You just have to dance

There are days when you just give in!

You need to kick your shoes off and cut loose.

It is Sunday Morning!

Get up and get this great day going.

Earlier in the week we talked

about turning Right.

Turn Right and head to he beach, the mall, the movies or where ever makes you happy!

Give yourself a break today.

Give yourself a reason to smile.

You worked hard all week, you deserve to reward yourself.

Have a great attitude today-and smile!

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Tim Marvel

Big dreams are more powerful than facts

Never ever give up!

Never ever, ever give up!

What do you want?

Where are you on your

New Years Resolutions?

I am proud to say that we have exceeded

 some of our family goals.

However, I have fallen short this year

on some of my personal goals.

Never fear, there is still time to make

up lost ground.

I will not give up, and re-focusing my

efforts for my goals.

What you think about will expand.

Just a reminder, don't focus on "money".

Focus the benefits of having money.

Money itself does not accomplish anything.

It does however give us

 to ability to accomplish more.

I have the right attitude,

and I am confident in my efforts.

We are given a choice

Make a right turn!

That is my new battle cry.

Every morning when you head out the door you get to chose if you turn right or left.  I know if I am driving my car turning right is far more safe then turning left.  I know where right will take me.  I am not saying to avoid risk, sometime you should.  But if I have goals and I know the consequences then it should be easy to make the right decision.  It may not be a right-handed turn, but still can be the "right" turn.

So turn right this morning when you head out to the office this morning.

Have a great attitude, and a great day!

Things that make you smile

As I worked on scheduling, Cars, Hotels, and Flights this weekend found myself smiling when I looked to my feet to find two pups.  They had me cornered in my office chair.  The were both sleeping until I moved away from my desk to take this picture.

I hope for you to have something in your life that allows you to just smile.

Although this is what makes working from home such a challenge.

When I see those big eyes it makes me want to stop and play with the pups.

It is a great distraction.  I can only think this happens to anyone with kids that works from home.  What a great feeling.

Have a great attitude, and smile today!

Don't worry about things you don't control

This is a great reminder!

You learn quickly when you travel for business that you do not control everything.

A few years ago I was on a flight from Dallas to Houston.  A 1 hour flight on most days.  It was spring and there were thunderstorms

 in Houston.  They boarded us in

Dallas and we sat and waited,

and waited, and waited (several hours).

I finally call my lovely wife not wanting to alarm her when she ask where I was I just said the airport.  Later in our short conversation she ask, wait "what airport".  When I told her Dallas she ask, why don't you go talk to the Captain.  My reply was that the Captain wanted to get there just like me, that we did not have control of the weather.

Don't let things out of your control, control your attitude.

We don't control the weather now do we.

Don't over think it!

Sometimes we just over think it!

Some days we are suppose to just have fun!

Most of us work all week just for a few hours of fun on the weekend.  However we are so programed to work that we forget how to play.

I can only speak for myself when I say that I miss doing nothing.  Are you like me and feel like your cheating yourself by not constantly working..

For my family and my health I will find more fun time and maybe travel a little less.

When you get too tired your mind and body can begin to break down.

My attitude is too important to me!

Have a great day and play in the rain if you get the chance!

Turn Right, and have a good attitude!



Too Much EGO

I would trade my most productive salesperson with a negative attitude for several average salespeople with good attitudes.

I love productive people in any setting.  You can pick them from a distance.

How may I assist you?  What can I do for you?  They are eager to please.  They understand that their job in sales is to serve.

Actually that is what Salesperson translated means, someone that serves.

When you forget that and you feel that you have arrived is when you start going backwards.

When you come to any training class and close your mind to learning, because you know it all..

Check your attitude, I'd replace you.

Have a great attitude and have a great week!

The question is how strong is your ego? 

It is your ego that pushes us to be right.

As a matter of fact your ego is more

 interested in being right than

anything else you can imagine. 

Sometimes you can apologize to come to an agreement.  If you understand how your mind works it is easy.  In sales training we come to a agreement with the intent of moving forward.  You can do the same thing with your spouse or partner.  Next time you get into an argument just come to an agreement.  Just let it go. 

Chances are you can not remember what you were disagreeing about.

Move forward, you control your ego!

Have a great day, and a great attitude...

Are we talking about you?

Are we talking about a ship, or are we talking about when we have a bad day?

Sometimes we feel like a ship in a violent

storm only to weather the storm and

find a tranquil calm just on the other side

 of the clouds and rain.

