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Vince Lombardi

On What It Takes To Be A Success

The three minute inspirational movie below shares Vince Lombardi’s keys to success with vintage photos, Lombardi quotes, and audio segments from Lombardi giving his famous speech “What It Takes To Be Number One.”

I received this email today from Simple Truths (yes, I am an affiliate in case you are wondering) reminding me regarding the opening of the NFL season and in the email was this clip.  I thought: “Sure, I’ll take a look at that.”  Which I did, of course, and decided to share it here as well.

The clip contains quite an array of short quotes covering such subjects as the following.

• Wisdom
• Truth
• Excellence
• Results
• Passion
• Habit
• Mental Toughness
• Discipline

You know of my love for quotes! And, whether or not you will agree with every aspect of every quote, there’s enough packed within the video to definitely start one thinking.

For instance, we could ask ourselves…

• “What would we say, or write, about the topics in that bulleted list above?”
• “How would we tie those ideas into our personal lives or business efforts?”
• “How might we prioritize the list?”
• “If we had to make a top ten value list to live by, how many of those would be on the list?”

Of course, in thinking about the power of one person’s influence, I couldn’t resist trying to put something in print, and here it is:

Here Ya Go… Enjoy The Clip!

And Your Impressions Were?

Assuming that you took a time out for the purpose of catching Lombardi’s thoughts, what positive thoughts do you have?

• For instance, in your thoughts about success, what would you add to the list?
• Would you combine any of the thoughts.
• And what about your journal?  Would anything rise to surface long enough to be placed in your journal?

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Lee is a writer, Online Marketer and Life Coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. Love self growth and personal development?  See his Inspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketershere http://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

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Success 102

The Negative Power Of Self-Affirmation

Returning from a recreational outing, business event, church gathering or even a volunteer effort to accomplish some common good, the person beside you says…

“That ______. Good night, he (or she) has got to be on of the most self-centered, arrogant persons I’ve ever met. Yeah, he has done a lot but he also has a long way to go in his life. I wouldn’t want to be like him: ever.”

Consider the brief quote below to be one of the many, many “versions” of business or personal success out there in the information world:

But one version definitely worth thinking about in terms of our personal growth and development.

Here ya go:

Success 102

Success Is…

Being self-centered enough

to “make it happen”

and wise enough to avoid

being overcome with myself

in the process!

Being “properly proud” in my estimation is not only appropriate, but needed. We need to affirm and utilize our strengths for the purpose of making the impact in the world we desire and contributing to the same world in which we live.

However…

Self destructive pride can be a “killer” — and not in the good way. In my personal opinion it can…

• Destroy relationships.
• Create unhealthy environments for people to work in.
• Represent a non-healthy view of one’s self if not based on a measure of truth. In other words, it can carry with it a measure of self-deception.
• Etc.

And you be the “etc.” above by completing your own mental list of the negative results of pride unchecked and/or pride undeserved demonstrated in the lives of individuals.

The point: it can be harmful and we simply need to avoid the negative consequences of indulging in the wrong type of pride.

And On The More Positive Side…

Someone would be hard pressed by the reading of my posts to come to any false conclusions regarding our need to affirm ourselves or others. In fact, I would refer you to these two posts as an example of how I feel:

• Taking Control Of Our Minds (click here).
• The Power Of Affirmation In Business And Life (click here)

With those positive thoughts in the background, you could ask:

• Should you happen to be facing any level of discouragement, do you need to take note of the small victories in your life at this time?  Maybe record them in your journal, post several of them around for you to see during the day, or simply see them as something to be grateful for?
• If I were to ask you, what small steps to success in your business or life journey have you taken that could be of a benefit for others to know, could you list them?  Should you list them?
• What small “victory step” could you begin tomorrow?  Maybe begin the first post in a blog with a goal attached to it: like making one post a day for the next month?  Or, making it “an encouragement day” for someone by encouraging them in one small, yet meaningful, manner?  Or a “learn something new in only five or ten minutes” time tomorrow that could help?
• Is there one small step you have not taken that you know you need to take at this time and you have not done so?
  

