<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548451707066204896</id><updated>2024-09-20T05:23:20.009-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Motivational Thoughts and Stories</title><subtitle type='html'>The purpose of this blogspot is to motivate all who visit to think and act on a higher level, to seek for ways to improve ourselves and to make the lives of others a little better because of something we said or did.  May all postings and comments on this blog motivate us all to have greater success in all of the good things we do.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motivationalthoughtsforsuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/548451707066204896/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motivationalthoughtsforsuccess.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/548451707066204896/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Joe Schofield</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04619666976283171789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JXaDRSlfraU/SzaPhj1_V8I/AAAAAAAAAAM/q9fbb3pgE0A/S220/cancun+3-09+010.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>339</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548451707066204896.post-2995167990177717902</id><published>2011-08-27T13:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T13:14:04.461-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Success is a process, not an event!</title><content type='html'>When you clearly understand that success is a process, not an event, you are encouraged to follow the right process to create the success you are capable of having.  Zig Ziglar&lt;br /&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://motivationalthoughtsforsuccess.blogspot.com/feeds/2995167990177717902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://motivationalthoughtsforsuccess.blogspot.com/2011/08/success-is-process-not-event.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/548451707066204896/posts/default/2995167990177717902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/548451707066204896/posts/default/2995167990177717902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://motivationalthoughtsforsuccess.blogspot.com/2011/08/success-is-process-not-event.html' title='Success is a process, not an event!'/><author><name>Joe Schofield</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04619666976283171789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JXaDRSlfraU/SzaPhj1_V8I/AAAAAAAAAAM/q9fbb3pgE0A/S220/cancun+3-09+010.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-548451707066204896.post-4378606519999849267</id><published>2011-08-27T13:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-27T13:09:41.916-07:00</updated><title type='text'>If you put off everything till you&#39;re sure of it...</title><content type='html'>&quot;If you put off everything till you&#39;re sure of it, you&#39;ll never get anything done.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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In April, Maya Angelou was interviewed by Oprah on her 70+ birthday.. Oprah asked her what she thought of growing older.And, there on television, she said it was &#39;exciting...&lt;br /&gt;
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Maya Angelou said this: &lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you&#39;ll miss them when they&#39;re gone from your life.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that making a &#39;living&#39; is not the same thing as &#39;making a life.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that you shouldn&#39;t go through life with a catcher&#39;s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back...&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that even when I have pains, I don&#39;t have to be one.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug or just a friendly pat on the back...&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;I&#39;ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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Please send this to five phenomenal people today.... &lt;br /&gt;
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If you do, something good will happen: You will boost another person’s self-esteem.&lt;br /&gt;
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It has been over a month now since a powerful magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan. The confirmed death toll is over 13,000 and continues to rise. In the midst of all the horror stories are occasional heroic tales of survival and rescue. One of the most fascinating is that of Susumu Sugawara.&lt;br /&gt;
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The 64-year-old Sugawara is the owner-operator of a small boat named &quot;Sunflower.&quot; After the massive earthquake and in view of the tsunami warnings being broadcast, he had to make a quick decision. Should he head for high ground on his island of Oshima? Should he put his boat to sea and try to ride out the fury? His chose to launch his boat and head for deep water offshore.&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;I knew if I didn&#39;t save my boat,&quot; he told a CNN reporter, &quot;my island would be isolated and in trouble.&quot; So he ran to his 42-year-old craft that can hold about 20 people at a time and went full-throttle toward the deadly waves that would kill people whose names and faces he knew. Then he saw the wall of water.&lt;br /&gt;
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Accustomed to waves ten to twelve feet high, this one was fully 50 to 60 feet high. Sugawara knew that he and his boat could easily wind up at the bottom of the sea. He drove straight for it - &quot;climbing the wave like a mountain,&quot; as he put it. And the mountain seemed only to grow bigger and bigger. There was a huge crash of water over him. Only then could he see the horizon. He had survived!&lt;br /&gt;
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Sugawara made his way back to his now-devastated Oshima. For the month since, he has been a lifeline by making hourly trips to the mainland to ferry people and supplies. If people can help pay for gasoline, he accepts money. If they have lost everything and can pay nothing, he still welcomes them aboard.&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#39;m no sailor or boat captain. I don&#39;t know if the Japanese captain made the reasonable and right decision on that fateful day. I can only report and rejoice at the outcome. He lived through the ordeal and is helping others with a sense of sensitivity to their suffering the rest of us can only admire from a distance.&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is the lesson from this story for me: Against my hesitation and fear, it makes more sense to ride into the teeth of life&#39;s challenges than to run away.&lt;br /&gt;
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There is a cash-flow crisis. There is an unexpected problem with a product. A major supplier has failed, or a major customer has bailed. Some executives kick into denial mode or ball up in a fetal position. Their companies fail. Leaders steer right into the problem and act with integrity to name and face the problem.&lt;br /&gt;
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Or maybe the problem is far more serious. A spouse says the marriage is over. The police or hospital calls with a parent&#39;s worst nightmare about an arrest or accident. Maybe you get a diagnosis that sounds like a death sentence. Do you run and hide? Self-medicate with drugs or alcohol? Or do you steer into the teeth of the storm and pray for courage you have never had to display before?&lt;br /&gt;
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&quot;You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face,&quot; said Eleanor Roosevelt. &quot;You are able to say to yourself, &#39;I lived through this horror. I can take the next one that comes along.&#39; You must do the thing you think you cannot do.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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Participate with servitude&lt;br /&gt;
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Receive with gratitude, and this should be enough to separate you from the multitudes.  Krish Dhanam&lt;br /&gt;
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The most selfish one-letter word: “I” - Avoid it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most satisfying two-letter word: “We” - Use it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most poisonous three-letter word: “Ego” - Overcome it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most used four-letter word: “Love” - Value it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most pleasing five-letter word: “Smile” - Keep it&lt;br /&gt;
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The fastest spreading six-letter word: “Rumour” - Ignore it&lt;br /&gt;
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The hardest working seven-letter word: “Success” - Achieve it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most enviable eight-letter word: “Jealousy” - Distance yourself from it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most powerful nine-letter word: “Knowledge” - Acquire it&lt;br /&gt;
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The most valued ten-letter word: “Friendship” - Maintain it&lt;br /&gt;
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