Dear Son,
Remember you have warrior’s blood in your veins
The code that made me as your father is the same code that will make you a man that your children will admire and respect
Put your pain in a box, lock it down, we are men made up of boxes, chambers of loss and triumph, of hurt and hope and love
No one is stronger and more dangerous than a man who can harness his emotions, his past
Use it as fuel, as ammunition, as ink to write the most important letter of your life.
Love Daddy!
God can bring good even out of your mistakes. Your finite mind tends to look backward, longing to undo decisions you have come to regret. This is a waste of time and energy, leading only to frustration. Instead of floundering in the past, release your mistakes to God.
Look to God for trust, anticipating that God’s infinite creativity can weave both good choices and bad into a lovely design.
Because we are human, we will continue to make mistakes. Thinking that you should live an error-free life is symptomatic of pride. Your failures can be a source of blessing, humbling you and giving you empathy for other people in their weaknesses.
Best of all, failure highlights your dependence on God. God is able to bring beauty out of the morass of your mistakes.
Trust God and watch to see what He can do.
“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery.” – Amy Chua
“It is astonishing how much enjoyment one can get out of a language that one understands imperfectly.” – Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve
“Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club – the community of speakers of that language.” – Frank Smith.
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb
“That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way.” – Doris Lessing
“To have another language is to possess a second soul.” – Charlemagne
“We can be whatever we have the courage to be.”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“Learning is not a spectator sport.” – D. Blocher
“I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody” – Maya Angelou
“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
“Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“What we learn with pleasure, we never forget.” – Alfred Mercier
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Language is wine upon the lips.” – Virginia Woolf
“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes
“Step out of the history that is holding you back. Step into the new story you are willing to create.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.” – Flora Lewis
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
“It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett
“Language is power, life and the instrument of culture, the instrument of domination and liberation.” – Angela Carter
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S.Lewis
“Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.” – Rita Mae Brown
“A different language is a different vision of life.” – Federico Fellini
Learning a new language is one of the hardest things your brain can do. Not only do you have to mentally transfer linguistically complex structures between the two languages, you also need to learn how to think in a different language.
For this reason, learning English takes a lot of hard work and dedication, and is best done as a part of a specialized course that has been optimized to solve the challenges students face in an effective manner.
Here are the 4 biggest challenges English students face:
Many words that are otherwise unrelated and are spelled differently sound the same when spoken (for instance, “pair” vs “pear”). This isn’t a big problem in speech as people can usually understand what you mean from the context of what you’re saying, but grasping these spelling differences is vital if you want to be an effective written communicator.
English isn’t a phonetic language, which means words are spelled differently from the way they’re spoken. Words that are spelled exactly the same may be spoken completely differently (for example, root, plant, rug, bag, chatter etc.) Understanding these words is crucial in order to understand both written and spoken English.
This area tends to be especially problematic for students because it’s hard to teach in the classroom. Slang encompasses all the casual language that’s used in day-to-day speech. It isn’t necessarily grammatically correct, and may even sound nonsensical if you don’t know the context it’s spoken in.
The best way for students to master slang and colloquialisms is through talking to native speakers, listening to pop culture (movies, TV, etc.), and doing other things to immerse themselves in the English language. This will serve a natural learning process that will help them pick up on cues such as voice tone and nonverbal cues.
When it comes to the sheer number of native and non-native speakers, English is the biggest language in the world. Over time, this has caused many variations of it to appear and evolve differently in different parts of the world. Accents, dialects, local phrases, slang, and other variations all play a role in this.
This can be a serious problem for English students who encounter distinctive variants such as Scottish English for the first time. Being aware of these differences beforehand and taking them into account when communicating is crucial in order to avoid confusion.
“What lies behind us and what lies in front of us pales in comparison to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whether you need to defeat procrastination or inspire your inner fire, motivational quotes can help you get your inner mojo going again.
Motivational quotes move us.
