There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.

~Dr. D. Waitley

"Leadership is all about building bridges instead of walls" :-)

~FA

“ I attribute my success to this:
I never gave or took an excuse. ”

~F. Nightingale

On Personal Growth: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies," said Jojen. "The man who never reads lives only one.” :-)

"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." Jack Welch

Memorial Day: A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ~Joseph Campbell

"Success is not something you HAVE, it's something you DO everyday...it's the price you pay...it's the positive attitude...it's YOU :-)"
~FA

Decisions shape destiny...make them wisely :-)

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”
― Andy Rooney

Don't let life fly by without a plan. Read, Learn, Execute and Give like No One Else!

"Your heart not your head can make you an influential leader"

~FA

"A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it." - Alfred Alistair Cook

“Those who bring excitement and enthusiasm to the lives of others won't be forgotten. Our legacy can be our positive attitude :-)"

~FA

“ Chance favors only the prepared mind. ”

~Louis Pasteur

Good leaders must embrace both care and candor.

~JCM 5 Levels

The opportunity is so great...It’s time to turn your belief into Your Story – Your Reality...with hard work, experience & resilience. ~FA

“It started with ideas, with beliefs. Yes, definitely beliefs. You must start with beliefs. Yes, always beliefs.”

~Margaret Thatcher

"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle" live by serving others daily!

“High expectation is the key, lifting the lid from your life is the way...you haven't born to be average. Live up to your full potential"~FA

“High expectation is the key, lifting the lid from your life is the way...you haven't born to be average. Live up to you full potential" ~FA

“From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.” Give to the Alzheimer's Association
May 18 & 19 weekend!
http://ping.fm/zG4b2

Keep it simple, when you make it complicated you miss the real opportunity. Simple is better!

~FA

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. ~Hugh Downs

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

~John Maxwell

"The best gift to others is action with enthusiasm, with excitement...and with love"

~FA

Self-Discipline is the ability to reject instant gratification, and to stay focused on high-value activities that will bring desirable results! ~FA

“...People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
- Maya Angelou

7 P's to Success in Everyday Life:

-Passionate
-Positive
-Purposeful
-Persuasive
-Persistence
-Perseverance
-Productive



~FA

The Miracle of Life nurtured by a woman who gave us love and sacrifice...MOTHER.

Happy Mother's Day

"if you want to be a positive influence you must live with a positive mindset".

~ FA

To become a developer of people, you have to be willing to adopt a long-term mind-set." ~JCM , 5 Levels

"No matter where you are in your leadership journey, never forget that what got you to where you are won't get you to the next level." ~JCM, 5 Levels

"The goal in life is not to live forever. The goal in life is to create something that does." ~JCM, 5 Levels

"Don't allow yourself to become the lid on your organization. Give it the best chance for a bright future by developing other leaders." ~JCM, 5 Levels

"The credibility of a Level 3 leader can be summed up in one word: example." -


~JCM, 5 Levels

“Write it on your heart that
every day is the best
day in the year. ”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Leaders who move up to Level 2 shift their focus from me to we." - JCM, 5 Levels

"You can like people without leading them, but you cannot lead people well without liking them." - JCM, 5 Levels

"Positional leaders focus on control instead of contribution"

~5 LEVELS

"Whatever you do in life do it with humility, clarity and courage."

~FA

Fault finders never improve the organization; they only make it seem worse than it really is. Find something to celebrate, the rest will improve as well.

"No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated,
disciplined"

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

~John C. Maxwell

A WINNER is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. It's so easy to just see the difficulties of the opportunity and miss it.

~FA