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Confidence... thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live." - Franklin Roosevelt

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When written in Chinese, the word "crisis"
is composed of two characters.
One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.
- John F. Kennedy 

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Don't mistake movement for achievement. It's easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?" -- Jim Rohn 

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"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, 

and the future less resolved than it will be" 

 Marcel Pagnol 

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" Mediocrity is EASY"
Original By Neil J. Cantor 2012


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" Lay hold of today's task and you will
not depend so much upon tomorrow's. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4B.C.–65A.D.) 

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Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” ― Lao Tzu

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"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." — Joseph Campbell 

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Confidence... thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live." - Franklin Roosevelt

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"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even"  Muhammad Al

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"The worst an honest person can do, is make an honest mistake."

Captain Augustus McCrae ( Robert Duvall character) Lonesome Dove 

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‎"There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination, and wonder." - Ronald Reagan 

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"It is the highest to be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, that is the greatest accomplishment."

 Ralph Waldo Emerson 

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TFTD - Picture Attached

In memory of a being that left this earthly plane yesterday, however in his stead is an imprint 

that remains on the many he taught. 

Stephen R. Covey

"Our Ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anyone or anything outside ourselves will effect us." 

( Image attached)

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CORRECTION TFTD - SPECIAL UPDATE AND TRIBUTE

CORRECTION Monday 16 June, 2012 not 15..

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Sanford Mahr <sanfordmahr@gmail.com> wrote:

SPECIAL TFTD ( In Memory of a GREAT man, Author of one of the most important business/lifestyle books of this generation. He passed while living his life to the fullest) 

RIP -Dr. Stephen R. Covey - passed early Monday 16 June, 2012

Independence or Self-MasteryThe First Three Habits surround moving from dependence to independence (i.e., self mastery):

Habit 1: Be Proactive 
Take initiative in life by realizing that your decisions (and how they align with life's principles) are the primary determining factor for effectiveness in your life. Take responsibility for your choices and the subsequent consequences that follow.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind 
Self-discover and clarify your deeply important character values and life goals. Envision the ideal characteristics for each of your various roles and relationships in life.

Habit 3: Put First Things First 
Prioritize, plan, and execute your week's tasks based on importance rather than urgency. Evaluate whether your efforts exemplify your desired character values, propel you toward goals, and enrich the roles and relationships that were elaborated in Habit 2.

[edit] InterdependenceThe next three have to do with Interdependence (i.e., working with others):

Habit 4: Think Win-Win 
Genuinely strive for mutually beneficial solutions or agreements in your relationships. Value and respect people by understanding a "win" for all is ultimately a better long-term resolution than if only one person in the situation had gotten his way.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood 
Use empathic listening to be genuinely influenced by a person, which compels them to reciprocate the listening and take an open mind to being influenced by you. This creates an atmosphere of caring, respect, and positive problem solving.

Habit 6: Synergize 
Combine the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals no one person could have done alone. Get the best performance out of a group of people through encouraging meaningful contribution, and modeling inspirational and supportive leadership.

[edit] Self RenewalThe Last habit relates to self-rejuvenation:

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw 
Balance and renew your resources, energy, and health to create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle. It primarily emphasizes on exercise for physical renewal, prayer (mediation, yoga, etc.) and good reading for mental renewal. It also mentions service to the society for spiritual renewal. 

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Posted By Sanford Mahr to Thought For The Day TFTD at 7/16/2012 01:04:00 PM

TFTD - SPECIAL UPDATE AND TRIBUTE

SPECIAL TFTD ( In Memory of a GREAT man, Author of one of the most important business/lifestyle books of this generation. He passed while living his life to the fullest) 

RIP -Dr. Stephen R. Covey - passed early Monday 15 June, 2012

Independence or Self-MasteryThe First Three Habits surround moving from dependence to independence (i.e., self mastery):

Habit 1: Be Proactive 
Take initiative in life by realizing that your decisions (and how they align with life's principles) are the primary determining factor for effectiveness in your life. Take responsibility for your choices and the subsequent consequences that follow.

Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind 
Self-discover and clarify your deeply important character values and life goals. Envision the ideal characteristics for each of your various roles and relationships in life.