Time To Visit Your Heart

You might expect that as a life coach with a pastoral training background,  I might deliver your way inquiries such as these about now:

• In reviewing what we have talked about, do you hear your heart ’saying’ anything to at this time concerning what we have interacted about?
• Thinking about what we have reviewed, would you say that you are giving yourself enough credit at this stage in our life relative to your small successes, or is there some other obstacle (small or large) hindering your success right now that should be considered?
• Since you are a parent, let me ask you: are you celebrating in the small successes in the lives of your children — no matter what their age may be?
• Okay, I know you see the importance of small success steps and liked what you read, so what step would you be willing to design and take by this time next week?

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Staying On The Grateful Side Of Life

Deciding to take advantage of the weather and the convenience of my laptop computer, I ventured out to the deck in the back of our home, opened up the file for this year’s journal, and proceeded to copy and past this phrase into its proper place:

My gratefulness journal for today…

Several moments later my entry looked similar to this one:

My gratefulness journal for today…

• So grateful for Sherry… same “song,” millionth verse, lol!
• I think I will say “the deck” again.  I decided to come out and record a few things because I understand in an hour or two thunderstorms may come our way.
• Music.
• Very grateful for Coaching Cognition.
• The Lord.  So “simple,” but where on earth would I be without Him?

Enriched Because Of A Small, “Make It Happen” Choice

Several months earlier I made the choice to create the phrase “My gratefulness journal for today” with a goal of completing a personal gratefulness exercise at least once a week.

I am happy for my choice. Actually, I would use the term enriched.  Enriched because of…

• The simplicity involved in making it happen.
• The rewards of doing so.

On The Value Of Being Grateful

Not long ago I not only prayed this prayer but wrote it down for others to see:

Father, may my eyes see

what my heart should in gratefulness feel this day.

PrayingSimple by © Lee Wise

I share this with you here not because I expect you to approach gratefulness from a faith based perspective, but to state how I personally feel about our need to cultivate gratefulness in our lives.

Gratefulness, in my mind, touches so many aspects of who we are and who we choose to become.

For instance, I did a search for some of my own thoughts on the subject and below may be found only several of the ideas I created in recent days:

• Wisdom – embedding images of beauty in the mind by constantly revisiting them with a joyful and grateful heart. © Lee Wise
• As encouragement inspires hope so gratefulness cultivates the expressive heart of an encourager. © Lee Wise
• In gratefulness I see better and in seeing better I acquire more for which I am grateful. © Lee Wise

Note that my thoughts about encouragement, wisdom and perspective found their way into what I might call my own sphere of “gratefulness thinking.”

Yes, And Your Point Is…?

My point…

Our decisions to cultivate and promote the gratefulness habit in ourselves and in the lives of other people are decisions that count for something good in a world where not all is good all of the time.

• Our “gratefulness habit decisions” count for us,
• And they count for those we influence.

Okay, Lee.  How Would You Define “The Gratefulness Habit”?

Let’s try looking at the practice of being grateful as something like this:

The Gratefulness Habit

The decisions I make to see all the good I can,

As consistently as I possibly can,

For the internal health of myself

And those within my circle of influence.

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What It Does

In my opinion, the ongoing development of the gratefulness habit can:

• Help us bring things into perspective.
• Help us … or “force” us… to stop and look at things in a positive light.
• Slow us down and cause us to push our internal pause button and to do so for a good reason.
• Prompt us to look outside of ourselves instead of only at ourselves.
• Lead us to others for the purpose of helping or thanking them in some way.

Questions For Influence.  Questions For Life.

• Should your child (older or younger) want to know how you personally stay on the gratefulness side of life, how would you answer them?
• On the way to an internet marketing conference a friend of yours — one of the speakers — calls and says: “Say, I need someone to fill in a ‘bullet point’ ten minutes time frame on a topic to help everyone: at topic like gratefulness for instance.  I know it’s short notice, but can you step in and fill in the gap for me?”  Assuming you answer in the affirmative, what would you say?
• While interacting with your personal coach about a seeming gap between your goals and your reality, she states: “Now tell me, what positive points are you seeing in your life right now.”  How would you respond?
• What part does gratefulness play in your life, business, or in your mental or physical health?  Assuming you could record a great variety of ways — and assuming the question began your thinking — does anyone come to mind you should share any of your responses with?
• Do the important people in your life — those for whom you would say you are extremely grateful — would you also say they most assuredly would know of your feelings?