As a son who has just recently buried my father, I’ve had to master motivation. Mastering motivation is a journey. I’ve learned that motivational quotes are your best friends for the journey. This is my collection of the best motivational quotes ever.
Use these quotes to inspire your life, fire you up right now, and inspire you every day. And use these quotes to build a better mindset, skillset, and toolset so you can motivate yourself and others with skill.
Motivation is a skill you can practice.
To change your motivation, change your language, and to change your language learn the best motivational quotes of all time. I’ve included motivational quotes by some of the world’s best motivational masters including Brian Tracy, Bruce Lee, Tony Robbins, Zig Zigglar and more.
Let’s start this list off right, with the 10 best motivational quotes:
I’ve found I can use this quote to reflect on the past– or to inspire myself to give my all for the future.
“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
— Dr. Seuss
Sometimes, the best thing you can do to find your greatest motivation, is to dig deep, practice your attitude of gratitude, and appreciate all you can:
Dare to Be is one of the greatest motivational quotes of all time that reminds you to dare to do what’s hard:
“Dare to Be
When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully.
When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light.
When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it.
When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway.
When life seems to beat you down, dare to fight back.
When there seems to be no hope, dare to find some.
When you’re feeling tired, dare to keep going.
When times are tough, dare to be tougher.
When love hurts you, dare to love again.
When someone is hurting, dare to help them heal.
When another is lost, dare to help them find the way.
When a friend falls, dare to be the first to extend a hand.
When you cross paths with another, dare to make them smile.
When you feel great, dare to help someone else feel great too.
When the day has ended, dare to feel as you’ve done your best.
Dare to be the best you can –
At all times, Dare to be!”
“So, live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes, they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.”
— Chief Tecumseh
Here is one of the most inspiring motivational quotes of all time to help you back up when you get knocked down:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
When critics try to knock you down, remember you are the one in the arena.
At 23, Julius Caesar was a junior politician on the way up. But he had an advantage: confidence and brain.
While sailing across the Aegean Sea, he was captured by Sicilian pirates. They demanded a ransom: 20 talents of silver – That’s about 620kg, worth about $600,000 in today’s value.
Caesar told them they were being ridiculous. He couldn’t possibly allow himself to be ransomed so cheaply. The pirates hesitated, they were confused. Caesar insisted the ransom must be raised to 50 talents of silver – that’s around 1,550kg, worth about $1.5 million.
Now, the pirates didn’t know what to make of this. Normally, their captives tried to escape as cheaply as possible. They didn’t understand what was going on. But if he said he would double the ransom, why argue?
They let Caesar’s men go back to Rome to raise the money. And in Rome, in his absence, Caesar suddenly became very famous and well known. No-one had ever been ransomed for such an enormous sum ever before.
He must be very special, he must be incredibly important. Consequently, the demand for such amount of silver for ransom put Caesar on the political map and made him famous.
He had just invented the Veblen Effect. Although Thorstein Veblen wouldn’t give it that name for another 2,000 years.
Interestingly, the Veblen Effect is an effective psychological strategy that has being in use for thousands of years and generations. The best part is that despite the availability of so much of knowledge, technological advancement and information, The Veblen Effect refuses to let go.
The Veblen Effect is when consumers perceive higher-priced goods to be worth much more, simply because they cost more.
Like Rolex, Cartier, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, Louis Vuitton, Christian Louboutin, Harrods, Cristal Champagne.
None of them may be actually any better than their cheaper alternatives, but the price alone makes them seem more desirable.
Caesar effectively made himself a Veblen brand. He placed a much higher value on himself than anyone in Rome. But, as far as anyone in Rome knew, it wasn’t him who had done it. It was an independent valuation. So it must be true. And because Caesar was now so highly valued, his men had little trouble raising the ransom. They returned to the island and freed him.
But Caesar wasn’t going to allow the pirates to keep that sort of money at all. As an important and famous man he had become, it was easy to raise a huge force which he used to hunt down the pirates and took back all the money, plus everything else they had pillaged, then executed all of them.
Thus, Caesar became both very rich and very famous.
