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		<description><![CDATA[Communication   Why are we including communication in this blog? Because communication is the basis of everything we do in life. Research says that with any successful person their attitude and interpersonal skills make up 85% of their effectiveness and only 15% is attributed to their technical skills. So, when it comes to communications, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=41&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Communication</span></strong></div>
<p><strong><span style="font-family:Georgia;"> </p>
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<div><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Why are we including communication in this blog?</span></div>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia;">Because communication is the basis of everything we do in life.</p>
<p>Research says that with any successful person their attitude and interpersonal skills make up 85% of their effectiveness and only 15% is attributed to their technical skills. So, when it comes to communications, it is hardly ever how well we say things, but it is how well we are understood. Understanding is the key.</p>
<p>The first step in Understanding is having a Rapport with others. Another way to look at Rapport is “getting people to like you”. This becomes the first step to building relationships.</p>
<p>The understanding of others is so critical that the famous author and speaker Dale Carnegie once ask the question:</p>
<div><strong><em>“Why should people be interested in you unless you are first interested in them?”</em></strong></div>
<p><strong><em> </p>
<p></em></strong><em></em>The late, famous Viennese psychologist, once said:</p>
<p><em></em></p>
<div><strong><em>“It is the individual who is not interested in his fellow men who has the greatest difficulties in life and provides the greatest injury to others. It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.”</em></strong></div>
<p><strong><em></p>
<div><strong>Remember:</strong></div>
<p></em><strong>“People will forget what you said,</p>
<p>but they will NEVER forget how you made them feel!”</p>
<p> </p>
<p></strong></strong>Communication is nothing new. It has been around since the beginning of time.</p>
<p>As a matter of fact, Cicero, the famous Roman philosopher said in 44 BC;</p>
<div><strong><em>“Speak clearly, speak easily but not too much, especially when others want their turn. Do not interrupt, be courteous, deal seriously with serious matters and gracefully with lighter ones. Never criticize people behind their backs, stick to subjects of general interest, do not talk about yourself. And, above all, never lose your temper.”</em></strong></div>
<p><strong><em> </p>
<p></em></strong><em></em>And then, just a few years later, Plato said;</p>
<div><strong><em>“Remember people’s names, and be a good listener.”</em></strong></div>
<p><strong><em> </p>
<p></em></strong><em></em>So, how do we accomplish all of this with communication?</p>
<p>Probably the easiest way to explain is to review a book that was first written in 1936 by Dales Carnegie, “How To Win Friends and Influence People”.</p>
<p>Mr. Carnegie list six ways to make people like you:</p>
<div><strong><em>1. Become genuinely interested in other people.</em></strong></div>
<p><strong><em>2. Smile</p>
<p>3. Remember that a man’s name is, to him, the sweetest and most important sound in any language.</p>
<p>4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.</p>
<p>5. Talk in terms of the other man’s interest.</p>
<p>6. Make the other person feel important, and do it sincerely.</p>
<p>As you can see, good communication is not new. It is one thing we have begun to take for granted. In life, as well as in business, open communication is critical. In order to have open communication we must learn one thing…it is important for us to have understanding on both sides!</p>
<p></em></strong>Some people say;</p>
<div><strong>“I am who I am and it is your responsibility to understand me.”</strong></div>
<p><strong> </p>
<p></strong>This type of attitude hardly ever works.</p>
<p>Understanding is the key aspect in any communication. We must have a complete understanding of the other person and make sure we get the other person to understand us. However you accomplish this is entirely up to you. Some people say that it is the other person’s responsibility to understand us. If that is our attitude, not much will change. We must take the pro-active approach and be the one that wants to make our life better. We need to make sure we are totally understood before we try to understand the other person. When we take the lead, we make the progress, in life and in business. One of the best ways to understand the other person is to listen. Sometimes we think we understand the other person but we understood what we think we heard.</p>
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<p>Remember:</p>
<div><strong>Listening is more than just hearing what the other person said,</strong></div>
<p><strong>it is understanding what the other person meant.</p>
<p> </p>
<p></strong>When we talk about communicating we are talking about mutual understanding. Some people have gotten into the habit of “talking” and not listening.</p>
<div><strong>Remember:</strong></div>
<p><strong>“You never learn anything by talking.”</p>
<p> </p>
<p></strong>If we are truly interested in the other person, we will listen to understand.</p>
<p>A good way to “learn” about the other person is to ask some questions. Asking good questions definitely has an affect of the quality of our life. Asking the right question will always give us the right answer. If we do not ask questions we will not get any information, and, consequently, we will never have any understanding. For everything in this world that has ever been invented or created, someone had to ask the question;</p>
<p>“What if we could_______?”</p>
<p>There are two basic reasons to ask questions;</p>
<p>1. Ask questions that will help you understand the other person.</p>
<p>2.Ask questions that will help you learn.</p>
<p>The only way we can get better at asking the right question is practice.</p>
<p>If we “practice” asking the right questions it will lead to the “habit” of asking the right questions.</p>
<p>There are basically two types of questions, open ended and closed ended. Open ended questions are those that require the other person to “explain”, “describe”, “tell me about”, questions that require a full response. These questions require the other person to tell you their opinion.</p>
<p>The closed ended questions require a very short, specific response. Questions that can be answered with a yes or no, black or white, day or night. These questions require a decision.</p>
<p>These two questions can also be looked at like this:</p>
<p>1. The open ended questions get you the information the other person</p>
<p>wants to tell you</p>
<p>2. The closed ended questions get you the information you want.</p>
<p>Whenever a person is quiet and reserved, the easiest way to open them up is to begin asking them open ended questions. The more a person talks, especially about themselves, the more comfortable they become with you.</p>
<p>Once a person is comfortable with you, the more effective the communication can be for all concerned. The more comfortable a person becomes with you the more trust is built. The more trust is built, the better the attitudes are, the better actions will be taken, and the better relationships will be built.</p>
<p>All this begins with concern for the other person.</p>
<p>There are times when we have disagreements with others. One thing we all have a tendency to do is get “stuck” on our way of thinking. Would it help to see the other person’s point of view? That is called Perspective. Just because someone else sees things from a different perspective does not mean they are wrong. If we want to be able to make things work, it is our responsibility to try to see their perspective. It does not mean that we have to agree with the other person, just try to understand.</p>
