"Success doesn't happen by accident. It starts with an unwavering commitment to build a dedicated team who serves their boss... the customer."

"Progress involves risk. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first."

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives
must be prepared for changes.

All life is an experiment.

"If people don't have in their hearts the desire to serve and make a difference for others, they will not give great service. Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, often said that the secret of her success was hiring nice people and then allowing them to be as nice as they could be."

"Aim for service and success will follow."

"Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow."

"You can't fake passion. It is the fuel that drives any dream and makes you happy to be alive. However, the first step to loving what you do is to self analyze, to simply know what you love. We all have unique talents and interests, and one of life's greatest challenges is to match these talents with career opportunities that bring out the best in us. It's not easy-and sometimes we can only find it through trial and error-but it's worth the effort."

"When one lives a life of permanent purpose, sales figures soar, team chemistry thrives and teenage decision become wiser and more cautious. And these are just a few examples of what will happen... Simply put, when we understand that every action matters, every result of our actions immediately improves!"

"According to Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, who wrote Raving Fans, the 'raving fan concept' is really pretty simple. It's no longer good enough to have satisfied customer. You need raving fans to sing your praises. You might think... what's the difference? The difference is raving fans, unlike satisfied customers, become part of your sales force. They tell friends, family, and coworkers about your service and your products. And, of course, good things happen!"

"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

"Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Choose your words, for they become actions.
Understand your actions, for they become habits.
Study your habits, for they will become your character.
Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny."

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in.
Aim at earth and you get neither.

"The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them."

"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."

What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?

THE BRICK - great story

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.

As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?"

The young boy was apologetic.

"Please, mister..please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded.

"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."

With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts.

A quick look told him everything was going to be okay…

"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side

door.

He kept the dent there to remind him of this message

"Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!"

~Many thanks to my friend Annette for sharing this story.~

INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

The more light you allow within you, the brighter
the world you live in will be.