On January 15, 2009, US Airways, Airbus A320-214 Flight 1549 with call sign 'CACTUS 1549' left New York City's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) at around 3.25pm. About 3 minutes into the flight the plane struck a flock of Canada geese. The...
Continue ReadingPeople often ask how successful people stay motivated month-in-month-out, year-in-year-out. The answer is: they don't. Zig Ziglar put it aptly. ‘People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.' Never wait...
Continue ReadingWhat makes you uncomfortable is the only way to grow. Only by discomfort do you continually grow. What dictates the size of a goldfish is its environment. When a goldfish lives in a fish-bowl it is in a safe comfortable...
Continue ReadingWhen you have a dozen different things to do, pick the most important one and stick with it until it's complete. Then pick the second most important and do the same thing, until you're done. The quickest way to do...
Continue ReadingYour future is dependent upon your personal growth. Improving yourself consistently; little by little every day guarantees you a future filled with possibilities. When you expand yourself by your daily growth habit: reading, exercising, meditating etc. you expand your horizons,...
Continue ReadingA good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow. (General George S. Patton) The courage to begin is the same courage it takes to succeed. Winning starts with beginning. The beginning is...
Continue ReadingHave you heard the popular riddle about five friendly frogs sitting on a log? Four of the five decided to jump off into the pond below. How many are left? Still five. The moral: there's a lot of difference between...
Continue ReadingWhen he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, his kindergarten teacher told his mother, Michael can't sit still. He can't be quiet, he's not gifted. Your son will never be able to focus on anything. Yet Michael Fred Phelps...
Continue ReadingI have found 999 keys to success, but without self-discipline none of them works! (Kop Kopmeyer) Discipline is a constant human awareness of a need for action and a conscious act by us to implement that action. If our awareness...
Continue ReadingDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak and esteem to all. (George Washington) The Sirens were three mysterious women who, according to Homer’s Odyssey, lived on an island. Whenever a...
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