Know that every time you see and feel beauty in the world, you are seeing and feeling a representation of the immense beauty that resides in your soul — a reflection of the beauty within you.You are truly beautiful.
“Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.”
-- Hans Margolius
“Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.”
-- Hans Margolius
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -- Karen Kaiser Clark
"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -- Karen Kaiser Clark
In the past 30 years, this author has been involved in 3 successful start-up companies and each became a leader in its niche.
He says he went through many peaks, valleys and learned many lessons along the way. So, in writing You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School he distilled all he learned into 28 simple truths of leadership.
Enjoy this chapter titled: "If You Chase Two Rabbits, Both Will Escape."
An excerpt from
You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School
by Mac Anderson
At Successories in 1997, I learned about the power of focus the hard way. I didn't - and I paid the price. Golf was the hot sport because Tiger Woods had just come on the scene. We decided to purchase a small catalog company called British Links, a leader in golf art and golf gifts. The logic was simple:
1. We understood the specialty catalog business, and were already mailing 20 million catalogs a year.
2. We understood the wall décor/framing business. Successories had become one of the largest framers in the country and half of the British Links' sales were from framed wall décor.
I won't bore you with the details of why this venture flopped, but within three years we sold the golf company for next to nothing. However, the most devastating part of the deal was not the money we lost from the sale of British Links, but the momentum we had lost growing Successories, our core business.
In hindsight, I was an idiot! It was like Ray Kroc saying, after having opened twenty McDonald's, it's time to get into the pizza business. Many other businesses - like Starbucks and FedEx - focused their way to success. Repeat after me,LESS IS MORE,
LESS IS MORE...
You Can't Send a Duck to Eagle School is loaded with stories that are shared in a brief, but engaging way. Because I truly believe that many times it's not what you say, but how you say it that turns the switch from "off" to "on."
For more information, to look inside this book or to view the 3 minute inspirational movie, just click here.
"Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible."
- Cherie Carter-Scott
From this package ... Pivotal Thought for the Day
When faced with adversity, do you lie down or do you fight?
Do you make the most of each day?
What will your legacy be?
When adversity strikes, it's not what happens that determines our destiny; it's how we react.
You have to believe you can do something and then have the courage and determination to see it through. That's what Finish Strong by Dan Green is all about. The book is filled with amazing stores about people from all walks of life who, in the face of adversity, against all odds...finished strong!
Finish Strong is more than a statement...it's an attitude. Today, I'd like to share one of the stories from the book about Miles Levin, a teenager, who despite his terminal cancer chose to persevere and inspire thousands by making each day count.
“Should is an ordinary, everyday word -- except when it is used to indicate an order that may not be refused. Then should becomes a finger waving under the nose. …Should users build prison cells for themselves. They are so focused on what they should do -- that they cannot think about what they can do, what they might do in the future.”
-- Dr. Arthur Freeman and Rose Dewolf
The Touch of the Master's Hand, showcases a poem by Myra Brooks Welch - a wife, mother, and poet who was born in 1881.
The Touch of the Master's Hand is about learning to find your worth in what God says about you. Not in what others tell you. Not in what Satan tells you. Not even in what you tell yourself.
If you feel wounded and scarred by failure and sin, take heart! God, our divine Master, offers forgiveness and renewal that will restore you to a beautiful masterpiece.
Here's an excerpt from The Touch of the Master's Hand that shares Myra's poem. May it be an encouragement to you today!
Excerpt from The Touch of the Master's Hand
by Myra Brooks Welch and Bob Kelly
'Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while
To waste much time on the old violin,
But held it up with a smile.
"What am I bidden, good folks?" he cried,
"Who'll start the bidding for me?"
"A dollar, a dollar"; then, "Two! Only two?
Two dollars, and who'll make it three?
Three dollars, once; three dollars twice;
Going for three—" But no,
From the room, far back, a gray-haired man
Came forward and picked up the bow;
Then, wiping the dust from the old violin,
And tightening the loose strings,
He played a melody pure and sweet
As a caroling angel sings.
The music ceased, and the auctioneer,
With a voice that was quiet and low,
Said, "What am I bid for the old violin?"
And he held it up with the bow.
"A thousand dollars, and who'll make it two?
Two thousand! And who'll make it three?
Three thousand, once; three thousand, twice,
And going, and gone," said he.
The people cheered, but some of them cried,
"We do not quite understand
What changed its worth." Swift came the reply:
"The touch of a master's hand."
The Touch of the Master's Hand is a great way to remind yourself and others of God's forgiveness - and His restoring touch. Myra's poem is combined with beautiful images and inspirational quotes, Scripture and reflections from Bob Kelly.
Click here to learn more and to watch the 3-minute movie included free with each copy of the book.