Normally storms like that allow us to lighten our loads, we get rid of things that are slowing us down.  Just like a ship in a storm.

There are storms in our life that force us to make hard decisions like letting go of the past.

Once we do we find an even far

grander life on the other side.

Make those decisions and move forward.

It is going to be a great week ahead.

Believe that you will have a

great attitude and you will.

Everything happens for a reason.

 

Aren't you excited about what could happen?
I'm not always sure, but I know with the right attitude it is going to be fun..

Team

 

Even the most accomplished individual

will be outplayed by a team.

Your  team could  be your family,

or co-workers.

It could include Managers, or

Senior Sales Staff.

The key is your not alone.

Have a great attitude,

and a great day!

 

Everything is energy

So what is Albert Einstein saying?

Is he saying we control our energy?

If we put our energy into thought,

postive or negative then we

can tap into that energy.

We can affect the outcome of the day!

So have positive thoughts,

 and a positive attitude.

 

Who do you hang out with?

What you think about expands!

Think Positive..

And have a great day and a great attitude!

Times Change

Boy, how things change quickly!

Just blink and we have gone from bag phones and pagers in 1996 to computerized phones that do every thing from phone

calls, pictures and videos.

We play Pacman and video games, watch TV, and have something called Utube...

In time we will be able to text using just our voice.  We can already make calls from our cars hands free.

Along with those abilities comes added responsibilities of handling it correctly.

I have had two emails from people that have been in accidents while texting on their phone.

Use your head!

Don't text and drive, it is not worth it.

Have a great attitude today..



What are you waiting for?

When I read this caption it brings to mind several things.  First off is that prince charming may just be that job we all wait for...

You want to be happy, be proactive. 

Don't wait on things to happen to you.

5% of people make something happen.

35% Watch things happen and 60% wonder what the heck happened to them.

Where do you fall in?

Have a great attitude today!

Think about it

Always remember
"What you think about expands".
So if you watch the news, 
what are the thoughts you will have in your mind?
What kind of day should you expect?
Start your day with a positive thought!
Have a great Monday. 
Have a great attitude today!

Advice

Sometimes you should listen to advice...

Have a great Sunday.

Keep your head right,

and your attitude will be right.

 

What is your gift

What is your gift?

We all have them.

Is it that you have a good ear?

Do you play a musical instrument?

Do you just have a smile everyday?

What ever your gift is you enjoy sharing it.

Search your self and find your gift and share.

The world is full of Karma.

It will come back to you ten fold.

Have a great attitude today!

Forgiveness

The greatest gift you can give yourself

is forgiveness. 

I know of people that carry guilt around and they don't know how to let it go.

You must forgive yourself or it

will never go a way.

In some cases people become sick and their minds become weak from guilt.

Who ever your holding these old thoughts of, many times don't even remember.

So you may be the only one your hurting.

Try to forgive yourself.

Have a great attitude today!

 

 

Build on your decisions

We make decisions every day. 

Decisions eliminate options.

Once you have made a decision use it as foundation or footing for your next step. 

A lot of us carry our bad decisions with us like we can change the past. 

You cannot change the past so move forward with what you have learned from life. 

Life is the greatest teacher if we will just listen.

Unload the bag of bad decisions and 
leave them on behind.

It is your ego that holds on.

My friend calls it your shadow.

If it is your shadow, then you can change it.

Make a decision to have a great attitude today!



Your decision

When you wake up tomorrow morning you get to decide who is driving your day. 

You get to choose to either go left or right. 

 You get to decide if you have a good attitude or if your going to let what happens to you

determine your happiness.

If you choose to be happy, and find the good in life versus the bad or negative then you will find the positive more times than not. 

So look for the good, have some faith.

Give it some time if this is new to you.

You did not get negative overnight, and you will not be able to change over night.

But you can make a decision right now to become positive.

Try it for 21-30 days and let me know how it is working out for you.

Have a great attitude and a great day!

Missed Opportunity

We all know there are times if we look back that we missed it.  Well we may have considered the opportunity, but passed.  Later to look back to see we would have been better off having taken the opportunity.

Something to help you sleep better,

forget about it!

Truth is you cannot go back.

Deal with it, put it behind you.

Here is the bottom line.  If you consider to labor over the fact that you missed an opportunity, you will miss the next one right under your nose.

Don't get blinded by what could have been. You will miss parts of your life like that.

Be thankful for where you are,

and work from there.

Keep your head, and your feet on the ground.

Have a great attitude today!

