What were your highlights of 2013

What an exciting time.

As we usher out 2013 and welcome 2014

think back to a special time in the year.

One of my highlights was Christmas Eve.

I love this picture.

That lady is my mother, and my wife is on the far side holding candles.

This picture was taken at

Fellowship Church in Dallas Texas.

We did a candle lighting.

I believe it represents how good news can quickly spread to a large group.

If I do a good job this year then I can spread some good news, smiles and happiness too!

The year will be a success.

Remember everything starts with a thought!

And to accomplish anything we must believe.

I have both of those in my favor.

Have a great attitude and a great New Year!

Another thank you

Thank you for following me in 2013.

As I grow follow me on YouTube.

I have a Channel- Tim Marvel.

Posting videos about sales, training, attitude and communications.

This year will be a tremendous year of

growth for me.

Come along for the ride.

Remember it all starts with the right attitude!

So have a great attitude today!

Have a plan

How do you distance your self from negative?

Sounds easy!

You have to have a plan.

Use your New Years as a starting point.

Measure your efforts.

And don't let other people tell you that  you can't accomplish something!

When you set a path, jump in!

Most people fail by not taking the first step.

How can you hold yourself accountable?

Well, you could tell your friends what some of your goals will be for 2014.

It is very important to document your goals.

You also need to measure them

daily, weekly and monthly.

Who is anxious to see you succeed?

Look in the mirror.

Have a great attitude today!

ACT AS IF

I have mentioned to

"ACT AS IF"

in previous posts!

Are you getting it?

We can condition our mind to think about

what we feel is important.

How important is it to have our mind right?

Have you tried and failed to have the right

attitude, and given up...

Who cares, go back and try it again!

Have a great attitude today!

Thank you for 35,000 page views!

How easy is success?

It is funny when I started this blog I just wanted to understand how it worked.

Then I wanted to pass on ideas for a good attitude each day.

Now we are setting goals to reach 50,000 pageviews next year.

This year my goal is to make it more personal.

Starting January 1st the pictures will be mine.

I will research imbedding videos.

Help me make it better...

Comment on what we could do to help you!

Have a great attitude today!

2014 Reading Goals

My first goal is to read a book a month.

Last year I did not accomplish this task.

I did read more than the previous year.

That being said below is my reading list

in random order.

I already own these books

(they are isolated on my desk).

1. The Travelers Gift

2. The Noticer

3. The Secret

4. Exceptionalize it

5. Dave Anderson-(any thing)

6. Zig-(anything)

7. The Exceptional Presenter

8. Our Iceberg is Melting

9. The Dream Giver

10. Coach Wooden

11. Spin Selling

12. The Shark and the Goldfish

Feel free to comment on suggestions.

We know it all comes down to choice, decisions and attitude.

Have a great attitude today!

 



Magic of Christmas

How exciting!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!

What ever your beliefs,

have a wonderful day!

It is about giving.



Christmas Eve

What have you done for me lately!

Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas...

Have the right attitue this week!

What a great feeling it is to give.

For me giving to children is the best!

Or giving to someone that does not know

where it came from..

I want to give to people that appreciate the gift.

So, have the right attitude today.

Something funny to start the day!

Just so you know Dads cry too!

Just some light humor to start your day.

If your like me I never start my day on a scale

trying to measure anything when I first wake.

Remember to always start and end your day with a positive note, not the scale.

Have a great attitude today!

A Challenge for you today

A challenge for you today!

Make just one random act of kindness.

If the best you can do is share a smile

then do it.

Give someone else a reason to smile.

It is not always about money.

Sometimes just a friendly face.

Have a great day and a positive attitude today.

 

How do you change

For some it is a hard time of the year.

Maybe today is the day to start

working on something better.

It starts with a change in attitude.

Have a great day!

Energy

Remember that anything worth doing,

is worth doing poorly u

ntil you learn to do it well.

Mixing Zig and Joel makes for quite a post.

Can you "Act as if"

long enough to make it a habit?

Many people have,

they have acted as if life is bad

so long they believe it.

Attitude is a choice.

Have a wonderful day

 and a great attitude today!

 

Your ego is strong

I always love the statement" if everyone just thought like I did the world would be a much better place".

Is it not funny how our ego takes charge.

We get confused because people don't understand our thinking.

To really communicate remember

Seek first to understand,

Then seek to be understood.

Have a great attitude today!

Start today

That all sounds good and fine.

But you have to do your part.

You have to make the right decisions.

Have you ever been in debt?

How do you work thought that?

Small steps, one at a time.

Have a plan!

And follow that plan.

Remember that the hardest part of any plan

is the first step.

Have a great day and a great attitude!



Review your goals from 2013

 

1. Family
-Be a positive role model for my wife.-Good, proud of her effort/results this year.
-Continue to work on my communications skills.-Good, much better.
-Be available for my 32 year old daughter.-Continue, have not met my expectations.

2. Health
-Log and ride a bicycle for 1 hour a day (stationary when traveling). This will set me up for 7,500 miles by the end of the year. Also complete either a century (100 miles) or a multi stage 150 mile ride.-Continue, fell short.
-Have a goal of 175 pounds. Guess I am going to have to eat right.-Continue, fell short.
Still at 190.

Professionally
-Two years ago I logged a new Fact each day of the year. Last year my Blog was started. Over 8,500 pageviews in 2012. My goal is 10,000 page views for 2013.-Good, have 33,000 plus now.-Read a book each month..-Good, have done a good job. Read 10 books.
-Carry with me a CD/Video of other professional trainers such as Zig Ziglar, Joe Verde..-Good, it has helped a great deal.
-Video Tape myself once a month to monitor my improvements with a goal of being a better communicator..-Good-this has helped me.

