to prepare.  They are consumed in twelve minutes.  Football games "Half-times" take twelve minutes.  This is NOT a coincidence. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

In one minute you can change your attitude and in that minute you can change your entire day. - Spencer Johnson

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!

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. - Theodore Roosevelt

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

If you want to become great, you have to focus on being grateful. You can change any situation in your life by simply redirecting your mind to focus on what's right about it versus what is wrong. 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!

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. - Johann Von Goethe Ideas without implementation are useless. Ideas executed have the power to change the world...particularly your world.

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

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

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. - Pope Paul VI Make the most of your days! There is no better time than NOW to start living the life you deserve! Learn from the past, live in the now and create your future! 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!

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away~David Viscott

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. - Tecumseh

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

Write it on your heart that everyday is the best day in the year - Ralph Waldo Emerson Be thankful for all the things that are in your life. 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!

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up - 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.

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

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. - Gail Devers

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. - Lao Tzu Seek to inspire yourselves. Celebrate the everyday "little wins". It's ok to feel good about them. You are worthy, you are capable...most of all, you are deserving! Once you believe...share the message and help others to do the same! Do your share to make this world a better place! Make today 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

Be thankful for what you have, and you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have...you will never have enough. Attitude of Gratitude month! Focus on all of the things you are thankful for!

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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.

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!

Experience is what you get, when you don't get what you want. - Randy Pausch

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! 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! Love, laugh, live!

Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. — Conrad Hilton

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. You have the choice of what type of attitude you carry with you at all times. The right one can turn negative stress into a positive one. It can turn a bad situation into a better one. It can turn something good into something great! It's your choice. Choose wisely! Make today great!

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!

Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow. - Mary Anne Radmacher

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

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming. - Goethe Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.  A person who truly does things that count, doesn't usually stop to count them. Make things count! Make today great!

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

Make a positive impact on those around you. 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!

Desire is the starting point for all achievement , not a hope, not a wish but a keen pulsating desire within that transends everything. Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. - Napoleon Hill

Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. - Zig Ziglar

What can you do right now to begin to turn your life around? The very first thing is to start making a list of things to be grateful for. - Dr. Joe Vitale

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

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!!

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. - Og Mandino Dream big enough that it will engulf all you do. Find a purpose to achieve that will pull you through. Believe and stay focused, take action each day. For where you have will...you'll find a way!