Sunday, September 28, 2008
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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"
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"
Sunday, September 21, 2008
"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
"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
Sunday, September 14, 2008
"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".
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".
Sunday, September 7, 2008
"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.
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.
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