I had mixed results, but I did better than had I not had goals.

How did you do?

Rough days

Our fears keep us from really enjoying our life.

We worry about those hard days.

You know, the ones that define

our week, month or year.

How often are they as bad as we thought?

If your reading this than you made it thought that bad day!

Often with the right attitude we exceed our

own expectations.

Go into those days with a good attitude!

 



Know where your donations go

Mrs Claus

There was a Mrs Claus sighting!

In the last few days Mrs Claus was seen rushing around getting ready for the big day!

Are you ready?

Are you having fun?

What are you doing for the Kids?

I wish you a great attitude for this holiday!

Positive Energy

In talking to people they will tell you how much effort it takes to be a positive person.

I believe Joel Osteen when he says it takes the SAME energy either way!

Today I chose Positive!

Tomorrow Positive!

The next day, and the next day...

Have a attitude and a great day!

You can't do it alone

There are times we see successful people

that are out in front of the crowd.

However we sometimes miss the people that support the person behind the scene.

We all need someone to help us mentally.

Who do you turn to for support?

Who listens at times?

Who just offers that right comment?

We need people to help us

move forward at times.

I have my wife and several friends that help me when I get into a rut.

It still goes back to having the right attitude.

Thank you to my wife and friends.

So, have the right attitude today.

Small commitments

What is your plan.

I spend time with many salespeople.

I meet many with 10 years in the business

however they are still operating with 1 year experience each year.

They never grow.

If you do not move forward remember this:

"To get what you have never got,

you must do what you have never done".

Have a great attitude and a great day!

Rapport

This is quite a statement!

It does not have to be business,

it could be a relationship.

People will listen closer to your first 10 words you say than the next 100.

It is part of the first impression.

So if  you ask for my time make sure you know what and how you want to say it.

Have a great attitude and a great day!

Learn from your mistakes

Many of you know that I am a Trainer.

Each week with a new group of attendees.

They are primarily New Hires.

I challenge them to make mistakes.

Here are a couple of facts:

1. If your not making mistakes your not working hard enough.

2. You learn more from mistakes.

I always express that your managers will not get upset when you make a mistake.

Managers only get upset if you continue to make the same mistake time after time.

Most often, your lessons come from those mistakes, only if you learn from them.

Have a great attitude, and a great day!

I don't need permission

When I read the caption it brings

 to mind several topics.

First would be what is Greatness to  you?

We all have different perceptions based on our own internal value system.

It brings to mind how we sometimes let situations determine our direction.

Recently I experienced this redirection of my efforts and I allowed it to change something that was important to me.

I was posting this blog on my neighborhood site and I allowed a few people to define my efforts.

It was very clear when I was approached by several of my neighbors that ask why I would let a couple effect the entire group.

Nuff said...

I just need to do what is right..

Use the right Attitude and Understanding.

 



Everyday

In the winter months it is funny how some people process things.

Think about it. The Dallas area was in the path of a winter storm. There was a little ice and some cold temperatures.

I seem to remember less than 30 days ago friends wishing for cooler weather.

Now here is the funny  point these same people are now saying I can't wait for it

to warm up again...

It is funny that we can't seem to enjoy what we have, when we have it.

Have a great Attitude and a wonderful day!

The act of giving

What will you do to get into the holidays?

How will you pay it forward?

My challenge for you is to give something to someone that cannot repay you.

It could be as easy as a smile, a hug,

or a word of encouragement!

They say, what you give will return threefold.

Have a great attitude and a great day!



Which step have you reached today?

I love the steps to success..

When I look at this cartoon I just ask myself what is it that I want to accomplish today?

I believe that we can accomplish what ever we put our minds to.

You have to pay the price, or do what is necessary to accomplish your goal.

Let's say you want to be a Doctor.

We can all become Doctors if we completed the schools to gain the required education, completed the certifications and tests.

What do you want to accomplish?

Start with a plan and small steps!

You must believe you can do it!

You must take the first step.

In an article that I read recently,

the first step is where most people fail.

So if you want it, go for it!

I believe you can do it!

What is your it?

Have a great attitude and a great day!

How easy was that to figure out...

So do we really need a study

to find out if it is cold outside?

I have had many Training Classes where we discuss Customer Satisfaction.

I am amazed at the money spent.

Think how easy this is...

The manager gets a survey that a customer is not happy, what does he do?

Generally the first thing he does is start making decisions for the customer.

Maybe he calls the customer and offers something for "Free" to fix the problem.

What is funny is we may still

 not know the problem.

As an industry we forget to ask a simple question, "what or why" was the issue?

The customer may not even want the "free" item that we throw their way.

What they want maybe someone

 to listen to them.

Could they help us solve other issues?

We just have to ask..

So next time you talk to a customer, ask them what they really want before you start trying to buy their happiness.

Have a great attitude and a great day!



What does a good life look like to you?

I guess a "good life" could

look different to everyone.

What does it look like to you?

Where do you struggle?

The last part seems to be the hardest for me.

I do good of not expecting.

I believe we are only let down by

our own expectations.

I do more with less quite often.

People say that I smile a lot!

And I do dream big, and laugh a lot.

But I need reminded of the blessings

that I get every day!

Enjoy today and have a great attitude!



Communications

I never said I was normal!

Life would be really,

really hard if we tried to be perfect.

People that share who they really are generally communicate better than average.

Have a great attitude today.



Something funny for Sunday!

Someone has been reading my blog!

That is what they make spell check for..

Have a great day!