Monday Morning Motivations Tenacity Pays

Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
March 2, 2009 Issue 340

From the Desk of Bob

WOW! I am stunned. Celebrating 340 consecutive issues of Monday Morning Motivations. The fuel for this has e-newsletter been the many notes of encouragement and the feedback reports we have received over the years. Awesome stories of achievement our readers have told us as a result of sitting in our meetings and reading our publications both Monday Morning Motivations and our positive little attitude paper, The Prairie Beacon.

Enclosed you will find my up coming speaking agenda for your scheduling and planning needs. This is my current "live in person" schedule.

My Upcoming Speaking Agenda:
3/6 -3/7/09 Opportunities, Inc. Head Start Great Falls, Montana
3/18 - 3/19/09 SD County Commissioners Conference, Pierre, SD
3/20/09- Riley Brothers Construction- Morris MN
3/26/09 -Teton Coalition, Inc - Rapid City, SD
4/6/09 - Sanford Health Conference, Winner, SD
4/22/09- Teton Coalition, Inc.- Rapid City, SD
4/24/09- SDSRT Confereence,- Rapid City, SD

Recent Past Speaking Engagements:
2/09/09- Enemy Swim day School - Waubay, SD
2/26/09- Teton Coalition, Inc.- Rapid City, South Dakota
2/27/09- SDCTE Conference- Chamberlain, SD

This week's "E" word: Endear
verb [trans.]: cause to be loved or liked : Flora's spirit and character endeared her to everyone who met her.

*** I share these e-words each week to encourage, and enlighten every one of my loyal e-readers!

Life Attitudes

Simplify life.

Take on a little bit at a time.

Balance is a good word!

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.

On the Sunny Side of Life

Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, "My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, and they give him $50."

The second boy says, "That's nothing. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song, and they give him $100."

The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, calls it a sermon, and, then it takes eight people with big dishes to collect all the money!"

Bob "Mr. Attitude" Prentice is available for Keynote, conference engagements, and in-house company training assignments Call to schedule Bob TODAY! 800.437.9715

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