Where in nature do you see a plant or animal prosper all alone and secluded?

Can you find a tree that grows independent of soil, water or solar energy? Of course not. Do you watch squirrels prosper independent of trees to live in, trees to provide nuts or nature's water supply? Of course not. When was the last time you watched a bird fly south for the winter alone? Have you ever seen a string of ants working together in a single line RIGHT THROUGH YOUR KITCHEN to carry a piece of bread back to their queen?

If nature doesn't produce secluded success why do humans believe the path to success can be found alone? Every self-made success in life has resources other than their own they have drawn upon (even if this was voluntary or involuntary from the helper).

This week is Thanksgiving. I want to encourage you to sit back and reflect on and be thankful for those who have assisted you in helping you achieve what you have. However, take it a step further - don't simply reflect and be grateful for those you owe a word of thanks to. Instead, take the action step of thanking those who have helped you along you way. Just like nature, you haven't done it alone. Give credit where credit is due this week and carry that habit throughout the year.

Expressed acknowledgement and appreciation in life is too rare of an event.
Celebrate Thanksgiving by giving thanks and you may be surprised how it motivates those you give it to to spur you on to even greater success.

Go for More this Week!
Ron White

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In This Issue.....

1. Leave the World a Bit Better by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Zig Ziglar on Being a Difference Maker
4. Customer Feedback
5. More Information

1. Leave the World A Bit Better by Ron White

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote a poem on success. One of his measures of success in that poem was to, "Leave the world a bit better." That line has always stuck in my head. Emerson said you have succeeded if you leave the world a bit better. I have made that line part of my life philosophy. When the tide goes out there is a watermark where the water was. When the waters of life recede from the shore of my being and my heart pumps for the last time, my desire is that there will be a mark where I stood. My aim is that the mark will say, 'For some decades a man occupied this space who saw others more important than himself and made the effort to leave the world a better place for them and those yet to come.'

Our society tells us that success is measured by bank accounts, power, beauty and wealth. These are often the result of hard work, luck or birth. They are not evil and I strive for some of them daily. However, they are not the mark I will measure the success of my life with.

So how do you do it? How do you "leave the world a bit better?":

You give a percent of your income away to a charity or church. This makes your community better.

You save a percentage of your income to pass down to your family when you leave.

You volunteer your time for those who are less fortunate. Are you volunteering anywhere?

You mentor someone who needs a positive direction in life.

You follow and get involved in politics. Our laws and leaders will determine the future. You can have a hand in that future.

Or you can amass as much wealth as you can, spend it as fast as you can on the fading desires of your heart and seek to please you first. Our culture might tell you that this is success. Emerson tells us that it is not. I encourage you to realize that the waters of your life will eventually withdraw from the shore. When it does, will there be a watermark?

-- Ron White  

2. Quotes of The Week

THANKSGIVING

"On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence." -- William Jennings Bryan

"Do not get tired of doing what is good. Don't get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time." -- Galatians 6:9

"There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way." -- Jim Rohn

"Thank God every day when you get up that you have something to do that day which must be done whether you like it or not. Being forced to work and forced to do your best will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know." -- Basil Carpenter

"Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving." -- W.T. Purkiser

"The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!" -- Henry Ward Beecher

"Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song." -- Konrad von Gesner

"What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?" - Erma Bombeck



3. Zig Ziglar On Being A Difference Maker

Most people are familiar with the fact that on October 8, 1871, fire broke out in Chicago and claimed more than 200 lives and destroyed more than 7,000 buildings . . . But many people do not realize that on the same day, fire also broke out in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. That blaze claimed an estimated 1,500 lives and scorched 1.28 million acres of timberland. The news media of the day were centered in and around Chicago, whereas Peshtigo was small and off the beaten path. Consequently, the attention was minimal. But I think all of us would agree that the Peshtigo fire was significant. Because it didn't get the publicity, however, very few people are aware of it today.

That's the way it frequently is in life... Literally thousands of people are doing significant things every day to help a neighbor, a homeless individual, or those who do not have fuel to heat their homes or food for their tables. These silent angels of mercy do these things because they want to do them and because they believe they are their brothers' keepers. The joy and satisfaction of doing something with no thought of recognition, reward, or return are all the pay these unsung heroes want. They do their good deeds for unselfish reasons. Without them, who knows what state of affairs our world would be in? I certainly don't, but I can guarantee you one thing--it would be much worse than it is today. Be a difference maker for others and it will make a difference in your life.


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