Today’s Quote & Question For 6/30/09

Today’s Quote: “Never say more than is necessary.” – Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Today’s Question: Are you a capable manager of your economy of words?

My Thoughts: Are you using just the right amount of words to get your point across? Are you not using enough words and having your message fall short? Are you using too many words and confusing the message or turning away the receive before transmission? We all know people (and some of us are those people) who talk well past the selling point of an idea, and will actually turn others away from great ideas. How well are you managing your word count to get your point across?

ANSWERS REMINDER #5: DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY

ANSWERS REMINDER #5: DON’T TAKE IT PERSONALLY

Your customers are on the rampage today. Your cab driver is having a family crisis. Your suppliers have lost your shipment. Everything that could go wrong today has gone wrong. But that is nothing for you to worry about.

THIS WEEK’S TIP: Remember, whatever problem the rest of the world is having, this has nothing to do with you personally. It’s not your fault that everyone else’s world decided to crumble around them today, so you make due. Take a deep breath, and plug away with your day. Give a smile and a few words of sympathy. If you can help, help. Otherwise, focus on keeping your day on track.

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/29/09

Today’s Quote: “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” – Henry Ford

Today’s Question: Is fear the largest barrier between you and success?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/28/09

Today’s Quote: “You are accountable for what you do, and no one else is accountable.” – Edith Martin

Today’s Question: Are you living up to your own responsibility for yourself?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/27/09

Today’s Quote: “The superior person’s learning goes in his ear, attaches to his heart, expands to the end of his limbs, and is established in his actions. Even in his smallest word or slightest action, he sets an example.” – Mencius (Mengzi Meng-tse)

Today’s Question: How much time do you set aside for continued learning?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/26/09

Today’s Quote: “The trick is to make sure you don’t die waiting for prosperity to come.” – Lee Iacocca

Today’s Question: Are you spending your days sowing for prosperity or hoping to reap from the work of others?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/25/09

Today’s Quote: “It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.” – Whitney Young, Jr.

Today’s Question: If your opportunity were to come knocking today, would you be afraid to answer the door?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/24/09

Today’s Quote: “To try to be better is to be better.” – Charlotte Cushman

Today’s Question: How hard are you really trying?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/23/09

Today’s Quote: “I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

Today’s Question: Do you like the people you hang out with?

Today’s Quote & Question For 6/22/09

Today’s Quote: “Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.” – A. Sachs

Today’s Question: What is missing to keep you from calling your life a ‘life?’