And in time, with that same combination of confidence and brains, he became ruler of all Rome. And he presided over the golden age of the Roman Empire.
Expanding it from Spain to Germany, from Britain to the Middle East. Because Caesar knew that reality begins in the mind.
So the most important piece of real estate in which to stake a claim is the human mind.
How you stake a claim in the mind is by creating a perception. And how you create that perception is by controlling the context.
Control the context and you control the mind.
Control the mind and you control reality.
A good example of Veblen effect is Johny Walker Double Black!
JW Black is labelled at least 12 years aged scotch. But JW Double Black has no age statement!
JW Double Black is sold at a higher price than JW Black with a perceived notion that ‘double black’ should be much better than just ‘black’, especially since Double Black is pricier than Black! That is how the human mind works.
In reality, no one knows what is so special in Double Black, except that the label claims it to be very smooth, without actually saying it is smoother than Black!
Many believe that this is simply a marketing strategy to pass off un-aged scotch at a much higher price, through the Veblen Effect!
That’s how the Veblen Effect is a highly successful marketing strategy when correctly done.
Be Informed
Be Inspired.
Passion, profit, and value is the key to sustainable results:
To give you an example of the passion, profit and value intersection, I have a passion for making others great. There’s a certain market value to that. I already do it for free, but if I wanted to profit from it, I would take on certain clients. For example, if the President wanted me for his results coach, I’d give him my special presidential discount, but I would still expect to profit from the value I create.
OK, fine, I’d do it for free, so it’s not a great example.
Here are some cutting questions to help find and test your paths …
Some guidelines for results …
One important point here is that life’s not static and neither is the market.
One strategy is to follow the growth. This includes following the growth in the market (think biotech, green, … etc.) as well as following paths that lead to your own personal growth.
It’s one way to keep the skills that pay the bills.
1.Never hate
2.Don’t worry
3.Live simply
4.Expect a little
5.Give a lot
6.Always smile
7.Live with love
8.Be with God
The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.Sooner or later we will discover the Leader within us. A good leader is someone who is in Control, gives Directions, Guidance, Headship, is an excellent Listener and has good management skills.
L – Listener
E – Effective
A – Ability
D – Direction
E – Extraordinary
R – Responsibility
Endurance
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervour, live for it, and if need be, die for it – Alfred North
Educators take something simple and make it complicated. Communicators take something complicated and make it simple – John Maxwell
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example – Benjamin Disraeli
Perseverance is not a long race it is many short races one after another – Walter Elliot
Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure – Edward Eggleston
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all – Dwight Eisenhower
Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting –Johann Von
Rule your mind or it will rule you – Horace
Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push and you push alone – Laurence Peter
To win without risk is to triumph without glory – Pierre Corneille
Tough times never last, but tough people do –Robert Schuller
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being – Von Goethe
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan – John Kennedy
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit – Conrad Hilton
Successful leaders have the courage to take action while others hesitate – John Maxwell
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses – Napoleon Hill
The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associated smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting thins and are willing to pay for such talents – Amos Parrish
The best leaders of all, the people know not they exist. They turn to each other and say, we did it ourselves – Zen Saying
Of all the properties which belong to honourable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character – Henry Clay
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged – Ovid
The same hammer that shatters the glass forges the steel – Proverb
One man with courage makes a majority – Andrew Jackson
Nurture you mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes – Benjamin
One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life – Edward Butler
One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world was better for this – Don
One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire – John Foster
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency – Arnold Glasgow
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down – Mary Pickford
You must be the change you wish to see in the world – Mahatma Gandhi
You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might – Henry Thoreau
You must play boldly to win- Arnold
Your opinions are limited only by your fears – Joseph Jambu
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor – James
It is no use for a leader to surround himself with ten yes-men – Nelson Mandela
Goals
When the solution is simple, God is answering – Albert
It is the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative actin, that man finds his supreme joys – Antoine
Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, “Why am I doing this?” It comes down to passion – St. James
If you follow you bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn’t have opened for anyone else – Campbell
Leadership is the capacity and will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence – Bernard
There are one hundred and ninety nine ways to get beat, but only one way to win; get there first – Willie
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience – Joseph Jambu
Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission – ZigZiglar
