Spending time clearing out old stale projects, people, situations, etc. We can grow together but if you want to stay still, I gotta go :-)

What's your favorite Christmas dessert? I'm in charge of making desserts for Christmas

I asked my clients to help me get this reality gig. Sent the email around 11am and Over half of them have already responded. What more can I ask? WOW!

Officially time to enjoy this weekend! First stop karaoke :-)

I love it! Pastors with iPads

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A person's probability of success is directly proportional to the belief and execution of their abilities. - Kent Calhoun

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The best way to change your belief system is to change the truth about you. What you actually "do" is more important than what you say you'll do. - Steve Chandler

Once you realize that PEOPLE don't have a heaven or hell to put you in, you will go far in life.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around - Henry David Thoreau

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. - Maya Angelou

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. - Ezra Pound

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Getting ready to have a David vs. Goliath moment. Time to bring out the Louise side. Lol

If you feel inferior to someone else, it is because of your own beliefs. - Catherine Pulsifer

Others believing in you is nice but worthless if not matched by your own thought. - Scott Moore

Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing! You see things, not as they are, but as you are. -Eric Butterworth

This has been a phenomenal day! I am so blessed.

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Going to the office to train a new bookkeeper. I hope she is ready for me..,.

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Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. - Charles F. Kettering

The soft-minded man always fears change. He feels security in the status quo, and he has an almost morbid fear of the new. For him, the greatest pain is the pain of a new idea. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world. Arthur Schopenhauer

A man receives only what he is ready to receive... The phenomenon or fact that cannot in any wise be linked with the rest of what he has observed, he does not observe. Henry David Thoreau

Great thinkers have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds Albert Einstein

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

Success is not what you think it is...it is what you believe it is....and most never believe. - Doug Fivebaugh

The biggest obstacle to creating a wonderful life is self-limiting beliefs. - Brian Tracy.

People so ofter develop limiting beliefs about who they are and what they're capable of. Because they haven't succeeded in the past, they believe they won't be able to succeed in the future. - Anthony Robbins

Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe. - Mark Victor Hansen

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. - Mahatma Gandhi

If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad. - Denis Waitley

When you believe "I can do it", the "how to do it" develops. - David Schwartz

Happiness depends upon ourselves. -Aristotle

No man is happy who does not think himself so. - P. Syrus

The mind that is anxious about the future events is miserable. - Seneca

It is the trouble that never comes that causes the loss of sleep. - Chas Austin Bates

I believe a man is better anchored who has a belief in the Supreme being. - James Cash Penney

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests. John Stuart Hill

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen. Frank Lloyd Wright

Belief creates the actual fact. - William James

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. - William James

Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Just as no one can be forced into belief; so no one can be forced into belief. - Sigmund Freud

It's the repitition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. - Muhammad Ali

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desparately drunk with a certain belief. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy. - Sugar Ray Leonard.

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it. - Bryant H. McGill

Envy comes from people's ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. - Jean Vanier

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up. It's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are. -Kirstie Alley

Some things have to be believed to be seen. - Ralph Hodgson

You must start with desire, keeping in mind that with the magic of believing you can obtain what you picture in your mind's eye. - Claude M. Bristol

Don't ever fear belief, rather have the courage to embrace positive beliefs and get on with your life. - Scott Moore

A person's probability of success is directly proportional to the belief and execution of their abilities. - Kent Calhoun

The best way to change your belief system is to change the truth about you. What you actually "do" is more important than what you say you'll do. - Steve Chandler

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around - Henry David Thoreau

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. - Maya Angelou

Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. -Parker Palmer

What matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it. - Ezra Pound

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.
~Sonya Friedman

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. - Margaret Lee Runbeck

If you feel inferior to someone else, it is because of your own beliefs. - Catherine Pulsifer

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.
-Hartman Rector, Jr.

