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THE CRACKER JACK SECRET
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THE FIRST LESSON OF BEING A HALL OF FAME LEADER

THE CRACKER JACK SECRET

Enough Cracker Jack has been sold to stack end-to-end more than 63 times around the world. And to think, it all started with one man's dream and a fair that brought the world to Chicago , Illinois .

The man was F.W. Rueckheim, the year was 1893, and the fair was the World's Columbian Exposition. Mr. Rueckheim mixed up and sold a new recipe of popcorn, peanuts and molasses and found he had a product people from all over the world couldn't get enough of.

He called it Cracker Jack and adopted a slogan spoken by a satisfied customer -- “The more you eat, the more you want.”

The unique flavor was launched and hungrily accepted.

The fun part of Cracker Jack's magic formula was added one day in, 1912 when Mr. Rueckheim acted on the brilliant idea of packing a prize in every box.

Children eagerly ate up the delicious snack while searching for their treasure. Since that day over 17 billion toys have been given out. Today Cracker Jack is one of the world's largest users of toys.

-- from: Dr. Rob Gilbert with Joe DePalma

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THE FIRST LESSON OF BEING A HALL OF FAME LEADER

* CHEERLEADING! *

Some years ago on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Seattle, a young priest stopped to talk to a parishioner and her five-year-old daughter, Carmine.

The little girl had a new jump rope, and the priest began to demonstrate the intricacies of jumping rope to her.

After a while Carmine began to jump, first once, then twice.

Mother and priest clapped loudly for her skill. Eventually, the little girl was able to jump quite well on her own and wandered off with her new-found skill.

Priest and mother chatted a few moments until Carmine, with the saddest, widest eyes imaginable, returned dragging her rope.

“Mommy,” she lamented, “I can do it, but I need lots of clapping.”

PEOPLE PERFORM BETTER WHEN PEOPLE CHEER FOR THEM!

You might not always have people around to cheer for you . . . but you can make sure that you're around to cheer others on!

-- from: Dr. Rob Gilbert with Joe DePalma

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