Monday Morning Motivations Tenacity Pays

Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
April 13, 2009 Issue 346

From the Desk of Bob

We have scheduled a live "Attitudes for Excellence" Webinar for this week. You CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION about it at my website: www.mrattitudespeaks.com

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

My Upcoming Speaking Agenda:
4/23/09- Teton Coalition, Inc.- Rapid City, SD
4/24/09- SDSRT Conference,- Rapid City, SD
5/19/09 - Golden Triangle, Cavour, SD
6/16/09- RC Family of Companies- New Effington, 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
3/5 - 3/6/09 - Opportunities, Inc.-Great Falls Head Start
3/18 - 3/19/09 SD County Commissioners Conference, Pierre, SD
3/20/09- Riley Brothers Construction- Morris MN
3/26/09- Teton Coalition- Rapid City, SD
4/7/09 - Sanford Health Conference, Winner, SD

Life Attitudes

"The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had." –Author Unknown

"Friendship isn't a big thing-it's a million little things." –Author Unknown

"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seeds of Success: Friendship 101

By Robert A. Prentice

The key to building healthy relationships and friendships is really quite simple. Since it is very difficult to get people interested in you until you have shown an interest in them, taking a sincere and genuine interest in others is an absolute must, if you are to have good friendships. Dale Carnegie once said, "If you want a friend you have to be a friend." Of course, you know I believe every word of this statement.

So, whether you're meeting someone for the first time, or you've known each other for years, always ask others questions about themselves. Focus on the other person's interests, hobbies, opinions, feelings, attitudes, challenges, likes, dislikes, family, goals, dreams, and fears.

Always be looking for ways that you can help another. Make an effort to reach out to your friends and potential friends. This might mean making a phone call, or writing a letter of encouragement, sending an email, or stopping in for a visit. How about inviting a friend to lunch or out for coffee, or over for a cup of tea, or-well, I bet you get the idea.

I receive great joy in building my friendships by, out of the blue, just sending a small gift. My wife likes to make greeting cards that she sends out to her friends. I have seen her invest up to a half hour just building a custom card for one of her girl friends. I think this is really special, and I am sure her friends know that she really cares about them.

Speaking of my wife, I must admit I have always been a little jealous of women because their friendships seem to be much deeper and more meaningful than men's friendships. We men tend to have friendships that are much more on the surface and we talk about guy stuff, hunting, cars, money, our favorite brand of beer, and the like, but are careful not to share too much personal stuff. Maybe we guys need to work a little harder at deepening our friendships-maybe not be so afraid to be a little vulnerable once in awhile.

The bottom line is that friendships, though not always easy-and sometimes even downright messy-are so vital to our lives that we cannot afford to let them slide. People need people! Who needs to hear from you today?

You know, I'd love to hear from any of you on this subject. Let me know what you do to keep friendships alive and growing in your life.

On the Sunny Side of Life

A woman was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to get off the aircraft, the plane would re-board in fifty minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind. The man had noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because her seeing-eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, "Kathy, we are in Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your legs?" The blind lady replied, "No thanks, but maybe Buddy would like to stretch his legs."

Picture this: All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a seeing eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.

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