This is one of my favorite quotes of all time.
To laugh often and much
To win the respect of intelligent people
And the affection of children
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
And endure the betrayal of friends
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others,
To leave the world a bit better
Whether by a healthy child, a garden patch
Or a redeemed social condition
To know even one life has breathed easier
Because you have lived
This is to have succeeded.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some of the greatest thinkers of all time can teach us the most important lessons.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
To be successful we need to begin, without taking the first steps there can be no success. Many people do not begin because they fear mistakes. Welcome mistakes, learn from them and then you will ensure you do not make the same mistake again.
“Remove failure as an option.”
Joan Lunden
Did you set your goal so that you would fail? NO. Success was the only option then, and is the only option now.
“Success is the proper utilization of failure.”
Unknown
Every failure is a learning experience. A successful person will analyze their failures with smart questions such as:
How can I do it better?
What mistakes did I make?
What did I learn from this?
What can I do differently to ensure success?
By identifying the causes of failure, you can start again with more confidence and knowledge. Every failure will bring you closer to success.
“A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.”
Richard Nixon
The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is failure. You can only fail if you stop trying. You must continue trying in order to succeed.
“Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.”
Sir Winston Churchill
Failure is only an obstacle. If we visualizWisee failure as a brick wall, we can see that there is a way over it. There may be a dozen brick walls in our way, if we climb each one with the same enthusiasm with our goals in sight we will never fail.
“Many of life’s failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas Edison
When you have put effort into achieving your dreams you must keep going. There is no crystal ball, success could be right around the corner. You owe it to yourself to keep trying. The worst punishment in life is to look back and wonder “what if….”
Have a Profitably Day,
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I started in radio in my teens, I am now in my mid 40′s and still in the business. One common thread is the lack of respect from some marketer’s and ad agencies. Baffles me. I have seen radio make business owners millions when done right.
Read the RAB’s 7 reasons to use radio. Just a suggestion.
7 Reason To Use Radio
“Don’t find fault — find a remedy. anybody can complain.” – Henry Ford
What motivates a person to do a good job? Or to go the extra mile for no extra pay? John Katzenbach author of Why Pride Matters More Than Money, takes a look at what does and does not motivate employees. He combines 40 years of experience with hundreds of interviews to develop his views on successful motivation.
Team-building junkets don’t work, nor do positive-attitude lapel buttons. People do value the chance to earn a good living, but Katzenbach says they thrive when they find personal satisfaction in their work. In other words, the best motivator is pride, not pay. Successful motivation requires careful thinking about how to encourage people to accomplish things that make a difference, and how to tailor incentives to individuals.
The motivational culture must begin with the frontline worker. A recent study done for a professional services firm asked employees to rate the importance of various factors to their job satisfaction. Then they asked managers to predict employee responses. These bosses greatly underestimated the effect of a lack of challenging work and recognition.
Take these examples under consideration when taking steps to improve motivation in your own department. If you haven’t been recognizing people and promoting their pride in work, it’s not too late to change. Think about it now.
Have a Profitably Day
Don MacLeod
A well-designed signage program can instantly and effectively communicate the style, professionalism and overall presence of your business, it conveys to people who you are, where you are and what you do. Vehicle signs are one of the most cost-effective advertising tools available to maximize the potential of your business. With unique and effective design, your shop car becomes a moving billboard and connects with your customers in a way that no other advertising medium can. It sends the message to potential customers that your company is expert and professional and is also established and reputable. Vehicle advertising is long lasting and works 365 days a year.
Exterior and interior signs are also important marketing assets in promoting your business and enhancing its representation. How your directional and informational signs are presented and function together with attractive storefront or forecourt signage are important to a positive customer shopping experience which will in turn create more sales and leads. Advertising banners and displays can be used to announce new products, promote special events, advertise sales, generate excitement or attract and motivate customers.
One of the initial things to do when choosing a sign company is to find one that specializes in the sort of sign you want. Although the majority of companies will not refer to any specialty in their advertising, many will actually be mainly proficient at making a certain type of sign.
One last thing, if you are not using your own designer, you may want to think about the completed projects of graphic designers working at the sign company. This may well be your best investment.
“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it!”
Mother Teresa
My son Andy, a freshmen at the University of Maryland recently gave me this quote.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
Calvin Coolidge
