I have a story to tell

Never let yesterday

2010-03-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

"Never let yesterday use up too much of today."

Will Rogers, humorist.

In calm water

2010-03-21T18:25:00.000-07:00

" In calm water, every ship has a good captain."
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President.

Believe in yourself

2010-03-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

"You have to believe in yourself, that's the secret. Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roamming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world."

Charlie Chaplin, Actor

Enlightening Experience

2010-02-21T22:32:00.000-08:00

"Succeeding is not really a life experience that does much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience."

---Michael Einsner, Executive

Workmanship

2010-02-19T22:30:00.000-08:00

"Make the workmanship surpass the materials."
--Ovid, Poet

The ability to think

2010-02-16T23:53:00.001-08:00

"During my 87 year, I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done awaywith the need for character in the individual or the ability to think."
Bernard Baruch , financier

Whoever gave his best

2010-02-16T22:26:00.000-08:00

"Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it."

----George Halas

What is right for you

2010-02-15T22:10:00.000-08:00

"When everybody tells you that you are being idealistic or impractical, consider the possibility that everybody could be wrong about what is right about you."

---Gilbert Kaplan

2010-02-14T21:09:00.000-08:00

"Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them, and not waited until the next year for better."

--- Edgar Howe

One reason why I can

2010-02-14T21:04:00.000-08:00

"Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

-- Willis R. Whitney

Things you learn best in calm

2010-02-11T21:31:00.000-08:00

"There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm."
---Willa Cather, Author

Life attractions

2010-02-11T21:29:00.000-08:00

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions"

Albert Einstein. Physicist

Full value of joy

2010-02-10T21:36:00.000-08:00

"To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with "
Mark Twain. Author

Set higher standards for your own performance

2010-02-08T21:51:00.000-08:00

"Set higher standards for your own performace than anyone around you, and it won't matter whether you have a tough boss or an easy one. It won't matter whether the competition is pushing you hard. because you'll be competing with yourself."
By Rick Pitino.

Walk with a vision

2010-02-07T10:48:00.000-08:00

Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand, Novelist

The will to create great things

2010-02-06T11:13:00.000-08:00

Great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed
Vincent van Gogh, Artist

A stepping stone to the optimist

2010-02-06T10:44:00.000-08:00

"A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping stone to the optimist."
Eleonor Roosevelt, Former First Lady

How to make impossible possible

2010-02-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

"Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are now doing the impossible."
Francis of Assisi, clergyman

Spin a story aroung the decision

2010-01-29T22:19:00.000-08:00

"Making a decision usually means taking one of two roads. One is doing the right thing. To take the other road, you have to sit back and spin a story around the decision or action you are taking. If you find yourself thinking up an elaborate justification of what you are doing, you are not doing the right thing."

WayneSales

Full effort is full victory

2010-01-27T21:18:00.000-08:00

Satisfaction lies in the effort , not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory
Mahatma Gandhi, Statesman

Ideas Come unexpectedly

2010-01-24T16:34:00.000-08:00

After investigating a problem a problem in all directions, ideas come unexpectedly,without effort like an inspiration.
HL. von Helmhotz

Who gets the oyster

2010-01-22T23:46:00.000-08:00

The first one gets the oyster, the second gets the shell."
-- Andrew Carnegie, industrialist

Start with a dream

2010-01-20T21:23:00.000-08:00

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
-- Johann von Goethe

All life is a chance

2010-01-19T22:06:00.000-08:00

"All life is a chance. So take it! The person who goes furthest is the one who is willing to do and dare."
-- Dale Carnegie, motivational expert

Do you know what you intensely want

2010-01-17T23:14:00.000-08:00

"You do not succeed because you do not know what you want or you don't want it intensely enough."
-- Frank Crane, Minister

We must not be defeated

2010-01-15T21:28:00.001-08:00

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."
-- Maya Angelou, poet

To get out the BEST

2010-01-14T16:53:00.000-08:00

If you want to get the best out of a person you must look for the best that is in him."
-- Bernard Haldane

Character

2010-01-12T08:26:00.000-08:00

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed."
-- Cavett Robert

Chains Of Habit

2010-01-11T14:20:00.001-08:00

"The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."
-- Samuel Johnson, Lexicographer

Great Performance

2010-01-10T19:12:00.001-08:00

"No great performance ever came from holding back."
-- Don Greene, performance coach

Eternity with possibilities

2010-01-08T22:42:00.001-08:00

"It is dangerous to go into eternity with possibilities that oneself has prevented from becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it. "
-- Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher

