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Quote of the Week - January 27, 2014

1/27/2014

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.” - Wayne Dyer

I've been listening to a lot of Dr. Wayne Dyer over the last few years - and I've come to the notion that the man knows what he is talking about. We all totally have choices to make every day. This is one of the most important ones that we can make every day and the earlier in the day we decide to get motivated - the better.

I've tried over the years to be conscious of this fact - that it is totally up to me to decide how I deal with things. There are certainly plenty of things in the world that can make us miserable, and that's exactly how some people deal with those things - they let them make them miserable. I like that thought - "Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice." No matter what it is - it is totally our choice.

I'm working hard at remembering this fact that Wayne brought up here. I'm trying to catch myself when I start reacting to things in a not so positive way. Try this - find some things to read, watch, or listen to from Dr. Wayne Dyer. I've found a few of his audio recordings that I have on my iPod.... great things this man brings out to the world. You want to find something to do during these cold winter months?? Listen to some of is recordings, watch some of his videos or pick up one of his many books. Great things to change your life around, that's how special this guy's work is. Let me know what you think about his stuff... great conversations can be had for sure.

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Quote of the Week - January 20, 2014

1/22/2014

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“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

With the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. day yesterday, I got to thinking about what he has meant to the world and why we still take the time to celebrate the man and what he stood for. I took some time to reflect on Monday about this and I found many great quotes I could attribute to him. This one stood out to me right away.

One of the first things that came to mind was that he said 'hate is too great a burden to bear'. I have found that to be so true. Even when I catch myself getting all worked up over something and I mutter to myself "God, I hate this", the feelings that rush over me at the time are not positive at all. In fact those feelings I'm beginning to recognize now are very negative, they hurt, they are painful and I've started to figure out a way to laugh at them when I think that way. What I'm really trying to do is to not think or respond that way at all. Slowly but surely, I'm getting better with this. Hating other people is another real big waste of time. Remember, if we have hate for others - that hate resonates in ourselves, our thinking, our actions, our words, our facial expressions, etc. It truly ends up hurting ourselves way more than it will hurt the other person.

One thing I think would be great for all of us to work on - focus on love. The love we have for the important people in our lives. The love that we should be after in how we spend our time in life - meaning, chasing after the passions that we want to spend our time working on. There is also the way we should love ourselves too, since we have to be with ourselves 24-7, it's a full time job to be with ourselves that much. So like Dr. King said - decide to stick with love. Life can be so difficult sometimes, why decide to add hate to the mix all the time to make things worse? How do you view Dr. King's message?

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Quote of the Week - January 13, 2014

1/13/2014

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"How you see your future is much more important than anything that has happened in your past." - Zig Ziglar

If you haven't gotten a chance to check out Zig Ziglar - I suggest you do. What a great inspirational difference maker he was. What a key too - he still is making a difference!

As I was getting ready for the upcoming week last night, I found his quote. It of course connected with me and I knew I needed to share it for the start of this week. Especially since we are only heading into the middle of the month of January - it's easier to focus on future things in our life since the new year is not really that old.

The things that have happened in our past have happened for sure. What we can do with it is the key. We can certainly dwell on those events, keep thinking about them and what happened so long ago but that is a recipe for causing ourselves problems.

Now - if we do look at what happened in our past, and we learn from it, and we get better from it along with applying those lessons to today's life. The sooner we can learn from our past and get better for today and our future - the better off we will be along with it will be much better for those people that are around us too.

This is something that I have always struggled with during my life and I am continuing to work on it. The one thing for sure is that I haven't given up yet, nor do I plan on giving up. I have found that I need constant reminders of learning from my past, applying those lessons to getting better and looking ahead is the key. So whether it's a little bit of reading something positive. Listening to podcasts everyday (of which I will be highlighting some in the near future), taking some quiet time for reflection, meditation, prayer, deep-thinking, etc. There are so many things that we can do to help us keep locked on our future - with learning from our past and not being locked in the past.

Another key on this point - the younger you are when you get it, the better off you will be. If you got some insights about this topic, don't keep them to yourself - share them with others. Drop me a note so I (and others) can learn from you.

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Quote of the Week - January 6, 2014

1/6/2014

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“Without enthusiasm you are doomed to a life of mediocrity, but with it you can accomplish miracles." - Og Mandino

This is one of the most important keys to success. Og Mandino has it connected so well to a successful and meaningful life. As I read this quote this morning, sitting at home (from a snow day off of work) with a copy of my "Eight O-Clock" brand coffee, it got me thinking as to how fired up I get towards things that I'm doing in my life. Teaching and Coaching - things that have gotten me to where I am today along with where it's taking me in my future too.

Looking back however, I did not really take the view of what I was doing. I always knew I enjoyed what I was doing, but now I can attach that word and idea of being enthusiastic (or what I call - being fired up) over what I do. Let me tell you - what a difference it has made for me. With all the things going on in the world, especially in the field of education, if I wasn't "fired up" over my job I might be doing something else today.

That enthusiasm has translated in to helping me become re-energized not only about my career, but my future as well. I've been having these ideas that I would like to do in my life. I call dreams I guess. Since I've been awaken to the fact that I am enthused about my career - it has translated into me getting fired up about a whole bunch of things in my life, including those dreams I've had.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson stated ever so well: "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm". Take a few moments as the new year gets started to see what gets you "fired up". Then start figure out how to do those things. Always looking for help - I know many of you are better at this concept than I am. I can use all the help I can get and I'm hoping I can help a few of you out too. Let me know.

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Quote of the Week - December 30, 2013

1/1/2014

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“Be kind whenever possible. For it is always possible.” -- Dalai Lama

What a great and simple idea to start out the new year with.

As we get going for 2014 with hopefully new ideas, new energy, new optimism, etc., maybe we can add this quote to our list of things we want to do this new year? I know all of us has at least one example of where you can be kinder to someone. I have plenty of people that I know I can (and should) be kinder to.

One at the top of the list, should be ourselves. We are all fighting many little internal battles. We are the ones that know all about the dark thoughts and actions we have done throughout or lifetime, even if it's been hidden from others around us. We look at ourselves every day in the mirror and these thoughts and memories are always with us. Part of what our new year's resolutions should be about is being kinder to ourselves - forgiving ourselves and stop the beatings that we give to ourselves over things in our past that we haven't one too well.

I had the opportunity to have breakfast yesterday with a very good friend and one who I count as one of my master-mind group members. We had a great discussion and one of the many things that I remember from that time spent with him, was the fact that I needed to continue (and even improve) my ability to encourage others. The biggie - was that I need to do it with myself.
We all need to do that - encourage others and encourage ourselves.

So as we start out 2014 - let's try to remember that these new ideas, goals, resolutions, etc., should not be focused on and started on for January 1st. We really need to continue to have new goals, new ideas, new resolutions, etc., all the time and not just for the new year. But start with being kinder to others and especially to ourselves. What are your thoughts or ideas? Is this something you can add to your list to start out 2014 with?

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