Better Than We Found It
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! In keeping with the spirit of finding things that we are grateful for, showinggratitude (rather than just speaking it), and living a life of gratitude, allow me to propose to you that cleaning up after others is a very simple way of showing appreciation and gratitude. I was constantly told growing to, “always […]
The People Who Love You
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Today’s words come from www.tinybuddha.com “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward Show Gratitude to People Who Love You 1. Share a specific example of something they did for you and how it made a difference in your life. 2. […]
Say Thank You
GREAT Monday morning, ladies and gentlemen! “With Gratitude, you become thankful for all things at all times. You begin to notice the 98 percent of your life that is going great instead of the 1 or 2 percent of your life that is difficult. When you practice gratitude, your efforts are rewarded with a more […]
Know Where You Intend To Be
Happy Friday, ladies and gentlemen! “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”– Michael Jordan In 2011, I first heard the story of Bruce Lee’s 1969 mission/vision statement – a short note to himself, written almost as a contract. “My Definite Chief Aim.” The note was written when he was 28 […]
Surround Yourself With Inspiration
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! My cousin, when he was 12 years old, said to me “Pastor said if you are the smartest one in your group of friends, you need to find a new group of friends.” This is probably reasonably, if not wholly, true for many other character traits as well. We should surround […]
Listening is Learning
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! “Listen, or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.” – American Indian proverb One of the most important pieces of effective communication is listening. Not hearing, but listening. Too often we get caught up in ourselves – Our own thoughts, opinions, views, experiences. We forget to listen to what is going […]
Values of Commitment
Good morning, ladies gentlemen! “The worker who is paid to keep the sheep is different from the shepherd. The paid worker does not own the sheep. So when he sees a wold coming, he runs away and leaves the sheep alone. Then the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. The man runs away because […]
Growth and Maturation
Good Monday morning! One thing I sincerely enjoy about sending out this email each day is that I rarely know who is going to be affected by it. It goes out to athletes and non athletes. It goes out to parents of college students and parents of toddlers. It goes out to high school students […]
It’s Time To Move!
Happy Friday, ladies and gents! “Often the beginning of our spiritual journey is dissatisfaction, but we don’t see it as part of something that leads to a greater good. Instead, we view our discontent as misery and pain. It is actually much more. Dissatisfaction and discontent have a message for us. They tell us to move from our current condition […]
Teaching How To Think
Good morning! Your children are not your children… You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams… You are the bows […]
Pursuing Greatness
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. – Philip Chesterfield Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! I spent last night working with a young athlete that had a dream and a goal to play collegiate lacrosse. In recent weeks he’s found that his dream may very well be over, and his passion for […]
Show Your Appreciation
I find it rather fitting that Veteran’s day should fall in the same month as Thanksgiving. On Veteran’s Day, it’s customary to remember, honor, and thank the men and women that have served our country and maintained our freedoms; many of whom have done so at the cost of their own lives. They have sacrificed […]