What makes the difference

2010-01-07T22:20:00.000-08:00

"It's not what you do once in a while; it's what you do day in and day out that makes the difference."
-- Jenny Craig, diet guru

Are you the man who can smile

2010-01-05T21:48:00.000-08:00

"I love the man who can smile in trouble, gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection."
-- Thomas Paine, Statesman

The Discipline that takes to win

2010-01-04T22:15:00.000-08:00

"I have never known a really successful man who deep in his heart did not understand the grind, the discipline it takes to win."
-- Vince Lombardi, American Football Coach

Children remembers

2010-01-03T22:43:00.001-08:00

"What will your children remember? Moments spent listening, talking, playing and sharing together may be the most important times of all."
-- Gloria Gaither

Learn a lesson

2010-01-02T20:35:00.001-08:00

"The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose."
-- John McEnroe, tennis champion

Getting PAID

2010-01-01T20:33:00.000-08:00

"Managing is getting paid for home runs someone else hits."
-- Casey Stengel, baseball manager

"Life without risk ........

2010-01-01T20:21:00.000-08:00

"Life without risk is not worth living."
-- Chuck Lindbergh, aviator

Starting Point

2009-12-30T21:34:00.001-08:00

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat."
-- Napoleon Hill, author

Perseverance

2009-12-29T22:53:00.001-08:00

"You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere."
-- Helen Adams Keller, American Author and Lecturer

Rowing

2009-12-27T16:41:00.001-08:00

"Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction."
-- Kenichi Ohmae, business coach

Make Peace

2009-12-27T16:39:00.000-08:00

"Until you make peace with who you are you will never be content with what you have."
-- Doris Mortman

Valuable Experience

2009-12-26T12:53:00.001-08:00

"Experience is valuable only if it's imbued with meaning from which one can draw salient conclusions. Otherwise, experience becomes imprisoning."
-- Barry McCaffrey, general

Advice of a friend

2009-12-25T00:47:00.001-08:00

"Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life."
-- Plautus, Playwright

An architect of fortune

2009-12-23T18:42:00.001-08:00

"Each man (is) the architect of his own fortune."
-- Appius Caecus, builder

There is a corresponding advantage

2009-12-22T23:20:00.000-08:00

"For every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage."
-- Clement Stone, executive

Amount of Work

2009-12-21T20:30:00.000-08:00

"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same."
-- Carlos Castaneda, author

Do you clearly see your goal

2009-12-20T16:13:00.000-08:00

"Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead... You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin."
-- Kathleen Norris, Writer

Begin At Once

2009-12-19T07:13:00.000-08:00

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put it into action."
-- Napoleon Hill, motivational expert

The Best Way To Succeed

2009-12-18T17:20:00.000-08:00

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint--and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing "
-- Oprah Winfrey, Talk Show Host

Leaders raising standards

2009-12-17T22:22:00.000-08:00

"Leaders get out front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged."
-- Frederick Smith, Federal Express founder

What is Success

2009-12-16T21:23:00.001-08:00

"Success is waking up in the morning and bounding out of bed because there's something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you're good at - something that's bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again."
-- Whit Hobbs

How to achieve the kind of life you want

2009-12-15T20:59:00.000-08:00

"Before a person can achieve the kind of life he wants, he must think, act, walk, talk and conduct himself in all of his affairs as would the person he wishes to become."
-- Zig Ziglar, Author

A postage stamp

2009-12-14T21:56:00.000-08:00

"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there."
-- Josh Billings, humorist

Are you prepared

2009-12-12T22:50:00.001-08:00

"To be prepared is half the victory."
-- Miguel de Cervantes

Stay committed to your decisions

2009-12-11T22:55:00.001-08:00

"Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach. It's the end you're after."
-- Anthony Robbins, Motivational Speaker

Informative Advertising

2009-12-10T21:25:00.001-08:00

"The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be."
-- David Ogilvy, Advertising Executive

ounce of principle

2009-12-09T17:03:00.000-08:00

"The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated."
-- Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president

Are you playing safe

2009-12-08T18:04:00.000-08:00

"If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe."
-- Woody Allen, Director

HOW TO ACHIEVE AND STAY WITH THE PLAN

2009-12-07T22:57:00.000-08:00

"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan."
-- Tom Landry, football coach

The ultimate Tragedy

2009-12-06T09:46:00.000-08:00

"Giving up is the ultimate tragedy."
-- Robert Donovan, writer

Sense of Humor

2009-12-05T23:30:00.000-08:00

"Keep your sense of humor. There's enough stress in the rest of your life to let bad shots ruin a game you're supposed to enjoy."
-- Amy Alcott, golfer

