I learned of another social media site; actually I had heard about this site a while back, but I didn't know anyone who was on it, until I discovered some friends who were now linked to it. It's called Tout (http://tout.com) and offers you the opportunity to make a 15-second video tweet and put it out for all to see. This differs from Vine (http://vine.co), which only gives you a 6-second window of opportunity. I tried it out and created my first Tout for the world to see...enjoy::
http://facebook.com/companysi
http://twitter.com/companysi
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Monday, June 10, 2013
Stuff I Learned - 10 Jun 2013
I just read how Tim Tebow was signed by the New England Patriots as a backup quarterback for Tom Brady. In spite of all the negativity, this "polarizing" player (according to the press, who polarizes him) was hailed by coach Bill Bellicek for his "versatility, intelligence and character." According to the ESPN article that was written, "Coach Belichick covets what he has described as tough, smart, versatile football players."
How many times do we hear the junk, either from others or (worse) from ourselves or those closest to us?
Sometimes it takes a story like that to keep you away from the brink of despair. You may not be able to throw a football, but you have talents that you can use to get you to that highest level that you desire.
The one step formula to success:
1. Never give up!
Have a great day!
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How many times do we hear the junk, either from others or (worse) from ourselves or those closest to us?
Sometimes it takes a story like that to keep you away from the brink of despair. You may not be able to throw a football, but you have talents that you can use to get you to that highest level that you desire.
The one step formula to success:
1. Never give up!
Have a great day!
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http://twitter.com/companysi
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Stuff I Learned - 03 Jan 2012
I've been reading Geoffrey James's (Inc. Magazine) blog, I found a couple of things this week that were pretty insightful for me and to help me stay motivated. People ask him often how he keeps motivated to blog virtually every day for the past six years. He begins each day with the following commitments (link to article is below):
1. Creativity
Today I will make something new and different and thereby change the world for the better.
2. Resourcefulness
Today I will become strong by overcoming obstacles with persistence and flexibility.
3. Enthusiasm
Today I will permit myself to become excited in anticipation of whatever might happen.
4. Perceptiveness
Today I will look beyond my preconceptions to see the truths that I missed before.
5. Appreciation
Today I will remember the miracle of conscious existence, which is all too soon over.
6. Sensitivity
Today I will remain aware of the emotions of others and how they interact with my own.
7. Relaxation
Today I will spend at least one hour doing something that's just because I enjoy it.
8. Happiness
Today I will do my best to remain happy, regardless of the circumstances of the hour.
9. Power
Today, I will use some of whatever power I possess in the service and for the welfare of others.
10. Health
Today, I will take action to ensure that I'm in better health than I was yesterday or the day before.
11. Wonder
Today I will sit back and marvel at the unexpected, without which life would be boring.
12. Playfulness
Today I will express, at least once, the joy of the child who still lives inside me.
13. Gratitude
Today I will be thankful for all the wonderful things in my life: my family, my friends and, yes, my work.
Have a wonderful holiday and fabulous 2013!
(Link to Geoffrey James Article)
Have a great day!
John
1. Creativity
Today I will make something new and different and thereby change the world for the better.
2. Resourcefulness
Today I will become strong by overcoming obstacles with persistence and flexibility.
3. Enthusiasm
Today I will permit myself to become excited in anticipation of whatever might happen.
4. Perceptiveness
Today I will look beyond my preconceptions to see the truths that I missed before.
5. Appreciation
Today I will remember the miracle of conscious existence, which is all too soon over.
6. Sensitivity
Today I will remain aware of the emotions of others and how they interact with my own.
7. Relaxation
Today I will spend at least one hour doing something that's just because I enjoy it.
8. Happiness
Today I will do my best to remain happy, regardless of the circumstances of the hour.
9. Power
Today, I will use some of whatever power I possess in the service and for the welfare of others.
10. Health
Today, I will take action to ensure that I'm in better health than I was yesterday or the day before.
11. Wonder
Today I will sit back and marvel at the unexpected, without which life would be boring.
12. Playfulness
Today I will express, at least once, the joy of the child who still lives inside me.
13. Gratitude
Today I will be thankful for all the wonderful things in my life: my family, my friends and, yes, my work.
Have a wonderful holiday and fabulous 2013!
(Link to Geoffrey James Article)
Have a great day!
John
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Stuff I Learned - 02 Jan 2013
The following is a list of 12 motivational quotes for 2013 by Geoffery James, writer for Inc. Magazine.
"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
Napoleon Hill
"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."
Brian Tracy
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie
"Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats."
Og Mandino
"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."
Tony Robbins
"If you can't control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls waiting to be attacked."
The Book of Proverbs
A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves."
Harvey Mackay
"Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience."
Jack Vance
"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
Jim Rohn
"You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."
