Motivation Station

"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here to enrich the world."
~Woodrow Wilson

Jack, I have been enjoying your shared wisdoms from various sources for some time now and I certainly value your posting them. However, your recent quote from Woodrow Wilson crediting him with its inference that the value of the individual is to "enrich the world" omits the fact that his underlying message was in support of a Fascist, Socialistic, Communist solution to one world government built on the collective "We the people" vs. the individuals that comprise the "We the people" that are referenced in our constitution. The power of the individual contributions that we all should make to our fellow man is a valued point that is well received, however when it is sourced from a Fabian Socialist who was responsible for the first attempt to subvert the individual freedoms that represent the great American experiment I feel that the permanent record on the WWW should qualify the source. Just an FYI that you -- and our friends on DealerElite should look into while we still have the freedom to do so, I'm just sayin!

"Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching."

Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
~Thornton Wilder

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a vision.”

Anonymous

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."

Bruce Barton, Executive

"No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Confidence and enthusiasm are the greatest sales producers in any kind of economy."

O. B. Smith

"Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become."

Jim Rohn, Author

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

Benjamin Franklin, Inventor

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"Thought is the original source of all wealth, all success, all material gain, all great discoveries and inventions, and of all achievement."

Claude M. Bristol, Author

"It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not."

~James Gordon

"When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself."

~Wayne Dyer

"Luck is not chance, it's toil. Fortune's expensive smile is earned."

Emily Dickinson, poet

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body,but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming -- WOO HOO-- What a Ride!" :-)

Purpose is the engine that powers our lives. If we keep our mind focused on our purpose and the desired result, we can move through routines, details, delays, and around or over any obstacles in our path. Specific, written goals, both for our professional and personal lives, are the tools that make success achievable. Most of us are good at setting professional goals, but often we leave our personal lives to the luck of the draw

"Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me feel important." Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life."

Mary Kay Ash, Entrepreneur

Dare to Believe!
~ Unknown



EVERYBODY KNOWS ...

You can't be all things to all people.
You can't do all things at once.
You can't do all things equally well.
You can't do all things better than everyone else.
Your humanity is showing just like everyone else's.

SO ...

You have to find out who you are, and be that.
You have to decide what comes first, and do that.
You have to discover your strengths, and use them.
You have to learn not to compete with others,
because no one else is in the contest of "being you."

THEN ...

You will have learned to accept your own uniqueness.
You will have learned to set priorities and make decisions.
You will have learned to live with your limitations.
You will have learned to give yourself the respect that is due,
and you'll be a most vital mortal.

DARE TO BELIEVE ...

That you are a wonderful, unique person.
That you are an once-in-all-history event.
That it's more than a right, it's your duty, to be who you are.
That life is not a problem to solve, but a gift to cherish.
And you'll be able to stay one up on what used to get you down.

Love it Jack, "Everybody Knows"...says it all!

Thanks Jack....that was sweet!

Jack...Totally awesome!!! Can we post in Carbucks?

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

Michael Altshuler

And just like a pilot Jack, our flight plan flags our destination points. Great Carbucks conversation starter Nancy: "Where's the next destination point on your flight plan?"

Here is a terrific 3-min movie. I think it compliments Fred's comment from yesterday The 100/0 Principle Movie: http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=246811&u=289558&m=17824&a...

Hello Cathy,

Visually that is fantastic, my hope is that it spreads like wildfire; not only to people we know, do business with, relatives but to the world. What a better place this would be to live in if all people adopted the 100/0 rule.

Let's also include the members of congress, whether it be at the state or national level.

Instead of every one's favorite radio station being WIIFM (What's in it for me) Let's change it to WCIDTMYS (What can I do to make YOU smile?)

"No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
~John Donne

"Purpose and laughter are the twins that must not separate. Each is empty without the other."

Robert K. Greenleaf, Founder of the modern Servant leadership movement

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.

~Robert Southey

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. "

Irving Berlin, American Composer and Lyricist

Don't take life so seriously! You're never going to make it out alive anyway!

“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes the furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The “sure thing” boat never gets far from shore.”
- Dale Carnegie

“Don't get so busy or live so fast that we can't listen to the music of the meadow or the symphony that glorifies the forest.”

Dale Carnegie

Fred, your "10% what you make it & 90% how you take it" is a favourite of mine. So simple and true!

And I truly appreciate your comments about the 100/0 principal. I have officially adopted the new acronym WCIDTMYS, compliments of you...and by the way, your comments made me smile!

Cathy, Thank you very much. I believe that people's faces light up when they smile. This is a major issue with me as upon entering a dealership maybe, 5 out of 100 times you are greeted with a sincere welcoming smile. This is a sad statistic as what does it take to smile and offer a sincere welcome to a prospective customer.

It is a fact that when a prospective customer enters a car dealership their blood pressure rises, while this is not helpful in developing a trusting relationship; I believe it is the sales person's first responsibility to smile, welcome them and make them feel at home and comfortable. This is the first step in developing trust.

Keep up the great work with WCIDTMYS! It is awesome!

"Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively."

Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States

"Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else."

Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

"Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it
can't be done. Life's too short to think small."
— Tim Ferriss

"Samson killed a thousand men with the jaw bone of an ass. That many sales are killed every day with the same weapon."

Anonymous

I CAN?

Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it will achieve.

Dream great dreams and make them come true.
Do it now!

You are unique. In all the history of the world there was never anyone else exactly like you, and in all the infinity to come there will never be another you.

Never affirm self-limitations.

What you believe yourself to be, you are.

To accomplish great things, you must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost –
put foundations under them.

Yes you can.

Believing is magic, you can always better your best.

You don’t know what you can do until you try.

Nothing will come of nothing.

If you don’t go out on a limb, you're never going to get the fruit.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

Hazy goals produce hazy results.
Clearly define your goals. Write them down, make a plan for achieving them, set a deadline, visualize the results and go after them.

Just don’t look back unless you want to go that way.

Defeat may test you; it need not stop you.

If at first you don’t succeed, try another way.

For every obstacle there is a solution.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
The greatest mistake is giving up.

Wishing will not bring success, but planning, persistence and burning desire will.

There is a gold mine within you from which you can extract
all the necessary ingredients.

Success is an attitude. Get yours right.

It is astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen.

I CAN!

"Make a gift of your life and lift all mankind by being
kind, considerate, forgiving, and compassionate at all times,
in all places, and under all conditions, with everyone as
well as yourself. This is the greatest gift anyone can give."

Hey Jack, "Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done..."

This reminds me of the FedEx story...told by his professor that his idea would never work...HA! The story is quite fitting of your "I CAN" piece too. I luv the Motivation Station! Sometimes it seems that the perfect piece lands at my inbox on the perfect day!

"In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."

Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”

Marilyn vos Savant

"Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one."

Ralph Ransom

"Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is."
~Zig Ziglar

"The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said."

Peter F. Drucker, Author and Management Expert

“History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.”

Dale Carnegie

A profound statement from one of our own, Craig Lockerd .......

Think about a situation in your life...a relationship, job or career, education, hobby, whatever ..the degree of commitment or lack thereof, will always determine how that turned out!