Footprints on the sands of time

2009-12-04T21:07:00.000-08:00

"If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, be sure you're wearing work shoes."
-- Author Unknown

Let the light come in

2009-12-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."
-- Alan Alda, Actor

What really counts

2009-12-02T21:08:00.000-08:00

"It is the studying that you do after your school days that really counts. Otherwise, you know only that which everyone else knows."
-- Henry Doherty

Are you an excellent leader

2009-12-01T20:00:00.000-08:00

"If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are an excellent leader."
-- Dolly Parton, Singer

in times like these

2009-11-30T22:42:00.001-08:00

"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these."
-- Paul Harvey, broadcaster

What is an entrepreneur?

2009-11-29T21:29:00.000-08:00

"The entrepreneur is... the most important player in the building of the global economy. So much so that big companies are reconstituting themselves as networks of entrepreneurs."
-- John Naisbitt, writer

Make it hot by striking

2009-11-29T21:25:00.000-08:00

"Not only strike when the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."
-- Oliver Cromwell, military leader

What do you say when a client asks something

2009-11-29T00:35:00.000-08:00

"Never say no when a client asks for something, even if it is the moon. You can always try, and anyhow there is plenty of time afterward to explain that it was not possible."
-- Cesar Ritz, hotelier

What make things possible

2009-11-26T23:18:00.000-08:00

"It's the little things that make the big things possible. Only close attention to the fine details of any operation makes the operation first class."
-- J. Willard Marriott Sr., hotel executive

Where does failures come from

2009-11-24T21:02:00.000-08:00

"Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses."
-- George Washington Carver, botanist

Gardens

2009-11-23T19:23:00.001-08:00

"Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade."
-- Rudyard Kipling, author

The power of hard work

2009-11-23T00:07:00.001-08:00

"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it."
-- James Garfield, 20th U.S. President

Good Marriage

2009-11-20T23:08:00.001-08:00

"A good marriage is when you're married not to someone you can live with, but to someone you really cannot live without."
-- Dr. Howard Hendricks

The purest treasure

2009-11-19T17:42:00.001-08:00

"The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation."
-- William Shakespeare, playwright

Task dare to start

2009-11-18T22:12:00.001-08:00

"No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start. It becomes a nightmare."
-- Charles Baudelaire, poet

The power of Touch

2009-11-17T17:44:00.000-08:00

"There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf balls."
-- Lee Trevino, golfer

Learn something new

2009-11-16T20:26:00.001-08:00

"I learn something new about the game almost every time I step on the course."
-- Ben Hogan, golfer

"The great creators

2009-11-15T23:36:00.001-08:00

"The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time."
-- Ayn Rand, writer

Powerful advertisement

2009-11-14T09:35:00.000-08:00

"The most powerful element in advertising is the truth."
-- William Bernbach, ad executive

We are made to persist

2009-11-13T23:05:00.000-08:00

"We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are."
-- Tobias Wolff, Writer

The greatest conflict

2009-11-12T20:02:00.000-08:00

"The greatest conflicts are not between two people, but between one person and himself."
-- Garth Brooks, singer

Unlimited Enthusiasm

2009-11-10T22:11:00.001-08:00

"A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm."
-- Charles M. Schwab

By product of fulfillment

2009-11-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

"Happiness is mostly a byproduct of doing what makes us feel fulfilled."
-- Benjamin Spock, Pediatrician

Reach for the stars

2009-11-08T23:32:00.001-08:00

"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
-- Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist

Pressure starts failure

2009-11-07T14:34:00.000-08:00

"Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure."
-- Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager

Never Give up

2009-11-06T21:26:00.000-08:00

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Writer

"Who has not served cannot command."

2009-11-05T21:06:00.000-08:00

"Who has not served cannot command."
-- John Florio

Great Men

2009-11-04T18:05:00.000-08:00

"Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so."
-- Charles de Gaulle, statesman

Determination

2009-11-02T20:24:00.000-08:00

"Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way."
-- Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president

Determination is like a strong TSUNAMI that once it get started, it will hit anyone anywhere anytime. Tsunami will not think where it will be headed or who will get hit. It will come out and will eventually find its way. No one can stop it no matter how hard you try.

