"It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever - the one who recognizes the challenges and does something about it."
~ Vince Lombardi
Thanks Jason c. Allen
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Only The Strong Survive
Another song from my youth. The Philly sound....
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Thought For the Day - Do You Have Passion
"The Greeks didn't write obituaries. When a man died, they asked only one question: Did he have passion? "
- John Cusak in the movie Serendipity
- John Cusak in the movie Serendipity
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Thought For the Day - Dare or Not to Dare
"To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself."
-- Soren Kierkegaard
-- Soren Kierkegaard
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Thought For the Day - Our Resilience Makes Us Strong
"No one's life is a smooth sail; we all come into stormy weather. But it's this adversity -- and more specifically, our resilience -- that makes us strong and successful."
-- Tony Robbins
-- Tony Robbins
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thought For the Day - The Courage to Continue
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
~ -Churchill
~ -Churchill
Monday, August 23, 2010
Thought For the Day - Share your stories
“There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.”
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
Thought For the Day - You Haven't Exhausted All Possibilities
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this. You haven't."
-– Thomas Edison
-– Thomas Edison
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Thought For the Day - Rise Above the Challenges
"Despite all the adversity... We still rise above all the challenges"
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Thought For the Day - Circumstances Reveal
"Circumstances don't make a man, they reveal him."
What are your circumstance revealing about you?
What are your circumstance revealing about you?
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
John Duffy's Personal Ramblings - Taking Up the Pen... Cont...
Yesterday I sat in Starbucks rereading "Writing Life Stories" for the 3rd time and writing in my journal. I observed this guy enter and this is what I wrote as I watched him....
Men and Cellphones
"He throws his book down to reserve a comfortable chair and reaches for the bathroom door. It is occupied. He immediately takes out his Blackberry and looks at it to fill the moment before the door opens. He has nothing new on it and he knew that before he took it out so he puts it back and waits for the door to open. The door opens and he immediately takes out his Blackberry again with one one hand while reaching for the open door with the other and enters the bathroom while looking down at his Blackberry. There still isn't anything new on it......"
John Duffy
Men and Cellphones
"He throws his book down to reserve a comfortable chair and reaches for the bathroom door. It is occupied. He immediately takes out his Blackberry and looks at it to fill the moment before the door opens. He has nothing new on it and he knew that before he took it out so he puts it back and waits for the door to open. The door opens and he immediately takes out his Blackberry again with one one hand while reaching for the open door with the other and enters the bathroom while looking down at his Blackberry. There still isn't anything new on it......"
John Duffy
Thought For the Day - Guarantees
"There are no guarantees in life. If you're looking for a guarantee buy an electrical appliance."
Thanks Pattie Villanueva
Thanks Pattie Villanueva
Monday, August 16, 2010
John Duffy's Personal Ramblings - Coincidence or a Message
Yesterday when i was leaving my friends pool party I saw a license plate frame that said " Winners Find a Way", today as I was getting my tires replaced a guy walked by with a t-shirt that said "I'm Resolute" and then I went in to Starbucks and a guy sat in front of me and opened his computer and the screen saver was " Dream Big" and a Eagle. The saying under it was " Your attitude not your aptitude will determine your altitude" -- Zig Ziglar.
Okay all these positive message could be coincidental or just a reflection that those are the messages I uphold in my life so I am aware of them or maybe a little message from the universe to step up even more and keep moving in the direction I am headed boldly. Or maybe all of the above but I will choose to take the most empowering explanation and run with that..... Boldly of course....'
John Duffy
Okay all these positive message could be coincidental or just a reflection that those are the messages I uphold in my life so I am aware of them or maybe a little message from the universe to step up even more and keep moving in the direction I am headed boldly. Or maybe all of the above but I will choose to take the most empowering explanation and run with that..... Boldly of course....'
John Duffy
Thought For the Day - Personal Initiative
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them,
what they could and should do for themselves.
-- Reverend William John Henry Boetcker
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them,
what they could and should do for themselves.
-- Reverend William John Henry Boetcker
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Another Brick in the Wall
A contemporary take on Pink Floyd. A call for freedom...
Saturday, August 14, 2010
John Duffy's Personal Ramblings - Take Up the Pen
There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.”
=~ William Makepeace Thackeray
I come back from my trip to Ireland inspired to take up the pen and continue writing my memoir and get busy on a screenplay that has been waiting to come out for a long time.
I was further fired up by my conversation with author James Hayes and both his philosophy and discipline of writing.
I also just checked out a blog by the author of " A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" and I like how he uses his blog to create his next book. I may borrow that technique as well.
So I begin to read memoirs again and I begin to write. There are stories to be be told and stories to be lived......
John Duffy
=~ William Makepeace Thackeray
I come back from my trip to Ireland inspired to take up the pen and continue writing my memoir and get busy on a screenplay that has been waiting to come out for a long time.
I was further fired up by my conversation with author James Hayes and both his philosophy and discipline of writing.
I also just checked out a blog by the author of " A Million Miles in a Thousand Years" and I like how he uses his blog to create his next book. I may borrow that technique as well.
So I begin to read memoirs again and I begin to write. There are stories to be be told and stories to be lived......
John Duffy
Friday, August 13, 2010
Monday, August 09, 2010
Thought For the Day - Life is a Daring Adventure
" “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”."
-- Helen Keller
Yes it is and I just returned from another daring adventure to Ireland. I will share in the coming days....
-- Helen Keller
Yes it is and I just returned from another daring adventure to Ireland. I will share in the coming days....
Sunday, August 08, 2010
Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos #1 - Danny Boy
My last day in ireland so I post a couple of final Irish songs....
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Friday, August 06, 2010
Thought For the Day - Take the Chance - Become a Rose
It’s the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
.....
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love,
In the spring, becomes a rose.
The Rose
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
.....
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love,
In the spring, becomes a rose.
The Rose
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Thought For the Day - Leaders Serve
" Remember that a leaders job is to serve.My motto is "Help Other People Every Day' (HOPE)."
--Sam Duncan
--Sam Duncan
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Thought For the Day - Cut the Puppet Strings
"Cut the puppet strings. Don't let circumstances control your thinking."
-- John Assaraf
-- John Assaraf
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Thought For the Day - Leadership
Leaders start b by getting "the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats... and then they figure out where to drive it."
--Jim Collins - "Good to Great"
--Jim Collins - "Good to Great"
Monday, August 02, 2010
Thought For the Day - Cleaning the Pool
"Are you cleaning the pool or pissing in the pool?"
--Unknown
How are you showing up in the your life and in the world?
--Unknown
How are you showing up in the your life and in the world?
Sunday, August 01, 2010
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