Be Gentle Today!

The final quote on friendship for the week is also good advise – it was coined by Henry Ward Beecher who said, “Every man should have a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.”

I would say that we can double the cemetery and also bury the faults of our families as well. – Looking on the positive side – that’s the way to live!

Friday story
George Washington and General Lafayette were walking together one morning when they were greeted on their path by a slave. The old man paused, tipped his hat and said, “Good mo’nin’, Gen’l Washin’ton.”

Immediately, George Washington removed his hat, bowed, and answered, “Good morning to you, and I hope you have a pleasant day.”

General Lafayette was shocked, but when he recovered his composure, he exclaimed,  “Why did you bow to a slave?”

Washington Smiled and replied, “I would not allow him to be a better gentleman than I.”

Gentleness is a character trait that results from the indwelling Spirit of God in our lives. Consider this approach in evaluating yourself as a gentleperson:

G – Gracious and good
E – Engaging, willing to listen
N – Nice to others, regardless of who they are
T – Taking the time to move at another’s pace
L – Loving
E – Endearing by acts of kindness and goodwill

Be gentle with people today – you can!

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Go make it a Magnificent Day!

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Your Friends are a Mirror

The quote today you may have heard, Dale Carnegie said it and it’s been repeated many times and it’s so true – “You can make more friends in two months by becoming really interested in other people, than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”

So our challenge each day is – are we interested in others?
Once I heard someone say – I don’t need anymore friends, I’ve got plenty of those – and I felt odd. Can you ever have enough friends? Of course, there is only so much life to share with intimate friends – however all people can be your friend if you show interest in them – and this person obviously was not focused out – a good lesson.

Ken Keyes ends us today: “A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is your mirror.” This is wonderful – your friends are also a mirror – do you enjoy and appreciate how special your friends are? Is there a friend or someone who can help you to see yourself better today?

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People Skills: The Etiquette of Multitasking

Multitasking: It may make you stupid and it can make you rude.

Scenario:
A warm and wonderful friend called me. She was in her car traveling to a client and she had a question to ask. She began the conversation in an up and happy way and we were discussing an exciting new project when her tone altered, she quit making sense and I heard a muffled voice in the background. I stopped speaking and waited, after a short silence she said, “What? Oh, sorry I’m at a drive thru” and then she engaged in a short exchange with someone at a window.

Is this rude? What do you think?

This happens all the time with cell phones in automobiles. It’s rude to have two conversations at once.

Don’t go into a drive through when you are on the phone.

We got back on track and continued the conversation and she was just getting to the point of her call to me when there was another silence, another muffled voice in the background. It seems my friend was in yet another drive thru line – at a financial institution.

When she finally finished I asked “What are you doing?” in what I hoped was a light tone. “I needed to get these errands done before a client.” She explained. So I guess she decided to drag me along with her on the phone whether I wanted to go or not.

Before we hung up we reiterated how much we love each other, that we miss each other and promised to get together. But now after we have hung up I’m left feeling like my friend puts her errands ahead of a conversation with me since that’s exactly what she did. I don’t feel so great about the conversation nor the waste of my time. Bottom line: I don’t feel so good about this friend or our relationship.

I heard on the news last week that researchers are determining that multitasking is hurting our memories and making us stupid. Multitasking is also hurting relationships and making the person doing the multitasking rude.

Did my friend intend to insult me? I know she didn’t because she is a warm and wonderful person who really called to connect. We’ll move on with our relationship because that’s what friends do – however these minor infractions do add up. They do weaken connections, they do hurt feelings.

The lack of attention to a conversation, the waste of someone’s time, the feeling of unimportance the other person feels – all contribute to poor people skills which produce poor relationships.

What happens now? I move on, and use this exchange to learn never to do this to others. I also share it with you so that you don’t make this silly error with anyone. I also share to remind us both that the greatest gift we can give someone is our attention.

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A Pat on the Back

This short quote today is one of my favorites and it was said by someone named Anonymous – “The best way to knock the chip off someone’s shoulder is to pat him on the back.”