Habit 3: Put First Things First 
Prioritize, plan, and execute your week's tasks based on importance rather than urgency. Evaluate whether your efforts exemplify your desired character values, propel you toward goals, and enrich the roles and relationships that were elaborated in Habit 2.

[edit] InterdependenceThe next three have to do with Interdependence (i.e., working with others):

Habit 4: Think Win-Win 
Genuinely strive for mutually beneficial solutions or agreements in your relationships. Value and respect people by understanding a "win" for all is ultimately a better long-term resolution than if only one person in the situation had gotten his way.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood 
Use empathic listening to be genuinely influenced by a person, which compels them to reciprocate the listening and take an open mind to being influenced by you. This creates an atmosphere of caring, respect, and positive problem solving.

Habit 6: Synergize 
Combine the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals no one person could have done alone. Get the best performance out of a group of people through encouraging meaningful contribution, and modeling inspirational and supportive leadership.

[edit] Self RenewalThe Last habit relates to self-rejuvenation:

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw 
Balance and renew your resources, energy, and health to create a sustainable, long-term, effective lifestyle. It primarily emphasizes on exercise for physical renewal, prayer (mediation, yoga, etc.) and good reading for mental renewal. It also mentions service to the society for spiritual renewal. 

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"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you." - James Allen 

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"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." -Steve Jobs 

Sourced by Sabrina Caras

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" You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. "

Mary Pickford (1892–1979) 

Co-founder of United Artists  

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"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing." 

 Muhammad Ali

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"Mighty is the power of good ideas and deeds for their reverberation has many consequences with or without the knowledge of the person saying or doing it, both positive and negative. " 

Jason Caras 

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It is awesome how wisdom remains relevant regardless of the time it originated (fsm): 

"I respect those who smile in trouble, gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection." 

 Leonardo da Vinci 

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" I see some of my previous losses the way I hope Andy Murray sees it as well, with this Wimbledon victory: That is, it's the beginning of something, not just the end of something. Fortunately I'm very positive in the way I do think and believe and understand the situation. I never stopped believing." 

(He weathered the rise of Rafael Nadal, then the rise of Novak Djokovic. He did the superhuman feat of losing to those players and thinking of it as a beginning instead of the beginning of the end, followed the next year by winning Wimbledon.)

Roger Federer on previous losses he had, after winning Wimbledon 2012

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‎"To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract." -- Jim Rohn 

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"IT'S UP TO ME" NOW

I - I create the quality of my life with my ongoing thoughts.

T - The choice of joy or the opposite is mine.

S - See, hear, and feel the way joyful people see, hear, and feel.

U - Unjoy is created by negative T.W.A: thoughts, words, and actions.

P - Perspective makes me happy or unhappy.

T - Talk to yourself the way you would if you were a master of joy.

O - Oneness of humanity gives me many opportunities for kindness.

M - My unconditional joy & love creates a magnificent life.

E - Every moment of joy is stored in my awesome brain and I can access those moments whenever I choose.

"It's up to me" now!!!

Neil J. Cantor 

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" If one  looks at the problem, not look for the solution, and if one finds ALL THERE IS about the problem, 

the problem will cease to exist - 

try it."

Meir Ezra   

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‎"Do you know what happens when you give someone without a sense of urgency, 

an idea, concept or task to implement ? 

Nothing! 

Without EXECUTION it is as if it never was"

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‎"If we are going to be happy and have any chance at growing then we must learn how to forgive others. And ourselves. Lack of forgiveness is us thinking we know everything. We don't. And that's a good thing because it's in the not knowing that the magic happens." - Yehuda Berg 

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TFTD 4 July 2012

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, 

and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

 Abraham Lincoln 

Some July 4th Facts

Independence Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776.

The first public Fourth of July event at the White House occurred in 1804.

In 1941, Congress declared 4th of July a federal legal holiday. 

It is one of the few federal holidays that have not been moved to the nearest Friday or Monday.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, 

support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty."

 John F Kennedy

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"A Happy Person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes." 

Hugh Downs (IMAGE ATTACHED)

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"One of the greatest of human qualities is to become unstoppable, and one becomes unstoppable by refusing to quit no matter what happens."

Brian Tracy 

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‎"You cannot take a mild approach to the weeds in your mental garden. You have got to dislike weeds enough to kill them. Weeds are not something you handle; weeds are something you devastate." -- Jim Rohn 

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