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It is a curious fact of nature that somehow our minds find a way to
transform into physical reality the things we think about most. If you
expect to fail, you can be sure that you will, and if you find something
negative in every opportunity, nothing will ever work out positively for
you. Fortunately, the reverse is also true. If you are a happy, positive
person, you will attract positive things. You can keep your mindset positive
by eliminating negative thoughts the moment they begin to creep into your
conscious mind. If you dwell on the negative aspects of every opportunity,
you will never accomplish anything worthwhile. Be prudent about the risks
you take, but don't be paralyzed by fear of failure.

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No action takes place unless it is preceded by thought. If you're unhappy
with the circumstances in which you find yourself, you can improve your
situation through the power of thought, just as surely as you can destroy a
positive life with negative thinking. Success begins with an honest analysis
of your present condition, acceptance of responsibility for your own life,
and the development of a workable plan to achieve what you desire.

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We all have moments when we allow others to cause us to react emotionally,
especially in anger. Often we regret our response later, and we vow we will
never allow ourselves to behave in this fashion again. The next time you
feel the anger rising, remind yourself that no one can make you angry or
emotional without your consent-indeed, your active participation is
required. Those who have learned to manage themselves are the individuals
who are destined to be leaders. They are chosen to manage others because
they have demonstrated that they can manage themselves. They are people of
character.

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Emotions are sometimes strange, volatile, and unpredictable. They do not
always respond to logic and reason. They do, however, respond to action. If
you have occasional feelings of loneliness, discouragement, or
discontentment, the best way to kill such negative emotions is to work them
to death. Almost nothing is as bad as it first seems, and there's nothing
like a hard day's work to put everything in proper perspective. When you
begin to feel negative emotions, dwelling on your misfortunes only makes you
feel worse. Do your best to put them out of your mind and think about more
positive, constructive things. Physical labor can help. Choose a task that
doesn't require a great deal of concentration, and then focus on
accomplishing the task at hand.

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"There are four ways, and only four ways,

in which we have contact with the world.

We are evaluated and classified by these four

contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say,

and how we say it."

~Dale Carnegie

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At the end of the day, it matters little what others think of you; what's
important is what you think about yourself. As you reflect on your day's
work, ask yourself, Have I given 100 percent of my time and talents today?
If this were my company, would I like it to be filled with hundreds of other
people just like me, or would I prefer to hire individuals with a little
more initiative? When you have become the kind of person you would like to
work with or have working for you, you aren't far from the day when you will
own the company-or at least become a valuable part of it. Most important,
you can sleep soundly at night, serene in the knowledge that you have done
your best, that you have earned your pay, and that you have met the
standards of performance you require of yourself.

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do.

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Everyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It's the person who
gets out of the shower, dries off, and does something about it that makes a
difference.

~Nolan Bushnell

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ARE YOU WAITING FOR SUCCESS TO ARRIVE, OR ARE YOU GOING OUT TO FIND WHERE IT
IS HIDING?

The poet John Milton's words "They also serve who only stand and wait" may
be both profound and genuine, but the true riches of life are far more
likely to accrue to those who actively go out and seek them. Seldom does
success come marching in accompanied by a brass band in full regalia. More
often, it's achieved by those who labor long and hard. Take the initiative,
and you will create your own opportunities. There is no substitute for
action backed up by a well-thought-out plan.

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"I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but people will
never forget how you made them feel."

~Maya Angelou

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Life is busy...lot's of clutter. That's why from time to time, We all need
to be reminded of what's most important.

I can say with conviction, that there's no better way than watching, and
re-watching, this beautiful 3 minute movie. It'll grab your heart and not
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Have you known people who can't stand to be alone for any length of time?
The chances are good that those folks don't like themselves very much. They
need others around constantly to validate their own existence. Sadly, the
people who need others the most are usually those whom others least like to
be around. Because they don't like themselves, other people seldom do
either. The surest way to command the respect of others is to become a
person you like being around. Identify the characteristics you admire in
others and make a conscious effort to develop them yourself. Your
self-respect begins to grow the moment you decide to take the first step
toward becoming the kind of person you know you can be a success.

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"Learn something new. Try something different.
Convince yourself that you have no limits.

Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more
you earn and the more self-confidence that you will
have."

Excerpts from: The Treasury of Quotes by:

~Brian Tracy

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The perfect formula for destroying morale in any organization is to create a
working environment that leads employees to believe that the only way to get
ahead is by playing politics. The best-managed businesses are those in which
every promotion is earned and every qualified person has an equal
opportunity to compete for it. If you're a manager, weigh all decisions
involving your employees on the basis of fairness. And if you aspire to be a
manager, choose to work for a company that is fair in its treatment of
workers. When you've earned your position, through skill and effectiveness,
you have the best job security.

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That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that
makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that
decency will somehow triumph in the end.