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		<title>Expect More&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.Execute Better</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expect More ~ Execute Better.     &#8220;High Expectations are the key to everything.&#8221;                             Sam Walton, Founder, Wal-Mart   Real Power is within your grasp. Extend your reach. Have you ever wondered why some people achieve their dreams and goals, while others suffer the heartbreak of failed expectations? To summarize five years and $3 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=30&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:black;line-height:25.9pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:17.5pt;color:#ffffff;font-family:&quot;">Expect More ~ Execute Better.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">&#8220;High Expectations are the key to everything.&#8221;</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><br />
<span>                           </span><span> </span>Sam Walton, Founder, Wal-Mart </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Real Power is within your grasp. Extend your reach.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.4pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Have you ever wondered why some people achieve their dreams and goals, while others suffer the heartbreak of failed expectations? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.4pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">To summarize five years and $3 million worth of research: Successful people have the POWER to meet or exceed growing EXPECTATIONS. <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.4pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">It is no more complicated than this. Successful people know what they want—and have the power to get it. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.4pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Conversely, people ultimately FAIL for two basic reasons: Fuzzy Expectations&#8230; Poor Execution. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.4pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Specifically&#8230; </span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;">People fail to set clear expectations upon which they can take action. </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;">People fail because they lack the results-producing personal power to meet or exceed expectations. </span></li>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">They fail then, simply because their </span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in;line-height:14.4pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">EXPECTATIONS are greater than their power to EXECUTE.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:14.4pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">By learning how to set crystal clear EXPECTATIONS for what you want to see happen—and to consistently EXECUTE <em>beyond</em> Expectations. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:14.4pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                      </span></span><strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;">Expect More — Execute Better</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.&#8221;                                                                    Joe Batten Make Smarter Choices&#8230; Take Smarter Actions&#8230; and you will not only transform YOUR future, but transform the future of those around you. A Time To Dream&#8230;Leaders Empower The Dream!                 www.CommitmentToWealth.com Remember, you have the opportunity to make your dreams real&#8230; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=28&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                  </span><span> </span>Joe Batten </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Take Smarter Actions&#8230; </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">and you will not only transform YOUR future, but transform the future of those around you. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">A Time To Dream&#8230;Leaders Empower The Dream!</span></span></h2>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;">Remember, you have the opportunity to make your <a title="http://thinktq.com/myTQ/goals/tqs_dreams.cfm" href="http://thinktq.com/myTQ/goals/tqs_dreams.cfm"><span style="color:windowtext;">dreams</span></a> real&#8230; to actually LIVE the life you desire. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;">The key is to turn your dreams into <a title="http://thinktq.com/myTQ/goals/tqs_setting_goals.cfm" href="http://thinktq.com/myTQ/goals/tqs_setting_goals.cfm"><span style="color:windowtext;">GOALS</span></a>&#8230; your goals into <a title="http://thinktq.com/myTQ/goals/tqs_goals_plans.cfm" href="http://thinktq.com/myTQ/goals/tqs_goals_plans.cfm"><span style="color:windowtext;">PLANS</span></a>&#8230; and your PLANS into specific <a title="http://thinktq.com/mytq/commitment" href="http://thinktq.com/mytq/commitment"><span style="color:windowtext;">ACTIONS</span></a>. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;">Right now is the perfect time to <a title="http://www.thinktq.com/MyTQ/Goals" href="http://www.thinktq.com/MyTQ/Goals"><span style="color:windowtext;">reconnect and recommit</span></a> to your goals and plans. This may be the most important 5 minutes you will spend this week! </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><a title="http://thinktq.com/training/commentary/tqs_current_commentary.cfm?id=D769AF3FF0B130D0315A4C6EDBC87A09" href="http://thinktq.com/training/commentary/tqs_current_commentary.cfm?id=D769AF3FF0B130D0315A4C6EDBC87A09"></a><strong>Where Has the Magic Gone?</strong> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Are You Making Any Progress On Your Goals?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Ask, &#8220;What&#8217;s the most important thing I can do this week to advance my goals?&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">You&#8217;ve now identified this week&#8217;s A1 task. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Begin every week by identifying the most rewarding step you will complete toward the attainment of your long-range goals. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">What&#8217;s the most important step you can take this week towared your financial goal?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">&#8220;Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The two are inseparable. They go together.&#8221;</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><br />
<span>                                                                                </span><span> </span>Earl Nightingale </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Take this opportunity to be Wealthy!</span></span></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=26&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live &#8212; with your self-respect alive and growing.&#8221;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                              </span><span>                                                          </span>Maxwell Maltz</span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Study Today&#8217;s Quote carefully. It offers profound wisdom. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">You are the opportunity&#8230; </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">You must develop the strength of your personality&#8230; </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">You must build a self-image with which you can live&#8230; </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">You must keep your self-respect alive and growing. </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Think WIN WIN&#8230;</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">: </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">What&#8217;s Important Now?<br />
