Monday, 28 June 2010

Motivation for Your Week June 28, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week June 28, 2010

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

 
"This is the beginning of a new day. I have been given this day to use as I will. I can waste it, or use it."
Author Unknown
 
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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

Have a Great Life

By Catherine Pulsifer

 

I have written about many different people I have met.  And I do meet lots of people.  We have a small shop at the Cruise Terminal in Saint John. Depending on the size of the ship docking in Saint John, we see 2,000 to 4,000 people in one day. We meet some of the most interesting people.  Last week I was fortunate to me an older woman with a very sunny disposition.  We had a discussion about many different things; she was one of those people who you would want to be your grandmother.  When she was leaving our shop, I said to her "Have a great day".  She looked up at me from her wheelchair and said, "No, have a great life!"

 

Her words made me smile and I said to her, "You are right".  To which she replied, "Yes it is not just today that it is great, it is life that is great, so enjoy it all!"

 

The next day I was reading a book by William Arthur Ward and came across these words of wisdom he had written many years ago but that still apply today.

Regardless of age, you are still young at heart as long as you exclaim

"Wow" instead of "What's the use!" ….

when you say "Hot dog" instead of "Oh well"….

when you yell, "Yippee" instead of "So what?"….

when you contend "Everyone's important" instead of "You can't fight City Hall"….

When you insist "Folks are swell" instead of "You can't trust people anymore"….

When you greet others with "What a great day to be alive!" instead of "The world is shot to pieces"….

When you proclaim "What an opportunity" instead of "What a predicament."

 

So, I share with you the message that I was getting from people I met, and from the books I was reading last week – "Enjoy your life, not just the day!"

 

 

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

*** JULY  2010 Printable Monthly Calendar with Inspirational Quotes

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 QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:\

William Arthur Ward

 

 

What today will be like is up to me. I get to choose what kind of day I will have!

Sculptor's Attitude

 

 

Sometimes we take things for granted and we forget to stop, look, and listen. It's an awesome world we live in.

Author Unknown

 

Life is not a 'brief candle'. It is a splendid torch that I want to make burn as brightly as possible before handing on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw

 

 

Life is a great and wondrous mystery, and the only thing we know that we have for sure is what is right here right now. Don't miss it.

Leo Buscaglia

 

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Have a great LIFE,

Catherine Pulsifer

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wowmotivation@gmail.com

 

© 2010 Catherine Pulsifer, Inspirational Words of Wisdom - this newsletter may not be used unless specific permission from the author is received.

 

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Monday, 21 June 2010

Motivation for Your Week June 21, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week June 21, 2010

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

   
"I'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up."
Orel Herhiser, a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
 
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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

Success Comes To Those Who Persevere

by Byron Pulsifer

 
 
Although you may not be totally familiar with the geography of part of Maritime Canada, particularly with the absence of a permanent link between Prince Edward Island and the Province of New Brunswick, the thought of linking these two provinces permanently was only a dream. The transportation link between these two provinces was either by ship or, in more modern times, by ferry.
 

In order to link these two provinces permanently meant that many technological obstacles had to be overcome, but perseverance, the vision of a permanent link, paid off. The permanent linking was accomplished by designing and then building a unique bridge. The project began in 1993, and the 12.9-kilometer (approx. 14 miles) Confederation Bridge officially opened on May 31, 1997.

 

Forming an integral part of the Trans Canada network, the Confederation Bridge is the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world. Many obstacles had to be overcome including the tremendous pressure from ice along its pylons during the winter and the spring thaw.

 

The key to the success of building this unique bridge over a period of four years was perseverance. No matter the task, perseverance is the ability to keep going in spite of obstacles and challenges. Perseverance is the realization that challenges along the way are only minor detours on the march to success.

 

As William Hazlitt once said, "Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets.  We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter, we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them."

 
 

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

JUNE  2010 Printable Monthly Calendar with Inspirational Quotes

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish."

John Quincy Adams

 

"If you want to get somewhere you have to know where you want to go and how to get there. Then never, never, never give up."

Norman Vincent Peale

 

"Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know of several thousand things that won't work."

Thomas A. Edison

 

"Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities:

It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak."

Thomas Carlyle

 

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another."

Walter Elliott

 

More quotes:

http://www.wow4u.com/perseverance/index.html       Perseverance Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/quotesonperseverance/index.html    Quotes on Perseverance

http://www.wow4u.com/toptenperseverance/index.html       Top Ten Quotes about Perseverance

 

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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wowmotivation@gmail.com

 

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Monday, 14 June 2010

Motivation for Your Week June14, 2010

WOW 4U Motivation for Your Week June14, 2010

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QUOTE of the WEEK:

"Opportunity dances with those who are ready on the dance floor."

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

 

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STORY FOR YOUR WEEK

 How I Stopped "Waiting for Jack"

By Kristen Moeller © 2010 , author of Waiting for Jack: Confessions of a Self-Help Junkie: How to Stop Waiting and Start Living Your Life

 

 

The first time I met Jack, I ripped a hundred-dollar bill out of his hand.

 

On a cold winter day in Denver, I waited in line to see one of my heroes, Jack Canfield, the coauthor of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series and the author of The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.  Where I wanted to be was a version of what Jack had become -- an author, a speaker, an inspiration to thousands of people. He was the whole package -- successful, kind -- a visionary for what is possible in the world. I thought, "If I can get to know him, I will become that."

