More motivation from Get Motivation!
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Column By Jim Donovan
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Create a Strong Belief in Yourself
Your beliefs about yourself and your capabilities will
determine the quality of your life. It’s quite simple. What
you believe will dictate what you attempt to do which will,
in turn, determine what you experience. (more…)
This is a great story! It’s also true!
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Column By Denis Waitley
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As Tall as You Want to Be
When he was two years old, this adopted child of two college
professors suddenly and inexplicably stopped growing, and
his health started to fail. (more…)
Have you ever thought about what you should have done? How about what you could have done? Have you ever thought “if only I would have done it this way?” This type of thinking comes from dwelling on past events. Events that cannot be changed now. Another phrase I have heard many utter is, “I should have never gotten involved in this in the first place!” OK. Perhaps not, but you did get involved. Rather than kick yourself over and over for making a choice that you now regret, realize the mistake and move toward change. The past can’t be changed. It is more productive to live in the present and plan for the future. The past is a reference point for making new decisions. It is not a mental warzone where we beat ourselves up over choices and decisions that may not have worked out! (more…)
This was in my Get Motivation email this morning. I think it makes some excellent points. In MK I have heard people say to avoid negative people altogether. Well, what if that “negative” person is a family member? You can’t ditch them–they’re your family! This article has a much better message in my opinion.
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Column By Bob Burg
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Learn From All: Share Your Dream with Few
According to a close friend of mine, she keeps sharing her
dream (in this case we are defining a dream as an ultimate
business success goal) with people who call her “silly” and
otherwise put her down for having that dream.
I asked her, “why put yourself through that?” (more…)
I like this article. Where I work during the day, they are always stressing “world class service.” This concept is touched upon in here. This article stresses, “People don’t care how much I know until they know how much I care.” I’ve heard this statement over and over again in Mary Kay. It applies all the time.
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Column By Jim Stovall
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The Little Things
We are all rushed and crunched for time in our world today;
therefore, anything you choose to do should be done with
your best effort or not at all. With so many
responsibilities and opportunities before each of us daily,
there is no time nor reason to be mediocre at anything.
Everyone understands the urgency of performing well in the
tasks they consider to be “big things,” but they too often
overlook matters they consider to be “little things.”
If you really analyze the areas of your life, either
personally or professionally, that you consider to be “big
things,” you will find, if you look closely enough, that
they are nothing more than a series or group of “little
things.”
You may run the best, most efficient business operation ever
known to mankind, but if your people don’t answer the phone
politely and professionally, or if they don’t invest the
time and energy to simply get people’s names right, you are
wasting your time.
Our most precious possession is our name. One of the
elements that distinguishes world class service from
standard service–whether it be business, dining, hotel,
transportation, etc.–is that the world class professionals
greet you politely, energetically, and use your name
correctly.
There is a certain group of business “experts” who believes
that in order to be successful we must practice
intimidation. While I disagree with this philosophy, there
is an amazing learning opportunity for us all within these
intimidation theories.
These adversarial intimidators would tell you that the best
way to “put someone down” or try to establish your own
superiority is simply to mispronounce or misuse their name.
The most amazing, thoughtful, meaningful, and significant
message can be diminished by a simple typographical error.
No matter how profound the words on the page may be, if they
contain sloppy errors, you may as well stamp the words in
bright red across the top of the page: “I really don’t care
very much about this.”
You’ve heard it said countless times, but it is as true
today as the first time you heard it. People don’t care how
much you know until they know how much you care. If you want
to show people how much you care, pay attention to the
little things, and you will find the big things take care of
themselves.
As you go through your day today, do everything as if it
alone will make the difference between success and failure.
You will find that it does.
Today’s the day!
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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…)
I saw this article over at MK Rules. I absolutely love it. Check it out!
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