Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
June 30, 2008 Issue 307
From the Desk of Bob
With the 4th of July holiday fast approaching I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone who may be travelling this week and next to take your time and be sure to buckle up.
I am sure we will be grilling and celebrating close to home.
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To your continued success! Bob
In this week's issue
Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Conviction Motivates
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
Samuel Adams: "The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards."
W. Somerset Maugham: "If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too."
Alexis de Tocqueville: "America is great because she is good; if America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."
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Seeds of Success: Conviction Motivates
By Robert A. Prentice
Conviction is defined as "an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence." In other words, when you are absolutely, 100 percent, totally convinced about something, you have a conviction about that thing, and there's probably not a whole lot any one could say to convince you to change your mind.
For instance, as an American, I hold a deep conviction that there has never been a better place to live than the United States of America, and there has never been-nor will there ever be-a better government on this earth, than the one that our founding fathers provided us through the US Constitution.
As a businessman, I firmly believe in the concept of the free enterprise system, which gives everyone who is willing to work hard, the opportunity to succeed.
Some of the other convictions I hold are that the Bible is God's word for us today, that marriage is a covenant, and that "Attitude is Everything." I do not take any of my convictions lightly. That is perhaps what makes them true convictions, isn't it?
Have you ever noticed, though, how uncomfortable it can be to stand firm in your convictions when others around you are making fun of you for what you believe? And yet, our belief and faith cuts right to the very core of who we really are as individuals, and it's in those times when we discover that it takes courage to stand up for our convictions.
Having convictions and having the courage to stand up for them is no small thing, for a person without conviction has nothing to challenge or motivate him. I am reminded of a quote I read recently:
"Convictions are the mainsprings of action, the driving powers of life. What a man lives are his convictions."
I know being a man of conviction certainly motivates me and I truly want to be a man who lives my convictions. This week, allow me to encourage you to take some time to identify some of your convictions and you'll be motivated to act on them.
On the Sunny Side of Life: ONE LINE PARABLES
If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
The 10 commandments are not multiple choice.
Minds are like parachutes ... they function only when open.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.
You don't learn safety rules by accident.
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
A turtle makes progress only when it sticks its head out.
One thing you can give and still keep ... is your word.
A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
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