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© Lee Wise All rights reserved. You may freely distribute this inspirational note. The copyright and this resource box must be included.

Lee is a writer, online marketer and coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. See hisInspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketers here http://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

Interested in exploring the possibility of working with Lee as a coach? Go here to check out his FREE 15 minute session and learn more.  http://leewise.marketingmerge.com/coaching

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• Enjoy brief, positive and helpful tips?
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“Be A Champion Quitter”

It’s Time To Quit!

Many times it is time to quit and it is a good thing to do.

It is always a good time to quit …

• Making excuses for wrong behavior.
• Avoiding responsibilities I should assume.
• Letting bitterness control my life.
• Being rotten to those who genuinely care.
• Repeating self-destructive habit patterns.
• Etc.

We all face times when being a quitter is the most caring or sensible choice we can, and should, make.

Champions are people who quit at the right time and for the right reasons.

If it is not your “time,” maybe someone you know has been a “champion quitter.”

Why not take a moment and tell that person you noticed and are proud of him or her?

And, if you are a recent “champion quitter,” stand up and take a bow — and a great big “Congrats!” from Lee

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Lee is a writer, online marketer and coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. See his Inspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketers here http://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

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Three Life Affirming, Life Directing Questions

Common Components Of A Quality Life

It seems to me that a quality life is one that is driven by three components:

I must also discover and decide what is most valuable.  That’s based on truth of course.

And finally I must  love what is true and valuable.  That is, I commit myself in a whole-hearted fashion to the pursuit of that which is based on truth and which I value most in life.

How many hurt feelings and fights could be avoided if the truth was out in the open from the beginning.

I heard a story in church a number of years ago which illustrates this need.

It was said that a mom was correcting her child.  She had said, “I want you to know that if you come home early from school today again for getting in trouble you are  really going to get it.”

The child did return early and was disciplined immediately.  Following whatever form of discipline or correction had taken place, the question came:  ”So, what did you do this time? “

Then through tears the answer was given: “Nothing, mom. School was dismissed early.”

A sad story, but one that illustrates our need to understand the facts for the purpose of discerning what may or may not be true in a given situation.

What Is Most Important?

When I’m considering changing jobs, giving direction to my child, making serious health-related decisions, or any number of other “high level important stuff,” it is always helpful to know:

A real-life example?

Sure.  When my wife’s mom was dying of cancer she made a simple decision to  do as much as she could  to help her. She knew and accepted the truth: mom was dying.  In a matter of time the relationship here on earth would not continue.

She kept close contact with her (even from a distance), and at the right time went to spend time “just to help and do what I can.”

My wife understood the truth and she made a series of decisions based on her love for mom.  She factored in what was most valuable to her at that phase of her life…

And she acted.

Which leads us to the next point…

What Is My Level Of Commitment?

Once the facts are realized and accepted, and  the degree of importance is acknowledged, a good question to ask is…

What will I commit myself to do at this time in view of what I know to be true and valuable in this situation?

In other words, based on my assessment of the situation, what am I willing to do now?

Generally speaking, the higher my “value level” the greater my commitment will be.

Typically, the “I’ll do whatever it takes” decision is based on what I feel I can do and what I desire to take place with all my heart.

Continuing To Ask…

• Could you use one or more of the three simple, but not simplistic, questions to assist you in any way at in your business?  What about at home?
• How might you define what is valuable?  Have you listed your top values and decided to live by those?  Or, if this is a very easy question for you, could you assist others in helping them to identify their most cherished values?

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© Lee Wise All rights reserved. You may freely distribute this inspirational note. The copyright and this resource box must be included.

Lee is a writer an online marketer and coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. See his Inspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketers here http://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

Interesed in exploring the possibility of working with Lee as a coach? Go here to check out his FREE 15 minute session and learn more. http://marketingmerge.com/coaching

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And just supposing that your current situation finds you squarely on “the business side of life,” these questions may help in your personal development in that area.  Remember, this site is all about harnassing the power of purpose and self-development for attraction marketing excellence!