What&#8217;s Important Next?</span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Know what&#8217;s <a title="http://thinktq.com/mission" href="http://thinktq.com/mission"><span style="color:#000000;">most important</span></a> to you at every point in time, and you become RECEPTIVE to opportunity. <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Take <a title="http://thinktq.com/actnow" href="http://thinktq.com/actnow"><span style="color:#000000;">action</span></a> on whatever&#8217;s NEXT, and you will transform those opportunities into reality. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Look at your life as it is right now. What&#8217;s most important to you? How do you want to make your living? How do you want to be remembered? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">How will you make the difference you were put on Earth to realize?</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">What are you noticeably good at? </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">How can you best promote your unique talents into a powerful force for change? </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">What is your number one asset? How can you use it to further you quest for success? </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Inside each of these questions is the blossom of opportunity. Permit it to flower and you will change your life. You will become old and successful. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Allow the bloom to die on the stem, and you will be filled with the regrets of opportunity lost. You will become old and cynical.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Look around today. Take some time to put your life into slow-motion so you can actually see, hear, feel and touch the hands of destiny. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">It&#8217;s your life. Seize the day! </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Become the opportunity. </span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:22.5pt;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Think about all the OPPORTUNITIES that have come and gone in your life. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:15pt;color:#006400;font-family:&quot;">Are you READY for the <em>next</em> one?</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">How Can You Get To The Heart Of The Matter?</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">To discover what&#8217;s most important to you, quiet the incessant chatter inside your head and listen closely to what your heart has to say. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;">Take a moment today to see if you can quiet the inner chatter, even briefly. A heart is a terrible thing to ignore. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Today&#8217;s Quest&#8230;</span></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;It&#8217;s not hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.&#8221;<br />
</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                                                   </span>Roy Disney </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span>      </span>To see what you value, go to: <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Key Action: Keep a written list of the most important, heartfelt values that </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>                         </span>you want to experience in life. </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-family:&quot;"><a title="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsMI01.cfm" href="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsMI01.cfm"></a><strong>A short list of values is all you need to design a well-lived life.</strong> Your values are those ideals such as freedom, beauty, honor, love, wisdom, family or adventure that are more important to you than anything else. A condensed list of values gives clarity to your life and establishes your ideal standards. This list is your best guide to personal and professional satisfaction. Put your list of personal values in writing &#8212; commit it to memory &#8212; and live each word &#8212; each and every day. </span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Don&#8217;t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men/women wait for opportunities; strong men/women make them.&#8221;                                                                                                       Orison Swett Marden Life-changing opportunities occur daily. Are you getting your share? All you need to do to start SEEING opportunities, is to look beyond your PROBLEMS and start seeing SOLUTIONS&#8230; by changing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=24&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;Don&#8217;t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">and make them great. Weak men/women wait for opportunities; </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">strong men/women make them.&#8221;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                </span><span>      </span>Orison Swett Marden</span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Life-changing opportunities occur daily. Are you getting your share? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">All you need to do to start SEEING opportunities, is to look beyond your PROBLEMS and start seeing SOLUTIONS&#8230; by changing your point of view. <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">You get a lot SMARTER when you freeze negative emotions, and engage your brain in looking at your circumstances from a fresh new vantage point. If you simply apply your power of observation to finding solutions, rather than staying absorbed in the problem, you will <em>stop</em> seeing the problem&#8230; <span>  </span>and <em>start</em> seeing the opportunity contained within it. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">It is that simple.</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Today I want you to write down your 3 biggest problems. Then, take some time to think about the SOLUTION to these problems. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Don&#8217;t worry about how you are going to implement the solution. (That will in fact wear you down and wear you out.) Simply look at each problem, and look beyond it to what you believe the solution to be. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Assume the Problem Genie will wave his or her wand at it, and in place of the problem, the solution will instantly appear! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">My 3 Biggest Problems: </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">1)_________________________________<br />
<span>                                          </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">2)_________________________________<br />
<span>                                          </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">3)_________________________________ </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The 3 Solutions:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">1)_________________________________<br />
2)_________________________________<br />