I absolutely love this idea! We don’t need to take offense to anyone – just keep patting people on the back – for any good thing done or said and you will affect the world in a very positive way.

Helen Keller said this, “All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” All that we love – our friends, animals, the sky and wind – all that we love deeply – that is the operative word today – deeply.  Are you loving deeply enough? Think about that and as you go about your day today – go deep in your heart – give all that you have so that your life and the lives of others are even better.

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Tuesday Sales Tip

I love this quote on talent by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Talent for talent’s sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.” Using your talent with joy pleases me – and makes me feel happy that when dancers, singers, artists and someone helping me learn something do their jobs with joy I am moved – and benefited.

Zig Ziglar shares this which is a good reminder: “Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.”  Do you talk up your talents? Maybe today you need to give yourself a good “talking to!” about how talented you really are!

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Be Kind Today

I’m so happy to be sharing thoughts on friendship this week – my friends have given my life more joy than I can describe – and I know I have friends here with me on this blog – because we are growing and sharing and experiencing and helping each other every day

Today’s quote is from George Eliot who said, “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?”

Why indeed? – When we hold ourselves accountable to each other and help each other over the get up early humps and bumps we enrich the world – each one of us at a time.

Also Anita Roddick said, “The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.” It also feels good and what kind of a friend are we if not a kind friend? What kind of person are you if not a kind person? The other day a friend of mine came over and we were talking about life and goals and she mentioned several times that it was in being kind that she attained peace and that if we all were more kind we could improve the world – I agree. Think about being ever more kind today as you go through life.

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Cultivate Your Talents, Always Have the Advantage

Samuel Johnson gives us the last quote this week on talent, he said, “There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.” We can cultivate our talents and then we always have the advantage – it’s my challenge to myself and all of us today.

Today’s story is about someone who used her talent – then it shifted – and she went with the flow…

At age fourteen, Andrea Jaeger won her first professional tennis tournament. At eighteen, she reached the finals at Wimbledon. Then at nineteen, a bad shoulder problem all but ended her career. Many a world-class athlete may have become bitter or discontented with life at that point. Jaeger, however, turned her competitive spirit to a new endeavor – a nonprofit organization called Kids’ Stuff Foundation that attempts to bring joy to children suffering from cancer and other life-threatening illnesses. Her work there also has inspired her to take correspondence courses in nursing and child psychology.

Jaeger not only created the program, but runs it full-time, year-round, unpaid. “I’m inspired by these brave kids, and humbled,” she has said. “They lose their health, their friends, and sometimes their lives. And yet their spirit never wavers. They look at life as a gift. The rest of us sometimes look at ourselves as a gift to life.”

“You get very spoiled on the tour,” she adds with a twinkle in her eye. “The courtesy cars, the five-star hotels, the thousands of people clapping for you when you hit a good shot. It’s easy to forget what’s important in life… I forget it a lot less lately.”

Today, remember that your life is a gift. Your children are a gift. Your spouse is a gift. Your extended family and friends are a gift. And don’t miss the other gifts (and talents) God sends your way – especially those in need. The opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life is truly a gift from God.

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Encourage Talent Daily

I love this quote by Frank Tyger “One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.” This we can do – look for the good and talent in everyone and encourage it today!

A second quote comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson who said something profound, “Skill to do comes of doing.” Use what you have been given and it you will grow your talent, skill, power. – wow!

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Are You Using Your Talents?

A warning quote on talent for this hump day by Ethel R. Page, “As tools become rusty, so does the mind; a garden uncared for soon becomes smothered in weeds; a talent neglected withers and dies.”

This is a good call to us all – are we using our talents? How can we use them more?

You create your day by the way you think
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Tuesday Sales Tip

I love this quote on talent by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Talent for talent’s sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.” Using your talent with joy pleases me – and makes me feel happy that when dancers, singers, artists and someone helping me learn something do their jobs with joy I am moved – and benefited.

Zig Ziglar shares this which is a good reminder: “Evidence is conclusive that your self-talk has a direct bearing on your performance.” Do you talk up your talents? Maybe today you need to give yourself a good “talking to!” about how talented you really are!

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