September 2007

The Archives

• 09.24.07
  Beauty After Forty - Celebrating Your Unique You!   Change, Growth, Inspiration (1)

  One of my passions is enjoying and engaging in current movies with my partner. We rarely miss a Friday night at the local theater. During one of our trips, something unexpected occurred while waiting for the feature to begin.
  A dynamic and profoundly moving ad came across the screen. I almost choked on my popcorn. It [...]

• 09.18.07
  Learning from Failure   Attitude, Learning (2)

  From A Writer’s Edge
  Thursday, September 13, 2007
  Newspapers’ Failures Online
  Pity the poor papers! With more people than ever claiming to receive their daily news via the Internet, is it any wonder the papers have gone online and experimented with every available electronic gimmick? Some are successful, although the last bastions of subscription-only services are falling soon [...]

• 09.07.07
  What I Learned from Phil Mickelson: With Applications on Change   Change (0)

  Earlier in the week I posted some lessons on my blog that I had learnt by watching Phil Mickelson play and win at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston.  In one of the comments I was challenged by Robert Hruzek to relate the lessons to the topic of change (I like it when I’m challenged mentally). Well, this challenge [...]

• 09.05.07
  The Power of Positive Thinking   Attitude (2)

  Somewhere years and years ago, I came across a Guideposts magazine pamphlet by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. Remember what a significant figure he was in America a generation ago? This pamphlet was published in 1974. I have no idea how I ever came across it or how long I’ve had it.
  I keep [...]

• 09.03.07
  What I Learned From …   Attitude, Change (2)

  I posted over on AZhttp about What I Learned from Seth Godin.
  I will not repeat it here but you can read all about it over there, including good stuff about attitude, storytelling, positive feelings, caring people, and excellent customer care.
  Make an effort to cheer up one person or make them feel special today and see [...]

• 09.03.07
  Positive Thinking Day   Attitude, Inspiration (2)

  September 13, 2007 is Positive Thinking Day.
  Here is a positive thought (quotation) from Winston Chuchill and Quote of the Day:
  The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.  The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
  - Winston Churchill

• 09.03.07
  3 Ways to Contribute: September Theme(s)   Attitude, Change, Learning (7)

  This month I’m going to do something a bit out of the ordinary: I’m going to give you 3 options to get involved, 2 of which won’t be here at 100 Bloggers.
  First is one of our own, Robert Hruzek sponsoring a really cool contest about one of our past month’s themes, change:
  Here’s all you [...]

• 09.03.07
  Continous Learning and TALENT   Attitude, Growth, Learning (3)

  There are only three kinds of people in the world:
  a). Those that are continual learners.
  b). Those who are not
  c). Those who don’t care about learning.
  Astronomer Galileo Galilei was a continual learner. He once said, “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has [...]

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