Be confident !!!

You can make more friend in two months by becoming interested in other people that you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

&

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what your heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

Dale Carnegie

"Cultivate the art of questions. Resolution " quotes of the week. (#4) 2nd round

Sunday:

"One who ask a question is a fool for five minutes; one who does not ask a questions remains a fool forever."

Chinese Proverb

Moday:

"How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them."

Benjamin Franklin

Tuesday:

"If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

Edward Hodnett

Wednesday:

"We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself".

Lloyd Alexander

Thursday:

"Qustions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fun doing it?

Charles Connolly

Friday:

"Be not too slow in the breaking of a sinful custom; a quick, courageous resolution is better than a gradual deliberation; in such a combat he is the bravest soldier that lays about him without fear or wit. Wit pleads, fear disheartens; he that would kill Hydra had better strike off one neck than five heads: fell the tree, and the branches are soon cut off.

Francis Quarles

Saturday:

"If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes."

Albert Einstein

"Think in terms of other's interest. Order" quotes of the week. (#3) 2nd round

"Think in terms of other's interest. Order" quotes of the week. (#3) 2nd round

Sunday:

"Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies"

Mother Teresa

Monday:

"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

Mother Teresa

Tuesday:

"Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject."

Thomas Mann

Wednesday:

"We must be silent before we can listen.

We must listen before we can learn.

We must learn before we can prepare.

We must prepare before we can serve.

We must serve before we can lead"

William Arthur Ward

Thursday:

"Good order is the fundation of all good things."

Edmund Burke

Friday:

"Ants are good citizens they place group interest first."

Clarence Day

Saturday:

"To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personl life, we must first set our hearts right."

Author:Biblie

Source: Isaiah (ch. XXXVIII, v1)

Annual Mettings

My annual mettings usually involve a lot of boring presentations. How can I use this time to get my employees thinking about big picture issues and planning for the future?

Too many companies treat anual meetings as pit stops - a chance to drop briefly out of the race and recharge the engines. Great annual meetings, however, are more like green flags: They signal that a new race is about to begin. Your job, as grand marshal, is not only to wave the flag but also to explain what the finish line looks like.

That doesn't mean you have to bring up every grand plan that's ever crossed your mind. Instead, use the meeting to discuss one or two big things you want to accomplish in the next few years. For his meeting, Clate Mask, CEO of Ilusionsoft, a software company in Gilbert, Arizona, takes cues from the book Built to Last, by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras - specifically, Mask says, having a "big, hairy, audacious goal" that motivates the team.

The goal could be something tied to product development, market share, profitability, or revenue growth. Whatever it is, it must capture the big picture. Little, bald, timid goals - such as landing a particual account or trimming tech cost - are for everyday meetings. 

To get his employees away from the day-to-day stress in their jobs, Mask hold his annual meeting off-site and builds in time for pleasure as well as work. this year, the meeting was three days long, so there was plenty of time for both. The downtime sharpened brainstorming sessions and strengthened personal bonds, he says. Plus, going off-site eliminated distractions. "If you want to inspire employees to think bigger and better, you have to create the setting for that", Mask says.

Don't be affraid to assign homework, says Steve Red, president of Red Tettemer, a 13-year-old ad agency that holds a retreat every year. In preparation, all employees read a book to discuss at the meeting. Some selections - such as Where the suckers Moon, an account of ad agency Wieden & Kennedy's ill-fated marketing campaing for Subaru - relate directly to the company's industry. Others are more inspirational. Once, Red assigned Seabiscuit and used it as a starting point for a discussion about beating established competitors.

Finally, the key to a great annual meetilng is to treat it not a something big but rather as the start of something big. For example, you could use your gathering to generate a to-do list for the year, making sure all items on it relate to your BHAGs.  Establish small groups that meet at least once a month to discuss how each employee is progressing toward those goals, And Mask recommends displaying the goals prominently back home, rather than leaving them to gather dust on a conference center whiteboard. "I post it up on the wall so everyone can see - I blow it up and laminate it" he says, "If you don't see it all the time, it won't get done."