The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through – Harry
The Jack of all trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim – Napoleon
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do don help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself – Andrew
There is only one way……to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it – Dale
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing their inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives – William
Rather fall with honor than succeed by fraud – Sophocles
Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal – Ralph
The great thing in the wold is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving – Oliver
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there – John
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them – John
Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement – Rodgers
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions – Harold
Management is nothing more than motivating other people – Lee
Management works in the system; leadership works on the system – Covey
Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it – Lou
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example – Edward
Moral courage and character go hand in hand…..a man of real character is consistently courageous, being imbued with a basic integrity and a firm sense of principle – Martha
Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it – Dwight
Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never – in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense – Churchill
When you are in a valley, keep your goal firmly in view and you will get the renewed energy to continue the climb – Denis
You are the person who has to decide. Whether you’ll do it or toss it aside; you are the person who makes up your mind. Whether you’ll lead or will linger behind. Whether you’ll try for the goal that’s afar. Or just be contented to stay where you are – Edgar
The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose – Orison
Honesty and Humility
Cherish your human connections: your relationship with friends and family – Bush
Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customer. Finally, business is a cobweb of human relationships – Ross
How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you – Dan
Developing excellent communication skill is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can’t get a massage across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn’t even matter –Amelio
It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself – Anna
A big man is one who makes us feel bigger when we are with him – John
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing – George
You can’t do everything at once, but you can do something at one – Calvin
A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn’t like the tune – Joseph Jambu
You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too – Sam
I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occassions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot… and missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why…. I succeed – Michael Jordan
You can’t lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself – Gene
No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates’ were strong and effective – Peter
No man is capable of self-improvement if he sees no other model but himself – Conrado
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history – William
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has – Confucius
The cynic says, “One man can’t do anything”. I say, “Only one man can do anything” – John
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people – Woodrow
The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune – William
We have the high salaries and we are living in luxury: that destroys our capacity to speak in a forthright manner and tell people to tighten their belts – Nelson Mandela
Leaders
Leaders are problem solvers by talent and temperament by choice – Harlan
Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal – Vince
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be – Carter
You do not lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership – Dwight
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things – Niccolo
Show me the leader and I will know his men. Show me the men and I will know their leader – Newcomb
Remember, what you get by reaching your destination isn’t nearly as important as what you become by reaching your goals – what you will become is the winner you were born to be! – ZigZiglar
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant – Max
The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive – Joe
The function of the leader is to produce more leaders, not more followers – Ralph
The great leaders are like the best conductors – they reach beyond the notes to reach the magic in the players – Lee
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it – Dwight
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd – Max
Example is not the main thing in influencing others; it is the only thing – Albert
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skilful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better – Harry
No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair – George
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self – restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it – Theodore
Warriors take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, but they refuse to let fear control them – Ancient
If people are coming to work excited… if they are making mistakes freely and fearlessly… if they are having fun… if they are concentrating doing things, rather than preparing reports and going to meetings – then somewhere you have leaders – Townsend
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity – George
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself – Edward
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn – Waldo
When leaders have the honesty to criticize their own mistakes and their own organization, then they can criticize others – Nelson Mandela