In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet. - Albert Schweitzer

Others believing in you is nice but worthless if not matched by your own thought. - Scott Moore

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. -W.C. Fields

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. - Aristotle

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -William James

You are as amazing as you let yourself be. Let me repeat that. You are as amazing as you let yourself be. -Elizabeth Alraune

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. -Malcolm S. Forbes

Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. - Langston Hughes

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection. -Buddha

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. - Patrick Henry

I have spread my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. - W.B. Yeats

Trust the dreams for hidden in them is the gate to eternity. -Kahlil Gibran

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. - Harriet Tubman

The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself. -Lao-Tzu

People with many interests live not only the longest, but happiest. - George Matthew Allen

Seeing is not believing; believing is seeing! You see things, not as they are, but as you are. -Eric Butterworth

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. ~E. E. Cummings

You cannot dream yourself into a character: you must hammer and forge yourself into one. - Henry David Thoreau

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail. - Charles F. Kettering

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. - William Shakespeare

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer. - Marcia Wieder

Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal. - Pamela Vaull Starr

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. - Henry David Thoreau

There is a Divine and Infinite potential within every soul, an intimate access to the mind of God and the passion of the Universe -K. Allen Kay

Don't you dare, for one more second, surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are. -Jo Blackwell-Preston

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When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. -Norman Vincent Peale

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake. - Henry David Thoreau

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It's not what you are that holds you back, It's what you think you're not.
-Denis Waitley

The longer you wait, the harder it is to produce outstanding customer service.
-William H. Davidow

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.
- Dorothy Thompson

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. -Sally Field

The customer’s perception is your reality.
-Kate Zabriskie

If you want to conquer fear, don't sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
- Dale Carnegie

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
-Kurt Cobain

Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
-Gucci Family Slogan

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project.
-- Shelley Duvall, actress

You are much deeper, much broader, much brighter than any idea you could have of yourself. -Harry Palmer

Customers may forget what you said but they'll never forget how you made them feel.
-unknown

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
-Edgar Cayce

Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within.
-Steven Coogler

One customer, well taken care of, could be more valuable than $10,000 worth of advertising.
-Jim Rohn

It is wise to learn; it is God-like to create.
-John Saxe

I was once afraid of people saying, "Who does she think she is?" Now I have the courage to stand and say, "This is who I am." -Oprah Winfrey

A customer is the most important visitor on our premises. He is not dependant on us, we are dependent on him.
-unknown

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
-Joseph Chilton Pearce

It's not your job to like me...it's MINE! -Byron Katie

Here is a simple but powerful rule- always give people more than what they expect to get.
-Nelson Boswell

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
-Michelangelo

Learn to value yourself, which means: to fight for your happiness.
-Ayn Rand

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Customer complaints are the schoolbooks from which we learn.
-unknown

Live out of your imagination instead of out of your memory.
-Les Brown

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one. -Eleanor Roosevelt

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Treat every customer as if they sign your paycheck,
because they do.
-unknown

Everything you can imagine is real.
-Pablo Picasso

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. -Joseph Campbell

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In business you get what you want by giving other people what they want.
-Alice Macdougall

What is now proved was once imagined.
-William Blake

Self-care is never a selfish act—it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others. -Parker Palmer

To my customer. I may not have the answer, but I’ll find it.
I may not have the time, but I’ll make it.
-unknown

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
-Walt Disney

The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others.
~Sonya Friedman

Well done is better than well said.
-Benjamin Franklin

Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. -Fitzhugh Dodson

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.
-Hartman Rector, Jr.

