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Center For Positive Thinking

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HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX!

“A woman who had dined with the great
English statesman Gladstone on one
night and with his rival Disraeli on another
was asked to compare them.

“When I left the dining room after sitting
next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was
the cleverest man in England . But after
sitting next to Disraeli, I thought I was
the cleverest woman in England!”

- Source: The Motivational Manager

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IT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOU; IT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO YOU; WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING INSIDE YOU!

“You remember when you were maybe five years old
and you went out in the morning and you looked at the day –
and it was a very, very beautiful day.

You looked at flowers and they were very beautiful flowers.

Twenty-five years later, you get up in the morning,
you take a look at the flowers – they are wilted.

The day isn't a happy day.
Well, what's changed?

You know they are the same flowers, it's the same world.

Something must have changed.
Well, probably it was you.”

- From L. Ron Hubbard's CD “Is It Possible to Be Happy?”

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ONE DOZEN OF THE BEST T-SHIRT QUOTES

A t-shirt is a moving billboard.

Here are some of my favorite thoughts taken from t-shirts . . .

“THE REASON THAT MOST PEOPLE FAIL
INSTEAD OF SUCCEED IS THAT THEY
TRADE WHAT THEY WANT MOST FOR
WHAT THEY WANT AT THE MOMENT.”

~ Ridgewood High School (NJ) Football 2003
(Thanks, Coach Johnson)

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“WHAT WOULD HURT MORE?
TO CONTINUE?
OR TO STOP?”

~ Adidas ~

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“TLEL YUOR ESGLINTH TCEEHAR
THAT SPLENILG DSONE'T MTTEAR.”

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“I HAVE AN OPEN
MIND, BUT IT'S
CLOSED FOR REPAIRS.”

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“Seen on the t-shirt of a teenager's dad:
HUMAN ATM MACHINE”

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“UPON THE ADVICE OF MY
ATTORNEY, MY T-SHIRT
BEARS NO MESSAGE
AT THIS TIME.”

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“WHEN CHOOSING BETWEEN
TWO EVILS, ALWAYS CHOOSE THE ONE
YOU HAVEN'T TRIED YET!”

~ Mae West

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“YOU GOT TO GET TO THE STAGE
IN LIFE WHERE GOING FOR IT
IS MORE IMPPORTANT THAN
WINNING OR LOSING!”

~ Arthur Ashe

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“MAKE A COMMITMENT . . .
KEEP YOUR WORD.”

~ Lisa Sargese

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“YOU WIN SOME.
YOU LOSE SOME.
YOU WRECK SOME.”

~ Dale Earnhardt

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“YOU ARE
PURE POTENTIAL.”

~ Martin de Maat

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THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE - DESIRE VERSUS ABILITY

I know that I would rather teach or coach a highly motivated person with little or no skill than a highly skilled person with little or no motivation.

The great professional speaker Larry Winget feels the same way.
The following passage is from his book It's Called Work for a Reason.

When evaluating people and their performance, ask yourself these two things about the employee:

#1. Does the employee have the desire to do the job?

#2. Does the employee have the ability to do the job?

What you will find is that most of your employees have the ability to do the job. Fewer will have the desire.

I would almost always rather have someone who was a “ten” on desire but a “one” in terms of ability.

I can teach just about anyone to do almost anything – therefore ability has never been much of an issue with me.

If people have a sincere desire to do something, they can usually be taught to do it.

However, if someone has no desire, what difference does it make if she is great at doing something?

You can take a person with all the ability in the world, and if he has no desire to do the task, it's just not going to get done.

-- from: Dr. Rob Gilbert with Joe DePalma