And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~ Abraham Lincoln

A Daily SUGGESTION...To Your ENEMY ; FORGIVNESS , To An OPPONENT ; TOLERANCE , To A FRIEND ; Your HEART , To A CUSTOMER ; Good SERVICE , To All ; CHARITY , To Every CHILD ; A Good EXAMPLE and To Yourself ; RESPECT !!!

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'. ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes! But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.

In school you get the lesson and then take the test ... In life you take the test and then get the lesson. ~ Unknown Source

Lifestyle is the art of discovering ways to live uniquely. ~ Jim Rohn

Books, like friends, should be few, and well chosen. ~ Samuel Paterson

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. ~ Vista M Kely

In every phenomenon the beginning remains always the most notable moment. ~ Thomas Carlyle

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask? ~ Jim Rohn

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you. ~ Jim Rohn

The greatest gift you can give to somebody is your own personal development. I used to say, ‘If you will take care of me, I will take care of you.' Now I say, ‘I will take care of me for you if you will take care of you for me.' ~ Jim Rohn

I believe in caring and sharing, rather than comparing. ~ Denis Waitley

The more we give of anything, the more we shall get back. ~ Grace Speare

The only place you'll find success before work is in the dictionary. ~ May B Smith

I believe that good health means more than wealth. ~ Denis Waitley

For every sale you miss because you’re too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you’re not enthusiastic enough. ~ Zig Ziglar

Now, if you want to get rich, you have only to produce a product or service that will give people greater use value than the price you charge for it. How rich you get will be determined by the number of people to whom you can sell the product or service. ~ Earl Nightingale

You Are What You Repeatedly Do

You Are What You Repeatedly Do

First you make your habits, and then your habits make you.

You become a slave to your constantly repeated acts.

What at first you chose, at last compels.

Your thoughts lead you to a purpose.

Your purpose moves you to take action.

Your actions form your habits.

Your habits determine your character, and your character fixes your destiny.

Your habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Once in motion, a pattern tends to stay in motion.

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Know what you sell in terms of the customer. They don’t care about your product or service; they care how your product or service is used to benefit them. Are you telling them in terms of them or you? ~ Jeffrey Gitomer

To succeed in sales, simply talk to lots of people every day. And here’s what’s exciting—there are lots of people! ~ Jim Rohn

Life is a series of sales situations, and the answer is NO if you don’t ask. ~ Patricia Fripp

In sales there are going to be times when you can’t make everyone happy. Don’t expect to and you won’t be disappointed. Just do your best for each client in each situation as it arises. Then, learn from each situation how to do it better the next time. ~ Tom Hopkins

Internalize the ‘Golden Rule’ of sales that says, ‘All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like and trust. ~ Bob Burg

Describe your product in terms of what it ‘does,’ not in terms of what it ‘is.’ ~ Brian Tracy

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ~ Lord Chesterfield

Evaluating Your Associations, Part 1 by Jim Rohn

If you were to evaluate the major influences in your life that have shaped the kind of person you are, this has to be high on the list: the people and thoughts you choose to allow into your life. My mentor, Mr. Shoaff, gave me a very important warning in those early days that I would like to share with you. He said, "Never underestimate the power of influence." Indeed, the influence of those around us is so powerful! Many times we don't even realize we're being strongly affected because influences generally develop over an extended period of time.

Peer pressure is an especially powerful force because it is so subtle. If you're around people who spend all they make, chances are excellent that you'll spend all you make. If you are around people who go to more ball games than concerts, chances are excellent that you'll do the same thing. If you are around people who don't read, chances are excellent that you won't read. People can keep nudging us off course a little at a time until, finally, we find ourselves asking, "How did I get here?" Those subtle influences need to be studied carefully if we really want our lives to turn out the way we've planned.

With regard to this important point, let me give you three key questions to ask yourself. They may help you to make better analysis of your current associations.

Here is the first question: "Who am I around?" Make a mental note of the people with whom you most often associate. You've got to evaluate everybody who is able to influence you in any way.

The second question is: "What are these associations doing to me?" That's a major question to ask. What have they got me doing? What have they got me listening to? What have they got me reading? Where have they got me going? What do they have me thinking? How have they got me talking? How have they got me feeling? What have they got me saying? You've got to make a serious study of how others are influencing you, both negatively and positively.

Here's a final question: "Is that okay?" Maybe everyone you associate with has been a positive, energizing influence. Then again, maybe there are some bad apples in the bunch. All I'm suggesting here is that you take a close and objective look. Everything is worth a second look, especially the power of influence. Both will take you somewhere, but only one will take you in the direction you need to go.

It's easy to just dismiss the things that influence our lives. One man says, "I live here, but I don't think it matters. I'm around these people, but I don't think it hurts." I would take another look at that. Remember, everything matters! Sure, some things matter more than others, but everything amounts to something. You've got to keep checking to find out whether your associations are tipping the scales toward the positive or toward the negative. Ignorance is never the best policy. Finding out is the best policy.

Perhaps you've heard the story of the little bird. He had his wing over his eye and he was crying.

The owl said to the bird, "You are crying."

"Yes," said the little bird, and he pulled his wing away from his eye.

"Oh, I see," said the owl. "You're crying because the big bird pecked out your eye."

And the little bird said, "No, I'm not crying because the big bird pecked out my eye. I'm crying because I let him."

It's easy to let influence shape our lives, to let associations determine our direction, to let pressures overwhelm us, and to let tides take us. The big question is: Are we letting ourselves become what we wish to become?

Next time, we'll take a look at the three forms of disassociating from negative influences.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success. ~ Henry Ward Beecher

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. ~ Edmund Burke

I believe in this and the next generation, and believe we'll build a better nation. ~ Denis Waitley

Women have an incredible ability to pick up on emotional signals. For example, there are some wolves that are so clever they have learned to dress up like sheep. Man says, “Looks like a sheep. Talks like a sheep.” Woman says, “Ain’t no sheep!” ~ Jim Rohn

A coach is someone who tells you what you don’t want to hear, who has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be. ~ Tom Landry

Look for role models who have succeeded in achieving goals similar to your own—individuals with whom you can personally identify. ~ Denis Waitley

Apprentice for two years to a great, inspiring leader who’ll mentor and teach you. Execute his or her requests with excellence and elegance. Meet and befriend all his or her friends, associates, bankers, clients, suppliers and actively keep them in your own Rolodex. ~ Mark Victor Hansen

No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals. ~ Brian Tracy

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you’ll achieve the same results. ~ Anthony Robbins

My mentor said, ‘Let’s go do it,’ not ‘You go do it.’ How powerful when someone says, ‘Let’s!’ ~ Jim Rohn