 

When I saw the opportunity, I grabbed it. Literally. During his presentation, Jack reached for his wallet, pulled out a hundred-dollar bill, and said, "Who wants this?" Hands shot up in the audience; people leaned forward to see whom Jack would choose. But I leapt up, ran up the stairs to the stage, and grabbed the bill from his hand. As I was launching myself in the air, thoughts raced through my mind -- was I about to be humiliated in front of 800 people? Would they call security and haul me from the stage? But my desire for bold action was louder than any voice of doubt

 

As I plucked the bill from his hand, he turned to me and said, "Yes, that's it! We can't wait around for the opportunities to come to us. We must take action to create what we want!"

 

After his talk, I waited in line to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his personal e-mail address. Over the next several months, I sent him lengthy e-mails sharing my vision and dreams. He kindly e-mailed back one-liners of encouragement such as, "Keep thinking and playing bigger; it's much more fun that way. Love, Jack." Then my life got busy with other things. I lost sight of my inspiration and I stopped e-mailing Jack.

 

A year later, my dreams had grown stale. I had this idea if I got back in touch with Jack, he might just provide the perfect, inspiring nudge I needed. I was looking for something that would spur me into action, like a giant arrow that would show me the way.

 

I emailed him, and then emailed him again -- but got no response. As I sat down at my computer to check my email for the fifth time in 15 minutes, I suddenly woke up.

 

What was I doing?

 

I was waiting! And this time I was waiting for Jack. I realized waiting was a behavior that began when I was a little girl. I waited to be older -- surely freedom would begin when I had my first boyfriend, first kiss, got my drivers license, graduated from high school and went to college. Then I waited to know what to do with my life. I had always waited, thinking the great prize of life was just around the corner. And I had started to believe Jack was the answer; that knowing him would provide something I thought I was missing internally.

 

I remembered the crowd, most likely desiring that hundred-dollar bill, while they sat glued to their chairs. What were they waiting for? An Oliver Wendell Holmes quote ran through my mind, "Many people die with their music still inside them." Instantly, I knew I needed to do something about all this waiting. The inspiration came like lightening: I was going to write a book! A book about waiting and call it "Waiting for Jack!" Instantly, ideas and chapter titles came to me.

 

It all sounded good but then reality hit, I was writing a book. . . . Some nights I cried and wanted to give up; others I celebrated my courage. I wrote, re-wrote, ripped it all up, burned what was left and started over. I hired editors, changed directions then changed back. I danced in the moonlight and curled up in a ball on the floor. I told everyone I was writing, and then wished I hadn't. I grew, contracted, then grew again, stretching further than I ever thought possible.

 

Fortunately, I have surrounded myself with a life of personal development and I have access to all the tools anyone could ever want. I know I can "feel the fear and do it anyway". I know how to take action. I know how to move forward even when every molecule in my body tells me to stop.

 

We all have a "Jack" for whom we wait -- whether it's a person, a place or a thing. We falsely believe the gifts of life are just around the corner; that anywhere is better than here; that one day we will arrive and everything will be okay. So we don't try, we give up, we sell out, we forget who we are. We are afraid to succeed, afraid to fail and afraid to say we are afraid. But as Wayne Gretzky said: "You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take!" So I stopped waiting and I wrote.

 

Three years later, Waiting for Jack is a best-seller on Amazon! I have grown in ways I never expected. I know that I am capable of so much more than I ever knew before.

 

Now I ask you, what are you waiting for?

 

Author Bio

Kristen Moeller, MS, is the bestselling author of Waiting for Jack: Confessions of a Self-Help Junkie: How to Stop Waiting and Start Living Your Life. As a coach, speaker, and radio show host, Kristen delights in "disrupting the ordinary" and inspiring others to do the same. She first discovered her passion for personal development in 1989 after recovering from an eating disorder and addiction. Kristen is also the founder of the Chick-a-go Foundation -- a not-for-profit that provides "pay it forward" scholarships for life altering training programs reaching people who otherwise cannot afford such opportunities. When she is not actively making a difference in the world, she thrives in the beauty of Colorado and enjoys hiking, snowshoeing, riding her horse or just spending time reading or relaxing in her magical, solar-powered house on the side of a mountain with two large dogs, an ornery cat and her best friend and husband of 15 years.  For more information please visit http://www.waitingforjack.com

 

  

YOUR MONTHLY MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE CALENDAR

JUNE  2010 Printable Monthly Calendar with Inspirational Quotes

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QUOTES for YOUR WEEK:

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Theodore Roosevelt

 

"Take a lesson from the mosquito. She never waits for an opening - she makes one."

Kirk Kirkpatrick

 

"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

Mary Tyler Moore

 

"They who know how to employ opportunities will often find that they can create them; and what we can achieve depends less on the amount of time we possess than on the use we make of our time."

John S. Mill

 

"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."

Dale Carnegie

  

"The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the 'buts' you use today."

Les Brown

 

"You create your opportunities by asking for them."

Patty Hansen

 

"Nowadays some people expect the door of opportunity to be opened with a remote control."

M. Charles Wheeler

 

More quotes:

http://www.wow4u.com/opportunity/index.html    -  Opportunity Quotes

http://www.wow4u.com/toptenopportunity/index.html  -   Top Ten Quotes about Opportunity

 

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Have a great week,

Catherine Pulsifer

Inspirational Words of Wisdom

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wowmotivation@gmail.com

 

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