Friday Reflections

What Are You Selling?

2012-01-27T13:29:35-08:00

POINT TO PONDER Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life... -Khalil Gibran STORYLINE I'm working constantly at selling my wares to prospective buyers. It seems that I have had some difficulty as of late and have turned to simple sales books to help me in my quest to help solve my dilemma. In a passage from “The Everything Selling Book” by Marguerite Smolen, an experiment really stood out and highlights attitudes we might have that...

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Kill the Weeds or Grow the Grass?

2012-01-20T01:28:28-08:00

Point to Ponder: There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build… - Ecclesiastes 3, New International Version (NIV) Storyline: by Jim and Leigh Mulready My neighbor surveyed his precious lawn, the lawn he had lavished hard work on since he bought his home. His labor and attention to detail had provided him with a...

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The Greatest Punch Was the One He Never Threw

2012-01-12T20:00:00-08:00

POINT TO PONDER “We're all fighting for the same cause and idea but we have different reasons and different approaches." -Muhammad Ali STORYLINE by Rajiv Shah It is approaching Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday this week and as an avid boxing fan I would like to pay tribute to the man who simply became known as “The Greatest.” His boxing accolades, championships, and triumphs are well known: three time world championships, an Olympic gold medal winner, and in 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the...

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Create It.

2012-01-05T20:00:00-08:00

POINT TO PONDER “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare STORYLINE by Rajiv Shah As a professional personal trainer, the beginning of the year is often the busiest. Sign ups for gym membership increase, trainers litter gym floors introducing recently new clients to their programs, and good intentions are at a fevered pitch. “I want to lose 15 pounds,” says one client. “I want to fit back into my bikini by summer,” says another. “At least 2 inches have...

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Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.

2011-12-30T03:00:00-08:00

POINT TO PONDER Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. -Arthur Golden STORYLINE The New Year is upon us and in looking forward to 2012 we here at Friday Reflections wanted to get the year started right. In the spirit of following your own path, I've compiled some stories and random bits from people that did extraordinary things in 2011: At one hundred years old, Fauja Singh of Britain, became the...

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