Author:

Source:

Julie Morgenstern "The Management from the inside out".

Workers in the U.S aren't using their time wisely, weather it's busy or slow. A recent survey by organizing products company Day_Timers found that one-third of workers never plan their work and seldom never schedule time to work on their high-priority goals. "The biggest time management mistake people make is not knowing how much time they waste."

" Order: Self Organization & Silence" quotes of the week (#2) 2nd round

Sunday:

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." Abraham Lincoln

Monday:

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Theodore Roosevelt

Tuesday:

"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdies crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumber with your old nonsense". Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday:

"Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love." Mother Teresa

Thursday:

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

LIfe is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a strunggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it"

Mother Teresa

Friday:

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Accordingly, a 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her work."

Thomas A. Edison

Saturday:

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losign your temper or your self-confidence."

Robert Frost

" ENTHUSIASM" QUOTES OF THE WEEK (#1) 2ND ROUND

" ENTHUSIASM" QUOTES OF THE WEEK (#1) 2ND ROUND

Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. You gotta a dream, you gotta to protect it. People can't do something themselves they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want something, GO GET IT!. PERIOD. (The persuit of Happyness)

Sunday:

To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work.

Monday:

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Tuesday:

"Dance like no one is watching. Sign like no one is listening. Love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth." Mark Twain

Wednesday:

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi

Thursday:

"You know you are in love when you can not fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dream." Dr. Seuss

Friday:

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

Mahatma Gandhi

Saturday:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do that by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "

Mark Twain

Associates (Don't call them employees)

Associates (dont call them employees) are the true keys to success. "My philosophy from day one was that associates come first. Says Rifkin, who offers his staff a pension plan, profit sharing and health care, as well as regular excursions like fishing trips or afternoon movies. "They como before customers even do. The reason is very simple: If associates are happy, then customers are happy. I've founf the same of the reverse. Our company not "mine".

By Devon Rifkin

Monopoly

Hardvard Business review article: Everything I know about business I learned from Monopoly.

1. Make the rules simple and unambiguos.
   
2. Don't frustrate the casual player.
3. Establish a rhythm.
4. Focus on what's happening off the board.
5. Give people chances to come from behind.
6. Provide outlets for latent talents.

A puzzle (Team builder Exercise)

A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says "thak you", and walks out.

Writing on the Fly

Do not quit your job.

"All those hours spend writing and thinking teach you a lot about who you are". Robert Wilder

After waking at 5am, he goes up to school, where "no one will bother me". Once 8 o'clock comes, high school kids think if you are there, you are accesible.

His early-morning writing time, is crucial for getting his work done, since his after work time is for family. Making the best use of that time means not checking e-mail or the cell-phone, and augmenting his time by writing at a cafe or park during luch.

Develop a Network of writers.

Wilder also stresses the need to be disciplines and to make writing a priority. "You can be less talented and more disciplined and be more successful than someone who is more talented and less disciplined", he caution.

Learning Focus

A relationship with one's mind can indeed breed enourmes satisfaction and creativity. Such was the case with Stacy Sims, a Cincinnati writer and pilates studio owner. While vice-president of graphics-design firm, she began studying pilates. After studying twice a week for 3 years, she says "I began taking on new challenges and started living a fully realized life".

He wrote a book between the pilates work I did and work I did to get sober. Before sobriety and pilates, I was the kind of person with a millon ideas racing and zero follow through. By learning how to be focus, she was able "to understand my own story versus the story that I was meant to lay out on page"

Empowerning girls and women.

She advices. "Don't waste time on unhealthy habits, like spending your thinking about how you are not writing! Thoughts are energy, and they can keep us stuck!.

Be patient with yourself.

This is not a race!. Don't compare yourself to others! Compare yourself to you a few months (or year) ago. Celebrate the steps you're taken, put yourselF on the back, get on your JOURNEY.