Lise Hand

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We often discover that people we view as "overnight successes" have in fact
labored for years in obscurity before they were finally recognized and
rewarded for their contributions. Success is a cumulative effort; the
journey to the top in any field is usually long and requires careful
planning. If you want to climb the first rung on the ladder of success, you
must always take the initiative to get the job done, even when you find it
less than challenging or even unpleasant. Eventually, you'll earn your
reward. You will become the boss, the leader, because you have developed the
habit of taking the initiative to get the job done. You will get the best
jobs because you've proven that you are dependable by accepting
responsibility for your actions and your future.

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Some people expend far more energy getting out of work than they would spend
doing the job well. They may think they are fooling the boss, but they are
only fooling themselves. An employer may not know all the details of every
job or every task an individual performs, but a good manager knows the
results of effort. You can be sure that when promotions or plum assignments
become available, they won't be offered to loafers. If you do your job
cheerfully and well, not only are you more likely to be recognized and
rewarded, but you also learn how to do your job better. As you become more
proficient, you become more valuable to your employer. You also acquire the
most valuable of all assets-the confidence that comes from knowing you
possess skills that will increase your value to any organization.

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to
surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at
whatever cost.

Arthur Ashe

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It's been said that you should always work at two jobs simultaneously: the
one you have and the one you desire. When you work as hard at the task you
want to do as the task you must do, you are preparing yourself for the
future. You are learning skills that will enable you to grow beyond your
present position and into your boss's job and your boss's boss's job. When
the time comes, you'll be ready. When you've mastered one task, don't rest
on your laurels. Instead, begin immediately to think about the future, about
how you can improve what you're doing now, and what you can learn that will
allow you to progress in the future. Ours is a knowledge-based economy in
which intellectual property is worth far more than physical goods. To
succeed today requires continuous learning; staying current in your field
means a lifetime of study in our fast-paced world.

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Thomas Edison once observed that the reason most folks don't recognize
opportunity when it comes along is that it is often dressed in coveralls and
look like work. Often opportunity involves a great deal of work and a
willingness to take a chance on something, the outcome of which may be
uncertain. Eventually you reach a point when you must either accept an
opportunity with all of its unknowns or else turn your back on it. No one
can tell you when you have reached that point; you alone know when it's time
to make your move, to have the courage to take a chance.

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't
be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's
thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner
voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and
intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.

~Steve Jobs

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The rewards may not come today, next week, or even next year, but they will
come. When you make it a practice to look after the company's assets as you
would look after your own, you have shown that you are worthy of the trust
of your employer-and your fellow employees. You are destined for bigger and
better things. The savings need not be large. It's the habit of eliminating
waste and searching for opportunities to save money that's important. Make
it a practice to examine everything you do to see how it could be done more
economically, and it is inevitable that you will soon find yourself in
charge of larger budgets and more people.

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"In our daily lives, we must see that it is not
happiness that makes us grateful, but the gratefulness
that makes us happy."

*Albert Clarke

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It's common knowledge that the person who knows the most about how to
improve the productivity of any job is the person who holds that job. Why is
it, then, that we are often reluctant to offer suggestions for improvement?
Perhaps we've seen too many layoffs and reorganizations to trust the
cracker-barrel wisdom that our goal should be to work ourselves out of a
job-so that we can move on to a bigger and better position. Nevertheless,
the old wisdom is still sound. If you find a way to do things better,
faster, or cheaper, you increase your value to your employer. You will be
asked to participate in planning sessions and quality circles because you've
demonstrated that you know how to make things work more efficiently. It's
inevitable that you will be promoted, because you will become one of those
exceptional employees who are too valuable to lose.

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"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

~Albert Einstein

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Forgiveness does not equal forgetting. It is about healing the memory of
the harm, not erasing it.

~Ken Hart

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For their sake I dedicate Myself completely to you, in order that they, too,
may be truly dedicated to You. John 17:19 (TEV)

What do your kids see that you are committed to? What do you want them to
see that you're committed to?

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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

~Les Brown

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It's hard to say which would be more discouraging: drifting from job to job
because you're always the first to be laid off, or laboring in monotonous
obscurity at the same job. The first results from not doing what you are
told to do, the second from doing only what you are told to do. You can "get
by" for a time following either approach, but you will never get ahead.
Personal initiative is more important in today's enlightened, high-tech
workplace than it was during the Industrial Age, when the ability to follow
orders was a critical skill. As technology makes many supervisory functions
obsolete, every one of us is expected to do more with less, determine what
needs to be done, and do it. Don't wait to be told. Know your company and
your job so well that you can anticipate what needs to be done-then do it!
Stop explaining and start doing!

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"Power coerces.
Knowledge persuades.
Love converts."

~Proverb

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"Make everything as simple as
possible, but not simpler."

~ Albert Einstein

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The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak,
became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.

~Thomas Carlyle

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