Let's rephrase this and instead of talking about children, say what are your friends learning from you.  You know even as adults we can still stick our neck out there and just by being yourself you can teach others,

 people watch you daily. 

Let's just say you decide right now

that you are going to find a positive

 spin on every situation... 

What would your friends say?  Some of you might be surprised.  My guess is if you did change your attitude, that you would feel better in many cases.

College and Success

From time to time it is good to remember that you can surpass your education.

Let me rephrase that, some of the biggest inventions were from men that had no college.

So if they didn't have education

how did they do it?

As many of the greats have proclaimed life is

10% of what happened,

and 90% the how we responded

In other words our attitude.

The picture above was me 50 years ago.

I could say that it has not always been easy.

But couldn't we all say that.

The truth is our life is our reality.

I may have stuck a few

forks in the electric sockets.

But we figure life out.

It is the choices we make on a daily basis.

It is the choices we make over time.

Today don't stick the fork in the outlet.

Choose to have a great attitude today!

 



What is your movie line?

Do you have a favorite movie?

What about a memorable character?

Or a line from that movie?

My movie was Tombstone

it is the movie from 1993.

Val Kilmer said, "I'll be your Huckleberry".

It is funny, I can't even say it without

 trying to use his accent.

There is something about this act.

I don't know why of all the hundreds of movies that I have watched that this stuck with me.

Maybe it was the fact that Val Kilmer was a sick, un-respected character in this storyline.

But he was standing up for and he was willing to die for his friend.

Go catch a movie this weekend.

Smile and have a great attitude!



Change and forgiveness

What do we have to do to let go of the past?

In most cases we have to let go to enjoy change.

I would suggest that there would be some forgiveness at the very least to ones' self.

Change is never easy,

but is required to move forward.

Where is our biggest fight, is it our own ego?

Is it our own voice that we must overcome?

That may be the biggest obstacle in your life.

Your ego could be your biggest enemy.

If you do have history, which we all do, then accept it and forgive yourself.

Move on past what ever it is holding you back.

Move towards your goals!

Have a great attitude, and have a great day!



Do you have a mentor?

Normally I would agree 100% with the above statement.  Remember you control your thoughts.  But what if you enter into some one's world that possesses the right Attitude? 

What if it is someone that is willing to lead you the right direction, someone to stoke the flames?  A mentor.

I am not saying that you should give up your right to make decisions, I am saying to open your mind.  Do not let your emotions or your ego control your thoughts.

Count yourself as fortunate if you find a mentor that will help you reach further than you thought you could, and have fun doing it.

Have a great Attitude today!



Life is like a camera



Do you believe....

What a great concept!

Could this be more of an attitude?

Could it be the way you live every day?

What makes life good to you?

Remember that every habit

 is built over 21 days.

Most situations have some sort of silver lining.

Such as, it's raining-my grass will be green.

My flight was delayed Friday-

but I got home that night.

It is just a way you choose to think.

You could have just as well said;

It's raining-great I just washed my car!

My flight was delayed-not again!

You choose how every event will impact you.

Choose to take it well.

Have a great attitude and a great day!

 

Population

What do you see in is picture?

It is a population of shells.

They all ended up on the beach

 on Singer Island, Fl.

Every shell is different.

All mixed together makes

for one beautiful picture.

This gives me another

mental thought.

People....

Think of many people in a confined space.

What kind of a picture do you come up with?

Accepting that we are all

 different is a great start.

What is right to you may not

exist in another persons culture.

Keep that in mind when you want to shake some one's hand and they resist.

It may not be in their culture.

I do believe

"when in Rome, do as the Romans".

But I won't get upset if you don't agree.

I just move on.

Don't let it mess with your head, attitude,

or your day!

Change your attitude may change your friends...

When you change your attitude you may change your life.  You may outgrow friends.  Not that you don't want them as friends.

It's the friends that question your changes you should consider.

If your working hard to make a better you, have the right people around you.

The people that you want around you are the people that encourage you.  They help you keep your head right.

Have a great Attitude and a Great Day!

The most important things...

Something that sounds a little crazy to most people but truly comes to life in most disasters

"The Most Important

Things In Life Are Not Things".

In most any tornado,

or hurricane you hear those words. 

We never realize until that horrific afternoon how true that statement is..

Think of the attitude shift.  It changes in just minutes from "I gotta go to work", to where is my family and are they OK?

In the blink of an eye we change our attitude.

Don't take for granted the blue sky, one day it may be black with an angry cloud that could change everything.

Have a right attitude,

and your day will be right.