Advice (Sheridan Hay):

To me, the secret to writing is knowing your own mind, and the way it works. As far as advice goes: Get it down, as much and quickly as you can, and fix it up later. Write energy day, when you can not write every day, read as much as you can and takes notes of the thinks that work in the novel of others.

"Closing the sale: action" Quotes of the week (#13).

Sunday:
Humility-Imitate Jesus, read Socrates.
Monday:
You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know. Oscar Wilde

This is going to be the best interview I ever had.

Tuesday:
Save closing points for the close. The four steps in the average sale: (1) Attention, (2) Interest, (3) Desire, (4) Close.
Wednesday:
Summarize. Whenever possible, let the prospect summarize. Put him into action!
Thursday:
How do you like it? "After concluding the presentation, ask this question. It's action!
Friday:
Welcome objections! Remember-the best prospects are those who ofter objections.
Saturday:
Why?...In addition to that?... Why gets the customer talking, brings out his objections. In addition to that? finds the real reason, or the key issue.

"Service and prospecting" Quotes of the week (#12).

Like China, the internet is a huge new market. It's up to you to figure out what to do with it. Use it as prosprecting tool, make connections with people add value for your existing customer.

Sunday:
Chastity - Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dulness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation. Benjamin Franklin.
Monday:
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. Patrick Henry (1736 - 1799).
Tuesday:
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Mahatma Gandhi
Wednesday:
I'm a great believer in luck, and find the harder I work the more I have on it"... Thomas Jefferson
Thursday:
To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams
Friday:
It is not enough to give customer excellent services. You must subtly make him aware of the great service he is getting.
Saturday:
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success. George Washington

"Remember faces and names" Quotes of the week (#11).

Sunday:
Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable. Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790)
Monday:
Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you. Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Tuesday:
I:Impression-Get a clear impression of his name and face.
Wednesday:
R:Repetition-Repet his/her name at short intervals.
Tuesday:
A:Association: Associate his name with an action picture; if posible, include his business.
Friday:
Commit: Begin by making a commitment - a conscious decision - to remeber people's names. Don't let yourself off easy, blaming a "bad memory". Forgetting names is due less to a bad memory than to a lack of application. Tell yourself - because it's true - that you can remember names if you want to and if you work at it.
Saturday:
Repeat after me: repetition, repetition. When you are first introduced to someone, use their names several times when you talk to them. "Hi, Jim, nice to meet you. So, what do you do for a living Jim? Do you have any kinds, Jim? Jim, it was great to meet you! If you don't catch their name when it was originally told to you, ask for it again. Saying it immediately will help you remember it when they walk away.

"Smile: Happines" Quotes of the week (#10).

Sunday:
Cleanliness-Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation. Benjamin Franklin
Monday:
Genious is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison
Tuesday:
If you really want to be good at something, you have to bathe yourself in it.
Wednesday:
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success.If you love what you are doing,you will be successful. Albert Schweitzer
Thrusday:
H= S + C + V
Friday:
I believe if a man can maintainn enthusiasm long enough, it will produce anything. (Frank Bettger)
Saturday:
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.

What is Happiness?

Happiness can mean different things to different people. For example, for one person, it may mean being in a relationship, whereas for someone else it may mean feeling you have the ability to handle whatever life throws at you.

While you might think that there are certain things that make you happy (or could make you happy if you had them), research has shown that there are certain common traits amongst happy people - and it isn't necessarily what you might have thought.

What Makes Happy People Happy?

You might think that happy people have lots of money, are physically attractive, have great jobs, or own the latest gadgets. Or, you might just think happy people are plain lucky, and are born that way.

Research suggests, however, that there are a number of variables that make a far greater contribution to happiness than external and more superficial factors.

That doesn't mean that if you have a lot of money you won't be happy, or that having a lot of money is bad, it just means that other factors are more important in determining happiness. In fact, a strong positive relationship between job status/income/wealth and happiness only exists for those who live below the poverty line and/or who are unemployed.

