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Today's quote was submitted by Alex

Simon Sinek said “Pure pragmatism can’t imagine a bold future. Pure idealism can’t get anything done. It’s when the two cooperate that magic happens.” I love this. I know people who are dreamers and they see everything in their “perfect world” mind, but I also know some glass half empty people who always think things will go wrong. I think I'm somewhere in the middle. I hope for the best while I plan for the worst. I'm working on an event that was rained out last year. Guess what question I get with every single call about this event. My answer is the same each time. We will plan to do the event as long as we can safely do the event. I can not change the weather, and this event can not be done indoors, so this will be a thing where we do it as long as we can do it. It usually happens, but we'll miss it every once in a while, but not always!

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Today's quote was submitted by Cory

Harvey Mackay said Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can’t, give yourself reasons why you can!” I know this sounds way too simple to ever work, but trust me, it works! This quote reminds me of the Henry Ford quote I have on the wall of my office. “Whether you think you can, or whether you think you can't, you're right either way.” So many times it is literally just a mindset change. If you walk into a project thinking it will be hard to do and will take a long time... expect it to be hard and expect it to take a long time. Instead, just convince yourself that it will be easy and will be done quickly. Even if it only makes a little difference, why not try it to see!? I recently had to file some paperwork for the IRS. I put it off as long as I could. I dreaded the thought, but I decided to say “this is gonna be easy” and it actually was!

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Today's quote was submitted by Kim

Douglas Adams said "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." What a cool quote. If you asked me where I intended to go and where I ended up, these are miles apart. I may have mentioned this before, but as a kid, I used to watch Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. I was 100% certain that I wanted to do THAT! I wanted to be on Saturday Night Live, then host the Tonight Show, so officially, Jimmy Fallon is living the dream of an 8 year old John Small. Now that I'm fifty, you could not pay me enough to do either of those jobs! I do not want to live in New York City or Los Angeles. I think I found the perfect compromise though. I get my radio show as an outlet to do interviews with interesting people, and I'm a stand up comic, so that's like doing the monologue, and I can do it all from right here!

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Today's quote was submitted by Heidi

Benjamin Franklin said: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." That quote often comes up in the context of new technology and concerns about government surveillance, but many experts agree that it wasn't originally meant to mean that. Benjamin Franklin was a very smart man, he gave us inventions that changed the world at the time, but even he could not have imagined the world we live in today, with computers and phones and social media and AI! I believe he would be even more worried about those things, but that's just a guess. I actually read his autobiography many years ago. It was amazing to see inside the mind of a man like Benjamin Franklin. He was a great writer and probably a genius, but there were a few crazy chapters too!

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Today's quote was submitted by Alex

Simon Sinek said “Communication is not about saying what we think. Communication is about ensuring others hear what we mean.” This is a great point. Have you ever listened to someone give a speech and then wondered, what the heck were they trying to say?! I've been there. I was able to help someone prepare for a speech about a year ago. She gave the copy to me ahead of time. I read it and asked some questions. There were several things that were implied, but I didn't know if that was what she meant. She said “I think most people would know” so I said, then just come out an say what you mean, then everyone will know. She kind of chuckled, then said “this is why I asked for your help!” It's never a bad idea to have a second set of eyes look something over. I've been that person many times, and I've asked other to do that for me!