'You have to have money to make money.'
Do you know what that is? It is not a truth - it is an EXCUSE! It is also a lot easier to say than, 'I didn't do what was required to succeed.'
This week Dr. Robert Cade passed away, if you have not heard of him you are not alone. However, I would be willing to bet you have sipped his sports drink - Gatorade. It all started in 1965 when The University of Florida football coach Dwayne Douglas asked Dr. Cade why his players didn't urinate after games. Dr. Cade conducted some research and discovered that a player could lose up to 18 pounds which was 90-95 percent water during a 3 hour game. Players sweated away sodium and chloride and lost plasma volume and blood volume.
So after some research and $47 of supplies Gatorade was created. It wasn't a success at first because many said it tasted like toilet bowl cleaner. It was first tested on freshman so the varsity would not be hurt by the beverage. Eventually lemon juice and sugar made it taste better and Georgia Tech's coach, Bobby Dodd, said the reason he lost the 1967 Orange Bowl to The Gators was that they had Gator and 'outlasted' them in the second half. In the words of Paul Harvey, 'Now you have the rest of the story...'
Norman Bushnell the Founder of Atari said, 'Anyone who has ever taken a shower has had an idea. It is the person who gets out, dries off and does something about it is the person who makes a difference in the world.'
There are many excuses a person can make for lack of success and money is just one of. In reality two ingredients are really pivotal:
1. A good idea - this often comes from asking questions just like Coach Douglas asked.
2. Hard work! 15 years ago a successful retired businessman gave me a piece of paper that read,'Very few things can do as much for a man's self image as a hard days work!' I have never forgotten that message and never forgotten that it can make up for a lot of things - including a lack of money.
Thanks for the lesson Dr. Cade! Now I am off to have a Gatorade because I have some work to do!
Go for More this Week!
Ron White
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In This Issue.....
1. Time For You by Ron White
2. Quotes of the Week
3. Model Yourself After the Best Individuals Who Have Proven Their Success Over Time by Denis Waitley
4. One Success Program a Day for a Week!
5. More Information
1. Time For You by Ron White
He was completely infatuated with her. It was all that he could think and talk about. Yet, every time that he asked her on a date it was the same reply. She told him that she would love to go out with him, however, her schedule of work, school and other commitments was just too hectic and it wasn't possible.
In his frustration, he came to me and asked me for advice. He wanted to know how he could creatively help her with some of her responsibilities and free up some commitments so that they could spend time together. When he made this suggestion to me, I sighed deeply and bit my lip. I was searching for a tactful way to break the news to him, yet, I have never reached tremendous success in my efforts to be tactful so I just let him have it.
'Man, when she tells you that she doesn't have time. She has time – what she means is that she doesn't have time for YOU. I suggest that you dress in black for a week and pretend like she is dead, because it isn't going to happen.'
My words seemed to have been a kick to his gut that sucked all the life out of his lungs. After a few seconds of silence, he raised his head as he came up for air.' Thanks, buddy – I needed to hear that' was his beaten reply to me. After our conversation, he left and I do believe that although he didn't dress in black for a week – he did take my advice and move on. I am sure that both he and the female are grateful for that.
You see, I have never seen a woman (or a man) who is head over heels in interest for someone yet, just can't find time to be with that person. If the interest is there – the time will be there.
In life, you often hear the excuse. 'I wish I could – spend more time with my family, start my own business, chase a goal, travel, or volunteer…but, I just don't have the time.' You have the time…you are simply spending it somewhere else. You are a human and will make time for what you see as a priority. The question is – are you prioritizing the correct things.
You have the exact same amount of time in a day that Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Copernicus and da Vinci had. You have the exact same amount of time in a day that Michael Dell, Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey have. The question is not – Do you have the time? The question is – How are you spending the time that you do have?
Begin to keep a journal and log the time you spend everyday. Do this for at least two weeks. Track the time you spend getting ready for work, in your automobile, at the office, eating out, reading, in entertainment, watching television, surfing the internet or simply doing nothing. You may be surprised at the amount of time that you spend on unproductive matters. It is very often shocking at the time each day that we squander and will never get back.
Zig Ziglar penned a term called automobile university and it is the answer to everyone who says that they don't have time to learn a new skill, a foreign language or gain an education on the mysteries of the day. Ziglar suggest that if you simply listen to audio programs as you drive everyday you can successful use the time to gain a new skill or education. This is effective time management.
Life can often become so overwhelming that as we get caught up in the rat race – we are not aware of how we are spending our time. It may be time for a time inventory of your life. First begin by journaling what is most important to you in your life. Then track how your time for two weeks. It could be very eye opening.
Remember you have the same amount of time in a day that Einstein, Henry Ford and da Vinci had. The question is – are you using your time as effectively as they did. Therefore, you have no cause to complain for your lack of time, only your management of that time. Time plays no favorites – it will either be its slave or it will be yours. You make time every day for what you value.
What do you value?
Ron White
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2. Quotes of The Week
VALUES/PRINCIPLES
"The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. That is why I wish to pay fair price for every value. If I have to pay for it or earn it, that makes something of me. If I get it for free, that makes nothing of me." -- Jim Rohn
"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." -- Thomas Jefferson
"Decide what's right before you decide what's possible." -- Brian Tracy
"Personal leadership is not a singular experience. It is, rather, the ongoing process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with those most important things." -- Stephen Covey
"Success is the prize for those who stand true to their ideas!" -- Josh Hinds
"Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value." -- Albert Einstein
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." -- Winston Churchill
"The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world." -- Blaine Lee
"I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood; I see that the elementary laws never apologize..." -- Walt Whitman
"Freedom requires that we learn and put into practice the three R's - Respect, Responsibility and Restraint." -- Fr. Brian Cavanaugh, TOR
"Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." -- Thomas Paine
3. Model Yourself After the Best Individuals Who Have Proven Their Success Over Time by Denis Waitley
Do this by benchmarking the world's most admired organizations and people in and out of your industry. Hewlett-Packard sends teams of two to four managers to meet with peers in other companies. After exchanging ideas about leadership and organizational practices, the benchmarking teams exchange comments. If you want to become or stay the best, you must know more than what your competitors are up to.
You must know the best business practices, wherever they exist. It's a good idea to read business magazines to keep current on what the real movers and shakers are doing globally.
Action Idea: This month read, listen to or watch a biography of someone you admire who has overcome great hurdles to become successful. When you learn what many of them had to endure, you are less overwhelmed by the obstacles you face. Every hardship you face has been endured and conquered by someone before you.
Denis Waitley
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4. One Success Program a Day for a Week
With these seven new DVD/CD programs on success related topics from Ron White, you can enjoy one a day for your entire week! Just look at what Ron covers:
- Success Lessons from Medal of Honor Recipients
- How to Have a Winning Year
- How to Develop the Mind of Einstein
- Maximize Your Memory
- Success Lessons from Baseball
- Success Lessons from U.S. Presidents
- The Ten Commandments of Selling
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