A website isn't enough anymore. Are you engaging with your prospects on their turf? http://ping.fm/RgH5N

Our greatest asset is the customer! Treat each customer as if they are the only one!
-Laurice Leitao

A goal without a plan is just a wish. -Larry Elder

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Customers don’t expect you to be perfect.
They do expect you to fix things when they go wrong.
-Donald Porter

Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be.
-Henry David Thoreau

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else. ~E. E. Cummings

Text messages are effective because 97% are read—90% within the first hour of receipt. Are you using this in your business? http://tinapottssocialmedia.com

If we don’t take care of our customers, someone else will.
-unknown

If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends.If you make customers unhappy on the Internet,they can each tell 6,000 friends.
-Jeff Bezos

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
-Albert Einstein

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. -W.C. Fields

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Do what you do so well that they will want to see it again
and bring their friends.
-Walt Disney

If we do not know which port we're steering for, no wind is favorable.
-Seneca

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. -William James

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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
-Sam Walton

Nothing happens unless first we dream.
-Carl Sandburg

You are as amazing as you let yourself be. Let me repeat that. You are as amazing as you let yourself be. -Elizabeth Alraune

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
-Roger Staubach

Goals are dreams with deadlines.
-Diana Scharf Hunt

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. -Malcolm S. Forbes

Being on par in terms of price and quality only gets you into the game.
Service wins the game.
-Tony Alessandra

Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
-Bo Jackson

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love & affection. -Buddha

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A pat on the back is only a few vertebrae removed from a kick in the pants, but is miles ahead in results. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. -Anatole France

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If you put good people in bad systems you get bad results.
You have to water the flowers you want to grow.
-Stephen R. Covey

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.
-Epictetus

You are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.
~Yogi Bhajan

Almost every American (91%) own a mobile phone, according to CTIA-The Wireless Association’s semiannual U.S. wireless industry survey. http://tinapottssocialmedia.com

A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.
-unknown

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C.S. Lewis

To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. -Thich Nhat Hanh

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Always treat your employees
exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
-Stephen R. Covey

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength,
not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
-Vince Lombardi

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. -Robert Collier

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It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
-Harvey S. Firestone

Success in life comes not from holding a good hand, but in playing a poor hand well.
-Anonymous

There is a Divine and Infinite potential within every soul, an intimate access to the mind of God and the passion of the Universe -K. Allen Kay

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits.Unless you've got a good team,you can't do much with the other two.
-Lee Iacocca

The only limitations you will ever face will be those you place upon yourself.
-Keith DeGreen

Don't you dare, for one more second, surround yourself with people who are not aware of the greatness that you are. -Jo Blackwell-Preston

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
-Peter Drucker

I would rather try to succeed and fail than try to do nothing and succeed.
-Og Mandino

When people believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. -Norman Vincent Peale

Nearly all consumers (97%) now use online media when researching products or services, according to BIA/Kelsey’s ongoing consumer tracking study. http:tinapottssocialmedia.com

You can't do today's job with yesterday's methods and be in business tomorrow.
-unknown

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses. It is won behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.
-Muhammad Ali

Success comes in cans, not cant's. ~Author Unknown

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan

Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. ~Henry Ford

What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ~Eleanor Powell

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. ~Pablo Picasso

Promise yourself to live your life as a revolution and not just a process of evolution. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~Edmund Hillary

There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them. ~Charles D. Gill

Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ~Confucius

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude. ~Ralph Marston

Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. ~Art Linkletter

Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. ~Wendy Wasserstein

You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures. ~Charles C. Noble

When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. ~Woody Allen

God gives us dreams a size too big so that we can grow in them. ~Author Unknown

Life's problems wouldn't be called "hurdles" if there wasn't a way to get over them. ~Author Unknown

Great ideas need landing gear as well as wings. ~C.D. Jackson

If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. ~J.M. Power

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. ~Arnold H. Glasow

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. ~Les Brown

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. ~Author Unknown Have a great night!

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One of the most potent of the weapons of influence around us is the rule for reciprocation. -Robert Cialdini

I asked someone yesterday, "Would you rather me give you a fish or teach you how to fish for yourself?"

Smile at a person and he will probably smile back at you. Happy Monday! Have a great week!

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~Albert Einstein

Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb

I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. ~Author Unknown

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking places. ~Author Unknown

Its time to get up! Take a minute to sit quiet and think about how you want your day to go.

