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june
17 is here! this is the only time in our
lives that we'll see this particular day, so let us
take what it has to give and make the very most of it! |
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It's
easy to let life deteriorate into making a living
instead of making a
life. It's not the hours you put in,
but what you out into the hours
that count. Learn
to express rather than impress. Expressing evokes a
''me too'' attitude while impressing evokes
a ''so what'' attitude.
Jim
Rohn
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Any
fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for
that determines our success or failure. The way you think
about a
fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are
overcome by the fact because you think you are.
Norman
Vincent Peale
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Head
Coach
Gail Pursell Elliott
Long ago I wrote a poem during football season likening our inner
selves to positions on a football team. Sometimes we play
quarterback, think, and strategize. Sometimes we’re the
tight end, grab an idea out of the air, gain yardage or run it all
the way in. Sometimes we block. Sometimes we have to
punt, wait and start over while trying not to lose ground.
Sometimes we feel as though some of our ‘players’ have
defected and joined the opposing team.
Our good friends are the fans in the stands and on the sidelines,
stomping and cheering us on, bringing us water and oranges.
Sometimes they’re kind enough to carry us off the field when we
get the wind knocked out of us or can’t crawl off on our own.
Sometimes we need a ‘time out’ to regroup and figure out what
to do next. Sometimes we put in the second string and see
what it can do.
When beginning a new job, relationship, or entering a new phase of
life, at times we can feel like the team is comprised of a bunch
of freshman, learning to perform together and rely on one another,
learning to read the signs and respond to new situations. We
can get frustrated and give up or continue on and persevere,
knowing that we have a track record to be proud of and that things
will eventually come together.
All of these positions are roles that we find ourselves playing on
a daily basis depending upon the needs of the situations in which
we find ourselves. And when we think that the whole team is
comprised of us we can feel pretty fragmented and allow ourselves
to get worn down. We’ll play back the inner tapes of
instant replays and critique ourselves, sometimes too much.
There is one position however that we always hold regardless of
the playing field. The most important position of all
… that of the Head Coach. That’s the part of us we
connect with when we begin our day, the part of us that we access
at half time for encouragement and perspective, the part of us
that is the ‘observer.’ Sometimes we get so caught up in
the process of what we are doing that we lose sight of the process
itself. We can miss the larger picture, the insight and
awareness of how all of the components of who we are make the
whole and how it is unfolding in a positive direction.
Keeping connected to that Head Coach component can be difficult at
times, but it is surely worth it. It keeps our perspective
balanced and helps prevent us from getting caught up in obsessing
over individual performances. That part of us knows without
question that each time we take to the field to face life head on,
that it is a fresh and new experience. That it is not
dependent on the success or failure of what has come before, but
stands on its own, an opportunity to fulfill our potential and to
position us for our next gain.
Anticipate a Great Day! It’s Yours!
Gail
Speaker,
Author, Educator, Human Resources and Training Consultant, Gail
Pursell Elliott is president and founder of Innovations
"Training With A Can-Do Attitude"™ - Promoting Dignity
and Respect, No Exceptions, in companies and communities
nationwide. To receive Food For Thought messages via email
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How true
it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles,
the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the earth has a brighter green.
. . the flowers are more fragrant. . . and the sun, moon and stars
all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us.
Orison Swett
Marden
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Everything
in the world we want to do or get done, we must do with and
through people. Every dollar we will ever earn must come
from people. The person we love, and with whom we want to
spend the rest of our life, is a human being with whom we must
interact. Our children are individuals, each different from
any other person who ever lived. And what affects them most
is our attitude--the loving kindness they see and feel whenever we
are around them.
If you'll begin to develop and maintain an attitude
that says yes to life and the world, you'll be astonished at the
changes you'll see.
Earl
Nightingale
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Attitude
is more important than the past,
than education, than money, than circumstances,
than what people do or say.
It is more important than
appearance, giftedness, or skill.
Charles
Swindoll
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Don't
forget that the latest issue of our e-zine is always
available at http://www.livinglifefully.com/zine.htm. |
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please give to the world
the best you have today.
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