3)_________________________________ </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Look at what you have written down. The solution is &#8220;doable&#8221; if you have the power to take the necessary actions. That is a given. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;I focus more of my time on seeking solutions rather than staying absorbed in the problem.&#8221;</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">FACT: You will always be more productive when you focus on what you CAN do, rather than on what you CAN&#8217;T do. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keeping problems in perspective is essential to solving them and moving on. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Remember to differentiate between what you can and can&#8217;t control. Focus your time and energy on those things over which you have control. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Don&#8217;t live with problems.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> Discover a New Life at <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Frankly, they&#8217;re just not all that fun to live with! </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Seek a solution to every problem as soon as possible &#8212; and enjoy the immense sense of freedom that comes from moving on. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;The idea is to make decisions and act on them &#8212; to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide how something can best be accomplished, to find time to work at it and to get it done.&#8221;</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                         </span>Karen Kakascik</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The following Ideas for Action represent some of the best thinking on the planet regarding this subject. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">They&#8217;re designed to inspire and motivate you. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keep in mind, however, that they will <em>remain</em> ideas until <em>you</em> put them into action. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Are You Looking At The Storm Or The Rainbow?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Focus on the solutions rather than the problems. You will be more productive and effective when your attention is on the positive rather than the negative. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Focus on the fix. Spend no time today on negative reactions. Cross quickly to the sunny side &#8212; the solution side &#8212; of every situation.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Which End Of The Telescope Are You Looking Through?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keeping problems in perspective is essential to solving them and moving on. If you incorrectly believe that a problem is all &#8212; encompassing &#8212; and will forever control your life &#8212; it is, and it will. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keep your problems in perspective. See them as very specific and merely temporary.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">How Much Time Do You Worry About Something Going Wrong?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Every minute, something goes wrong somewhere. So, fix it and keep going. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Don&#8217;t stop at a problem. Start with a solution. <span>       </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span><span style="font-size:small;">                                                                               </span></span><a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Look for the other &#8220;best way&#8221; to do everything on your list of problems today. There is never &#8220;only one&#8221; way to do anything.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Are You Checking Out Every Angle?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Learn to ask better QUESTIONS and you&#8217;ll receive better ANSWERS. If you don&#8217;t ask the RIGHT question to start with, then by definition, you&#8217;ll never end up with the RIGHT answer. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">If you START at the WRONG spot &#8212; even though every decision you make is perfect thereafter &#8212; you will END UP at the WRONG spot!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Instead of asking, &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with our procedures now?&#8221; ask &#8220;How could we improve our procedures now?&#8221;</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">The Bottom Line&#8230;</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Inside each of these ideas is the blossom of opportunity. Permit it to flower and you will change your life. You will become old and successful. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Allow the bloom to die on the stem, and you will be filled with the regrets of opportunity lost. You will become old and cynical. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Look around today. Take some time to put your life into slow-motion so you can actually see, hear, feel and touch the hands of destiny. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">It&#8217;s your life. Seize the day! Become the opportunity. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>       </span>Your opportunity awaits you at: <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:22.5pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Do you believe in destiny? </span><span style="font-size:14pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:15pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;"> </span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The difference between a Dream and a Goal is a Date! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Turn your dreams into tangible targets with a specific where and a specific when! </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Today&#8217;s Quest&#8230;</span></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.&#8221;<br />
</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                            </span><span> </span>Laertius Diogenes </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Key Action: Write out all your goals in specific, measurable detail with <span>  </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>                         </span>declared target dates. </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><a title="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsSG01.cfm" href="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsSG01.cfm"></a><strong>Writing down exactly what you want, and by when, is the first step to success.</strong> If you won&#8217;t commit to writing them down, you&#8217;ll never do what it takes to reach your goals. Writing your goals in exquisite detail helps define them in your mind &#8212; and provides the exact specifications for what you want to accomplish. The more desirable qualities you add to the goal, the greater will be your satisfaction when you attain it. Be sure to write SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Tangible &#8212; and don&#8217;t forget a target date. (Because the difference between a dream and a goal is a date!) </span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>      </span>Don’t wait another minute…go to: </span><a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"> NOW!</span></span></strong></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;Don&#8217;t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">and make them great. Weak men/women wait for opportunities; </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">strong men/women make them.&#8221;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                </span><span>      </span>Orison Swett Marden</span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Life-changing opportunities occur daily. Are you getting your share? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">All you need to do to start SEEING opportunities, is to look beyond your PROBLEMS and start seeing SOLUTIONS&#8230; by changing your point of view. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">You get a lot SMARTER when you freeze negative emotions, and engage your brain in looking at your circumstances from a fresh new vantage point. If you simply apply your power of observation to finding solutions, rather than staying absorbed in the problem, you will <em>stop</em> seeing the problem&#8230; <span>  </span>and <em>start</em> seeing the opportunity contained within it. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">It is that simple.</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Today I want you to write down your 3 biggest problems. Then, take some time to think about the SOLUTION to these problems. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Don&#8217;t worry about how you are going to implement the solution. (That will in fact wear you down and wear you out.) Simply look at each problem, and look beyond it to what you believe the solution to be. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Assume the Problem Genie will wave his or her wand at it, and in place of the problem, the solution will instantly appear! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">My 3 Biggest Problems: </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">1)_________________________________<br />
