Overlooking the Pacific Ocean from the shores of Waikiki from me to you
All that we are is the result of what we have thought! Our thoughts are so powerful so choose great ones!
Buddha
It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.
Henry Longfellow
Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it.
C.S. Lewis
The time is now.
In business you need clarity. You need to know what you do and how you do it and importantly why you do it. Today will be some thoughts of the day. You need to make a difference. Not for yourself but for others.
In sales you need to have done your research. You need to know your audience and your company and products and the relationship that you have with the audience. You need to have a goal. You need to be able to position yourself to satisfy the needs and wants of the audience. You need to be able to overcome objections and close the deal.
Today listening to all the talking heads about the debate last night I am brought to a startling conclusion. When confronted with a challenge some people shrink from it and others rise to it. I think it is clear who shrank last night and who rose to the challenge.
We have been continuing to do what we have been doing for three and a half years now. Spending more than we earn and not getting results. High poverty levels, declining income levels, high unemployment and record deficits are not results that anyone should find to be acceptable. I don’t think we want to continue on this path unless we can get different results. Do you? Einstein said that was insanity.
We are confronted with an extremely clear choice; More of the same and more and more – OR – different. Remember the words – The five points?
Remember repealing ObamaCare and redoing a lot of Dodd Frank? Remember the “big kiss” in too big to fail as a gift to the five largest banks? There is a lot to do and the time clock is running faster and faster. The time is now.
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold.
John Leonard, American critic
A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.
Lucille Ball
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.
Charles M. Shulz
Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.
Polish Proverb
The time is now.
Some of you might know that my daughter has been fighting cancer since the early months of 2011 – multiple surgeries and serial sessions of chemotherapy and reconstruction and diet changes and untold emotional challenges. Now she is back to rebuilding her body and her life. Through all of this as a father you are helpless yet admire the tenacity and strength of your children. She is truly amazing.
She has taken to the Friday blog of philosophy although she will not follow my alliteration. Here is v1.2 of her Friday Philosophy. I hope you enjoy.
It’s not the size of the girl in the fight that counts: it’s the size of the fight in the girl that matters most.
Anonymous
Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.
Rumi
It was in the depths of winter that I discovered within me, there lay an invincible summer.
Albert Camus
Never give up… don’t ever give up.
The time is now.
It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone… And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.
Mark Cuban, American businessman and basketball team owner
Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?
Anon
Everyone I meet is in some way my superior.
William Shakespeare
You got to be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.
Yogi Berra
The time is now.
‘My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world.
I hope you’ll join with me as we try to change it.’
— Barrack Obama
‘Life’s tough…..it’s even tougher if you’re stupid.”
— John Wayne
Another great quote is from Eleanor Roosevelt: a woman is like a tea bag – you never know how strong she is, until she gets into hot water
The time is now.
Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.
Charlotte Whitton
The phrase “working mother” is redundant.
Jane Sellman
I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb … and I’m also not blonde.
Dolly Parton
Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
Maryon Pearson
The time is now.
