Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
May 29, 2006 Issue 200
From the Desk of Bob
Happy Memorial Day! I hope you have an opportunity to reflect and be refreshed on this day. We have had a great weekend with family and friends.
Now that we are at the official start of the summer season, let me encourage you to take some time to learn and grow in the days and weeks ahead. I just started reading the book, “Invisible Selling” and I am really picking up some really good ideas from it.
Enjoy your week! Bob
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Get It Yourself!
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"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.”
~Leoardo da Vinci~
“You can't climb uphill by thinking downhil thoughts.”
~Anonymous~
"Character is what emerges from all the little things you were to busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.”
~Anonymous~
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Seeds of Success: Work Builds Character
By Robert A. Prentice
The summer sun and winds burned my arms, face and back as I bent down to pick yet another rock from its earthen home where it most likely had rested for many generations. To this day, I can remember how hot, sweaty, and back-breaking that job of picking multitudes of rocks from the fields of our north central Minnesota farm was for me as a teenager. It wasn’t a job I necessarily wanted to do. I simply did it because my dad said to. I guess he thought it would build my character. At the time, I couldn’t see how that could be, and yet, because I knew my dad, I continued to do what he had instructed me to do.
Years later I can fondly reflect on those days as being an incredible opportunity for character building. Learning to obey, and honor my fathers requests, directions and rules with a right attitude, were life changing for me.
Teaching me to work hard with a good attitude was the best thing my dad could have ever have done for me. I have taken the concept of hard work and shared it with my children, and they, too, have come to understand the character building benefits of working hard. Our children are all very hard workers who contribute to society in a positive manner. I am so glad I succeeded in passing this on and now I hope to see it passed on to yet another generation, as I influence my grandchildren.
Whatever work you do, it is absolutely vital to possess a strong work ethic. Being productive and able to produce positive results through your work, is a key element of success and satisfaction in this life.
I have heard it said, you build a backbone two ways when you work hard–and it’s true. There’s not many things more satisfying and character building than knowing you have put in a good day’s work. And when it’s done with the right attitude, you know you’ve become a better person.
Get It Yourself
A friend’s grandfather came to America from Europe and after being processed at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria in New York City to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course, nobody ever did. Finally, a man with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and told him how things worked.
“Start at that end,” he said, “and just go along and pick out what you want. At the other end they’ll all tell you how much you have to pay for it.”
“ I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” Grandpa told our friend. “Life is a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you’re willing to pay the price. You can even get success. But you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
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