<span>                                          </span>2)_________________________________<br />
<span>                                          </span>3)_________________________________ </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The 3 Solutions:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Look at what you have written down. The solution is &#8220;doable&#8221; if you have the power to take the necessary actions. That is a given. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;I focus more of my time on seeking solutions rather than staying absorbed in the problem.&#8221;</span></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">FACT: You will always be more productive when you focus on what you CAN do, rather than on what you CAN&#8217;T do. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keeping problems in perspective is essential to solving them and moving on. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Remember to differentiate between what you can and can&#8217;t control. Focus your time and energy on those things over which you have control. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Don&#8217;t live with problems.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Frankly, they&#8217;re just not all that fun to live with! </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Seek a solution to every problem as soon as possible &#8212; and enjoy the immense sense of freedom that comes from moving on. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;The idea is to make decisions and act on them &#8212; to decide what is important to accomplish, to decide how something can best be accomplished, to find time to work at it and to get it done.&#8221;</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                         </span>Karen Kakascik</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The following Ideas for Action represent some of the best thinking on the planet regarding this subject. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">They&#8217;re designed to inspire and motivate you. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keep in mind, however, that they will <em>remain</em> ideas until <em>you</em> put them into action. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Are You Looking At The Storm Or The Rainbow?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Focus on the solutions rather than the problems. You will be more productive and effective when your attention is on the positive rather than the negative. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Focus on the fix. Spend no time today on negative reactions. Cross quickly to the sunny side &#8212; the solution side &#8212; of every situation.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Which End Of The Telescope Are You Looking Through?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keeping problems in perspective is essential to solving them and moving on. If you incorrectly believe that a problem is all &#8212; encompassing &#8212; and will forever control your life &#8212; it is, and it will. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Keep your problems in perspective. See them as very specific and merely temporary.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">How Much Time Do You Worry About Something Going Wrong?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Every minute, something goes wrong somewhere. So, fix it and keep going. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Don&#8217;t stop at a problem. Start with a solution.</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Look for the other &#8220;best way&#8221; to do everything on your list of problems today. There is never &#8220;only one&#8221; way to do anything.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Are You Checking Out Every Angle?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Learn to ask better QUESTIONS and you&#8217;ll receive better ANSWERS. If you don&#8217;t ask the RIGHT question to start with, then by definition, you&#8217;ll never end up with the RIGHT answer. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">If you START at the WRONG spot &#8212; even though every decision you make is perfect thereafter &#8212; you will END UP at the WRONG spot!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Instead of asking, &#8220;What&#8217;s wrong with our procedures now?&#8221; ask &#8220;How could we improve our procedures now?&#8221;</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">The Bottom Line&#8230;</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Inside each of these ideas is the blossom of opportunity. Permit it to flower and you will change your life. You will become old and successful. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Allow the bloom to die on the stem, and you will be filled with the regrets of opportunity lost. You will become old and cynical. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Look around today. Take some time to put your life into slow-motion so you can actually see, hear, feel and touch the hands of destiny. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">It&#8217;s your life. Seize the day! Become the opportunity. </span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>  </span>Your opportunity awaits you at: <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:22.5pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Do you believe in destiny? </span><span style="font-size:14pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The difference between a Dream and a Goal is a Date! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Turn your dreams into tangible targets with a specific where and a specific when! </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Today&#8217;s Quest&#8230;</span></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.&#8221;<br />
</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                            </span><span> </span>Laertius Diogenes </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Key Action: Write out all your goals in specific, measurable detail with <span>  </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>                         </span>declared target dates. </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><a title="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsSG01.cfm" href="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsSG01.cfm"></a><strong>Writing down exactly what you want, and by when, is the first step to success.</strong> If you won&#8217;t commit to writing them down, you&#8217;ll never do what it takes to reach your goals. Writing your goals in exquisite detail helps define them in your mind &#8212; and provides the exact specifications for what you want to accomplish. The more desirable qualities you add to the goal, the greater will be your satisfaction when you attain it. Be sure to write SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Tangible &#8212; and don&#8217;t forget a target date. (Because the difference between a dream and a goal is a date!) </span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span>      </span>Don’t wait another minute…</span></span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">go to:</span><a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="font-size:small;color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"> NOW!</span></span></strong></td>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.&#8221;                                                                                                   Jack Canfield Everything you want is waiting for you.                                              Take action to get it. The big question I am posing all this week is simple. Are you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=14&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">&#8220;Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.&#8221;<br />
