Life serves up many opportunities to see how we are doing from the perspective of others. Getting feedback from others is feared by those who don't understand its value. True champions crave the information they can get from those who see them from the outside. Remember that feedback from others is just information, it is neither good or bad. It is not about you as much as it is about someone else's experience of you - which is valuable information. Accept feedback with gratitude and grace. The instructions for getting out of your box are printed on the outside of your box. - L. Cameron Mosher, Ph.D. Please enjoy my interview with Tim Esau at Live On Purpose Radio of the same title
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I had the remarkable opportunity yesterday to interview Coach Larry Gelwix who has been coaching the Highland High School Rugby Team for the past 35 years. This team was recently featured in a powerful and inspiring movie, "Forever Strong." Larry has led the team to an amazing record of 401 wins and 9 losses in his time as coach. The success of the team is not luck or fortunate genetics, but application of principles year after year. He shared with me five strategies for the team's success, which also apply in every other aspect of life. Choose which team you play for. Don't play with snakes. Hit the ground running - attitude and effort are everything. Plan and play to W.I.N. (what's important now). Keep your focus on the final score. Listen in on my conversation with this inspiring man at Live On Purpose Radio. Attitude and effort are everything! - Coach Larry Gelwix,…
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Your life is made up of a variety of activities, some of which you really enjoy and look forward to, and some of which you may dread. The hard stuff seems to always be there waiting for you. Today there is likely to be at least one challenging task that you just don't want to do. Move that one to the top of your list and do it first. Imagine how you will feel when that one thing is behind you rather than in front of you. Do the hard things first and watch your energy multiply! I often hear people say that I'm lucky to have a job I love. Personally I don't see how it is luck, when I chose this job. Nikki Stone - Olympic Gold Medalist home owner loans
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I attended an event this past weekend where there were around 21,000 people present. Most of that throng of people looked like nothing more than a sea of humanity from where I sat. The faces nearer to me were distinguishable as individuals. I realized that among those I could see, perhaps a dozen or so were people I recognized and knew in one way or another. A wise friend once pointed out to me that there are only two kinds of people in the world; the kind you know, and the kind you don't know. Your human treasury includes all of them. Just consider for a moment the vast array of possibilities that exists just in the people you already know (a much smaller group by the way). My favorite teacher of all time once said, "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye?... And if…
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I have a confession to make. I'm the lone ranger! I have recently realized that I often forge ahead in life thinking that I have to do it all myself. What a relief it is to see the greatness and gifts of those who surround me. The resources to solve whatever problem or challenge you face right now are present all around you right now. Open your eyes and start seeing people. Draw on your human treasury, and you will find that the balance in that account actually increases the more you use it. If I have seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants. three credit bureaus equifax - Sir Isaac Newton
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What if I were to give you a challenge to run to the horizon and back? The horizon is not a real place, it is just a concept. Sometimes we get stuck thinking we have to be perfect, and we are not OK until we get there. Perfection is not a real place either. You can't really even get closer to the horizon because as you approach, your perspective changes and the horizon moves farther away. When I teach boy scouts how to use a compass, I have them get their bearings by finding a landmark somewhere way out there in the direction I want them to go and then move toward that landmark. They are not going TO the landmark, just TOWARD it. Use perfection as a standard only to get your bearings so you'll know what to move toward. And remember, you are not going TO the horizon,…
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Your mind has the amazing capability to create solutions and opportunities, and at the same time has the equally impressive ability to identify all of the reasons why you can't do something. You are naturally endowed with the ability to know what to do in certain moments. You will know, for example, that someone could use a call or a smile or a kind word. Your amazing mind then gives you a dozen reasons to not do what you felt and knew to do. Follow your first impressions, your natural knowing, and watch miracles start to happen in your life and the lives of those around you. The solutions and opportunities you yearn for are just a relationship and a conversation away - JUST DO IT!! The heart has reasons which reason cannot understand. - Blaise Pascal P.S. I've been practicing this concept of following my impressions and not allowing…
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My son, Adam, is an avid runner who shared this thought with me this morning which is sometimes attributed to Roger Bannister: "Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or a gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running." Just Keep Swimming. - Dory (Finding Nemo)
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One of my favorite lines from the hit Disney movie, "Pirates of the Caribbean" is from a scene where Captain Jack Sparrow is being confronted by two British officers just before he commandeers their ship. One of them says to Sparrow, "You are the worst pirate I've ever heard of." To which Jack replies, "Ah, but you HAVE heard of me." It is comfortable to remain anonymous, and risky to actually step up and make yourself and your offering to the world known. As soon as you step up, people WILL form opinions about you. Don't worry about all of those who will think you are the worst they have ever heard of. The people who want and need what you have to offer will never see you if you remain anonymous! If you don't want people to rain on your parade, don't tell them what street it is coming…
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I had a fascinating interview with Dale Jessee this week, who is a contemporary piano performer and composer. Part of our discussion centered around doing what you love for the people who love what you do. This season is one in which we focus a bit more on giving. The fastest and surest way to get what you want out of life is to help other people to get what they want. Focus more on what you can give, and what you get will enrich your life. good credit personal loans We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. - Winston Churchill Please take some time to listen in on my interview with Dale by clicking this link.
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