Monthly Archives: January 2011
Visualize Your Future!
A vision board can be a bulletin board made of cork with a frame around that you hang on the wall where it serves as a daily reminder. It can also be pictures placed on your computer’s desktop as a slide show.
Winners Visualize the Rewards of Success
The Soviet team was clearly the favorite in any contest and their opponents were intimidated by the skill of the Soviet Team – the opposing team expected to lose and the Soviets expected to win, in most cases they were both right. Herb Brooks had a vision of how to defeat the Soviet team and designed a plan which included picking specific players who had the ability to beat the USSR’s Hockey Team at their own game. Team USA won the Gold Medal at Lake Placid, NY in the 1980 Winter Games, now known as the Miracle on Ice.
Your Talent!
Often times we overlook our talent because we enjoy doing it as it comes so naturally to us. But our talent is not just what gives us joy but is where we have an advantage over our competition!
Your Holiday Inn Express!
“Fed up with the rundown motels he encountered on family road trips, Kemmons Wilson quit his job selling popcorn in cinemas to build the first Holiday Inn, named after the 1946 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, in Memphis, TN…” Continue reading →
News Release!
Drawing from his introspection on life, the author discusses the importance of vision, values, goals, tasks, self-talk, attitude, commitment and tackling all of the above right now. He stresses how to overcome negative programming and use the structure of design to achieve goals in life.
Habit Forming Success
“The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.”
–J. Paul Getty (1892-1976, American Oil Tycoon)
Meritocracy
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Reach Out
“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure.
Continue to reach out.”
–Benjamin Franklin
America’s Real Action Hero
“It’s the same process that I used in body building, what you do is create a vision of who you want to be and then live into that picture as if it were already true.”
–Arnold Schwarzenegger
Words To Live By
“To accomplish great things,
We must not only act but also dream,
Not only plan but also believe.”