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- What makes you come alive?
Hi Everyone,
I hope to get back to my usual 2 posts per week.
Here’s your long overdue thought-of-the-day:
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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what
makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what
the world needs is people who have come alive.” -Harold Whitman
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By the way, as a reminder, here [...]
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:49:17 +0000
- 10 ways to NOT bore your audience to death!
Face it. If you’re a boring speaker, you’ll make a room full of people hate you or something close to that.
Here are 10 things you SHOULD and SHOULD NOT do that will help you be a little less boring.
10. PAY ATTENTION TO THE BODY-LANGUAGE OF THE AUDIENCE. If they shift in their [...]
Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:47:26 +0000
- About To Achieve Success
(this was originally sent out on Nov 1, 07)
Hi All,
Sorry once again for not sending out that many quotes lately.
If you’ve been a subscriber for a while, you’ve heard me complain
about my real estate woes.
That’s my excuse again. I’m just so busy.
HERE’S YOUR THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
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“Most people give up just when they’re about to [...]
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:23:06 +0000
- Top Ten Inspirational Quotes
Here are my Top Ten Favorite Inspirational Quotes. You might not like them. Not everybody is the same.
1) Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries. Only in proportion as we are desirous of living do we really live. -Ortega
2) We are not [...]
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:27:05 +0000
- We would pray for more than understanding
We would pray for more than understanding.
We would pray for a sense of common destiny
In a world in time, made small by man’s
Achievement, weighted by selfishness, marred
By power, but inescapably harnessed to
Eternity by small glimpses and mighty
Surges of man’s aspiration to move
From all levels of being to that high freedom
Where the soul is won to [...]
Fri, 04 May 2007 03:13:44 +0000
- Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content
He stood upon the world’s broad threshold; wide
The din of battle and of slaughter rose;
He saw God stand upon the weaker side,
That sank in seeming loss before its foes:
Many there were who made great haste and sold
Unto the cunning enemy their swords,
He scorned their gifts of fame, and power, and gold,
And, underneath their soft and [...]
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 02:59:43 +0000
- Avoid late and unseasonable Studies
Avoid late and unseasonable Studies, for they murder Wit, and are very prejudicial to Health. The Muses love the Morning, and that is a fit Time for Study. After you have din’d, either divert yourself at some Exercise, or take a Walk, and discourse merrily, and Study between whiles. As for Diet, eat only as [...]
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:04:40 +0000
- You are richer today
You are richer today than you were yesterday if you have laughed often, given something, forgiven even more, made a new friend today, or made stepping stones of stumbling-blocks; if you have thought more in terms of “thyself” than of “myself” or if you have succeeded in being cheerful even if you were weary.
You are [...]
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:59:01 +0000
- Sit quietly for a moment
1. Sit quietly for a moment, and you realize how you have been
foolishly running about.
2. Learn to keep your mouth shut, and you realize you have been
talking too much.
3. Avoid getting involved in too many things, and you realize
that you have been wasting your time in unnecessary things.
4. Close the door, and you realize that [...]
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:14:39 +0000
- Every age has been illustrated by men who bore themselves like men
Every age has been illustrated by men who bore themselves like men, and vindicated the cause of human nature - men who, in circumstances of great trial, have adhered to moral and religious principle, to the cause of persecuted truth, to the interests of humanity, to the hope of immortality - who have trodden underfoot [...]
Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:54:35 +0000