What distinguishes happy people, is that they have a different attitude - a different way of thinking about things and doing things. They interpret the world in a different way, and go about their lives in a different way.

Why is Happiness Important?

This might seem obvious - why wouldn't you want to be happy?! But the implications are greater than you might think. Happier people are generally healthier people - not only mentally, but also physically. So you can see than happiness is actually something that is really important, that you might want to increase if you can.

The "Happiness Equation"

It has been suggested that there are several factors that contribute towards our happiness. This is an 'equation for happiness' suggested by Martin Seligman, an American based psychologist:

H = S + C + V


H = Happiness
S = Set range - (genetics: about 50%)
C = Circumstances (8-15%)
V = Voluntary Control - (past, present, future)

This all looks very scientific, and is actually based on research findings, but can be explained quite simply:

Set Range/Genetics - There is some evidence to support that we are all born with a certain "set-point" of happiness, determined by our genes. This is supposed to change only slightly, if at all, as we get older. This contributes towards around 50% of our level of happiness.

So, if something dramatic happens, for example, you win the lottery, or break up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, within a year or so (depending on the situation) your happiness level will return to its set point.

Circumstances - There is also some evidence to suggest that the circumstance we live in influence our level of happiness. You don't always have a lot of control over your circumstances (for example, we can't all live in mansions and drive new cars). Evidence suggests, however, that this accounts for only around 8-15% of our happiness levels, which really isn't that much.

Voluntary Control - This third factor is the most important factor in the equation, because you can control it, and in the process control your happiness. It includes all aspects of your life over which you have a relatively high degree of control, including your thoughts and actions. This includes the way you choose to think about and act on the past, present, and future, and seems to have quite a significant impact on how happy you are - if you do the math, it could be up to 42%!

- Past - When thinking about the past, people who are happier pay attention to what is 'good' about the past, rather than focusing on the unhappy times. They are grateful, forgiving, and don't believe that the past will determine what happens in the future.

For more information on gratitude (being grateful) for the past, check out this fact sheet.

- Future - When it comes to thinking about the future, happy people are flexibly optimistic - what this means is that they are optimistic (in a realistic sense) about how their future is going to be, but if it doesn't turn out that way, they know it's not going to be the end of the world either.

- Present - The way you think about and act in the present is also essential in determining how happy you are. This might include things such as taking pleasure in life and your surroundings, building and being in meaningful relationships, and the way we react to things in life, good and bad.

For more information about the things you can control in your present which might help increase your happiness, check out the 'Tips for Increasing Your Happiness' fact sheet.

You do Have Control Over Your Happiness

So, you can see from this equation that you do have some control over your happiness. Even though a certain proportion of your happiness is beyond your control, and is determined by genetics and by circumstances (which you can only control to a certain extent), you can increase you happiness level by focusing on those areas in your life that you can control.

You might choose to control your attitude, the way you choose to interpret situations, and the way you think about yourself. If you think about it, and the fact that it could be accountable for around 40% of your happiness, this could make a big difference in your life.

Check out the interactive game Reach Out! Central if you want to see in action how the way that you think about and respond to situations can influence your mood, and your level of happiness of unhappiness.

But Does Aiming to be Happy Mean You Can't be Sad?

Not at all. In fact, going through times where you're sad can sometimes make that happiness all the brighter.

Sadness is a part of life, and sometimes it's even possible to feel happy and sad about something. For example, you might be happy to move out of home, but sad that you won't see the family, or your family dog, as much any more.

You might even wonder whether it's possible, or OK to be happy, when there is so much suffering and injustice in the world. Happiness is natural, and it is possible to be compassionate and caring, and in tune with the sadness of the world, while still experiencing happiness in your life. This awareness might even prompt you to act in a way to help improve the situation of others - an action which may actually increase your happiness.

