January 2007

“WE LEARN AND RETAIN”

• 10% OF WHAT WE HEAR

• 15% OF WHAT WE SEE

• 20% OF WHAT WE SEE AND HEAR

• 40% OF WHAT WE DISCUSS

• 80% OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCE DIRECTLY

• 90% OF WHAT WE TEACH OTHERS

February 2007

“A New Day”

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. He or she is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.  You have done what you could.  Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in.  Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with a high spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.  The new day is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on yesterdays.

“A Smile”

It’s easy to be pleasant

When life flows like a song.

But the person worthwhile

Is the one with a smile

When everything goes dead wrong

For the test of the heart is trouble

And it always comes with years

And the smile that is worth

The praises of the earth

Is the smile that shines through the tears

“Problems”

 Problems are not problems at all, but results that are dissatisfying.

You can’t solve a problem on the same level that it was created.  You have to rise above it.

The problem, is not that there are problems, the problem is expecting otherwise, and thinking that having a problem is a problem.

May 2007

“A TEAM”

T – Together

E – Everyone

A – Achieves

M – More

June 2007

“BE BRAVE”

BE BRAVE ENOUGH to live creatively.  The creative is the place where no one else has ever been.  You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.  You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you’re doing.  What you will be discovering will be wonderful.  YOURSELF.

July 2007

“Courage”

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

August 2007

“Anger”

Anger is the only thing to put off until tomorrow

September 2007

“Opportunity”

If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door

October 2007

“SKILLS / FUNDAMENTALS”

Success is neither magical nor mysterious.  Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying basic fundamentals.

Don’t wish it were easier; wish you were better.

Don’t wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

Don’t wish for less challenges; wish for more wisdom.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day, while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

November 2007

“Everything Changes ”

The only law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasures would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring.

December 2007

“Choosing How our Day Will Be”

 Your morning thoughts may determine your conduct for the day.  Optimistic thoughts will make your day bright and productive, while pessimistic thinking will make it dull and wasteful.  Face each day cheerfully, smilingly and courageously, and it will naturally follow that your work will be a real pleasure and progress will be a delightful accomplishment.