Quote of the Day

“If you’re going through hell, keep going”

Winston Churchill

Quote of the Day

“Do what you do so well that people can’t resist telling others about you.”

- Walt Disney

I love this quote from Walt Disney.  What a great way to make your business grow.  Today the social media marketers would call it “Going Viral.”   Seth Godin calls it “Being Remarkable.”   His entire book Purple Cow, is about this very concept.

Today it seems most people and businesses do a poor job with customer service. The irony is this makes it easy to stand out from the crowd, yet so few take the opportunity to do it.

“You can’t run away. You can only repeat what you don’t want to face.”

Richard Flint – From his morning minute video

We often have tough issues in out lives that we don’t want to face. Our logical side knows we need to deal with the issue, but our emotional side holds us back because it will be uncomfortable. But if we don’t face it today, we will repeat the uncomfortable emotions every day until the issue is resolved.

How do you know the most important thing you should do today?  It is often the very issue you want to avoid and procrastinate.  While the task we dread may not be important in and of itself, it is the energy drain it causes that makes it important. Dealing with tough issues immediately is a great habit to have.  Unless and until, you deal with them, they continue to be an energy drain. Don’t just do it today, make it the first thing you do. The rest of the day will be a piece of cake.

To your success,
Ned

It is a sad day.  Jim Rohn, one of the foremost motivational speakers died today Dec 5, 2009.  Almost every well know speaker in the success field today will admit to being influenced by Jim.  One of todays best know speakers, Tony Robbins, reportedly got his start in the motivational field working for Mr. Rohn.

Jim Rohn Quotes

Here are a couple of my favorite quotes from him. Jim, was a big proponent of reading for personal growth.

“Poor people have big screen TVs. Rich people have big libraries.”

“Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.”

If you are not familiar with him I suggest you get some of his materials and learn for yourself why he was so influential in the self development field. Here is a tribute from the Jim Rohn Website.

RIP Jim Rohn.

I really like a good quote.  If a quote makes the point in a clear, clever, and convincing way and also aligns with my own philosophy, well that really makes my heart sing.  I’ll be sharing some of my favorite quotes with you. It won’t be daily, it won’t even be on a regular schedule but it will be the best quotes that really say something important.  Today’s quote:

“Opportunities multiply as they are seized!” – Sun Tzu

I have certainly found this to be true in my investing.  It is about taking action.  The more I am out and about taking action the more opportunities I run into.
Happy investing,

Ned

PS: Thanks to Rubeina for her retweet of a Tony Robbins post.