Motivation for Your Week of October 26, 2009

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week of October 26, 2009

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

 

 

QUOTE of the WEEK:

"You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me."

Scott Adams

 

THOUGHT for YOUR WEEK:

Influential Power

By Byron Pulsifer

 

It's amazing how much influence and power you have, or can be given. Some of this power, however, may be positive, or more harmful than you realize.

 

I was reminded of influential power just the other day when I jokingly remarked to a colleague that all they seemed to do throughout the day was eat. The response from my colleague, "You are going to give me a complex.", reawakened my thinking that some of us can negatively influence people without even being aware that we are doing so.

 

As another example, take a simple facial expression, a smile, and a one-word greeting, 'hello'. It is astounding how much impact this simple greeting can have on a work colleague or friend, or to a total stranger when you pass them on the street.  A simple smile and an hello can do wonders for someone's spirit who may be a little down at the moment, feeling a bit unappreciated, or feeling all alone with their own issues or concerns.

 

Three points need to be made here. First, is that you cannot influence others unless they give you the power to do so because we all have a choice. Second, we can choose to be influenced or affected by others or their actions, or we can choose not to. Just like you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make it drink unless it wants to. And, third, some of what we may consider to be our most innocent actions or lack of actions can help or hinder.

 

Be aware of what you say and how you act. You may have been given more influential power than you realize.

 

 

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.

Korean Proverb

 

You are in charge of your feelings, beliefs, and actions. And you teach others how to behave toward you. While you cannot change other people, you can influence them through your own behaviors and actions. By being a living role model of what you want to receive from others, you create more of what you want in your life.

Eric Allenbaugh

 

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

David McKay

 

We firmly believe that how people live, how they think, and how they act and react to life's situations can be positively influenced.

Byron & Catherine Pulsifer

 

A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops.

Henry Adams

 

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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© 2009 Catherine Pulsifer, Inspirational Words of Wisdom

 

 

 

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