</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                  </span>Jack Canfield</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;"> <span style="color:black;"></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Everything you want is waiting for you. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                             </span>Take action to get it.</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The big question I am posing all this week is simple. Are you now MOVING in the direction of your dreams? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">If not, why not?</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Is FEAR holding you back from taking bold ACTION?</span></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Fear held me back for many years. Fear to make the decision to get involved in Internet marketing. Once I decided on the company to get involved with it was easy. I wanted a company that would “help” me to be successful. I found that company, you should to. Go to </span><a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="font-size:large;color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a><span style="font-size:large;"> and find out for yourself.</span></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Make that commitment to change your life!</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Today, I want you to think about how often you seize the day to make your life work on the level that you desire. How often do you actually &#8220;carpe those diems&#8221;?! </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Goals. Plans. Actions.</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Again I ask, what actions will you take to move your # 1 goal closer to completion? </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">To achieve your dream, you must act.</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Remember, you are the only one who has the power to transform your dream into a reality. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Take action today.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> <span> </span>Go to <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Make your life an action adventure, starting now! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">&#8220;The history of the world is full of men/women who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.&#8221; ~ Mahatma Gandhi</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;">The Bottom Line.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Remember this. Sometimes, Someday never comes. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;">Are you willing to put off your heart&#8217;s desires indefinitely?</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Ask yourself constantly, &#8220;Is this the best possible use of my time right now?&#8221; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Honestly evaluate every single activity today by whether or not it demonstrates how precious you believe each moment to be. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.&#8221;<br />
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Time is the most precious gift of all.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> Ask anyone facing a serious accident or illness, or an important deadline. Ask any parent watching their little girl all grown up and graduating from high school. You must learn how to become accountable for every minute in your day, because each day spent, is a day gone forever. Concentrate your time on only those things that produce the greatest reward and satisfaction to you. Go to <a href="http://www.commitmenttowealth.com/"><span style="color:#0000ff;">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</span></a> today!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                  </span>Value every precious minute in the day. </span></strong></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.&#8221;                                                                                                               [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=12&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others. That is nice but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.&#8221;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                              </span><span> </span>Helen Hayes </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">We are going to discuss achieving greater results—in every area of your life. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Commitment&#8230; Promises&#8230; Achievement&#8230; Excellence&#8230; Vision&#8230; Intentionality&#8230; Clarity&#8230; Power&#8230; and a whole slew of other &#8220;ten gallon&#8221; words! </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Achievement takes Power&#8230;</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">The simple fact of the matter is that it takes real POWER to achieve your dreams and goals. Goals do not achieve themselves. They require the sustained power over time to make them real. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Remember, even small goals take a small amount of POWER to realize. World-changing goals take world-changing POWER. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">If you wonder why many of your dreams, goals and aspirations fall through the cracks, the answer is simple: </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">“You lack the raw, results-producing personal POWER to achieve them.”</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Sadly, there is no &#8220;other&#8221;, other explanation! </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">How do you define ACHIEVEMENT?</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">So that we are all on the same page, here&#8217;s how American Heritage defines ACHIEVEMENT (n): </span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;">The act of accomplishing or finishing; A great or heroic deed: feat, exploit, stunt, masterstroke. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;">Something accomplished successfully, especially by means of exertion, skill, practice, or perseverance. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;">See ACCOMPLISH (verb): Achieve or complete successfully: <em>the planes accomplished their mission</em>. </span></li>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">If you don&#8217;t agree with American Heritage, how would YOU define Achievement:<br />
