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Showing posts with label Great Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Quotes. Show all posts

Disabled Gardening Project

On 12:18 PM by Rachel Preston in
Now that's what I'm talking about! EVERYONE deserves to have their own garden! Click on the photo for more information.

Innovation Quote

On 12:08 PM by Rachel Preston in ,
"...progressively we began walking along a path where people just want what's "new", "original" and "innovative", without ever questioning whether or not we need that particular innovation, or if originality is a virtue on its own..."  
- My Friend Alexandre Alvaro

He's spot-on.

Great Quote on Wisdom by @jonathanfields via @DaniellelaPorte

On 11:31 AM by Rachel Preston in
"Conventional wisdom. Please, I should buy into the collective perceived limitations of large numbers of people who’ve either tried and failed or, far more likely, never had the balls to try? Why would I ever let THAT guide or limit my own life?" - Jonathan Fields

and there there's this

On 4:53 PM by Rachel Preston in

Great Quote
from http://markmanson.net/fuck-yes

"If all of the people you pursue give you a mild responses, or outright rejections, then it’s time to focus on improving yourself. Ask yourself, what is it about yourself that would inspire others to say “Fuck Yes” about you? If the answer is not obvious, then you get to work. Build yourself into a person others would say “Fuck Yes” to."





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As true in dating as in business and life in general

On 4:51 PM by Rachel Preston in
Great Quote
from http://markmanson.net/fuck-yes


"Remember, it’s your job to look for something cool in everyone you meet; it’s not their job to show you. This is life, not a fucking sales convention. Learning to appreciate people you meet is a skill you cultivate. So get on it. This doesn’t mean you have to fall in love with everyone who breathes in your direction. It just means you need to take responsibility for your ability to connect with the people you are meeting."

A little Merton for ya

On 4:48 PM by Rachel Preston in


Serve the truth we are given

On 4:37 PM by Rachel Preston in
… "The gods do not require that we all be conquerors, or the even that we all be wise, but only that we serve the truth that we are given until we can pass it on."
                                                                                 – The Forest House, Marion Zimmer Bradley

http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780451454249-19
                                                                             

Jim Rohn Quote

On 12:04 PM by Rachel Preston in
motivational philosopher Jim Rohn advises that:

“You should set a goal big enough 
that in the process of achieving it, 
you become someone worth becoming.”

J.K. Rowling Quote: Failure

On 5:03 PM by Rachel Preston in
"It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all- in which case, you fail by default".   -J.K. Rowling

I will not die an unlived life... (quote)

On 2:02 PM by Rachel Preston in
 
Iris histrioides 'Lady Beatrix Stanley'  at the ABQ Botanic Gardens 2.9.14         photo by Rachel Prinz all rights reserved
"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit."   
--Dawna Markova

Living well

On 10:52 AM by Rachel Preston in
"It's not about living "better" (and acquiring more), it's about LIVING WELL."
- Hecho in Mexico documentary

On Responsibility, from Maggie Macnab's Design by Nature

On 1:02 PM by Rachel Preston in ,
"When we offer up our professional experience and abilities, guided by our principles, we attract the opportunity to be of true service. By making ourselves vulnerable, we invite synchronicity. And because we can, we must." - David Berman

On Synchronicity, from Maggie Macnab's Design by Nature

On 10:13 AM by Rachel Preston in ,

"People are connected by more than physical parts, as quantum mechanics is beginning to describe. This is the difference between the machines that are designed and the amazing composition of matter and energy that people are. You can't actually trace or find all of the bits, or understand how they connect you to the intangible that inspires you, but somehow they find each other, connect, and result in something miraculous that was previously invisible. Coincidence (or synchronicity) is very much a part of everyday life, but it takes awareness to notice it. With the understanding that everything in the world is connected with varying degrees of separation, coincidence could be considered a word that simply describes a connection more remote than others."

Inspriation Source: Tidbit #1 from Design by Nature by Maggie Macnab

On 9:45 AM by Rachel Preston in ,
Flamenco evolved in the Renaissance from traditional Moorish dances.
The exclamation "Ole" derives from "Allah" and was shouted from the audience once they felt god was revealed in the dance...

