Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
January 28, 2008 Issue 285
From the Desk of Bob
Greetings,
Over the last 25 years I have been building a special coaching program for Leaders and Business Owners. In addition, I have been building one for sales people who want to be better sales professionals and increase their income. These programs that I have developed, while in testing, have helped several dozen people over the last couple of years. Now they are out of testing and I am officially launching them this year as full and complete, tried and true programs that work and get results for my clients. Call me today if you want to accomplish more with your life, or build and expand your business. I have the tools; I have the systems; they will work for you.
I am so thrilled to have reached such incredible milestones over the last quarter century in business here in the Dakota Region. Over 275,000 people have attended my seminars and training sessions. This in itself is incredibly humbling. Hundreds of companies and organizations have retained me for conferences and association meetings for their members, associates and employees. We have published hundreds of articles and broadcasts into a variety of different mediums including the world-wide-web.
Please call me anytime I may be of service.
Have a fantastic week! Bob
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In this week's issue
Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Honor the Uniqueness of Us All!
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
"As we grow as unique persons, we learn to respect the uniqueness of others." -Robert H. Schuller
"A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable." -Eileen Caddy
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You" -Dr. Seuss
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Seeds of Success: Honor the Uniqueness of Us All!
By Robert A. Prentice
Have you ever pondered how unique creation truly is? Consider the spider web-no two of them are ever the same; there are no two snowflakes ever alike either. Each leaf on a tree is just a tad bit different than its neighbor; every mountain range is shaped just so special that you can only imagine that the pressures from within the Earth must have been great. Creation is utterly filled with examples of uniqueness!
We can easily look around us and see the diversity in nature, and yet, for some strange reason, we humans don't understand that each of us is special and unique too. The fact is, we all have varied backgrounds and experiences-where and when we were born and grew up, how we were raised, trials, challenges, successes we've encountered-and have developed our values and our own unique ways of doing things. Every human being ever created is an individual, unique in purpose and no two are ever exactly alike.
So how is it that we so easily fall into the habit of comparing ourselves with others? Whether we realize it or not, most of us constantly compare ourselves to another's income, position, knowledge, talents, abilities, growth, beauty, character, or some other quality. But we are unique! We shouldn't be comparing ourselves with others at all! The only comparing that should be happening is within ourselves-where we are in our personal and professional growth compared to where we were yesterday or last year. Comparing ourselves with others only leads to being judgmental and critical, either of ourselves or of others, and in the long run can be very unhealthy for us and our relationships.
You and I can choose to refrain from the unhealthy habit of comparing ourselves to others. We can choose to be the unique individuals that we are made to be, and we can and should honor and respect the uniqueness of others. I encourage you today, to reaffirm your own uniqueness and that of others. Remind yourself that you are somebody; you are special and have been made for a unique purpose that can only be fulfilled as long as you are not trying to be like somebody else. And remember that every other person is also a special somebody with a unique purpose-and they don't have to be just like you.
If you feel as though you have been caught up in making comparisons that have hindered you in fulfilling your destiny in life, you may want to consider that you have been looking in the wrong direction. Instead of watching others to see how well they are (or are not) doing, simply shift and turn your perspective and point of view back to your own life. If you are on your way to meeting the standards that you have established for yourself, then be free to be uniquely yourself. Go a step further and allow others to be the unique individuals they are, and in doing so you will be honoring the uniqueness of us all!
On the Sunny Side of Life: The Old Mule and the Young Ox
For some time an old farmer had been plowing with an ox and a mule teamed together; working them pretty hard. The young ox said to the old mule, "Let's play sick today and rest a little while."
The old mule admonished, "No, we need to get the work done, for the growing season is short." But the young ox decided to play sick anyway, and the farmer brought it fresh hay and corn to make him comfortable.
When the old mule came in from plowing, the young ox asked how it went in the fields. "We didn't get as much done," answered the old mule, "but we did a fair stretch."
Then the young ox asked, "What did the old man say about me?"
"Nothing," was the old mule's reply.
The next day the young ox, thinking it had a good thing going, played sick again, and when the old mule returned from the field very tired, the young ox asked, "How did it go today?"
"All right, I guess," answered the old mule, "but we didn't get much done."
Then the young ox asked, "What did the old man say about me?"
"Nothing to me," replied the old mule, "but he did stop and have a long talk with the butcher."
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