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Do it because you would, not because you think you should.

-- Alan Cohen
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The 100/0 Principle applies to those people in your life where the relationships are too important to react automatically or judgmentally. Each of us must determine the relationships to which this principle should apply. For most of us, it applies to work associates, customers, suppliers, family and friends.
• STEP 1 - Determine what you can do to make the relationship work...then do it. Demonstrate respect and kindness to the other person, whether he/she deserves it or not.
• STEP 2 - Do not expect anything in return. Zero, zip, nada.
• STEP 3 - Do not allow anything the other person says or does (no matter how annoying!) to affect you. In other words, don't take the bait.
• STEP 4 - Be persistent with your graciousness and kindness. Often we give up too soon, especially when others don't respond in kind. Remember to expect nothing in return.
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I complained to God when my foundation was shaking, only to discover that it was God who was shaking it.
-- Charles Weston
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"If you dream it, you can do it."
-Walt Disney

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
-Vince Lombardi

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
-Mahatma Gandhi

"You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do."
-Henry Ford

"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
-Theodore Roosevelt

"The future starts today, not tomorrow."
-Pope John Paul II
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Sow a thought, reap a word. Sow a word, reap a deed. Sow a deed, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.

-- Charles Reade
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Only those who see the invisible can do the impossible.

-- Author unknown

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The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
~Randy Pausch
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself...your dreams will come to you."
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Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time rewarding and maddening - it is without a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented."
~Arnold Palmer
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Eternity does not start after you die; it begins when you really live.

-- Alan Cohen
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The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.

-- Benjamin Disraeli
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What makes you think you could have a future with someone when you don't have a present?

-- Alan Cohen

All of man's troubles stem from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

-- Pascal

When you embrace the human, you liberate the divine.

-- Alan Cohen

Success is the intentional, pre–mediated use of choice and decision. Unless you choose – with certainty – what it is you want, you accept table scraps by default!-

The DIFFERENCE between what one person and another achieves depends more on goal CHOICES than on ABILITIES.
The profound differences between successful people and others are the goals they choose to pursue. Individuals with similar talents, intelligence, and abilities will achieve different results because they select and pursue different goals.
Each decision affects WHAT YOU BECOME.

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"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...
it's about learning how to dance in the rain!"

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A good guru reminds you, "G.U.R.U." -- Gee, you are you.

-- Author unknown

To prefer is to be alive. To prefer without being attached is to be even more alive.

-- Alan Cohen

Perfection is not a condition to be attained. It is an attitude to be cultivated.

-- Alan Cohen

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

-- Emerson
Prayer is the attunement of your mind with the blessing that already exists.

-- Alan Cohen

Do not wait until all the conditions are perfect for you to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

-- Alan Cohen

It is not because life is difficult that we do not dare. Life is difficult because we do not dare.

-- Seneca



Improve Your Public Speaking
by Being Yourself
Those who find public speaking daunting — and who doesn't to some degree? — may think they need to become better actors to improve. Acting rarely helps, though. Don't try to be someone else or channel a smooth-talking alter ego. Focus on being exactly who you are. While some people may be natural public speakers, most have to work hard at it. Practice organizing your thoughts, modulating your voice, and connecting with your audience. This isn't a matter of rehearsing what you're going to say. It's practicing the skills that allow you to be flexible and capable every time you are up in the front of the room.