Happiness - Something That Can be Worked On

Happiness is something that means different things to different people, but overall it seems that it is the way we choose to think about ourselves, our place in the world, and the world around us, and how we act in that world, that differentiates the happy people from the less happy people.

This is something that you actually have voluntary control over, and that you can work on in your daily life. Not only that, but it can contribute to a large proportion of your happiness, as seen in the equation. It's up to you.

For more tips on how to increase your happiness, check out the links.



Acknowlegement

The Happiness Handbook
Dr. Timothy Sharp
The Happiness Institute
http://www.thehappinessinstitute.com

Authentic Happiness
Martin Seligman
Random House Australia (2002)
www.authentichappiness.org
(you'll have to join, free of charge, to access the various questionnaires)

Fail, it's not in my dictionary.

Fail, it's not in my dictionary. I've got a good dictionary up there and the words "fail" and "failure" have been rules out for years. I don't know what people who use those words are talking about. All I know is "temporary non-success", even if I've got to wait another 20 years for what I'm after, and I try to put that into people, no matter what is their object in life.

The Magic Formula

Some say there is no formula. I say there is. It's just that the magic is different for everyone.
To find your own magic formula you need to continuously study yourself. Look for patterns in how your recover from different types of workout. Figure out the factors that tend to increase your motivation and those that have the opposite effect. Distinguish your physiological strenghts and weaknesses. Use all the observation to customize and refine your training to make it better for the unique person you are.
The process requires a sustained output of mental energy. It's much easier to follow a program mindlessly that to analyze your body's response to the program each day and adjust it as neccesary.

"Appreciation and praise" Quotes of the week (#9).

Sunday:
Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear reseting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
Monday:
Give praise and appreciation and you are golden. Every leader, successful person or those who dream of success know these words. Why? It's because that is what we all want. At work we all want to be told that we do a great job. We want our husbands and our wifes to appreciate us. We want to be valued by our friends and family and the people who surround us everyday. Employees work harder when they know they are appreciated.
Tuesday:
What is price and appreciation? Well it is simple recognition that someone values you. How do you give it? Simply saying thanks you are wonderful, works. But mean it with all your heart.
Wednesday:
The truth is what is, not what should be. What should be is a dirty lie. Lenny Bruce
Thursday:
A word of encouragment during a failure is worth that an hour of praise after success.
Friday:
Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.
Saturday:
Appreciation everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.

Succes is Waiting for you.

They hammered home idea that "education - a degree - is something no one can take away from you". As newcomers to this country, O'Brien's parents searched for a sense of permanence. Education was a solid object in a changing life. They made sure all six children studied hard. All six graduated from college, and all six attended Harvard University, one of the best of America.

It's now O'Brien's turn to encourage others. She's a mentor to high school students in New York and speaks at colleges around the country. As the mother of four children, she understand the anxiety many parents and their kinds feel about the future. "I understand when people say we want our kids to do well."

The way to help your children excel, she said, is to focus on the schools. Try to come together as a community to improve local schools. Nothing has a more positive impact on a community than to have solid schools churning out well-prepared students, according to O'Brien.

But how do you lay the groundwork for your child's success? What if your children is not doing well in school? Or what if your child is getting mixed or negative messages about her abilities? O'Brien has a good antidote, passed down from her mother. Estella: "Don't let anybody dictate who you are." You decide who you want to be and what you what to do in life. And don't spend time lamenting what you don't have, she said. Pour your energy into planning for the future and getting ahead.

O'Brien was a motivated and popular student. Her older sister Maria, the law professor, was her role model by being the first in the family to go to Harvard. However, O'Brien is the first to say there is no magic formula for success. There is a well-known and well-worn path that will help get you there.

"HARD WORK CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT"

"Knowledge of my business" Quotes of the week (#8).

Sunday:
"Anyone who stops learning is old -whether at twenty or eigthy. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." Henry Ford.
Monday:
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". Theodoro Rossolvelt
Tuesday:
Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Benjamin Franklin
Wednesday:
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
Thursday:
We are not short on practices; we are short on practice. Karl Wiegers.
Friday:
Learning is to the studios, and riches to the careful, as well as power to the bold, and Heaven to the virtuous.
Saturday:
Diligence is the mother of good look. Benjamin Franklin

"Sincerity" Quotes of the week (#7).

