March 2010
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“The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognize your own worth.”
– Maxwell Maltz
Mar 31st
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“The core thing would be just do something awesome. Try not to get caught up in...”
– Evan Williams (Founder of Blogger and Twitter)
Mar 31st
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Passion
The following is a great description of passion taken from Seth Godin’s latest book Linchpin: Passion is a desire, insistence, and willingness to give a gift. The artist is relentless. She says, “I will not feel complete until I give a gift.” This is more than refusing to do lousy work. It’s an insistence on doing important work. The relentless passion leads to persistence...
Mar 31st
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The New American Dream
The following is an excerpt from Seth Godin’s latest book Linchpin: Do you remember the old American Dream? It struck a cord with millions of people (in the United States and in the rest of the world, too). Here’s how it goes: Keep your head down Follow instructions Show up on time Work hard Suck it up …you will be rewarded. As we’ve seen, that dream is over. The new...
Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft...”
– Woodrow Wilson (via Jammin’ Says)
Mar 30th
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A Wishing Star
Choose a wish, find a dream Pick a wishing star Let your hopes and spirits soar High and free and far. Reach for the unreachable Stretch to touch the sky Know no dream you treasure Is too far away or high. Believe in the impossible Then work and try and do For only those who dare to dream Can make a dream come true! Author Unknown (via xqlim)
Mar 30th
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More Real Men
(photos via deekaytee) I’d like to know… What do you believe to be the characteristics of a “real man?”     
Mar 30th
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“If you’re crazy enough to do what you love for a living then you’re bound to...”
– Herb Kelleher  (via Chief Happiness Officer) (via newcoventry)
Mar 29th
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Mar 29th
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“I’d rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have...”
– Lucille Ball
Mar 28th
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“We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all...”
– Thomas Edison
Mar 27th
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“High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.”
– Charles F. Kettering
Mar 26th
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“Success is 99% failure.”
– Soichiro Honda
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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“Disappointments are inevitable; discouragement is a choice.”
– Charles Stanley
Mar 23rd
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“If you want to make a difference, but are afraid to be different then you...”
– Orrin Woodward 
Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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Mar 23rd
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“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mar 23rd
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“An unused life is an early death.”
–  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mar 23rd
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“Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and...”
– William Shakespeare (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Mar 22nd
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Mar 22nd
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“Winning big is usually preceded by failing big and often more than once.”
– Mark Sanborn
Mar 21st
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“Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist but the ability to start over.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
Mar 20th
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“The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well and doing...”
– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (via mserika)
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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ListenA song from a musical about purpose. Who...
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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“The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are...”
– Charles Du Bos
Mar 19th
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Mar 19th
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“A golden opportunity tends to reveal itself when you boldly pursue your genuine...”
– Scott Belsky 
Mar 19th
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“Do, or do not. There is no try.”
– Yoda
Mar 18th
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“You can’t build a reputation on what you’re going to do.”
– Henry Ford
Mar 18th
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Mar 18th
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Better than TV →
Though TV is entertaining, hours spent in front of it rarely move you in the direction of your dream and the purpose for which you were created. Click on the link above to read a great blog post by Seth Godin about activities that are, in his opinion, much better than TV. I’d like to know… What activities do you think are better than TV?
Mar 15th
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“One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.”
– E.M. Forster
Mar 15th
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas Edison
Mar 15th
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“Follow your passion, and success will follow you.”
– Arthur Buddhold
Mar 15th
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“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it”
– Halford E Luccock
Mar 15th
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Mar 14th
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“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties...”
– John Quincy Adams
Mar 14th
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“It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish.”
– J.R.R. Tolkien
Mar 14th
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“The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not...”
– Arnold H. Glasgow
Mar 14th
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“You’ll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.”
– Irish Proverb
Mar 14th