positive thinking: The Rise to Greatness is in the Expectations - 01/02/12 09:31 AM
  
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The Rise to Greatness is in the Expectations   
“It’s the nature of man to rise to greatness if
greatness is expected of him.”
Jon Steinbeck, author      
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
 
The rise to greatness is in the expectations
 
We will rise to and succeed to the level of our expectation.
 
There are multi levels of expectations.
 
With a child the parents and grandparents create the foundation for the child’s self-esteem at a young age. With positive nurturing the child will grow up … (18 comments)

positive thinking: Keep Your Thinking Right - 12/26/11 08:34 PM
  
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Keep Your Thinking Right   
“Keep your thinking right and your business will be right.”
Zig Ziglar, author, self-help expert   
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
 
Keep your thinking right
 
One of the most important factors that contribute to your success is in your thinking.
 
You will never rise higher than the level of your thinking. When your head is on right, you have the capacity to stretch your thinking and to keep your thinking right simultaneously.
 
When your thinking is right it will … (9 comments)

positive thinking: Self-Talk - 12/12/11 06:01 PM
 
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Self-Talk    
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves
ultimately determines the quality of our lives .”
Anthony Robbins, author, motivational speaker    
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
 
Self-talk
 
Self-talk is the communications that we have with ourselves.
 
Positive self-talk is the inner voice that inspirers us to pick up the pierces after a failure or a setback and try again. That voice tells us to keep trying until we succeed.
 
Our self-talk can lift us to greater heights when it’s positive and sink us … (9 comments)

positive thinking: What You Think Will Make You Who You Are . . . . - 12/03/11 11:38 AM
  
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What You Think Will Make You Who You Are . . . .    
“Your thoughts control your life.”
Robert Stuberg, Expert on personal and professional success   
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
 
What you think will make you who are . . . .

 
I would like to share a story that I recently had with a professional golfer.
 
He had just returned home from the previous weeks stop on the tour and I was in town on business and we decided to meet … (3 comments)

positive thinking: The Gardener of Your Thoughts - 11/06/11 06:34 PM
 
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The Gardener of Your Thoughts
“Don’t Water your weeds.”
Harvey MacKay, author, self help expert 
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
 
The gardener of your thoughts
 
If you have weeds in your garden remove them.
 
When the weeds in life are creeping up around you remove them and don’t give them chance take root and grow.
 
Don’t give the weeds a chance to take over the garden where your thoughts grow.  Remove the weeds from your thinking and give your mind the room … (6 comments)

positive thinking: There is Always a Choice - 10/28/11 04:16 PM
   
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There is Always a Choice
“I discovered I always have choices
and sometimes it’s only  a choice of attitude.”
Judith M. Knowlton, author
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
 
There is always a choice

You can choose to look at your world through the prism of positive thinking and a positive attitude. Or you can choose to see your world as a negative environment.
 
You can be enthusiastic about your possibilities or you can choose to see you future with no hope.
 
You can choose … (10 comments)

positive thinking: Your Life is a Mirror Image of Your Attitude - 10/28/11 09:27 AM
  
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Life is a Mirror Image of Your Attitude    
“Human being by changing the inner attitude of their mind,
can change the outer aspects of their lives.”
William James, original thinker, psychologist    
 
 
As I see it . . . . . . .
 
Life is a mirror image of your attitude
 
The person that you see in the mirror represents the person that’s in your attitude.
 
It can be the likeness of a successful person; it can be an image of a person that’s a work in process. As you look … (2 comments)

positive thinking: Creating a Life of Purpose - 09/05/11 05:22 PM
 
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Creating a Life of Purpose
“How different our lives are
when we really know what is
deeply important to us, and
keeping that picture in mind,
we manage ourselves each day to be
and to know, what really maters most.”
Stephen Covey, author
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Creating a life of purpose
 
You create a life of purpose by identifying what’s most important to you and by burning that image deeply into your thoughts.
 
Once you identify what’s most important to you … (4 comments)

positive thinking: Character is Built - 09/04/11 12:04 AM
   
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Character is Built
“Character isn’t inherited.
One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts,
thought by thought, action by action.
If one lets fears or hate or anger
take possession of the mind,
they become self-forged chains.”
Helen Douglas, House of Representatives 1946-1947
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Character is built . . . .
 
You won’t inherit character and you’re not born with character. 
 
Most important character is a result of on purpose activity.  Character will not be handed … (7 comments)

positive thinking: Don’t Rain on My Parade - 09/02/11 09:24 AM
   
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Don’t Rain on My Parade
“No Person has the right to rain
on your dreams.”
Marian Wright Edelman, advocate for the disadvantaged   
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
 
Don’t rain on my parade 
 
Think of your life as a parade where each day will be bright and sunny in your thinking.  
 
