Online Newsletter for the Week Ending March 9

QUOTE:  "If you don't make a total commitment to whatever you're doing, then you start looking to bail out the first time the boat starts leaking. It's tough enough getting that boat to shore with everybody rowing, let alone when a guy stands up and starts putting his life jacket on."  Lou Holtz (former Notre Dame football coach)

FROM THE WORLD OF STEVEN WRIGHT:  When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask if I'm leaving.

WISDOM FROM MICHAEL DUNN, author of “What’s the BIG Secret?”  I am moving into a new house.  My wife told me that she wanted to change the landscape and garden.  I was going to begin to do the work she requested, but realized I had no clue what she actually wanted.  I needed a plan.  I needed the plan in HER heart.  What's the plan for your life.  God can't move on your desires until you make it clear.  Write down exactly what you desire and don't expect God to read your mind.  I am sure he can, but for some reason plans are activated by speaking and writing them into existence.  Thoughts are just thoughts until you give them power.  www.michaelpdunn.org  Gymbeaux Note:  Use a pen and paper, not a computer when you first write out your goals.  There is something magical that happens when you take a thought from your mind, run it down the length of your arm to your hand and out through the top of your pen onto paper.  I can’t site the study but a study has been done and this has been proven to be the case.

REMEMBER WHAT MADE YOU GREAT, by Dave Anderson.  Thought provoking article.  Step out and step up!  This comes from www.SalesDog.com a weekly sales online newsletter well worth the free subscription:  http://www.salesdog.com/newsletter/2012/sales_training_nl0566.htm#newsletter

7 YEAR OLD RAISING FUNDS TO COMBAT CANCER:  Greer Gates started making jewelry at the age of 7 and selling it to raise money to fight cancer.  All of her jewelry costs $12.00 or less.  Now at the age of 14 she has raised thousands of dollars and was features on Fox and Friends.  Check out her web site at:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/greersjewelsofhope

THE WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE EVER:  There is a HUGE lesson in this Jon Gordon article that applies to everyone one of us especially if we recommend a product or service that turns out to be horrible as was described in this article.  How does your customer service stand up?  http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-the-worst-customer-service-ever.html

5 NEXT STEPS WHEN THE APPRAISAL COMES IN LOW:  By Tara-Nicholle Nelson Broker in San Francisco, CA, Ask Tara @Trulia;  http://tinyurl.com/6vdkhsf

GREAT LOCAL NEWS:  The Slidell Independent announced on February 23 that Dick's Sporting Goods has joined Best Buy, T.J. Maxx and Michael's as the first four major anchor stores that have committed to The Summit Fremaux in Slidell; a major step forward.

DREAM; a very unique video about pursuing a dream.  Thank you Dr. Tom Hill for providing this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vksdBSVAM6g

POURING WATER DOWN AN ANT HILL; you won’t believe this amazing video.  http://www.dump.com/2011/08/30/worlds-biggest-ant-hill-video/

CONTRARIAN TOUGHNESS; do you know what it means?  To find out, click on this link to Joe Tye’s most recent Spark Plug Newsletter:  http://tinyurl.com/76ump26

WANT TO HAVE SOME FUN?

(From the Newsletter of Copy By Marte, www.copybymarte.com)

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