• When speaking with someone about your particular opportunity, how might you use one of these questions?
• As you plan, refine and think about developing your unique brand — or teach others to do so — how might these questions help?
• And what about designing your own marketing funnel?  Could these types of question help in any way as you plan ahead, thinking about your marketing strategy, etc?

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On Being Insanely Productive

And Smiling While You Do

Good Thoughts From Mary Jaksh

Sitting here on the back porch at home, I just completed a very enjoyable guest post entitled “How to be Insanely Productive and Still Keep Smiling” by Mary Jaksch of Goodlife ZEN.  The post is from Zenhabits.net.

Several thoughts she shared caused me to pause, but when I ran across this one I paused and reflected just a bit more:

“When our energy is aligned, we are in a state of flow.”

This was under the heading of her first of the five points which simply read: Make Peace Within.

And I internalized: ”Yes. Makes sense.”

• Inner peace.
• Inner alignment.
• Inner energy.

A super trio to shoot for!

That Leads Me To Several Simple Questions…

How’s the inner peace, alignment and energy factor in your personal or professional life today?

And how would you relate your answer to the entire concept of productivity in your world?

There’s More!

The five points named in the article are these:

1. Make peace within.
2. Go to your edge. Regularly.
3. Take action.
4. Do what  you love.
5. Love what you do.

My suggestion would be to travel over and read the remainder of the article.  And there you will find brief action “Tips” under each of the five points. I can’t imagine your not appreciating the brevity and practicality of the post!

In The Meantime…

• Consider sharing below how “making peace within” positively effects your life or business.
• Do you know of anyone that could be helped by this one point or the entire post?
• If you had to list your brief set of “steps to inner peace,” what might you name?

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© You may freely distribute this inspirational note. Please include this resource box. I do thank  you!

Lee is a writer an online marketer and coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. See his Inspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketers herehttp://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

Interested in exploring the possibility of working with Lee as a coach? Go here to check out his FREE 15 minute session and learn more. http://marketingmerge.com/coaching

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Several “brain food” questions for those on the business side of life:

• Involved in network marketing in way?  Does anyone on your team sending lack of inner peace within signals that you may be able to help?
• If you would term yourself an attraction marketer, how has “the inner rest factor” helped your business efforts?  Or, how should it?  Does your answer provide any insights as to how you could help others relate, give value or share valuable content?
• And just in case you are on the blogging for prospects side of the fence, would this be a topic of interest for you to research and post about?

May these brief words of mine prove to be a blessing for you and those you love in one way or another.

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Adding Your Singular Touch Of Influence

To The World Around You

A “Small Town” Visit

Beaufort, North Carolina is small waterfront town.  Many might term it “charming.”  Personally, I prefer the term “nice.”

Nice as in a relaxing, slow down and enjoy the moments of life manner.

Rich in both history and the natural beauty of a seaside atmosphere, it qualifies as one of our favorite places to visit when possible.

Nice like savoring the flavor of a fresh, delicious tuna sandwich with your special someone while allowing the calming presence of a beachfront view remind you one more time of what it means to “take time to live.”

“Personally Yours By The Sea”

You could pass it by and not see it.

The sign is not huge by any standard. A few words painted on a wooden marker: “Personally Yours By The Sea.”

The size of the sign could easily be an indicator of the size of the gift shop it is advertising.  In a word: small.

An area less than the measurements of an average living room houses the contents of “Personally Yours By The Sea, Ltd.”

Should you discover this somewhat hidden treasure, upon entry you would no doubt receive a warm Southern greeting from Laura Lee.

Personally Yours By The Sea is a place of transformation.

You give Laura Lee a blank picture frame, for instance, and she will transform the frame into a personalized gift. She will convert the once ordinary, run-of-the-mill frame into your own “signature of joy.”

By combining a thought or two of your own with Laura Lee’s handiwork, the frame becomes a uniquely designed souvenir or present created for the sole purpose of causing someone to experience a moment of joy each time it is viewed.

Moving Forward With The Imagery…

What was a blank picture frame becomes a *personal expression* of beauty for you or someone special to you.

