Daily Quote: Are You Opportunistic?

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”- Winston Churchill

You can have the emotion of fear and still fear not. You can accomplish the task even if you’re shaking. - Joyce Meyer

"Drip by drip, the bucket fills up. Consistency is the key. It's ok to start small and build up." – Anonymous

 

Will you let your fears and insecurities determine your future? Will you allow your failures to wash away your pending success? Why? How very RARE is it to see a successful person that has made it to the top without failing, messing up, being afraid, etc. If Bill Gates let his insecurities about being a nerd and geek affect him, do you think Microsoft would even be known? What if Oprah let her own background affect her dream & drive…What kind of role model would we have for our aspiring talk show hosts ( Maury, Jerry Springer?) ?

Don’t give up.

 

MG*

Daily Quote : Moses Hadas

 

“I have read your book and much like it.”

-Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)

 

Not many words. But packs a great message. When you, and other, look back on your life and accomplishments, will it be like reading a book for second time? Can you guess from memory what’s going to happen in the next chapter? Does is seem really familiar to the next person’s book?

It shouldn’t. I’m all about originality. Whatever your field, whatever your aspirations, I hope that you will take the challenge to be different. Why are so many successful and unsuccessful? Because they stepped out and brought something new to the table, something different. And you can as well.

In everything you do, be original. You want your book to be a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

 

 

MG*

Daily Quote : be GREAT.

 

“You were born to do great things.The frustration that's been gnawing at your spirit is urging u to get on with it.” – Ralph Marston

"Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way." - Booker T. Washington

"We are CEOs of our own companies: Me Inc. " - Tom Peters

“Make the most of your day. This morning, make a decision for the day to be great. It'll turn out PHENOMENAL.” :) – GLAM

 

 

MG*

Daily Quote : Pressure Control

“ Some things I’ll never know, and I have to let them go.”

-lyrics from “Pressure” by Paramore

I have this habit of when things happen that either don’t go my way, or just aren’t right period…I bottle it up and “pretend” to let it go. However, bottling it up only adds more pressure, on top of pressure. This is wrong. There are things in life that are simply out of our control. We can’t change time, we can’t step into someone else’s life for a second, and we can’t make the world turn the way we would like for it to.

And that’s ok.

One thing I believe is essential for learning to control emotions, etc. in school & the workplace, is that when something goes wrong, 9 times out of 10 it is out of our control (unless you caused it to go wrong, different story). If the bus was late because one of the two drivers called in sick, that’s out of our control. We will just be late to work. The description on life NEVER said that things were ALWAYS going to work out.

My challenge to everyone today is to not let your anger build up. Don’t believe that there is something more than what you’re already giving that is necessary for you to hold life’s actions in your hands. There isn’t. When something goes wrong, accept it. If there are any other outlets/options, then use them. If not, there is nothing you can do. It is out of your control! And you should feel good about that fact.

MG*

Henry David Thoreau -- "Conscience"

"I love a soul not all of wood,
Predestinated to be good,
But true to the backbone
Unto itself alone,
And false to none;
Born to its own affairs,
Its own joys and own cares;
By whom the work which God begun
Is finished, and not undone;"

...from Conscience
written by Thoreau