Monday Morning Motivations Tenacity Pays

Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
June 22, 2009 Issue 356

From the Desk of Bob

It's been a busy, busy week interspersed with times of R&R at Hart Ranch outside of Rapid City. It feels good to have work to do that helps others to succeed at what they want to do. And it feels good to play a little too! Guess you could say I really love my work and I love my play! Hope you can say the same.

Enjoy this weeks issue on Creative Thinking. It's one of my favorite subjects.

Have a fantastic week! Bob
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My Upcoming Speaking Agenda:
7/23/09 - Dow Rummel Retirement Center - Sioux Falls, SD - Staff Meetings
8/17-20/09- SDDC- Redfield, SD Staff Development and Leadership Training
11/14 - District 5 SE Lions Forum- Sioux Falls - Motivational Talk
1/1310 - SD Rural Water Board- Keys to Better Leadership Training

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
4/23/09- Teton Coalition, Inc.- Rapid City, SD
4/24/09- SDSRT Conference,- Rapid City, SD
5/12/09 - Walmart - Huron - Leadership Training
5/19/09 - Golden Triangle, Cavour, SD - Leadership Training
5/28/09 - Teton Coalition, Inc. - Rapid City, SD - Leadership Training
6/16/09- RC Family of Companies- New Effington, SD - Special Meeting Speaker
6/18/09 - Teton Coalition, Inc. - Rapid City, SD - Leadership Training
6/19/09 - Rausch Granite Systems - Rapid City, SD - Leadership Training

Attitudes to Live By

"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." ~Albert Einstein

"It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all." ~Edward De Bono

"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Seeds of Success: Creative Thinking

By Robert A. Prentice

Tapping our Creative Potential
Thinking Outside the Box
Creative Thinking
Thinking Differently
Solving Problems & Challenges
Innovation & Ingenuity

Where would be in this world if people did not take time to think, to dream, to invent, to create? Fax machines, cellular phones, electricity, television, the VCR, the internal combustion engine and jet engine, computers, duct tape (my personal favorite), little yellow sticky note pads, and pocket calculators are just a few of the millions of great products that have come to us as a result of someone's creative effort.

Most of us tend to think it takes a very special type of person to be creative, while thinking of ourselves as 'not very creative' or lacking in any creative genius at all. In reality, we all have the potential to be creative, that is to think creatively. Next time you feel less than creative, take these simple steps and you will see that you are indeed a creative person.

Step 1 Gather all the facts. Don't leave anything out.

Step 2 Become constructively discontent. Allow whatever is leaving you feeling dissatisfied to help you identify the challenge.

Step 3 Do some 'green light thinking.' Think of ALL the possibilities and at this point, don't rule anything out.

Step 4 Make a decision, choosing the best idea from your list of possibilities.

Step 5 Write a plan of action and then act on it.

As long as you keep trying new things, new ways, new strategies, and follow these simple steps, your mind will be sharp and alert and you will never be lacking in creativity!

On the Sunny Side of Life: A Golden Anniversary

An aged farmer and his wife were leaning against the edge of their pig-pen when the old woman wistfully recalled that the next week would mark their golden wedding anniversary.

"Let's have a party, Homer," she suggested. "Let's kill a pig."

The farmer scratched his grizzled head.

"Gee, Ethel," he finally answered, "I don't see why the pig should take the blame for something that happened fifty years ago."

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