Bridging the Gap by Colin Powell

I was just recently forwarded this amazing narration from Colin Powell and felt prompted to share it with you here.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people istheir impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people. As you grow, your associates will change. Some of your friends will not want you to go on. They will want you to stay where they are. Friends that don’t help you climb will want you to crawl. Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream. Those that don’t increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider this:

Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how. Not everyone has a right to speak into your life. You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person. Don’t follow anyone who’s not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it. Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along theroad of life. Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships. If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

“A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.”

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate – for the good and the bad.

Note: Be not mistaken. This is applicable to family as well as friends. Yes…do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, forthey will always be your family no matter what. Just know that they are human first and though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone else and will fit somewhere in the criteria above.

“In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us. In Adversity We Know Our friends. Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them. If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude”.

Colin Powell
American Statesman and Four Star General in the United States Army

Be the one to ALWAYS remember birthdays!

Wouldn’t it be nice to be the one that always remembers other people’s birthdays?

If this sounds appealing to you, there are several ways you can make this happen.

You can…

1. Keep your birthday list visible on your refrigerator, inside your pantry, or bathroom mirror.
2. Buy a birthday book that will list everyone’s birthdays each month.
3. Create a tickler system where you buy all your cards each month and place a birthday card in the day you want to mail it.

Or better yet, you can do what I do and use www.simplifymycards.com.

Not only do I have access to all the cards at my fingertips, I am also reminded of someone’s birthday 7 days before!  AND I can even send a gift with the real greeting card!

Since using this service, I have sometimes been the ONLY person who has sent an actual greeting card to my friends on their birthday.  And many times, my cards arrive ON their special day.

To me, there is no easier way to keep track of people’s birthdays and sending them a fun card. It’s simple, fun, inexpensive and it WORKS!

It feels good knowing I am the person in someone’s life who always remembers their birthday.

Want to know what it feels like? Simply visit www.simplifymycards.com and send a card to someone who has a birthday coming up.  It’s my gift to you!

P.S. My birthday is July 17th. (I couldn’t resist!)

Inspiring Passwords

I guess this is my first *real* post since I started this blog.  Although this can be a lot of pressure, I am honoring a promise I made to myself… I would only write when I felt inspired which happened as I was logging onto my laptop just now.

As crazy as that is, I am just going with it….

Recently I have changed most of my passwords to reflect positive messages I want to remind myself of every day.  I love getting that extra dose  of inspiration and nice reminders so much, that I had to share the idea with you!

Examples of some great inspiring passwords (to get your creative juices flowing) are…

• Iamabundant
• santosha (sanskrit for contentment)
• thisismyyear
• behappy
• iamhealthy
• focusfocusfocus

As much as I would love to know your inspirational passwords, it is probably best not to share them here… just in case.  But, it would be great to know if you do this and what a difference it makes in your life.

This is such a simple thing we can do to remind us of what we want in our life.  Mine makes me smile every time.

Hello world!

Well, I did it.  I have made the transition from being an organizing coach to unlimited possibilities.

It is an exciting and new place for me.

Right now, I envision myself writing about living green, simplifying, creating financial freedom, and living in the flow.

I am sure there will be other topics, too. Right now I just want my creative juices to flow without being confined to one topic.

So if you are up for the adventure with me, I would love to share!