Architecture too can reveal aspects of Spirit.  How does it reveal them to you?

Hungry for more? Read Design by Nature by Maggie Macnab.
I'll be posting tidbits from the book here every week while I am finishing it. It's great.

Lessons from Start with Why by Simon Sinek

On 8:30 PM by Rachel Preston in , ,
Great leaders and companies focus most on their WHY - why they do what they do
i.e. in the case of Apple, for instance - they develop lifestyle products that are cutting edge and represent a break from the status quo. You can see this in the first commercial they ever made as easily as you can in their marketing today - People buy into the ideal, not just the products.
then they determine WHAT they do 
Apple started out as a computer company. Now it's removed "computers" from its name and it makes everything from computers to telephones.
then they determine HOW they do it.
Apple products and its stores are completely different than anything else you will see. Apple looks different, acts different, and feels different. It is all about reiterating their mission - to do it better, and different - than the status quo.


Some other notes…

Page 28
There is a big difference between repeat business and loyalty. Repeat business is when people do business with you multiple times. Loyalty is when people are willing to turn down a better product or a better price to continue doing business with you.
Repeat business comes from manipulations – of price… of instigating fear (i.e. “don’t miss this great price!”). Loyalty comes from buying into your story…  your WHY.
Page 83
“Happy employees ensure happy customers... happy customers ensure happy stockholders – in that order.” – Herb Kelleher, founder of Southwest Airlines
Page 104
No matter how experienced, no matter how proficient, a trapeze artist will not attempt a new death-defying leap without first trying it with a net below him. And depending on how death-defying the trick is, he may insist on always having a net when performing the trick. Besides the obvious advantage of catching you if you fall, the net also provides a psychological benefit. Knowing it is there gives the trapeze artist confidence to try something he’s never done before, or to do it again and again… the more he trusts…the more he will take personal risks to make his act better. 
If he thrives, the rest of the circus performers will follow, and the show will get better.
Better show = more customers = more $$$. Enough said.
Page 106
It is a prerequisite, then, for someone to trust the culture in which they work to share the values and beliefs of that culture. Without it, the (person) is… likely to work only for self-gain without consideration of the greater good. But if those inside the organization are a good fit, the opportunity to “go the extra mile,” to explore, to invent, to innovate, to advance and, more importantly, to do so again and again and again, increases dramatically. Only with mutual trust can an organization become great.
Page 122
The… act of incentivizing an influencer (someone who tends to be at the forefront of adapting to new ideas, and to whom people look to prepare for what’s coming) is manipulative. It renders the influencer completely inauthentic to his or her group. It won’t take long for the group to find out that a recommendation wasn’t made with the group’s interest in mind, but rather because of one person’s self-interest. Trust erodes and value of the influencer is rendered useless.
Page 134
Energy motivates but charisma inspires. Energy is easy to see, easy to measure, and easy to copy. Charisma is hard to define, near impossible to measure, and too elusive to copy. All great leaders have charisma because all great leaders have clarity of WHY; an undying belief in a purpose or cause bigger than themselves.
Page 223
When you compete against everyone else, no one wants to help you. When you compete against yourself, everyone wants to help you.
Like these tidbits? Then read Start with Why by Simon Sinek

Notes from Ken Foster on Success

On 3:28 PM by Rachel Preston in ,
From a recent lecture based on Ken Foster's model of success, I took the following notes, which might be of help to more than just I.

  • Establish your core values. What about success is important to you? Is it achievement? Loyalty? Money? Know what that is an see how it motivates you.
  • Establish a clearly defined visions based on your core values. 
  • Then establish responsibilities based on that vision.
  • The establish a desired outcome. 
How to achieve these?
  • Surround yourself with people whose mindset is what you want to emulate.
  • Set a goal (or goals) about what you want, or want to overcome.
  • Take 5 actions steps every day to achieve each goal.
  • Make commitments and then keep them.
  • Repeat your mantras til you believe they are true (or possible.)


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