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From Achieve Any Goal by Brian Tracy. It’s Not Where You Start—It’s How You Finish When I was eighteen, I left high school without graduating. My first job was as a dishwasher in the back of a small hotel. From there, I moved on to washing cars and then wash­ing floors with a janitorial service.…

From Finish Strong Motivational Quotes by Dan Green.  Regardless of what came before, or what is yet to come, what’s important at this moment in time is how you choose to respond to the event. Will you fight? Or will you lie down? To fortify yourself, here are just a few Finish Strong Motivational Quotes:…

From Stress is a Choice by David Zerfoss.  A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty pickle jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was…

From Own Your Dreams by John C. Maxwell.  If you are unsure of what your dream might be—either because you are afraid to dream or because you somehow lost your dream along the way—then start preparing yourself to receive your dream by doing five things to put yourself in the best possible position to receive…

The following is an excerpt from The How of Wow! by John Murphy. The truth is world class service organizations know and apply certain practices that most companies do not. This is what differentiates them from the pack. This is what keeps them moving forward on the leading edge of innovation and change, forcing others…

An excerpt from Own your Dreams by John C. Maxwell. What is your dream? How will you achieve it? The first question may be difficult to answer. You may have many dreams. Yet, there must be one that stands out above all others…one that inspires you, energizes you, and empowers you to do everything you…

From The Power of Kindness by Mac Anderson “Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.” – Princess Diana   The magic formula for putting more joy into your life can be summed up in one word…

From Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy “Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There is nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.” William James, one of the founders of modern psychology, spoke those words. And how true they are! A few years ago, I heard a tip about procrastination that I never forgot. For me, it…

From Pulling Together by John Murphy “Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.” -Virginia Burden You may have heard this before… It’s not what you say, but how you say it, that turns the switch from “off” to “on.” This movie is one of those times. In just…

An excerpt from Finish Strong by Dan Green. On June 23rd, 1940 Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born prematurely and weighed only 4.5 pounds. Wilma became the 20th of 22 children of Ed and Blanche Rudolph. The Rudolph’s were African Americans living in a time of segregation. Since the local hospital was for whites only and…

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