I’ve been on a lot of beautiful stages during my career as a motivational speaker but never a stage that’s both beautiful and has a great message behind it, until today.

At first glance it just looks like an incredibly large wall of three-dimensional stacked stone, but after chatting with the brains behind the construction of it all, I discovered that it’s just a giant wall of mis-cut, misfit, discarded, random remnant pieces that were destined and doomed for the scrap-heap.

This just goes to show you what type of awe-inspiring beauty can be made out of the unwanted, misused and abused if you’re willing to get a little creative.

So don’t be so quick to through in the towel on the possibility of making something special out of used, unwanted goods. Even if you feel like that used, unwanted good is you. Let’s go Make it GREAT!

GREAT WEEK!!!

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I was hanging out with my kiddos yesterday at one of our favorite conversation spots called Olive Garden and I made a comment about how nice they look on a daily basis. But not just their external features and great taste in clothes, but even more important than that, their hearts, their smarts and their respect for others being off the charts.

Then I told them, “If I was your age I would want to hang out with you.” Now naturally this caught them off guard so I followed it up by saying, “You guys would have a good influence on me and I would feel really good around you because you guys are really cool in a special kinda way.”

“Whattt… Now Dad that would just be weird.” they said as we all shared a hardy laugh together. But that moment got me to thinking and as a result, I have a quick question for you to ponder today. “If you were not ‘You’ would you want to hang out with “You”? Yep, this is one of those questions that makes you say “Hmmm…”

Give it some serious thought and be honest with yourself as you decide if some changes need to be made to make you more attractive to “You”. You may want to ask yourself :

“Do I gossip too much, complain too much, whine too much or blame too much?

Would I celebrate my coming around or just tolerate my presence with an uncomfortable frown?

Would I get on my own nerves and piss my own self off?”

Give it some thought and don’t forget to be brutally honest with yourself because the worst person you could ever tell a lie to is “You”. After all, if we wouldn’t want to be with ourselves, then how can we blame others for not wanting to hang around us either?

So, do you need to consider making some changes? No need to answer this question here, just make sure you’re crystal clear and consider these questions in the coming year.

Let’s Make it GREAT!

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Ok, I’ve been doing that “Thinking” thing again and I’ve come up with an acronymic definition for the word SUCCESS and I’d like to share it with you to jumpstart your work week. So here goes…..

S-U-C-C-E-S-S: Struggling Under Challenging Circumstances & Enduring till Self-Satisfaction Shows-up.

Yep, that’s right folks SUCCESS comes ONLY after we have managed to struggle through those things that challenge our core and our cause long enough for us to obtain the results that we seek.

Our idea of what constitutes SUCCESS may differ from person-to-person but the feeling of accomplishment after enduring the process of the struggle and pain still feels universally the same.

So, I encourage you to once again get suited, booted and geared-up mentally and physically for another week of Challenging Circumstances and don’t let anyone else define, distract or deter you from the goal you seek. Press-on and on and on until your SUCCESS shows-up then tell me all about it. 😉

Let’s Make it GREAT!!!

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The anonymous fella behind this receives no fame, no glory and definitely no recognition, but what he does receive is a feeling of joy that feels better than any drug and creates a legacy of seed-planting of giving that will keep on giving even after he’s no longer here. Now that just makes me smile.

So what are you doing to make your impact this holiday season? Please don’t answer this out loud, just make all of us proud. 😉

Enjoy……

She said, “If you only knew the places I’ve been, the things I’ve done and the people I’ve hurt, you too would agree that I have no redeeming qualities left in this dirty life of mine.” I cracked a small smile and told her, “Forgiveness & mercy from the one that created you can reach even lower than your worst mistake if you just ask for it. But, the biggest challenge of forgiveness will come from you forgiving yourself and deciding to start over.”

This was just a snapshot of a short conversation I recently had with a complete stranger during a chance encounter not long ago. She didn’t feel like she had many days left on this earth with a life that has been all but wasted but I told her that the days left is not most important, but it’s what you do with the days left that makes the biggest difference. I saw a light bulb pop on in her eyes as she cracked a smile.

We then parted ways shortly there-after and I couldn’t stop thinking about the encounter. I truly believe that a seed was planted with her that day and the last chapter of her life is of course “To Be Continued…”

This encounter reminded me of how powerful our words are in relations to building people up or tearing them down. So before your new day gets underway, remember to watch what you say because it could make or break someone else’s day, Ok? Consider this as just another little friendly, unsolicited reminder that could definitely lead you to Make it GREAT!
To Be Continued…

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