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“Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler.”
- Albert Einstein

A  T  T  I  T  U  D  E
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company… a church… a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude… I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.”
- Charles Swindoll

“When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.”
- Japanese Proverb

“We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.”
- Socrates, Ancient Greek Philosopher

“When in doubt, do what is right. It will please some, and astonish the rest.”
- Mark Twain

Faith Dares to go beyond what the eyes can see… “FOR WE LIVE BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT.”
(2 Corinthians 5:7)

“Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your thinking.”
- Susan Taylor, American Editor and Writer

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”
- John Wooden, Successful College Basketball Coach

The people that really succeed in the world are the people who look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, they make them.
The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity in your life is where you are right now. Properly perceived, every situation becomes an opportunity for you.
Your destiny isn’t a matter of chance, It’s a matter of choice. It’s not something you wait for, but rather something you achieve with effort. Things won’t turn up in this world until you turn them up.
You develop opportunity by applying persistence to your possibilities. You’re surrounded by opportunity.
- Author Unknown

“No one can possibly know what is about to happen; it is happening each time, for the first time, for the only time.”
- James Baldwin

When your reasons to move forward outweigh your excuses for staying put, you will move forward.
When your thirst for success is more powerful than the desire to stay within your comfort zone, you will succeed.
When the reward is meaningful enough, you will act.
When you connect your deepest purpose with the goals you set, those goals will be achieved.
When you understand that there is a real and accessible pathway to the most magnificent dreams you can dream, you’ll get yourself on that path.
When you know without a doubt that every action has a consequence, you’ll focus all your actions in a positive and valuable direction.
When you love what you do, you’ll do it with grace and ease and excellence.
When you do what you love, you’ll provide a steady stream of unique and extraordinary gifts to life.
When you are completely clear about why, you’ll be able to figure out how.
When you let go of the need to need, you’ll fall into a massive sea of beautiful abundance.
When you are ready, life is here to fully live. Choose it, and now is when.

Thanks Jessie for forwarding this…

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like falling leaves.”
–John MuirThank You Robin!

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
~ Helen Keller

Thanks Michelle S. for sharing…

To live content with small means;
to seek elegance, rather than luxury;
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable
and wealthy, not rich;
to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly;
to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages with an open heart;
to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely,
await occasions, hurry never.
In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden, and unconscious grow up
through the commonplace.
This is to be my symphony.

written by Willian Henry Channing

Thanks Bev for sharing…

A human being always acts and feels
and performs in accordance with what
he/she imagines to be true about themselves
and their environment.  This is a basic
and fundamental law of the mind.  It is
 the way we are built.
 
-Dr. Maxwell Maltz
 
 
Research reveals that mental practice is as effective as real practice.  Many psychologists even say it’s better in some instances.  Mental practice not only improves physical skills, but you can use this approach to improve your selling skills and to become more forceful, more articulate and more effective.
 
Tiger Woods uses his imagination to picture where he will hit the ball before every shot.  You can apply this to every sales presentation.
 
A seasoned and highly successful salesman made a comment impressive for its soundness and insight.  “You know,� he said, “salespeople need to be impressed with the fact that excellence in sales performance begins with having a strong image of what they intend to do.�  In selling, consciousness of words, form and gestures during the actual interview can be a disastrous handicap.  You will become proficient only after your selling techniques are mastered and have become automatic.  The surest and quickest way to this proficiency is frequent mental rehearsal.  A few minutes of mental practice seized any time – seized now – can make a big difference.
 
Wouldn’t now be a good time to mentally picture yourself making your best and most confident presentations you have ever made?
 
Every salesperson’s most important customer is themselves.  Before they can sell anything to anyone else, they must “sell themselves� on their job, their ability, and their product.  A veteran salesperson in a highly competitive market recently admitted to us that successful salespeople talk to themselves and “sell themselves� all day long.  “We do it to overcome the other negative voices,� he said.  “Our prospects tell us they don’t need our product.  They hammer at our confidence and challenge our self-esteem all day long.  The smart salesperson talks their confidence up.  They remind themselves of the obstacles they first had to conquer to win previous sales.  They sell themselves on the answers they will use for the objections they’ll face.  They build a strong case for imagining a successful conclusion because in the conversations with themselves their selling their most suspicious listener.�
 
Imagination precedes and causes all your selling achievements.  You are under the influence of imagination every minute of your selling day.  Everything you see, hear or work with, creates an impression which produces a result corresponding to the mental picture you first saw.
 
Imagination first idealizes what the will afterward realizes.  Turn on your imagination.  Dial to your most desired scene.  Spell out a detailed, vivid action shot of yourself as the salesperson you have always wanted to be.  It will prove to be one of the most valuable and productive forms of practice you have ever done.
 
Start each day picturing yourself as a President’s Club member.  Picture yourself selling wardrobes instead of items.  See yourself developing loyal, happy clients.
 
Picture yourself easily doing two or more transactions daily.
 
Don’t allow yourself to see the worst case scenario but instead see yourself enjoying record selling days, record breaking weeks and months beginning now, okay?
 
Picture yourself with growing sales, with a growing income and growing satisfaction, will you?
 
The time to begin is now, isn’t it?

Thanks Stacy K. for sharing this…