A.E. N. Gray said, “There are two ways to interest a man or arouse his curiosity. One is to tell him something that he didn’t know. The other is to remind him of something he has forgotten.”
This is dear to my heart because in my presenting I aim to do both of those things – [...]
An Open Mind
Curiosity is Free-wheeling Intelligence
Alistair Cooke said, “Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence. It endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and serenity in their own mode of life which spring from the cheerful willingness to let life take the forms it will.”
In the first film of the Harry Potter series – when Harry is getting his [...]
Tuesday Sales Tips
Samuel Johnson said something wonderful about curiosity – “Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.”
Wow – so if we are curious – and I know we are – we have a vigorous intellect – don’t you feel great about that?
Here is your Tuesday Sales Tip, Enjoy!
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Sometimes, Questions Are More Important Than Answers
This weeks theme is curiosity – and it’s a fab theme – those that seek the new, the different, the better, those that ask, “How can we do this in a new way?” are those people who create amazing lives!
May you ask new questions today because you are curious and can!
You Create Your Day [...]
Your Inner Light
Today’s quote is a bit longer however it’s got wisdom in it and it’s from Horace Walpole – all the old names where heavy weren’t they?
Here’s what Horace said, “To act with common sense, according to the moment, is the best wisdom; and the best philosophy is to do one’s duties, to take the [...]
You Can Choose
A writer gives us today’s quote and a good writer Harriet Beecher Stowe was and a good quote she has given us – “Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.”
Wow – how many of us can relate to that in today’s [...]
Grow to Benefit Others
Robert G. Ingersoll once said, “It is a thousand times better to have commonsense without education than to have education without common sense.”
So this makes me think – use what you learn Shawna – to make study effective – to grow in ways that will benefit others – that’s why I like and use quotes [...]
Tuesday Sales Tip
I love today’s quote and it struck true for how I feel I am living so here it is by Marquis De Lafayette, “I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I reflect and out of all this I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I [...]
Common Sense, Not So Common?
The theme is common sense this week and I don’t know who said it but I heard once that common sense wasn’t so common any more – so I thought it would help us all.
It was Richard Aldington who said, “A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this [...]
You Serve a Magnificant Purpose
Ending the week with this quote from Sir Walter Scott pleases me because it makes me think of all those who have helped me. Here it is: “The races of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. From the time that the mother binds the child’s head till the moment that some [...]
