Posted by Terry on May 31st, 2011 at 11:04 am
A message from Terry: Do you want to be rich, healthy, happy and an expert in your field? If so, here is advice from one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin: “Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 30th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Who serve our country, to their families who have sacrificed so much, and all who love and support our troops. Our thanks to those who answered the call. Who took up the challenge, and gave it their all. God bless those more brave than me. Who gave us all this Land of the Free. [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 27th, 2011 at 8:33 am
THE INVITATION By Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting
Your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 26th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Posted by Sandy on May 25th, 2011 at 9:30 am
A message from Sandy. Edgar Watson Howe once joked, ” No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know it was his turn next.” Unfortunately, that accurately describes the way to many people approach communication–they are too busy waiting for their turn to really listen to others. People of influence understand the incredible [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 25th, 2011 at 5:09 am
Wednesday 25 May 2011 When you have emptied all the content of thoughts, desires, memories, projections, hopes and when all is gone, for the first time you find yourself, because you are nothing but that pure space, that virgin space within you. Unburdened by anything, that contentless consciousness, that’s what you are! Seeing it, realizing [...]
Posted by Terry on May 24th, 2011 at 5:31 pm
A message from Terry: Some people claim that the world is made up of leaders and followers. But the world is too complicated for such a simple (and simplistic) division because, as Tom Peters says, “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” With that in mind, it’s important for everyone to think about the [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 23rd, 2011 at 9:30 am
A message from Sandy. How do you keep mistakes in perspective? A person must first utter the three most difficult words to say: ” I was wrong.” We must open our eyes, admit our mistakes, and accept complete responsibility for our current actions and attitudes. Every failure we experience is a fork in the road. [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 20th, 2011 at 8:42 am
A message from Sandy. It seems that it is easy for any organization to say, “we value teamwork.” However, saying it verses committing to the principles to grow it can be two different things. Here’s what Peter Drucker says about teamwork : ” The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 19th, 2011 at 9:30 am