Your thought is creative. Thoughts held in mind, produce after their kind. ~ Brian Tracy

Habits are like submarines. They run silent and deep. ~ Denis Waitley

If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won’t be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret. ~ Jim Rohn

The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

What was your favorite toy to play with as a child?

My Honeyball doll

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If you could only watch one TV show what would it be?

The View

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What's one thing you own that you should probably throw away, but never will?

letters from old boy friends

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Would you rather be rich or famous?

rich

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What was the best advice you've ever received?

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better ~ Jim Rohn

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Habits begin as offhanded remarks, ideas and images. And then, layer upon layer, through practice, they grow from cobwebs into cables that shackle or strengthen our lives. ~ Denis Waitley

Humility is a virtue; timidity is a disease. ~ Jim Rohn

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once and a while, or the light won’t come in. ~ Alan Alda

We learn by observation, imitation and repetition. ~ Denis Waitley

We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value. ~ Jim Rohn

One must learn by doing the thing. For though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. ~ Sophocles

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way. ~ Rollo May

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. ~ C S Lewis

How to succeed? Try hard enough. ~ Malcolm Forbes

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. ~ Henry Ford

Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it. ~ Emil Zatopek

The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests. ~ Gail Sheehy

Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. ~ William Makepeace Thackeray

The Butterfly Effect by Ron White

It was 1960 and meteorologist Edward Lorenz was working in his lab. He
was entering data into his computer in the hope of modeling weather
patterns when he stumbled upon a theory that is known as “The
Butterfly Effect.” He was entering wind speed, air pressure and
temperature into three separate equations that were linked in a
mathematical feedback loop. This equation allowed Lorenz to predict
weather patterns. 

One day Lorenz was in a bit of a hurry and opted to take a shortcut
when entering the data. He rounded the numbers to the nearest one
thousandth rather than to the nearest one millionth (for example, .407
instead of .407349). As a scientist, he knew this would change the
result—however he expected only a minor change. Lorenz was astounded
to discover that this tiny change made a profound impact on the final
resulting weather pattern. This discovery led Lorenz to ponder: Does
the flap of a butterfly’s wing in Brazil cause a tornado in Texas?
Thus, you have “The Butterfly Effect” theory. 

This theory has been applied to all areas of science since Lorenz’s
1960 experiment. 

What does it mean for your life? 

It means that every decision or action that you make—no matter how
small—could potentially dramatically alter the course of your life. My
life, as I am sure is the case with yours, is a testimony to the
butterfly effect. When I was 12 years old, I met a friend named Brian
in P.E. class. More than two decades later, Brian is still my best
friend. At the age of 12, Brian had a thirst for learning and studying
(the other 12-year-olds called him a nerd), and he was a fitness
fanatic. He still has these qualities, and because of our friendship
they rubbed off on me. At the age of 18, I needed a job and he secured
me a job where he worked as a telemarketer. My third day on the job, I
made a telemarketing call to someone in the seminar business. He
thought I was a good telemarketer and offered me a job over the phone. 

Did you follow that? 

You are receiving this email from me, reading my books, or hearing me
speak because I was offered a job at the age of 18 from a seminar
company. I would have never been offered that job if Brian hadn’t
gotten me the telemarketing job, and Brian would never have known me
if we hadn’t met at the age of 12 in P.E! I have an insatiable desire
for learning that began at age 12 and have developed into a fitness
fanatic as well. Most of the major events in my life can be traced
back to a conversation in a gym two decades ago—that is “The Butterfly
Effect.” 

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all. ~ Miguel De Cervantes

You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act. ~ Lee Iacocca

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises. ~ Demosthenes

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. ~ Aristotle

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~ Dale Carnegie

To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~ Jim Rohn

There is no victory at bargain basement prices. ~ Dwight Eisenhower

One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time. ~ John Wanamaker

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. ~ Anne Frank

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish. ~ Brad Henry

What you commit yourself to determines what you are, more than anything that ever happened to you yesterday, or the day before. ~ Dr. Anthony Campolo

Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future. ~ Brian Tracy

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. ~ Dale Carnegie

Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being. ~ Nido Qubein

If you don’t make a total commitment to whatever you’re doing, then start to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. ~ Lou Holtz

It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So give yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require. ~ Jim Rohn

There are only two options regarding commitment; you’re either in or you’re out. There’s no such thing as life in-between. ~ Pat Riley