Sunday:
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and if you speak, speak accordingly. (Benjamin Franklin)
Monday:
"I will speak ill of no man - and speak all the good I know of everybody"Praise your competitors.
Tuesday:
To win and hold the confidence of others, Rule one is: Deserve confidence.
Wednesday:
Know your business and keep on knowing your business.
Thursday:
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise is in his heart. (Benjamin Franklin)
Friday:
Bring you witness.
Saturday:
Look your best. "Put yourself in the hands of an expert".

"Silence: Listen" Quotes of the week (#6).

Sunday:
Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecesary actions . (Benjamin Franklin)
Monday:
Ask a man: "How did you happen to get started in this business? then, be a good listener.
Tuesday:
"There is an art in silence, and there is an eloquence in it too" Cicero.
Wednesday:
"What is the answer?... In that case, what is the question?"
(Gertrude Stein).
Thursday:
Considering that in conversation knowledge was obtained rather by the use of the ears than of the tongue, I gave Silence second place among the virtues I determined to cultivate. (Benjamin Franklin)
Friday:
The shortcut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears instend of given your tongue. There is nothing you can possibily say to an individual that would be half as interesting to him as the things he is dying yo tell you about himself. And all you need, in order to get the reputation of being a fascinating companion, is to say: "How wonderful" Do tell me some more.

"Key issue" Quotes of the week (#5).

Sunday:
Frugality -Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing. (Benjamin Franklin)
Monday:
"I can't go on, I go on". (Samuel Beckett)
Tuesday:
"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions".(Lillian Hellman 1905 - 1984)
Wednesday:
Think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty. (Benjamin Franklin).
Thursday:
The most important secret of salesmanship is to find out what the others wants, and then help him the best way to get it.
Friday:
There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything. Just one way. And that is by making the other person want to do it. Remember, there is no other way.(When you show a men what he wants, he will move heaven and earth to get it). Dale Carnegie
Saturday:
Cultivate the art of asking questions. Questions, rather than positive statements, can be the most effective means of making a sale, or winning people to your way of thinking. Inquire rather than attack.

Find the key issue, the most vulnerable point, then stick to it.

Scaling Software Agility

We note that the roots of this iterative process also grew from basic object-oriented thinking.(XP:Smalltalk; Scrum:Easel; RUP:OMT, Booch and Objectory). Perhaps here we have the final evidence that the advent of OO fundamentally changed the way we viewed system development practices. The pace of development accelerated; systems were more readily adapted and refactored; companion processes adapted to become fundamentally iterative in nature.

Dean Leffingwell

"Questions" Quotes of the week (4).

Sunday:
Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. (Benjamin Franklin)
Tuesday:
Well? Shall we go? Yes, let's go. [They do not move] (Samuel Beckett)
Wednesday:
You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great. (Les Brown)
Thursday:
We are not short on practices; we are short on practice. (Karl Wiegers)
Friday:
Tolerance is the one essential ingredient.
Saturday:
If you have nothing nice to say don't say anything.

"Think in terms of other's interest" quotes of the week. (#3)

Sunday:
Deserve confidence. The real test is: do you believe it, not, will the other person believe it?
Monday:
You are either part of the solution or you are part of the problem.
Tuesday:
And as I know that God is found more often in the lowliest of His creatures than in the high and mighty, I am struggling to reach the status of these. (Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma(Great Soul) Gandhi 1869 -1948.
Wednesday:

· All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, then success is sure.

Thursday:

· What therefore God hath joined together, let not men put asonder. Bible

Friday:

· Let's hope it last!

Saturday:
Asking a person to change his habits or to be consisten in action are the two most difficul request I can think of. (Alistair CockBurn)