Monday Morning Motivations Tenacity Pays

Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
October 5, 2009 Issue 371

From the Desk of Bob

I have some questions to ask you today! Please check those that apply.

Do You:

( ) Need help making a real tough decision?
( ) Need help tapping into your personal potential?
( ) Need help with business planning or goal setting?
( ) Need help with a career path strategy?
( ) Need help with a relationship?
( ) Need help with a business challenge?
( ) Need help with selling your ideas, products or service?
( ) Need help with building a life strategy?
( ) Need help with overcoming a personal challenge?
( ) Need help with an attitude issue at work?
( ) Need help with managing your time more effectively?
( ) Need help with dealing with your boss or a co-worker?
( ) Need help with motivating others to be more self-motivated?
( ) Need helping with hiring quality people?
( ) Need help with writing or updating your job descriptions?
( ) Need help with your marketing strategies?
( ) Need help with business development?
( ) Need help with finding a speaker to motivate your group, team, company
or association to action?

These are the areas in my life and business that I excel in on a daily basis. I have enjoyed helping thousands of people over the last 25 years. Maybe I could help you accomplish your goals. I am at your service. Just call or email me today and we will set an appointment to take some action.Have a result-producing week!

RE:"Breakfast of Champions"

This is a reminder that every Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. I am facilitating a webinar/teleconference for people who have participated in my previous training sessions, motivational presentations, attitude talks, etc. (Of course, you are also welcome to join us even if you've never sat in on any of my training sessions before.)
"Breakfast of Champions" is a half hour kick-start to your Wednesday and is guaranteed to be just what you need to maximize the remainder of your week. You can access it for the low price of $10 per time.

Each Wednesday there will be a planned theme for us to discuss and cogitate on. We will then commit to implementing the principles, attitudes and ideas discussed into our individual lives. There will also be a time of reporting to the group for accountability.

Some of our future topics and themes include:
* Accountability
* Selling Our Ideas
* Commitment
* Time Management Nuggets
* Stress Management
* Leadership Principles
* Effective Communication
* Memory Systems

You may participate on your phone and/or your computer. You may choose to just listen or you can get involved in the meeting. The whole idea is to provide a round table of champions who are supporting each other and getting many "gold nuggets" of advice from each of the meetings as a bonus.

Feel free to attend a "Breakfast of Champions" meeting and every week or just once in awhile as your schedule allows. Come as you are.

To sign up, simply reply to this email and I will send you an enrollment application and invitation. Or sign up on my website on the widget at the bottom of my main page: www.mrattitudespeaks.com.

Maximize Your Monday! Bob
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My Upcoming Speaking Agenda:
11/14/09 - District 5 SE Lions Forum- Sioux Falls - Motivational Talk
1/13/10 - SD Rural Water Board- Keys to Better Leadership Training
4/28/10 - Minnesota Sheriffs' Association - Key Note

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
7/23/09 - Dow Rummel Retirement Center - Sioux Falls, SD - Staff Meetings
8/17-20/09- SDDC- Redfield, SD Staff Development and Leadership Training
10/2/09 - Sitting Bull School - McLaughlin, SD - Teacher Inservice

Attitudes to Live By

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." –James Dean

"Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live." –Unknown

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams."
–Ashley Smith

Seeds of Success: The Preciousness of Time

By Robert A. Prentice

The quality of our life is made up of the multitude of choices we make everyday. If we are to maintain quality lives, we must consistently make wise choices regarding what we will do with the time we have been given.

So many people waste so much time. Tick -Tick it is gone.
People lose track of time everyday. It just slips by. Where did it go? Surfing the web? Mind-numbing TV? Gossip? Being anxious about the future or lamenting over the past -worry simply steals from us. Arguing over petty things is a major waste of time.
It is an appalling thing to waste time.

I know that I have let time slip through my hands many, many times in years past. Never again an idle or wasted minute is my creed. Remember that once that minute or hour or day has passed it is gone forever.

Here are a few great strategies to fill those potential idle moments.

·      Researching Special Subjects and Areas of Interest-What we call Self-Directed Learning!

·      Repairing or Fixing Things

·      Cleaning

·      Writing

·      Organizing

·      Planning

·      Thinking or Cogitating

·      Solving Challenges

·      Planting Something

·      Praying

Washing the dog, the car, or sweeping up the floor just find something productive to do that will maximize the time that you are given each day.

Here is a little trick that has really worked well for me over the years. Think of every minute as if it were a one-dollar bill. Waste an hour and you threw $60.00 down the drain.

Ask yourself what is the next thing? Then do it.

Additionally, purpose from this minute forward that you will have a whole new respect for time and greatly appreciate the preciousness of the very concept of time.

So in conclusion, life it is not in the minutes or the hours, days or years but in the wise management of the events of our lives and how we will invest our precious minutes. Let me encourage you to focus on your priorities, your relationships, and the things that are most essential to you.

On the Sunny Side of Life

The CEO was scheduled to speak at an important convention, so he asked one of his employees to write him a punchy, 20-minute speech. When the CEO returned from the big event, he was furious.
"What's the idea of writing me an hour-long speech?" he demanded to know. "Half the audience walked out before I finished."

The employee was baffled. "I wrote you a 20-minute speech," he replied. "And I gave you the two extra copies you asked for."

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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Bob "Mr. Attitude" Prentice is available for Keynote, conference engagements, and in-house company training assignments.

Bob says,"My training sessions consist of the principles, attitudes and skills that I have discovered over the course of my life, and that I aspire to practice in my day to day living. These are the Life- Tested Tools that I have to offer..."

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AND MORE!

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