POST IT QUOTES THOUGHTS AND NOTES

Recent Quotes that I have found that I write on Post It notes around the office:

“We fail when we get distracted by the tasks we don’t have that guts to quit” – Seth Godin

“ Quit or be exceptional. Average is for Losers.” – Seth Godin

“Average feels safe, but it’s not. It’s Invisible.” – Seth Godin

“If at first your idea does not sound absurd, there is no hope for it.” – Albert Einstein

“Your best EXTRA job is MORE of the SAME.” – Dave Ramsey

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts” – Marcus Aurelius Antonius

Are you doing the most productive thing possible right now? – MANY

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

Accentuate the essential, ignore the obvious. – Vincent Van Gogh

The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas – Linus Pauling

Creativity is blocked by our falling in with other peoples plans for us – Julia Cameron

Quotes on HOW WE SHOULD THINK

We become what we think about – Heard from Earl Nightengale’s “the Strangest Secret”

Act as if it’s impossible for you to fail – Dorothea Brande

Ultimate Freedom is man’s right to choose his attitude – Viktor Frankl



Pablo Picasso felt that the urge to create would conquer any attempts to suppress it, that even if locked in a prison he would still be an artist, “even if I had to paint my pictures with my wet tongue on the dusty floor of my cell,” he said.

Eagles and Turkeys

I am tired of the ho-hum-hum-drum.

I don’t want to go to any more dinners with freinds where all we do is Kvetch about what we don’t like about our work and our lives.

Why don’t we go to dinners and parties and talk about our potential?

Let’s get the 50,000 foot view.

The view that is at the top of the mountain.

The BIG PICTURE!!!!!

->VISION of what Life CAN BE

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them.

• George Bernard Shaw

We have to make the circumstances we want.

If all we do is talk about, act like and be around the turkeys, we can never soar with the eagles.

Shouldn’t we act, and talk about, and be around the eagles? Model them, and try to be like them.

What are the eagles doing?

What makes them eagles?

How did they get to be eagles?

What does it take to be an eagle?

Lets talk bout this stuff – the HUGE POTENTIAL of our LIVES, instead of negative stuff that gets us down.

Bridges and Thumbnails

Reading The Pursuit Of Wow! by Tom Peters. An older book, but still some great thoughts.

One of his points is:
“Build bridges with friends, instead of burning them with enemies.

Forget your enemies. Work around them. Work instead on developing friends, turning people who agree with you (a little bit or a lot) into passionate advocates and adherents.”

It made me think of my cousin who was working on the roof of his house. He slammed the hammer down on his thumb. Thumbnail – Popped off. (gross) Blood and thumbnail on the ground. Purple thumb. That’s what I remember.

It made no difference though. Swollen and busted up thumb, he still had to finish the roof. 4 fingers were fine. 1 that was busted. Yet, he still had to complete the project.

This example is not quite related to the point above – but in a way it is. How easy is it to let one sore thumb totally screw up the project you are working on. What if there is one sore thumb in your organization?

Are we going to let that one sore thumb torpedo the project? Or are we going to gather the four fingers (plus the other five on the other hand) that can still do the job and get it done?

Hmm. Maybe it’s completely two different points. But still. It made me think.

Thinking is good.

Quote from Dave Foster

Sometimes we Christians fail to realize that because we go directly to our agendas of trying to save souls and propagate our religious faith, we fail to realize the very example of Jesus.

Love a person with your life.

Meet their needs.

Fill their hunger.

Give them something to drink.

Walk a mile in their shoes.

And then and only then do you have the right to share the story of where you’ve found hope.
– Dave Foster from Bellevue Community Church

This is a Great quote/post/thought on Dave Foster’s Blog. He is a guy who always makes me think and expands my brain!

Share Winning Stories

From Mark Batterson’s blog:

Here's one practical tip

We start every staff meeting by sharing wins.

The "old school" word is "testimony." Sharing wins gets us focused on the positive things God is doing. It has become part of our culture. It sets the tone for everything we do!If you're pastoring, put "wins" at the top of every meeting agenda. It's positive reinforcement.

You need to celebrate what you want to see more of.

It doesn't matter whether it's a boardroom, classroom, or locker room, sharing wins is one small step/one giant leap towards creating a positive environment. Sharing wins can revolutionize a church culture, family culture, or work environment.

Cool thought – and it is a thought that is echoed in the book I am reading – The Leadership Challenge ( good read – not a tough read – but I am really taking my time with it, making notes, underlining and highlighting to re-read again!)

…telling stories forces you to pay close attention to what your constituents are doing. Telling stories about others give you the chance to reinforce that “everyone is a leader.” Hearing or reading a story about similar people (people they can identify with) is also the most effective type of role model for stimulating an audience to learn how to take such actions themselves. (p.100)

Post it Note Thoughts and Quotes

I write a lot of Post It Notes. I have different thoughts around the office and car, and I thought I would write a couple out. (Just in case I lose them or something like that)

• Loving Selectively is worldly; giving it freely is miraculous – Don Miller

• Every Sinner has a future! Every Saint has a past! – Dawson McAllister

• We should have faith in a person – not faith in a predetermined outcome

• Come as you are. You’ll be loved. – Cincinnati Vineyard slogan

• Those who hear not the music oft perceive the dancer as mad

• We should always be Growing and Going toward God

• What kind of leader are you going 2 be? One that Looses or Binds the Holy Spirit? – Steve Robbins

• Deepen Your Message – Dawson McAllister

• Look for the creativity of God in Life and in Scripture

Quote that I just read that I think is good stuff

"Whether we think of, or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for Him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than His love, and the desire of pleasing Him. All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God . . . In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is a continual prayer."

--John Wesley