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It's not just what we do...

"It is not only what we do, but what we do not do, for which we are accountable."

--Moliere

What haven't you done lately?

Happiness comes... and goes

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."

-- Oscar Wilde

Just a little something to keep in mind... do you know what type of person you are?

A man's accomplishments...

"A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail."

--John Foster Dulles

Confusing Defeat

"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." 

-- F. Scott Fitzgerald 

Ya gotta love livin'...

From the May 9, 2008 edition of THE WEEK magazine...

Roger Moore (yes, James Bond), reminiscing about Frank Sinatra:

"Frank said, 'You gotta love livin', Kid, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass'..."

Do it his way or do it your way -- either way: LIVE BIG!

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Indiana Jones & The $20 Million Paycheck

From the May 2008 MAXIM magazine...

Harrison Ford (aka Han Solo aka Indiana Jones), answering the question "You make about $20 million per movie, are you ever astonished at your paycheck?" replied:

"I was at first, but then I got over that."

I love that!

If you're good at what you do, and you can make good money doing it... then do it.

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The test of your mission...

"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't."

          --Richard Bach, author of Jonathon Livingston Seagull, One, Out of My Mind, and many other inspirational best-sellers well worth reading.

One damn thing after another?

"It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over." 

--Edna St. Vincent Millay (quoted in the Toronto Star... but I found it in The Week magazine).

What is impossible, really?

"Impossible" is really "I'm possible" misspelled. --Robyn Spitzman

Quoted by Cynthia Good, founding editor of PINK magazine (a fantastic new business magazine for women -- but  I like it, too) in the editor's column of the May/June 08 issue.

Are you stuck on being right?

Dr. Joe Rubino & Dr. Tom Ventullo had a delightfully simple, brilliant thing to say today in their Power to Succeed newsletter....

"We will sacrifice our health, relationships, love, peace, possibilities and happiness just to be right. Give up your right to be right and your self-esteem will flourish. What are you stuck on being right about? With whom are you in a power battle, unwilling to let go of your need to control the situation? What is it costing you just to be right?"

You can subscribe to their newsletter by visiting CPRSuccess.com or visiting their main site at CenterforPersonalReinvention.com.

(I also highly recommend their Self-Esteem System, a powerful ebook & audio set for those interested in radically transforming their lives.)