"For fear of taking risks in life I missed a lot of fun. Now the only things that I regret are things I haven't done" unknown

Be a part of communities and cultures that encourage AUDACIOUS behavior. And if you can't find them, CREATE them yourself - Andy Jenkins

Surround yourself with People who radiate Positive Energy - who just oooze Enthusiasm. - Andy Jenkins

"Be Bold, and Mighty Forces will come to your aid." Unknown

What's made the difference is my unshakeable belief that I can do whatever I set my mind to. - Andy Jenkins

All in a day's work....or should it be all in a day's play?

Are you your own worst enemy?

Local online directories....are you listed?

The power of the imagination makes us infinite - John Muir

Just a few more minutes of contemplation.....then its time to Get IT!

Remember we all have something to say...Use Google alerts to see if someone is talking about you on the internet.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true. - Leon J Suenes

Time to rise and shine! What's on your agenda for today?

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal
-From a headstone in Ireland

And I'm proud to be an American where at least I know I'm free, and I wont forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. -Lee Greenwood

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
- Maya Angelou

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
- Francis Marion Crawford

Happy Memorial Day! All of my posts today will be reflective of why we have the day off!

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau

Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would come to be different.
-Katherine Mansfield

Experience is not what happens to you;
it is what you do with what happens to you.
-Aldous Huxley

The greatest discovery of my generation
is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
-William James

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces,
never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again.
-Flavia Weedn

To be upset over what you don't have
is to waste what you do have.
-Ken S. Keyes, Jr.

The men who try to do something and fail
are infinitely better
than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
-Lloyd Jones

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
-Winston Churchill

Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
-Judy Garland

I'll always be Number 1 to myself.
-Moses Malone

Life only demands from you the strength that you posses.
-Dag Hammarskjold

Ask not what your teammates can do for you.
Ask what you can do for your teammates.
-Magic Johnson

There is a power in people who dream big and who try hard.
-Harold Klemp

If you think small things don't matter,
think of the last game you lost by one point.
-unknown

One can never consent to creep
when one feels an impulse to soar.
-Helen Keller

First master the fundamentals.
-Larry Bird

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
-Oprah Winfrey

Sometimes a player's greatest challenge
is coming to grips with his role on the team.
-Scottie Pippen

Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass.
It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
-Vivian Greene

One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team,
but one man cannot make a team.
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

lways felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability,
it was my mental ability.
-Bruce Jenner

I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
-Arthur Rubinstein

It's lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges,
and I believed in myself.
-Muhammad Ali

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
-Michael Jordan

People are not disturbed by things,
but by the view they take of them.
-Epictetus

The will to win is important,
but the will to prepare is vital.
Joe Paterno

A loving person lives in a loving world.
A hostile person lives in a hostile world;
everyone you meet is your mirror.
-Ken Keyes, Jr.

Adversity cause some men to break;
others to break records.
-William A. Ward

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances,
but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.
-Hugh Downs

When someone tells me there is only one way to do things,it always lights a fire under my butt.My instant reaction is, I'm gonna prove you wrong.-Picabo Street

I am an optimist.
It does not seem too much use being anything else.
-Winston Churchill

It is not the size of a man
but the size of his heart that matters.
-Evander Holyfield

...You have to believe in yourself when no one else does-that makes you a winner right there.-Venus Williams

There are only two options regarding commitment;
you're either in or you're out.
There's no such thing as life in-between.
-Pat Riley

The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? Larry Flint

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; 2nd, stick-to-itiveness; 3rd common sense. Thomas Edision

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. Thomas Edison

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job. Chin Ning Chu

There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no.......Start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it! - Jack Canfield

All systems are a go!

Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can. Paul Tournier

I try to spend a lot of time with my family on Sunday to re-charge. How do you spend your Sunday (excluding football season :-))?

Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. - Robert Orben

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. - Colin Powell