Each new day will bring new opportunities into your life for you to grasp as a result of your willingness to stretch your thinking and your efforts. 
 
The parade of your life is your … (9 comments)

positive thinking: Is Your Thinking Moving You Forward? - 08/31/11 09:52 AM
  
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Is Your Thinking Moving You Forward?
“It’s easy to come up with new ideals;
the hard part is letting
go of what worked for you two years ago,
but will soon be out-of-date.”
Roger Von Oech, entrepreneur  
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Is your thinking moving you forward . . . . or holding you back?
 
Let go of your old and out-of-date thinking.
 
The business world has changed. Hanging onto the things that are old and out-of-date is like carrying around an … (6 comments)

positive thinking: Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge - 08/25/11 10:52 PM
  
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Imagination is More Important Than Knowledge 
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For knowledge is limited
to all we now know and understand,
while imagination embraces  the entire world,
and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
Albert Einstein, Noble Prize for physics 1921
 
As I see it. . . . . . .
 
Imagination is more important than knowledge
 
You’re imagination will light the way to expanding your creatively and allow you to sort with the eagles. 
 
A person that relays only on their knowledge creates internal … (6 comments)

positive thinking: Change the One Constant In Life - 08/13/11 10:06 AM
 
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Change the One Constant In Life
“We must welcome change as the rule,
but as the ruler.”
Denis Waitley, motivational speaker  
 
 
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Change the one constant in life
 
The one constant that you have in your life is change it happens with or without your input.
 
Change in itself is neither good nor bad it just is.
 
You can react to change and let the change that comes into your life control you and your future, or … (8 comments)

positive thinking: You Are a Success Magnet - 07/25/11 09:35 PM
  
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You Are a Success Magnet  
“Everybody is like a magnet.
You attract to yourself reflections of that
which you are..
If your friendly, then everyone else
seems to be friendly too.”
Dr. David Hawkins, Physician, Lecturer   
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
You are a success magnet  
You become a reflection of your thoughts and the message that you send out to the world.
As we think we do we become and as we become we attract more of what we represent in our actions.
You … (13 comments)

positive thinking: Clear the Clutter From Your Thinking - 07/17/11 05:50 PM
   
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Clear the Clutter From Your Thinking
"Sometimes the greatest gain in productive energy
will come from cleaning the cobwebs dealing with
old business, and clearing the deck."
David Allen, productivity consultant, author  
    
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Clear the clutter from your thinking  
Clearing clutter from your thinking clears the cobwebs from your thoughts and you will find greater productive energy in your thinking with a clearer mind.  
Old outdated thinking becomes baggage. The weight of that baggage can become overwhelming and will drain your energy and … (6 comments)

positive thinking: Good - Better - Best - 06/24/11 08:37 PM
  
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Good - Better - Best
"Every day in every way,
I am getting better and better."
Emile Coue, French Psychologist
   
As I see it . . . . . . .
Good - better - best  
There will be times that encounter obstacles on our success journey. In those times we have to make a decision on how we'll going to respond to the conditions. 
We are also going to have to make a choice on how we going resolve the conditions.   
With positive thinking and a positive attitude we can approach our obstacles … (5 comments)

positive thinking: Control the Results - 06/23/11 05:01 PM
   
Motivational Power Quote
 
Control the Results   
"Your self-image controls your performance;
see yourself as confident and in complete control."
Brian Tracy, author  
   
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Control the results  
I believe I can . . . .  
I believe I will . . . .   
I believe that I will succeed . . . .  
I believe in me and my ability . . . .  
What you believe is embedded in your self-image, what you do and accomplish is a result of how you see yourselves in … (10 comments)

positive thinking: Lift Our Thoughts - 06/19/11 10:10 AM
   
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Lift Our Thoughts
"We lift ourselves by our thoughts, we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thoughts
of it and of yourself.
Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always everywhere."
Orison Swett Marden, American Writer
  
As I see it . . . . . . .
Lift our thoughts   
When we lift our thoughts we raise the bar for our life.  
Lift our thoughts for the future and create a vision for your life as you want … (6 comments)

positive thinking: Thankful Thursdays, You never have to have a setback... - 04/21/11 03:13 PM

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Every crucial experience can be regarded as a setback-or the start of a new kind of development… A quote of Mary Roberts Kinehart
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positive thinking: Nourish Your Mind with Positive Thinking - 04/08/11 02:37 PM
   
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Nourish  Your Mind with Positive Thinking
"You are WHAT you are,
and are WHERE you are because
of what you put into your mind.
You can CHANGE what you are,
and CHANGE where you are
by changing what you put in your mind."
Zig Zigler, author, speaker
  
As I see it. . . . . . . .
Nourish your mind with positive thinking   
What we put into our minds we become. We can create a positive nurturing mindset and become that person in our thoughts and in our actions. Or we can … (10 comments)