Quite obviously, this procedure takes…

• Some time.
• A bit of reflection.
• And a dash of creativity.

We Own Our “Personally Yours” Stores

You might say that we each own a store — not too unlike the one in Beaufort.  We are the sole proprietors of our own “Personally Yours” establishments.

As the owners of our unique establishments — our “stores,” — we have the power to use our resources in whatever ways we choose.

We, like Laura Lee, may add our unique signatures to the lives of people we influence.

By choosing to do so we can create and distribute personalized moments of pleasure, encouragement and hope to others.

It All Adds Up!

Laura Lee has been personalizing her gifts for a number of years now.  My guess is around twenty years (or maybe more!)  Let’s say twenty.

Twenty years.

Pause and reflect for a few moments: at least long enough to reflect on my question:

I wonder how many individualized moments of hand crafted happiness Laura Lee has passed on to others over those twenty or more years from a tiny gift shop located in a small waterfront town that goes by the name of Beaufort?

And…

Where do you think these expressions may be found now?  I can name at least two states where two personalized gifts are located: and I am just one person. One out of how many?

My point: over time it all adds up.

Think Of It As Compound Influence

We know the value of compound interest.  Consistent investments — even of relatively small amounts of money — made over a long period of time can “add up.”

But wait!

Think about the “compound influence” we have in the lives of people.

Influence travels over time similar to the way in which those personalized mementos purchased from a small waterfront town in North Carolina have “traveled” to who knows how many homes in any number of places around the world

If There Is A “Secret,” What Might That Be?

Answer: consistency.  That’s the secret of compound influence.

• Some time.
• A bit of reflection.
• And a dash of creativity…

Repeated consistently throughout our lives.  Small, caring expressions of joy repeated again and again over time.

Not a new concept.

And certainly nothing brilliant.

But valuable and needed in world where truth, beauty and goodness are being attacked with a regularity we would rather not have to deal with.

Holding the thought of “compound influence” in mind, let me ask:

“How’s The Store?”

Do you have too much inventory?

Stated in a more traditional fashion: are you allowing your gifts, talents and abilities to lie somewhat dormant in the back room of your heart?

Or…

Is your inventory being consistently used to brighten the lives of people that come to mind for some reason or another?

Two Last Thoughts

For the shear sake of repetition…

How’s the store?

And…

Are you utilizing your tremendous value of compound influence?

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© Lee Wise All rights reserved. You may freely distribute this inspirational note. The copyright and this resource box must be included.

Lee is a writer an online marketer and coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. See his Inspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketers here http://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

Interesting in exploring the possibility of working with Lee as a coach?  Go here to check out his FREE 15 minute session and learn more. http://marketingmerge.com/coaching

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Several “brain food” questions for those on the business side of life:

• Involved in network marketing in way?  Question, are you simply sending out emails without a distinctly touch of you in the process?
• Or, reversed:  If you are sending out “distinctively you messages,” are you assisting anyone else in your team to do the same?
• Same question for your blogging efforts: personalized, straight from the shelf, or somewhere in between?

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What You See Is What You Will Give

Yes, I said, “give.”

• If you see beauty, you give beauty to others.  If flows from within you to other people.
• If you see potential, you will tend to give the gift of potential to people — including yourself.
• If you see personal worth in people, you will release from within the inner sense of being worthy to others.

Developing the art of seeing good things will enable you to be one who constantly gives good things to others.

Then at least in your little corner of the world you will have created pockets of better “space.”  Spaces of…

• Joy.
• Beauty.
• Caring.
• Sensitivity.

What you see is what you will give.

The question is, “What do you see?”

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© Lee Wise All rights reserved. You may freely distribute this inspirational note. The copyright and this resource box must be included.

Lee is a writer, online marketer and coach. With a passion for on purpose living and making a positive impact in the world, he seeks to encourage people in their personal and professional lives. See his Inspirational Handbook for Attraction Marketers here http://attractionmarketinghandbook.com

Interesting in exploring the possibility of working with Lee as a coach? Go here to check out his FREE 15 minute session and learn more.  http://marketingmerge.com/coaching

Digging Deeper

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