Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
May 26, 2008 Issue 302
From the Desk of Bob
Happy Memorial Day!
After 10 years of perseverance we have completed a major goal, which is to have my first book completed and available to purchase on the internet for all the world to access. Was this a big goal? Yes, it was-and worth every hour of sweat and blood. It feels good to have it done. Now I wonder how sales will go? Click on the link to order yours today.
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I celebrated this weekend by preparing the ground in the "back 40" and then planting watermelon, squash, cucumbers, lettuce, corn, beans, cantaloupe, giant sunflowers, and oh what fun it was to play in the dirt! Most of the time was invested in preparing the ground. I wanted it ready to receive the seed. There must be a truth, a moral or nugget somewhere in that example to be found. I will have to keep digging for it I am sure. (SMILE)
Be safe on this holiday week! Bob
P.S. Coming Soon Online Sessions with Bob Prentice. You will be able to learn at your own pace or have me along as a coach or both.
In this week's issue
Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Planting Seeds
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
Robert Collier: "The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed."
Robert Louis Stevenson: "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
Jim Rohn: "The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor."
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Seeds of Success: Planting Seeds
By Robert A. Prentice
I was very fortunate to have been raised on a farm where Mom and Dad taught us kids some awesome lifelong principles. Even though I did not realize at the time just how fortunate I was, now I am able to look back in appreciation of all that I learned growing up on the farm-things like Nothing in life is free or easy . . . Get up and out of bed early every morning . . . Work and work hard . . . To harvest a crop, you must first plant . . . Pick the weeds and pick the rocks . . . Keep the barn clean. The list could go on and on.
In those days, I always had lots of chores to do on the farm, but planting seeds became my favorite thing to do. Planting seeds is still my favorite thing to do. Since I moved away from the farm many years ago, I discovered a way to continue planting seeds. Instead of planting wheat and corn seeds into the rich, fertile soil, I now plant what I call "Positive Seeds" into the lives of others. I plant seeds of hope, seeds of love, seeds of encouragement, seeds of wisdom, seeds of ideas, and of course, seeds of success. Sometime, just like on the farm, the seeds have fallen on rocky ground, and the result is little or no harvest. But many, many times the seeds have fallen on the lives of people who were hungry for growth, for change, for a richer, fuller and happier life.
Today I am humbled by the thousands of clients, friends, and associates from all over the United States, who have become an intimate part of my life just because I chose to plant seeds of goodness in the lives of the people I meet. Let me encourage you to do the same. The harvest is great. I sse no signs of a drought in healthy friendships and relationships for you it you choose to plant "Positive Seeds" of joy, peace, and goodness in the lives of those that you touch today.
On the Sunny Side of Life: Top 10 Signs You Have Gone Over the Garden Edge
10. Your favorite poem is "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue.
9. Your kids are named Rose, Violet, Daisy and Zucchini.
8. You have 8 X 10 family pictures of your Tomatoes and Peppers on your office shelf.
7. Your idea of Saturday Date Night is going out in the garden and hand pollinating the plants.
6. You think a cocktail is liquid fertilizer.
5. You rush home from work and go straight to the garden and hug your roses. (Ouch!) Then, you go in to your house and see you family.
4. On Christmas Eve, visions of "Sugar Peas" dance in your head.
3. After the first frost, you are seen holding funeral services in your garden.
2. You take your kids multiple vitamins from them to use as a supplement to your plants fertilizer.
And, the number one sign that you have gone over the garden edge is..
1. Every Spring your family files a "Missing Person's" report. You remain missing all summer, and mysteriously re-appear in the fall.
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