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21 Jan 2011 Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You
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J.F.KennedyJanuary 20th, 1961 John F Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the U.S.A.

In 1981 President Reagan was sworn in as the 40th President of the U.S.A.

Probably the most remembered line of President Kennedy’s inauguration speech is: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country”.

He then turned to those who’s citizenship belongs to other countries and exclaimed:

My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.

Here is a challenge for you today:

  • What is the main thing that you are pursuing in life?
  • Are you searching for happiness?
  • Or are you focused on making a difference in the lives of others?

In other words:
Are you expecting this world to do something for you, or are you focused on doing all that you can for this world?

Here is a golden key to happiness:
JillWhen you are focused on making a difference in the lives of others, and bringing happiness into their lives, you cannot help but reap a great harvest of happiness into your own life.

P.S. I wrote more about this, but from a different perspective today. You can check out the article at The Key To True Salesmanship


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31 Aug 2010 Edison Made History Today
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Edison's KinetoscopeIn 1887, on August 31st, Thomas Edison made history! He received a patent for his “Kinetoscope” and moving pictures were born!

The life of Edison is an incredible story. He had numerous patents on all sorts of inventions.

He is quoted as saying: To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk”.

Well he was a master at turning a “pile of junk” into something that would change society for ever.

He was a genius, yet not in his eyes. At least not the way we would define genius.

Edison defines genius saying: Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

The top three secrets to the success of Thomas Edison:

He would not give up:

If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

A what point would you have given up? After the 10th try? Perhaps you would keep going until you had tried 100 times?

He saw every “failure” as a success:

Results! Why, man, he said, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.

Where you and I may come to a place of frustration because all we see are failures and no results,

Edison saw EVERY failure as a result. Therefore every “failure” in his eyes was a success. He had successfully discovered something that did not work! He was focused on success!

Edison was not afraid of hard work.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

So many people do miss opportunities because they are looking for an easy solution. Most truly successful people will tell you that there is no easy solution.

So to sum up: Three keys to Thomas Edison’s success:
1. He would not give up. He was relentless in his pursuit of success.
2. He was so focused on success that even “failure” looked like success to him.
3. He was not afraid of hard work. Hard work is a PART of the process and journey.

JillAre you relentless in your pursuit of success in your life today?


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