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<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Exertion, Skill, Practice or Perseverance&#8230;</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">This is precisely what it takes to achieve your dreams, goals and aspirations&#8230; to COMPLETE what you have started <em>successfully</em>! Now, let&#8217;s see how your EXPECTATIONS match up to your personal POWER. </p>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the physical and mental <a title="http://thinktq.com/ENERGY" href="http://thinktq.com/ENERGY"><span style="color:black;">ENERGY</span></a> level to achieve these top 3 goals in the next 90 days?<span>      </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the sense of purpose and <a title="http://thinktq.com/mission" href="http://thinktq.com/mission"><span style="color:black;">MISSION</span></a> to achieve these top 3 goals? Are they directly aligned with what you value most?<span>                                    </span><span>                                                                                                 </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the positive and proactive <a title="http://thinktq.com/attitude" href="http://thinktq.com/attitude"><span style="color:black;">ATTITUDE</span></a> necessary to achieve these top 3 goals given everything else going on in your life?<span>                                                                                                                               </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the ability to turn these <a title="http://thinktq.com/goals" href="http://thinktq.com/goals"><span style="color:black;">GOALS</span></a> into clear milestones and objectives?<span>                                     </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the <a title="http://thinktq.com/plans" href="http://thinktq.com/plans"><span style="color:black;">PLANNING</span></a> skills required to achieve these top 3 goals?<span>                                                   </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the unrelenting <a title="http://thinktq.com/prioritize" href="http://thinktq.com/prioritize"><span style="color:black;">FOCUS</span></a> needed to achieve these top 3 goals, or do you frequently get sucked into the urgencies of life?<span>                                                                                                                                </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the team-building <a title="http://thinktq.com/synergy" href="http://thinktq.com/synergy"><span style="color:black;">SYNERGY</span></a> to achieve these top 3 goals between now and December 31?<span>                                                           </span><span>                                                                                                   </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the <a title="http://thinktq.com/organize" href="http://thinktq.com/organize"><span style="color:black;">ORGANIZATIONAL</span></a> skills necessary to achieve these top 3 goals?<span>                                   </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the <a title="http://thinktq.com/optimize" href="http://thinktq.com/optimize"><span style="color:black;">TIME MANAGEMENT</span></a> skills required to achieve these top 3 goals?<span>        </span><span>                          </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:&quot;">Do you have the <a title="http://thinktq.com/act" href="http://thinktq.com/act"><span style="color:black;">ACTION-ORIENTED</span></a> mindset necessary to achieve these top 3 goals?<span>                            </span><span> </span>Yes ___ Not at this time ___ </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:&quot;"></span></li>
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<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Tally your YES responses: ____ Now DIVIDE by 10 and MULTIPLY by 100 (i.e. 4/10 * 100 = 40%.) This is the PROBABILITY that your top 3 goals will be achieved in the next 90 days: ____% </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">The Clock Is Ticking&#8230;</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">There are just a few short months remaining for you to actually ACHIEVE your top 3 goals <em>this</em> year. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">In truth, you have several options&#8230; </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">You can just TALK about your top 3 aspirations&#8230; you can move them from this year to SOMEDAY&#8230; you can REDUCE the size of your goals&#8230; you can ELIMINATE them&#8230; or you can simply POWER UP your performance and COMMIT to their achievement.</span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Achievement Takes Commitment&#8230; </span></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">I have made the Commitment To Wealth!</span></span></h2>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Commitment takes Power.</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">My advice is to look at each of your top 3 goals&#8230; determine if you have the POWER to make them real.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:22.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Achievement Demands Commitment. </span><span style="font-size:15pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:15pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;">Do you BELIEVE this?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Do Your Goals Encompass Your Whole Life?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Strive for balance. Establish goals for every role and every major interest in your life: physical, spiritual, professional, financial, family, social, intellectual and emotional. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Each area of your life deserves your attention and your direction. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">There are professional goals and personal goals. Take time for every role you play. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.&#8221;<br />
</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                                                                                                                                </span>Irving Berlin <span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Create at least one clearly defined goal for every major interest </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span> </span>and role in your life. </span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><a title="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsSG01.cfm" href="http://www.thinktq.com/products/tqs_wsSG01.cfm"></a><strong>Creating an ideal life, where all of your roles are completely fulfilled, starts with setting clear goals.</strong> If you never define what you expect, you will only get what life gives you &#8212; and that may be a whole lot less than what you want. Why leave things to chance? Every major interest and role in your life deserves its own series of goals. Clearly defined goals for each of your roles provides a rewarding direction &#8212; and an ever-present purpose for each area of your life. </span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The world is full of abundance and opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car&#8230; a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.&#8221;                                              Ben Sweetland   What have you given yourself the RIGHT to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rogerm113.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4661870&amp;post=9&amp;subd=rogerm113&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;The world is full of abundance and</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">opportunity, but far too many people come to the fountain of life with a sieve instead of a tank car&#8230; a teaspoon instead of a steam shovel. They expect little and as a result they get little.&#8221;</span></span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>                      </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span>   </span><span>                     </span>Ben Sweetland</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:9pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">What have you given yourself the RIGHT to Expect?