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Why Motivation Doesn’t Last

Hi All, Here’s your shot of weekly inspiration: After a speech one day, Zig Ziglar was approached by someone in the audience who said: “Zig, it was a great speech, but…motivation doesn’t last.” Zig said, “Bathing doesn’t either. That’s why I recommend it daily!”That audience member was right.  For most people motivation doesn’t last. We […]

Essential Qualities for High Achievement

Hi All, Here’s your shot of weekly inspiration: “Courage is not my thing. It is passion, and faith. You have to have faith in yourself. It is contagious. Like a magician, if he believes then the audience will.” – Philippe Petit Philippe Petit is the Frenchman who captivated the world by walking between the Twin Towers […]

Inspiration from Mister America’s Cup

Hi All, Here’s your shot of weekly inspiration: “My goal in sailing isn’t to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run. “ – Dennis Conner If you’re into sailing you probably know who Dennis Conner is. He’s a four time winner of the ‘America’s Cup’ – which is […]

Being ignorant of what’s impossible

Hi, Here’s your shot of weekly inspiration: “Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” – G.M. Trevelyan   Did you ever have an experience where you found that someone did something you previously thought […]

This is half the work…

Hi,Here’s your shot of weekly inspiration: “Begin – to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.” – Marcus Aurelius This man is not often quoted but he is one of the wisest people who ever lived.  He was the last great Roman Emperor before the […]

’tis yourself

Hi, Here’s your weekly shot of inspiration: “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.  Analyze your life in terms of your environment.  Are the things around you helping you towards success or are they holding you back?  You are not planted in the ground like […]

Change this and you change everything…

Hi, “The world we have created is a product of our way of thinking.” – Albert Einstein Do you think this is true?  Does it apply to our society as much as to the individual? Certainly, you could argue that the lust for power and money created the economic mess that currently abounds.  This type […]

Progress depends on this…

Hi, here’s your shot of weekly inspiration: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man.” George Bernard Shaw Some of my favourite quotes have been said by GB Shaw.  A genius with genuine insights. The […]

Mark Twain Inspiration

Hi, Here’s your shot of weekly inspiration:   “Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” – Mark Twain Complacency – the antithesis of continuous improvement. It can set in at any level with any person.  Just because you hit one out of the park today […]

Useful story to digest and words from branson

Hi there, “If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ‘there is no 
room for the gravel or rocks.” If you’d like to get the full context of this quote, which will reveal a very profound truth – for life and business – then please look at the short pdf attached. If […]