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Today's quote was submitted by Phillip

John D. Rockefeller said "Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." This is a great quote and it reminds me of a book that I read about twenty years ago. The book is called “Good To Great” by Jim Collins. He originally did a different book called “Built To Last” about giant companies like IBM, but people asked, what about us! We were not built like that. Can you give us tips on how to take what we have been doing and adjust some things to make our company better!? He accepted the challenge and made an amazing book that guides you through the stories of companies that were doing OK, but then they made some changes to go from Good to GREAT! So many times we're afraid to let go of good, so we never quite make it to great! If you need a nudge to get there, I encourage you to read this book. I'll have a link to the book at MotivationMinute.org

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Today's quote was submitted by Don
Morgan Freeman said "Fatigue, discomfort, discouragement are merely symptoms of effort." I can feel this in my bones right now. As I write this, and record this. My body is aching. It's all a good thing. I've been so busy this summer with many wonderful things. My daughter's wedding, about a dozen community events. Some with several thousand people, and some with just a few dozen. Each event was something I looked forward to. I really do love to help with these things, but I'm not as young as I used to be. I'm fifty years old now. I've lost about forty pounds in the last year, but I'm still a bigger guy. That all makes a difference too. I had a guy tell me, you sure are active for a big guy. I laughed and said, yeah, until tomorrow! I often do pay the price the next day, but it's all well worth it if you ask me! I could sit home and watch TV, but I'd still be tired and accomplish nothing.

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Today's quote was submitted by Lora
Walt Whitman said "Happiness, not in another place but this place ... not for another hour, but this hour." Cool quote. I think! Pretty sure he means, don't wait to be happy. Choose to be happy here... now! I condone that too! I know people who think they need a promotion to be happy. Or they need to date a certain person to be happy. They need to drive a certain car to be happy. Live in a certain house to be happy. I'm happy now! I love my wife and I love our house, but we did the work to make the house our own. We also did the work to make out marriage our own. My car, it's nothing special, but it gets me where I need to go. I love my job, but if I woke up tomorrow and had to do something different, I'd find a way to love that too! Happiness is absolutely a mindset. Choose to be happy here. Choose to be happy now. If is something is stopping you from making that happen, change it!

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Today's quote was submitted by Jay

Voltaire said "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." I love this one. I try to ask good questions. When I do a radio interview, I find myself asking some of the same things, but I also wander into a weird place from time to time with questions that they were no expecting. Either way, if you ask good questions, even if they're the same or similar to everyone, you'll get better answers. Here's the most important part. LISTEN to the answer and use that to construct your next question. That's how a real conversation is designed to be. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the question we asked, that we forget to listen to the answer, then we ask a question they already answered. That is a pet peeve of mine! I've heard it done many times. They will tell you when it is and where it is, then the interviewer will say, so when is this? Even though you just told them when!

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Today's quote was submitted by Patrick

Miles Davis said "I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning ... Every day I find something creative to do with my life." I love that! I've always enjoyed using my creativity to do fun things. When I was a kid I would day dream and many times I'd get completely lost in my own mind, then I'd realize the teacher was talking to me and I was completely checked out. It was like a scene from a movie. At least it was a comedy movie and not a horror story! I probably would have learned much more if I paid more attention in class, but I used my mind for other things. It's been wonderful to be a creative person. I love art, I used to paint, it has been many years since I've done that. I also loved photography. I still get to use that skill, but now it's on my phone. That doesn't seem the same to me, but at least I get to use some creativity there!