Positive People Power!

* helping others to fulfill their dreams by providing thoughts,
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#409-6-5-07 10th year of publication

Published every Tuesday, when I’m in town, and read in over 30 countries around the world.

Have a Fantastic Week and remember to make every hour in your life - HAPPY HOUR!

"When I change the way I look at things, the things I look at change"

When Henry Ward Beecher was a young boy in school, he learned a lesson in self-confidence, which he never forgot. He was called upon to recite in front of the class. He had hardly begun when the teacher interrupted with an emphatic, “NO!” He started over and again the teacher thundered, “NO!” Humiliated, Henry sat down.
The next boy rose to recite and had just begun when the teacher shouted, “NO!” This student, however, kept on with the recitation until he completed it. As he sat down, the teacher responded, “Very good!”
Henry was irritated. “I recited just as he did,” he complained to the teacher.
But the instructor replied, “It is not enough to know your lesson, you must be sure. When you allowed me to stop you, it meant that you were uncertain. If all the world says, ‘NO!’ it is your business to say, ‘YES!’ and prove it.”
The world says, “NO!” in a thousand ways:
“NO! You can’t do that.”
“NO! You are wrong.”
“NO! You are too old.”
“NO! You are too young.”
“NO! You are too weak.”
“NO! It will never work.”
“NO! You don’t have the education.”
“NO! You don’t have the background.”
“NO! You don’t have the money.”
“NO! It can’t be done.”
And each “NO!” you hear has the potential to erode your confidence bit by bit until you quit altogether. Though the world says, “NO!” to you today, will you determine to say, “YES!” and prove it?

You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit. - Aristotle


"You meet 4 kinds of people on the ocean of life," Mike said.

"Those who drift just go with the flow. The wind and the waves control their speed and direction. The drifter quietly floats along and says, ‘Whatever.'"

"Those who surf are always riding a wave, the next big thing. They stay excited until the wave fades away, then they scan the horizon for something new. Surfers don't usually get anywhere, but they make a lot of noise and put on a good show."

"Those who drown seem to stay in the center of a storm. It doesn't matter how often you rescue them, they'll soon be in another crisis, crying, ‘Help me, save me, it's been the worst week of my life. I don't know what I'm going to do.'"

"Those who sail are navigating toward a fixed point. They counteract the wind and waves by adjusting the rudder and shifting the sails to stay on course. But without an immovable, fixed point in your life, there can be no sailing. There's nothing for you but drift, surf or drown."
- Mike Metzger - Clapham Institute in Annapolis

Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others.
They learn; when they do, which isn't often, on their own, the hard way. - Robert Heinlein

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.
- Friedrich Nietzsche

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AFFIRMATION OF THE WEEK!
Repeat this to yourself many times throughout the day and it will become a part of your life.
I face every challenge like a winner.
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