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Boy, All I Need Is One Thing To Make Me Happy

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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  • Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What’s in it for me?” –Brian Tracy

    I found this the other day while going through my “motivational folder.”  If I remember correctly my Dad gave it to me when I was a teenager.  It’s amazing the “stuff” you hang on to…Alot of truisms here.

    Remember what we are striving for… THINK LEADERSHIP

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    Boy, All I Need Is One Thing To Make Me Happy

    I wish it were winter time, I’m so tired of this heat.

    If it would just snow again.

    Is this snow ever going to melt?

    If I had a 10-speed bike, I’d be happy. That’s all I want. A 10-speed bike.

    Boy, will I be happy when I get a car. No more begging for rides.

    I’d be happy if I could stay out later at night. One hour later, is that too much to ask?

    I will never be happy until I’m going steady.

    Once I’m out of high school, I’ll be happy.

    I need a job. If I could just find a job, I’d never complain again. I want to go to college.

    I’ve got to get out of these dorms. The rules are getting me down. Once I get an apartment, I’ll be happy as a lark.

    I need a place of my own. I want to get married, settle down. I’m tired of roaming and living alone.

    I’ll be happy once I’m married. If only we had more money.

    Children will make me happy. As soon as I have a baby, I’ll be satisfied.

    If you could only talk, I wish you were still a baby.

    If you buy me a second car, I promise, nothing else, ever.

    A dishwasher. How can I keep up with all these dishes? I need a dishwasher.

    Boy, I’ll be happy when the kids go to school. I wish the kids would come home.

    I’ve got it! A camper will make us happy. We could sneak off, enjoy one another. Motorcycles, that’s it.  Maybe a boat.

    Once we get out of debt, we’ll be happy.

    I need to get more involved in the community. If I just had a church responsibility.

    I wish I had more time to spend with the family. I’d be happier. They’d be happier.

    I want a divorce. Then I’ll be happy. I’d never ask for another thing if I could just be free again.

    If I could just find a steady companion, someone to talk to. That’s all I need. A second chance at marriage. I’d make it this time.  A second chance. Is that asking too much?

    I’d be happy if the children were more independent. Our kids never come to see us. Always off Heaven knows where. After all we have given them, they out to at least visit on holidays.

    Listen, if we had a few grandchildren, we would never ask for anything else.

    Why can’t they understand, we don’t want to raise our grandchildren.

    When was the last time the grandkids came to visit?

    We won’t be satisfied until we set aside money for retirement. I would rest easier knowing our cemetery plots are selected and paid for. Once we retire and slow down, we’ll be happy.

    There is nothing to do, I need a hobby.

    I wish I felt better. I’m always taking medicine. If I felt better, I’d never complain again. I’d be happy if we could catch up on the doctor bills.

    We better sell this big house. We’ll move into an apartment. Things will be easier in a small place.

    Don’t you miss the old house?

    I wish the children would stop by and visit more often. I’m so lonely. A few more visitors would make me happy.

    Can’t people understand? I need my rest. I’ll be happy once I get into a good rest home.

    I wish I weren’t so sleepy all the time. I’d be happy if I were young again.

    I wish I had someone to talk to. I’d be perfectly happy if I had a friend.

    I want to sleep. Rest would make me happy. If this would all just end, then….then, I’d be happy.

     

    As a rule, Man’s a fool.

    When it’s hot, he wants it cool.

    When it’s cool, he wants it hot.

    Always wanting what it’s not.

    Never wanting what he’s got.

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Do You Have a Name?

24 Monday Apr 2017

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  • “Leaders always choose the harder right rather than the easier wrong.” – Orrin Woodard, a NY Times bestselling author of LeaderShift, Launching a Leadership Revolution, and numerous other books on leadership and liberty.

    Do You Have a Name? 

    In the movie Gladiator, there is a scene where the Emperor wants to know who the Gladiator is. While he is somewhat reluctant, he finally tells who he is. Not only does he tells the Emperor who he is, he tells him his legacy, who he belongs to, and what is his going to do.

    I believe we must have this type of attitude to be successful. We must know who we are, the legacy that we carry, who we belong to, and most of all what we are going to do. Obviously, while life is not always this simple, it is something we can put effort into.

    Here is the link for the movie clip:

     

    Here is the transcript:

    Commodus: Rise. Rise.
    Commodus: Your fame is well deserved, Spaniard. I don’t think there’s ever been a gladiator to match you. As for this young man, he insists you are Hector reborn. Or was it Hercules? Why doesn’t the hero reveal himself and tell us all your real name? You do have a name?
    Maximus: My name is Gladiator.
    Commodus: How dare you show your back to me! Slave, you will remove your helmet and tell me your name.
    Maximus: My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commander of the Armies
    of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

    © 2017 J Clay Norton

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What is your “ship”?

24 Monday Apr 2017

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“Ships are made to go to desired places.  So if your friendSHIP, relationSHIP or partnerSHIP is not with positive people, you might need to Abandon SHIP” – Anonymous 

What a great quote.

Often, justly or not, we are labeled by whom we are around. Self-defeating people only want you in their group because it makes them look better; it’s always about them! Why do we even go there? Is our sense of wanting to belong so strong that we put ourselves in weaker, lesser environments? At what point do we “abandon ship” and find a “ship” that is worth sailing? There are a lot of “ships” out there… Let’s make sure we find the one that enables us to reach our desired place safely while at the same time allowing us to experience the ride positively.

Remember… THINK LEADERSHIP

© 2017 J Clay Norton

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Hunger & Humility

23 Sunday Apr 2017

Posted by The Book Chamber in Humility

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“When you combine the Hunger to grow with Humility you become an unstoppable force!” – Brian Nunez

As leaders, I believe we must have a hunger and humility mindset to put ourselves in a position to have a chance to repeat our great leadership moments. Are we hungry and humble enough to get there and once we get there can we stay? Can we create a continuous culture of the best? Society often sees one as a strength and the other as a weakness. They are both strengths and must work together for success to happen. What can we do for our teams to adopt this mindset and have this approach in everything they do?

Let’s be hungry and stay humble in our leadership.

©2017 J Clay Norton

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