It is important to surround yourself with strong and independent personalities, who will tell you when you are getting old – Nelson Mandela
You have to play the mother chicken which provides refuge for everybody. You must be a tower of hope, a model and a motivator. It also takes patience as one has to take all the insult and intimidation because a lot of people will say that you are too assertive – Sarah
Women must rise above being good managers – of the man, the home, the children and all things spicy and sweet – and boldly step out into the visionary leadership – Lucy
Born or made we all have the leader within us, no matter you colour, race, or gender – Delno
Positive thinking
There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life – Booker
He who has done his best for his time has lived for all times – Von
The first rule of holes; when you’re in one, stop digging – Molly
What people say, what people do, and what they say they do are entirely different things – Mead
There is in true beauty, as in courage, somewhat which narrow soul cannot dare to admire – William
There is no substitute for victory – Douglas
Hot heads and cold hearts never solved anything – Billy
It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him – John
Knowledge is the most democratic source of power – Alvin
You can’t measure the heart of a champion – Joseph Jambu
A brave man thinks no one superior who does him injury; for make himself superior to the other by forgiveness – Pope
A leader is a dealer in hope – Napoleon
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices – William
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way – John
You have within you, right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you – Brian
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through – Rosalynn
You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give – Joseph Jambu
The influence of each human being on others in this life is a kind of immortality – Quincy
Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish – Sam
Part of being a champ is acting like a champ. You have to learn how to win and not run away when you lose. Everyone has bad stretches and real successes. Either way, you have to be careful not to lose your confidence or get to confident – Nancy
The mind, ever the willing servant, will respond to boldness, for boldness, in effect, is a command to deliver mental resources – Norman
There is no substitute for guts – Paul
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability – Robert
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them – Shaw
There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self – Joseph Jambu
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve permanently happy spirit – Norman
Quality begins in the inside… and then works its way out – Bob
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so – Charles
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises – Demosthenes
Realize that true happiness lies within you – Lucian
Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader – Tacitus
The first step is to fill your life with a positive faith that will help you through anything. The second is to begin where you are – Norman
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around – Leo
Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes – Kenneth
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man – Elbert
You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and delicatest ways, improve yourself – John
Your aspirations are you possibilities – Samuel L. Jackson
Those who wish to sing, always find a song – Joseph Jambu
The following excerpt is from one of my favorite movies “Act of Valor”
at the very end of the movie are the timeless words of wisdom which if we abide by, would make our world a better place to live in.
But first let’s go back to the ABC’s and get the definition of this symbolic noun.
Valor by definition means: courage, fearlessness, courageousness, braveness, heroism, boldness, gallantry, daring, fortitude.
“Live your life such that the fear of death can never enter your heart
trouble no one about his/her religion
respect others and their views and demand they respect yours
love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life
seek to make you life long and of service to your people
when your turn comes to die,
be not like those whose hearts who are filled with fear of death
so that when the time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way
sing your death song
and die like a hero going home.”
My favorite definition of Valor is Fortitude which in simple terms means Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.
May you have that mental toughness to live your life with Valor.
Love is so many things: gentle, liberating, warm, and timeless. Love is the binding that seals our very existence. Love keeps us whole and encourages us to share the adoration we feel for others, and even to cherish ourselves. It you feel love is hiding from your surroundings, know that you can always find it within, because it is never out of reach.
beauty is to be true to oneself. That’s what makes me feel good.” — Laetitia Casta.
Bad day happens. Slumps do too.
I know a lot of people feeling sad. Some are very sad.
The worst kind of sad is inconsolable. It’s the kind of sad when a mother loses her son. It’s the kind of sad when somebody realizes they didn’t live their dream. It’s the kind of sad that only you can help yourself out of.
Wow, all this talk about sadness is making me sad.
Let’s see what we can do to feel great, right here, right now.
Practice Gratitude with an Attitude
Yeah, that’s right. Appreciate what you’ve got, like you mean it. And mean it.
I know it’s easier to say than to do, but it’s one of those things that really works.
Maybe it’s your arms and legs. Maybe it’s somebody in your life who is looking out for you. Maybe it’s somebody you are taking care of. Maybe it’s the fact that you’ve got food and shelter.
Use the Rule of Three to Rule Your Day
When you start your day, just think of Three Wins that you want to achieve today.
Take a moment to get intentional about what you want out of today, and what you want out of yourself.
This is about taking your power back. Your power is your ability to act. It’s that simple.