</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">I personally love this quote! </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">In fact, I use it 2-3 times during the year to make various points. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">In its own way, it may be one of the most PROFOUND observations I have ever encountered. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">It is also TRUE. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Abundance and opportunity abounds. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">However, if you expect little, you will fail to even SEE&#8230;      </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">let alone SEIZE those opportunities. </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Yes, there is a key to success:</span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;">Clear EXPECTATIONS&#8230; </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;text-align:center;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Brilliant EXECUTION.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></strong></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">You can have high Expectations, but if you lack the power to Execute up to them, you will fail. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">You can have tremendous power of Execution, but without equally big Expectations, you are simply burning up power. Low Expectations coupled with brilliant Execution is pointless. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Expect MORE—Execute BETTER!</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">See You will immediately improve your right to EXPECT, rather than merely wish and wait, when you can clearly articulate the qualities YOU will portray and the part YOU will contribute to make each of your dreams come true. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">If you cannot do this on demand, pay very close attention. This single action is a huge driver of success.</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Every role—every part you play—deserves its own dedicated mission. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Define what&#8217;s most important to you in each role and make that your mission for the role. When you do, you will not only add clarity to your goals, but gain the RIGHT to EXPECT that they will be achieved.</span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Nothing is more powerful than clearly identifying the contribution you will make to guarantee that each of your visions will come true. When you promise yourself, &#8220;This is what I will do,&#8221; you define the roles that will make the biggest difference in your life. <strong><span> </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></span></span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">The Bottom Line.</span></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Are there things you want, but you hesitate to try because you FEAR failure more than you EXPECT success? </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Stop this destructive thinking!</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">When you develop the confidence to passionately pursue anything and everything you want, you move <em>towards</em> the results you expect. </span></p>
<p style="line-height:15pt;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Until then, your dreams are on hold, because you haven&#8217;t EARNED THE RIGHT TO EXPECT THEM. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15pt;margin:0;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Just 4 words separate the most successful people in the world from those who struggle to just get by: Expect More ~ Execute Better.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"><br />
Look back on the last 2-3 years of your life. Think about your successes and failures. Which side of the equation has impacted you the most&#8230; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;">Your power to set crystal-clear Expectations&#8230; </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;color:darkgreen;font-family:&quot;">or your power to Execute?</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;margin:0;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">What New Gem Have You Learned Today?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">Spend time each day learning more about your profession. Read trade journals and books. Talk to others in the same field. Research the on-line services on the World Wide Web. A committed 15 minutes a day will eventually lead to mastery. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">In order to become a master, first master becoming a student. Enroll in something, somewhere, today. </span></p>
<h2 style="margin:auto 0;"><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:large;">Today&#8217;s Quest&#8230;</span></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">What expert in your field can give you some &#8220;one-on-one&#8221; time this week?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8220;People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.&#8221;<br />
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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;">There are no limits to who you can become.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;color:black;font-family:&quot;"> The only constant is change &#8212; and the only way to keep up with change is to learn and grow. The more you learn and grow, the more progressive and effective you&#8217;ll become. Keep expanding your possibilities by being open and receptive to new ideas. If you&#8217;re not constantly improving your learning power, you&#8217;re falling farther behind &#8212; and your earning power may be falling even faster.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Key Action: Go to: <a href="http://www.CommitmentToWealth.com">www.CommitmentToWealth.com</a></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">Embrace change, and learn to grow from new ideas and </span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:black;font-family:&quot;"><span style="font-size:small;">experiences. </span></span></strong></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been a nationally known speaker, facilitator, and consultant.  With Business and Marketing degrees. I had a unique opportunity in 1964 to join an Automobile Dealership as a potential owner. Over the next 12 years he worked in every department and, eventually, became part owner for the last 8 years with the organization. During my tenure I attended many Quality and Automotive Colleges with several specialized workshops in many different areas.</p>
<p>With this type of experience, I began my independent career, becoming one of the most respected speaker/trainers in the industry.<br />
In 1986 I started my own training and consulting company, Alembic International. The definition of Alembic actually sums up the focus of my work…”Something that causes change”. Through my speaking and training engagements, I create change by helping to make all people that attend more effective. Along with the automotive industry, I have helped to create change in the Insurance, Hotel, Banking, City and State Governments, and the Golf industry.</p>
<p>I began working with Lexus and Toyota in 1993 and have done training programs that focus on Service Managers &amp; Advisors, Parts Managers &amp; Counterpersons, Wholesale &amp; Retail, Management Development, Sales, Telephone, Time Management, Marketing,  Organizational Culture Change, Phone Performance, Coaching Your Associates, Mentoring, Leadership Skills. Consultive Selling, Accelerating Sales Performance, Prospecting.<br />
With this type of background my travels take my to all parts of the country 40-45 weeks each year.</p>
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