Every Experience

"He now realized there was no such thing as failure and that every experience had bright colorful outcomes when he was open to possibility."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable."-- Seneca "Being a warrior is not about the act of fighting. It's about being so prepared to face a challenge and believing so strongly in a cause that you are

Curious Vitamin

"By swallowing a curious vitamin every day, that vitamin c will stretch the bounds of your mental vision, enabling you to perceive more possibilities, on the surface, underneath the surface, beyond the surface."-- Ingrid E. CummingsNew Year is the Year……New are the Hopes, Aspirations, Resolutions, Spirits and filled with Happiness, Success, Peace, Togetherness of your Family & Friends……………May the

Successful Living

"A major part of successful living lies in the ability to put first things first. Indeed the reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first." -- Robert J. McKain "To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?"-- Catherine Graham"True change isn't willful. It's so fluent and intuitive that we don't even realize it

Before Quit, Try

"Before you act, listen. Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you pray, forgive. Before you quit, try."-- Ernest Hemingway "If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true,
 there would be little hope of advance.
"-- Orville Wright"Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take."-- Josh

It's Who We Become

"Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term. It's who we become, as we overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve our goals that can give us the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment." -- Anthony Robbins "Everyone wants to be appreciated. So, if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret. -- Mary Kay Ash "Life is a long lesson in humility."-- James

Lifelong Learning

"We affirm that we ought to learn all we can in this life and expect to continue learning in the next. For us, lifelong learning is not simply a practical expedient for a flat world. It is a theological imperative for this world and the world to come."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted."--

Joy of Christmas 2011

"Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."-- Dale Evans"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."-- Calvin Coolidge "Christmas is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas."-- Dale Evans

Stock Clerk or Person Who Make History

"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk." -- J. C. Penney "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit"-- Aristotle"Don't take 'no' for an answer. Don't even take 'yes' for an answer. The answer is always 'why?' or 'tell me more.'"-- Ingrid E. Cummings"There are

Demolish My Bridges

"I demolish my bridges behind me...then there is no choice but to move forward.
"-- Firdtjof Nansen"Human beings who are most alive, though, go beyond a superficial level of curiosity to seek out the next level of wondering."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"What you do off the job is determining factor in how far you will go on the job."-- Zig Ziglar "You have not lived a perfect day, even though you have

Steadily Building

"The great successful people of the world have used their imagination. They think ahead and create their mental picture, and then go to work materializing that picture in all its details, filling in here, adding a little there, altering this a bit and that a bit, but steadily building --steadily building." -- Robert Collier "Do you want my one-word secret of happiness - It's growth - mental,

In Order To Excel

"In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without a total 100 percent dedication, you won't be able to do it." -- Willie Mays "Always do right - this will gratify some and astonish the rest."-- Mark Twain"We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows."-- Robert

Triggers Curiosity Mind

"Curiosity is the cornerstone of a vigorous mind. It cannot be overstated how powerful is the simple act of asking a seemingly naive question. It triggers a consideration of something altogether new, depositing a speck of impurity into the mix, like the impurity that begets a pearl in an oyster."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being

Model Someone

"When you're trying to generate an idea or an approach that's bold and memorable, it may help to model or emulate someone you admire."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm."-- Bill Vaughn"My will shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing

That Breakthrough

"Brushing your teeth and exercising are routine things you habitually do while you wait for that big breakthrough. Implicit in Pearson's thought is that a breakthrough may never quite arrive, there's no guarantee but that's okay because you'll do just fine plodding along making small but steady progress using kaizen."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"Anyone who has never made a mistake 
has never tried

Strong Wind

"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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."-- Mark Twain"The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become." -- Ben Herbster "To learn, read. To know,

Wishful Thinking

"No one can just sit around on the back porch thinking a whole slew of happy thoughts and then expect the universe to open its purse strings and let fly with the good stuff. That's called wishful thinking."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"Friendship is love with understanding."-- Ancient Proverb"What it boils down to is this - it's up to you to get hold of you mind, control it, quiet it. God does the

What You Put Into The Universe

"The Law of Attraction is this: As you sow, so shall you reap, meaning that whatever you put out into the universe will be reflected back to you. What this mean from a practical standpoint is that we always attract into our lives whatever we think about most often."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level,

Faster The Process

"In terms of building a vigorous mind, the interest rate is analogous to the degrees of passion you exhibit in your study of photography, weaving, candle-making, whatever. The more into it you are, the faster the entire process will progress. Your passion serves as the catalyst in the equation."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"People talk about finding their lives. In reality, your life is not something

Thunderous Breakthroughs

"Thunderous breakthroughs are almost always the result of a cumulative aggregation of small steps and seemingly trifling achievement."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow."-- Doug Firebaugh"And will you succeed? Yes! You will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed)."-- Dr. Seuss "Wherever you go, go with all your heart."-- Confucius

Kaizen

"Kaizen is the fine art of cutting grand goals down to size, the amazing power of taking one step at a time, putting one foot in front of the other. This notion is sophisticated and elegant in its simplicity, yet it's been neglected. We live in a fast-paced culture and we want to rush to get to the finish, quickly.There's something in us that resists the slow and steady. But slow and steady

Twenty Minutes Everyday

"Spending just twenty minutes a day may strike you as requiring forever to reach any substantial goal. Not at all. What will cause you to take forever to reach your goal is waiting until you have an entire weekend to devote to it. That seldom happens, as you well know."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"You must let Life flow through you and allow it to express itself naturally. Don't let the little

Getting Started

"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the the first one."-- Mark Twain (1835-1910)"You cannot climb a mountain if you will not risk a fall."-- Rick Beneteau "Our lives are like islands in the sea, or like trees in the forest, which co-mingle their roots in the

Need For Struggling

"Whether children or adults, it's actually satisfying to struggle. We're born to struggle. We need to be struggling. It's how to keep our brains alive, growing and thriving. Challenge is pleasure."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"You must let Life flow through you and allow it to express itself naturally. Don't let the little worries of life, or even the big ones, depress you and cause you to lose your

Continued Learning

"Self-development through continued learning is the fundamental strategy for successful living. Although it may be elemental, it's nevertheless a vastly underused tactic."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"Unexpected kindness is the mos powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures."-- Bob Kerrey"Mindfulness means

Twenty Minutes Per Day

"What can you get done in twenty minutes? You can learn a few of the fundamentals of chess. You can pick up five new words of French. But, as with the power of compound interest in your bank account, the cumulative progress created by those twenty intense minutes of attention every day can be astonishing."-- Ingrid E. Cummings"Success is ultimately about connection, not perfection."-- Whitney

Everything About You

"Everything about you, from your attitude, ethics and body language to your language, habits and energy, leaves a lasting impression about the person you are."-- Dr Joe Rubino"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."-- Chuang Tzu"I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a

Living Responsibility

"Living responsibility means interpreting that we are the source of everything that shows up around us in life. On some level we have attracted whatever it is for a reason. Likewise, we have the ability to attract something different if we decide that what we have attracted does not serve us."-- Dr Joe Rubino"The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be productive, to be useful