Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare once wrote, "People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them."

I give people enough leeway and responsibility to let them go right and hope they don't go wrong too often. But when they do, and they do, I trust they will learn and only do that mistake once.

The same of course applies to me.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Betty Smith said, "Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time."

Most people would say the first time you look at something is the most amazing but what about the last time. If you weren't going to see a sunset again, how amazing would that last one look? If you weren't going to see your loved ones again how much passion would you have?

Start looking like that today. Don't wait. The world looks completely different.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Dan Heist said, "When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm."

Sorry for the late minimotivator. Just realised I hadn't written it and immediately jumped online. Hope I catch a few of you to let you know you did great this week and to take a break this weekend, or on the way home by just sitting in silence. I turned my phone on silent, the car radio off and drove home with only my thoughts. Arrived home relaxed and ready for the weekend.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

R.D. Laing said, "Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through."

I'm feeling quite manic at the moment. As I type this I have a million things to do and I'm thinking I'm going crazy. But I know that if I can hold it together and get my tasks done something big is going to happen. You might be feeling the same way too. Let me know so we can all share in the break-through.

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Mark Twain said, "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."

Is your imagination out of focus? I'm not sure how I would know but I feel sure if you can't see dragons or Kiwi's or pirates or parrots, when you look at the clouds, you need to refocus your imagination. Read some fantasy or sit with a kid for 15 minutes and ask them what they see. When you can see it too I feel positive your imagination will be back in focus.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Someone once said, "Present your family and friends with their eulogies now - they won't be able to hear how much you love them and appreciate them from inside the coffin."

Without your friends, family, colleagues and team mates life would be boring. I have had a very interesting day today and it's those kinds of relationships that make the day easier when life's a little rough. Tell those people how much you appreciate them, watch them smile, watch them beam and catch the light. It's great.

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Joseph Campbell said, "The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure."

What is your idea of an adventure? Mine is every day life with the odd big thing thrown in. That might sound boring but I say yes to my adventure every day and it makes whatever I'm doing much more exciting.

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Christopher Reeve said, "Once you choose hope, anything's possible."

Hoping and wishing is not something I prescribe to but 'hope' I feel is different. Hope gets you through when you have your back against the wall. Hope keeps you in the optimistic frame of mind that allows you to be creative and come up with great ideas. Hope gives you courage and strength and we can all do with that.

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John Foster Dulles said, "The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year."

Overcoming problems / challenges is how you move forward. Making sure it's a different problem makes you learn, grow and succeed. Dealing with the same problem means you didn't learn enough last time. Learn lots. Your brain is a wonderful thing that needs to be stretched.

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David Frost said, "Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally."

You will find this hard to believe if you have a mortgage and you love stamp collecting and it hasn't made you any money. However, it depends on your idea of success. If you are paying the mortgage and have 5 hours a week to talk about, search out and [collect stamps], I think you're successful already.

Insert your own your passion, family or sport, whatever into the [brackets] above.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Henri Louis Bergson said, "Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought."

Being an impulsive person sometimes means I do or say things that make people think I am a man of action (or sometimes offend them). However when I pause and think before I act (speak) I make better decisions and become a man of action. I feel sure there is a difference.

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Robert Brault said, "Toss your dashed hopes not into a trash bin but into a drawer where you are likely to rummage some bright morning."

This is a great quote. Just because your hopes, or dreams, or goals, are sometimes dashed, does not mean they are gone. Write them down, save them and read them once in awhile. When you find them next it might be the perfect time for them to be put into action.

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Having you as a reader inspires me.

You inspire me to write more, think more and use clear and simple language.

Thank you.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

William A. Irwin said, "Learn to use ten minutes intelligently. It will pay you huge dividends."

I had 10 minutes to come up with todays minimotivator and send it out. 10 minutes is probably how much time you actually work each hour. Email, phone calls, chatting and getting your focus back take up the rest.

10 minutes each hour or each day, fully focused on something, very quickly adds up to a lot of time. Use those 10 minutes to do something you are passionate about and you will quickly learn a lot that will pay off in a huge way.

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Raymond Lindquist said, "Courage is the power to let go of the familiar."

The word 'familiar' reminds me of Winter and being warm and snug wrapped in your coziest clothes. The clothes you really should throw out.
Courage is when you do throw them out.

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There is a very well known saying, "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. And dance like no one is watching."

The first two are things that most people need to work hard at. But the last one is easy because most of the time no one is watching and there is nothing like shaking your groove thing to put a smile on your face.

Do it now. Get up from your desk, arms up and wiggle your butt. I'm smiling and I know you are too.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Elmer G. Letterman said, "A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him.

Learning from your trips and stumbles and taking responsibility for them builds a strong character. Saying someone else pushed you unravels all that good work in an instant.

After a fall, stand tall, plant your feet and keep moving knowing you won't trip or stumble over the same thing again.

Todays minimotivator fresh from my desk

Nikki Giovanni said, "Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts."

If other people make mistakes that affect you, your life, or your business, how do you respond?

I have to go for a walk. Doing this stops me from focusing on the mistake and helps me work out how to fix the system or situation that caused the mistake to happen.

What do you do?

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