Same is true if we have determination our success will skyrocketed inspite of challenges. To make that happen determination needs to be strong. A small action everyday could strengthen determination like TSUNAMI

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

Gifted for something

2009-10-31T23:10:00.000-07:00

"We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained."
-- Marie Curie, physicist

Believing is the key. Believe that you are gifted for something will absolutely inspire you to find what it is. The gift will not just fall off our lap and say. "hello , I am the gift, please take me , I have been here for a long time and almost about to go away from you ." To find our gift we have to believe that we already have it. We have to feel it and enjoy that feeling of being gifted. In the meantime it takes perseverance and confidence in ourselves that we will be the best of the gift that we have.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

When was the last time you call you friends

2009-10-21T22:35:00.001-07:00

"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
-- John Churton Collins, critic

When was the last time you make an inventory of the friends that you know. If not then lucky you that means there was no adversity going on in your life.

On the other hand, how many friends know you. If there are a lot, that means you are prosperous. We all love to associate with prosperous people. They may not share what they have but it feels great to join the community of prosperous people. We are proud to say " I have a prosperous friend. With prosperous friend we feel great and secured. So, the more friends we have the more prosperous we are.

So, start adding prosperous friends to your list.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

What people will never forget

2009-10-20T23:40:00.000-07:00

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
-- Maya Angelou, Poet

How do want to be treated. How does it feel? Do you feel great or do you feel bad. Either way , do you remember that feeling. Feelings are emotions that when you feel it, it will always be there

So get the habit of making people feel great because whatever it is it is always remember. Better yet have them remember only great feeling.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

Start right away

2009-10-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action."
-- Napolean Hill, Motivational Writer

Imperfect action is better than no action. To get what you want, act immediately. It doesn't matter if you are ready or not. Start where you are, what yo have and you will discover how and what to do next. The next step will always lead you to what needs to be done. If you make a mistake, that is okay. Mistakes are guides, reminders that will lead you to the right direction.

Start today and results will come

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

Challenge the road to victory

2009-10-16T20:15:00.000-07:00

"Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory."
-- George Patton, General

Challenges brings pain. But you have to understand that the pain challenges brings is only temporary. It serves as the connector from where you are now to where you want to be tomorrow. While you are on the bridge of transition, you will be stretch, disappointed, feel uncomfortable , feeling never ending pain , sad because you are all alone. No one wants to join you in your moment of pain. However, once you passed by that bridge you will be relief. You can now shout to the universe. I did it.

Then, when you look back people who are afraid to face challenges are locked in on the other side. They have limited freedom. While you who choose to crossed the bridge of challenge is now having a great life.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

Are you open to change

2009-10-15T22:51:00.000-07:00

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
-- Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor

Let go of the stuff that doesn't serve you. Pack them and give them away. Your junk are someones gold. the more you let go the more NEW blessings will come in.

Be open to change, change will give you new and better experience. Embrace change and it will change your life.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small.

would you try and fail or fail to try

2009-10-14T22:28:00.000-07:00

"To try and fail is at least to learn. To fail to try is to suffer the loss of what might have been."
-- Benjamin Franklin, statesman

Interesting, isn't it. Would you try and fail and benefit the lessons learned? Or not to try because of fear? Fear of what? Fear of learning a lesson? Lessons are the best gift we have to be what we want . Do you know why people become Millionaires. That is they always try and always fail. Every time they fail they learn a valuable lesson that were deposited into their millionaires bank account. The more they failed, the more they learned , the more they learned the richer, famous, intelligent, wise, smart they become. The more you failed, the closer you are to to find the GOLD.

So what have you tried , what lessons did you learn , are you close to the big hit. If you haven't tried anything yet due to fear, then you are wasting your million opportunity. You don't know what you are losing.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

Where are you going.

2009-10-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

"It isn't where you came from; it's where you're going that counts."
-- Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

Where you came from is your past, your origin. The pasts is done. The past brings us seeds of greatness to move on with our life. Let us bring with us the lessons that we learned focus on the NOW. Now is the best time to shift your life for the better. What would you do today to bring you where you want to go.

Start today with a plan, review your plan, feel it dream it then do the action. keep doing the action to bring you to your dreams. Start small on a daily consistent basis and you will always find or your consistent action will bring you to the right direction.

Bernadette Velasquez
Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small

Differences in results

2009-10-10T23:31:00.000-07:00

"Small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results."
-- Brian Tracy, Motivational Coach

One step at a time on a daily and continuously basis will greatly bring you to where you want to go. Whatever you do, challenges is always a given factor in an equation. You can not solve the equation if you eliminate the challenges instead embrace it. Concentrate on the solution and not the problem. With a persistent and consistent action a way will be made to solve the problem.

Bernadette Velasquez

Creating Huge Positive Change by Starting Small.