Maybe a win today would be just making it through your workout. Or maybe a win today would be really doing a great job at a task you hate. Or maybe a win today will be winning over a new customer.
When I’ve had the worst situations in my life, my Three Wins for the day were literally 1) great breakfast, 2) great lunch, 3) great dinner.
It sounds sad, but it’s true. It gave me a way to create little highlights in my day, while I mustered all my strength to make it through my day. I made it fun to figure out new foods to eat, new places to go, new friends to meet. It helped me keep going when all of me want to wallow in misery.
But the beauty is that The Rule of Three is a powerful tool, even when your days are not so bad.
You can use The Rule of Three to identify things you want to achieve today that will make you feel great.
This is you exercising your power, getting intentional, and adding a little focus to your day.
Lift Somebody Up
Maybe the best thing you can do today, is help somebody else.
Help them out of a jam. Find a way to boost their spirits. Make them laugh. Maybe they just need to be tickled.
Or maybe they need a strong shoulder to lean on. Or maybe they need a gentle shoulder to cry on.
Or maybe they just need to hear from one more good person like you, that they matter.
Sometimes, the best words anybody can hear are:
“I’m glad you are here.”
As we spend our time together, here on Earth, it’s great to know your wanted.
I bet you know somebody, today, who could use a little lift from you.
Boosting them up, might just be the thing to help you out of your own slump or to really feel great, today.
I hope you find your way to feel GREAT today!
I just don wanna fuss
just 4 today
4 no reason but just becoz
lift my hands in D’ air
smell the wind blowing thru
careless, carefree
stupid, aimless, foolish
call it what U may
I just don wanna fuss
impulsive, spontaneous
liberty, freedom,
no limit, no restrictions
crazy, breaking D’ norm
living the dream, raising D’ bar
I just don wanna fuss
arising 2 D’ occasion
feeling myself, loving thyself
impersonating thee, celebrating thy own
indulging thy pleasures
enjoying the present, ignoring the worries
no more wishing, wondering, waiting
its now or never
I just don wanna fuss
grateful for this beautiful life
it’s all how U see it i guess
choose hope, choose to dare
live simply, indulge more
a toast 4 U achieving beyond UR wildest dreams!
love
Jambu
How I Made My Millions
I was working all day and took a break for my supper. I was flipping through the channels and just happened to come across a local TV program, How I Made My Millions. I snickered when I saw the title of the program thinking, oh this must be one of those info commercials that promises to make you millions and most of the time you end up spending lots of money and making nothing.
The program came on and I was truly motivated by watching and listening. These were ordinary people, like you and me, with good ideas. They not only talked about their idea, they took action and persevered even though many people laughed at their idea. The last laugh is, of course, on those who originally laughed. The people featured on this show are now millionaires, and they persevered and took the steps necessary to achieve their success. Yes, they had setbacks, and rejection, but that did not deter them from continuing. And, it truly paid off for them.
So often we have a good idea but we don’t take action. Or, we are discouraged at the challenges that face us. We give up far too easily, we don’t persevere.
I can’t tell you how many times I read the saying on my desk – “persistence prevails when all else fails:. I am now generating a good income – I am not a millionaire – yet – but I continually learn and push the envelope.
The purpose in sharing this story with you is to encourage you to take action on your ideas, and to persist! Learn from your failures, overcome the challenges; and, as Walt Disney once said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”
this is a post from a special person i hold dear for the depth of knowledge that she has shared to the masses and on a personal level because she inspired me to start blogging some two years ago.
thanks Ivana.
10 Ways to Think Like Bill Gates
While I don’t think Bill will lend you his brain, you can do the next best thing. You can take some of this thought patterns and practices for a test-drive. Here are ten patterns to get you started:
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.
Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
While some see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world, are the ones who do.
There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience. We learn wisdom from failure more than from success. We often discover what will do by finding out what will not do. My dad used to say that he had become all the better acquainted with the country from having the good luck sometimes to lose his way. Great thoughts, discoveries, inventions have very generally been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow and established with difficulty.