05/01

Fit in = Bland
Stand out = Brand
– Matt Church

You don’t know where the line is until you’ve crossed it.
– Lorna Patten

Your past doesn’t determine your future.
– Lorna Patten

Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.
– Goethe

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.
– Robert Collier

Experience is the worst form of training – they give you the test before the instructions.
– David Moont

It’s all good in the end. If it’s not good, it’s not the end.

This is a time of incredible change.
Change can be uplifting and inspiring or frightening and confronting.

Buy into the excitement instead!

Relationships are the marketing tool of the 21st century.
Regular networking as part of your marketing strategy is the most cost-effective means of building relationships.

If you don’t quit you’ll make it.
On the other hand
If you’re in a hole, stop digging.

Sometimes the right thing to do is surrender & “let go & let God”
To quote an old song “You’ve got to know when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em”

The challenge is to know the difference.

If you can start the day without caffeine,

…Then You Are Probably The Family Dog!   🙂

Old paradigm
I’ll believe it when I see it!

New paradigm
I’ll see it when I believe it! 

5 Ways to Misery
Effective Strategies for a Miserable Life
1. Cling to entitlement
2. It’s all personal
3. Focus on problems
4. Magnify
5. No thanks to gratitude
Click here to see the VERY FUNNY 2 minute video 

In 1974, during the UK miners’ strike, a 3 day work week was implemented.
This resulted in a 5.7% reduction in production with a 40% reduction in working hours.
Are you (or your staff) wasting nearly half the week?

The essence of Passover (Jewish festival currently being celebrated) is freedom from slavery.
Many things can enslave us, not just people.
We can be enslaved by an idea or belief, by money or a timetable – among others.

Being born again or renewed is pointless if the new you is still enslaved to the old mindset.

There’s more to be seen than can ever be seen
More to be done than can ever be done.
– The Lion King

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
– Albert Einstein

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…
It’s about learning to dance in the rain. 

Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone
– Robert Allen

You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
– Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf

The secret to receiving is not giving – it’s asking!
– Hannah Samuel (hannahsamuel.com)

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
– 13th Dalai Lama

Do one thing a day that scares you.

When in doubt, just take the next small step.
– Regina Brett

Everyone is responsible for everyone and everything.
– Dostoyevsky

According to Jack Fraenkel, the most powerful sentence in the English language consists of 10, 2 letter words:
If it is to be, it is up to me.

There are no deadlines – only lifelines.
Once the date has passed and you’ve met your commitments – because you effectively managed your workload and client expectations 🙂 – you get your life back.

Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance.
– Leigh Sales (ABC Lateline presenter) quoting her father

When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.
– Chinese proverb (Sent in by John Eustace from Bells & Whistles Marketing Pty Ltd)

It is important people believe in their leader, but it is more important that the leader believes in his people.
– John Maxwell

In the end, an organisation is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.
– Lou Gerstner

You have to be present to get the presents.
– Amanda Webb (www.makeastrand.com.au)

Are you passionate about what you’re doing?
Here’s a test: If you weren’t being paid for it would you do it?

Negative emotions – such as jealousy or envy – do more harm to the originator than the subject.

One person saying to me “You’ve made my day” makes my day.
– Andy Rooney

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
– Mark Twain

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience.
Take the experience first; the cash will come later. 
– Harold Geneen

Be more accepting and there will be more to accept.
– from the game ‘The Wish’ (www.thewish8.com)

Your present situation doesn’t determine where you can go,
it merely determines where you’re starting from.
– Max Steingart

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
– Andy Rooney

Chance favours the prepared mind.
– Dr Elizabeth Blackburn (Australia’s first woman Nobel laureate)

The easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.
– Andy Rooney

To find the solution you have to forget the problem.
– Zen koan (Thanks to Nigel Collin www.nigelcollin.com for this)

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, and most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
– Theodore H. White (Thank you to John Eustace – Bells and Whistles Marketing – for sending this in)

Live your life from your purpose & passion.
You’re then driven by inspiration rather than motivation.

Everything you need to know about finances;
If your outgoings exceed your incomings then
the upkeep will be your downfall.
– Thanks to Michael Willmott for this quote.

Learn to listen.
Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.

“Surrealism” is to have 20,000 friends in Facebook & Twitter,
but your phone doesn’t ring during the weekend.
– Paulo Coelho

When you harbour bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
– Andy Rooney

Income seldom exceeds personal development.
– Jim Rohn (RIP)

Vision without execution is hallucination!
– Thomas Edison

If ever there is a lack of any kind, whether it is need for employment, or for money, or for guidance, or even for healing, something is blocking the flow.

And the most effective remedy? Give!
– Eric Butterworth (Spiritual Economics: The Prosperity Process)