I love this article. It came in my Get Motivation email and can also be found at Olympic Motivation:
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Column By Ruben Gonzalez
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Heroes
Who are your heroes? Who do you look up to? It’s important
for you to have heroes because heroes personify what you
could be. They personify your ideals. They embody your
highest values. (more…)
This article from Get Motivation makes a valid point. Sometimes we just have to commit to a goal and dive in. Thinking will only interfere.
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Column By Vic Johnson
———————–A Commitment Creates Magic
“Resolution is the directing and impelling force in
individual progress. Without it no substantial work can be
accomplished.” - Above Life’s Turmoil
The esteemed philosopher Goethe wrote, “Until one is
committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness.” There are so many opportunities
that could make our lives better if we’d only make the
decision (resolution) to pursue them. (more…)
I just love this:
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Column By Matthew C. Horne
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Realizing Your Potential
Potential, in a scientific sense, is viewed as stored
energy. I view potential, in the human sense, as stored
greatness.
Your energy is your greatest asset to unleashing your human
potential. When you dispense your energy into your
potential, that potential then becomes your reality.
Potential is useless if it never becomes a reality!
Everyone is full of potential… full of ideas and dreams
that only YOU can fulfill in this lifetime! Don’t ever take
for granted the compliments from others concerning your
gifts and abilities. Often times your potential is evident
to others before you ever take notice of it.
Cultivate your gifts so your potential will thrive. This is
the most competitive era in history. Potential doesn’t cut
it, only reality!
I had a teammate in college who was an All-American
basketball player. He said “There are people in my
neighborhood who are better than all of us in this game of
basketball, but we’re here. This is a privilege.”
That was a thought-provoking and enlightening statement. It
made me ask the question: How did we make it to the most
elite stage that college basketball has to offer (Division
I), while others, with more talent and ability went no
further than the neighborhood courts?
The answer: We took the steps to cultivate our potential and
give it the right conditions for it to thrive.
If I could leave you with one thought, it would be this:
Cultivated potential is what makes it to the bright lights!
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This is so true! There are so many people who fail to realize their own potential. It is up to the individual to recognize what one possesses and maximize it!
My director finds the best motivational stories! I have to find out where she finds these. This one was on this week’s hotling message. Enjoy! 
17 Words That Changed My Life Forever
by Jerry Clark
I remember several years back I heard something that changed my life forever. Up until that point I had been struggling through life, doing everything the hard way. I couldn’t figure out why my life wasn’t going the way I felt it should be. I saw some people going through life effortlessly and seemingly with less tension and frustration while I was wondering if I could ever straighten out the mess my life had turned out to be. I was behind on my dreams, my promises, and my bills. Then one day I was listening to a tape and the lady was talking about the power of having dreams and goals and all of the other stuff that those motivational speakers talk about. By that point I had listened to hundreds of such tapes, but it seemed as if nothing worked for me. Probably the only reason I was listening to that one was because I had developed a habit of listening to cassette tapes while driving my car. The statement the lady said was simple and I think I had even heard it somewhere before but this time a light bulb went on in my head. I remember stopping the tape and rewinding it over and over again to hear the 17 words she said. I couldn’t believe it was so basic and simple. (more…)
This was on my director’s hotline message this week. I thought it was very inspiring and made a valid point about how one chooses to deal with adversity:
Coffee…
from the June 12th Hotline message…A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, “Tell me what you see.”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, “What does it mean, mother?”
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
“Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?”
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength? Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the insi de am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you.
When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
Just a list of highly recommended reading:
1. Dancing on my Grave–Gelsey Kirkland: Gelsey Kirkland is one of the most talented ballerinas (more…)
My favorite training CD’s are the following:
1. Booking–Gloria Mayfield Banks: This is called Booking, but it is really about recruiting. It deals with talking about the opportunity and how to handle objections. I like it because it helps show how to keep sharing on a personal level. (more…)
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