Zig Ziglar
"The number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying."
Tom Hopkins
"You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself."
Seth Godin
Go out and make it a great day!
John
"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."
Napoleon Hill
"The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."
Brian Tracy
"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get."
Dale Carnegie
"Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats."
Og Mandino
"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."
Tony Robbins
"If you can't control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls waiting to be attacked."
The Book of Proverbs
A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for themselves."
Harvey Mackay
"Freedom, privileges, options, must constantly be exercised, even at the risk of inconvenience."
Jack Vance
"Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live."
Jim Rohn
"You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want."
Zig Ziglar
"The number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying."
Tom Hopkins
"You have everything you need to build something far bigger than yourself."
Seth Godin
John
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Stuff I Learned - 20 Dec 2012
I've taken a little bit of a break the last few days - after the incident in Connecticut, I needed a few days off from all the media that was flowing through the internet, cable, radio, and the like. I've been picking up stuff nevertheless, and here are a few things that I was able to pick up during that time...
Quotes:
Go out and make it a great day!
John
Quotes:
Success seems to
be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." - William Feather
"When you
get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on." - Franklin Roosevelt
"Diamonds
are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs." - Malcolm
Forbes
"The
greatest inventions in the world had no value until somebody sold them."
- Unknown
The Pickle
Pledge (when working around pickle-sucking complainers): I will turn every complaint into either a
blessing or a constructive suggestion."
- Joe Tye
"If you do
what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten." - Tony
Robbins
“On no account,
brood over your wrong-doing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting
clean.” - Aldous Huxley
"The best
way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do." - William
Jennings Bryan
“The more you
give value, the more you will get your way.” - Jeffrey Gitomer
"Try not to
become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value." -
Albert Einstein
"In
economics the majority is always wrong." - John Kenneth Galbraith
"It is not
work that kills men, it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more on a
man than he can bear. But worry is rust upon the blade. It is not movement that
destroys the machinery, but friction." - Henry Ward Beecher
Go out and make it a great day!
John
Friday, December 14, 2012
Stuff I Learned - 14 Dec 2012
God loves the families of the Sandy Hook victims more than anyone can imagine, and I know that He will become very present in the lives of many over the next few weeks. May He bless them and keep them, may He make His face shine upon them and be gracious to them; may He lift up his countenance upon them and give them peace.
Out of all Master Minds in the world, there is only one true Master and today, I quote from the great treasury of wisdom that He gives us through His word:
"He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord." - Psalm 113:9
"Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court." - Psalm 127:3-5
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." - Psalm 139:13-16
"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." - John 16:21
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." - James 1:17
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. - Romans 15:13
God bless the people of Newtown, Connecticut...
John
Out of all Master Minds in the world, there is only one true Master and today, I quote from the great treasury of wisdom that He gives us through His word:
"He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord." - Psalm 113:9
"Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court." - Psalm 127:3-5
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." - Psalm 139:13-16
"A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world." - John 16:21
"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." - James 1:17
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. - Romans 15:13
God bless the people of Newtown, Connecticut...
John
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Stuff I Learned - 13 Dec 2012
Sometimes we go through phases where it seems we might know someone, or know a friend of a friend or relative, who leave us suddenly. A stroke, a fall, or a long-lasting struggle with an illness. No one is ever ready for something like this.
While it doesn't seem fair at times, the world doesn't owe us an eternity. However, we owe it to ourselves to make the most of our life and our lives to count for eternity. Since we never know when our time will come, we need to learn to just live for today. As for me, even if it hasn't been a great day (I'm learning not to have bad days), I have another day to try again. That's another miracle of life.
Quotes:
"Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think." - Chinese Proverb
"Live every day as if it were going to be your last; for one day you're sure to be right." - Harry "Breaker" Harbord Morant
"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one." - Wayne Dyer
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - Braveheart
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." - Elbert Hubbard
"As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do." - Zachary Scott
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean (maybe not the best example)
Go out and make it a great day!
John
While it doesn't seem fair at times, the world doesn't owe us an eternity. However, we owe it to ourselves to make the most of our life and our lives to count for eternity. Since we never know when our time will come, we need to learn to just live for today. As for me, even if it hasn't been a great day (I'm learning not to have bad days), I have another day to try again. That's another miracle of life.
Quotes:
"Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think." - Chinese Proverb
"Live every day as if it were going to be your last; for one day you're sure to be right." - Harry "Breaker" Harbord Morant
"Go for it now. The future is promised to no one." - Wayne Dyer
"Every man dies. Not every man really lives." - Braveheart
"Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive." - Elbert Hubbard
"As you grow older, you'll find the only things you regret are the things you didn't do." - Zachary Scott
"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean (maybe not the best example)
Go out and make it a great day!
John
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