Thought For Day - Greatest Success

"Our greatest success will come just one step away from our greatest failure."

Napoleon Hill

Thought For Day - Stories Are Emotional Transportation

"stories are emotional transportation. Do you weave stories into your daily conversation?"

Keith Ferrazzi

"Facts tell, stories sell..."

Paul Darwish

What stories do you tell yourself about your life? Are you the victim or the hero? Are you the lead or a bit player? Don't get trapped in old stories, make up new and better ones......

John Duffy

Thought for the Day - Growing and Giving

"Growing and Giving are the meaning of Life"

Are you constantly growing and giving back?

Thought For the Day - Keep a Journal

One of the greatest tools for personal growth is the keep a journal. I started keeping one for a writing class at Empire State College in New York. Over the years i have filled close to 50 journals. The purpose of the journals have changed and evolved as my life has. They started as a writing tool and a way to explore my memories and evolved into a tool for personal growth and a place to capture all the moments my busy life.

I read a few books about journaling that gave me ideas on how to use a journal. Two of the books I read years ago were "At a Journal Workshop" and "Your Life as Story". There are many other books on the subject that you can read if you haven't used a journal before.

Over the years I have used my journal in the following ways:

Capturing the moments of my life
Self analysis
Goal Setting
Planning and recording Magic Moments
Writing down all my blessings and things I am grateful for
Writing down all the decisions and commitments I make
Planning for all the things I want to accomplish in my life
Recording all the accomplishments in my life
Exploring new projects
Sharing my life and history with my daughter and leaving a legacy


I could go on but the point is journaling has served me well from the days when I was working in the NY Post Office as a mail handler until the person I have become today. I used it to fuel my desire to follow my dreams and to help overcome all the obstacles I faced on that journey.

I have also passed on journaling to my daughter and have also finished over 5 journals that are for her and capture all the moments in her life and our moments together. I also use it to share my dreams, wishes and thoughts for her future life.

Journaling is a great tool if you are pursuing personal growth. Journal your life and when the time is right share it with someone important in your life.......

Book Review - Ten Successful Start-Ups

For more info:http://www.harrylwells.com/

I'm happy to recommend this book by a good friend of mine. It's an interesting insight into 10 start up entrepreneurs who he counseled and assisted as a Business advisor in New York City. The foreword is written by film director Taylor Hackford.

Book Description
The lure of entrepreneurial freedom and wealth compels many adventurous individuals to try to beat the odds-to become the one in four business start-ups in the U.S. that survives the first four years. And now, with corporate downsizing and deteriorating economic conditions, more than 550,000 new businesses are launched in the U.S. every year. So how does one identify the challenges that await the new business owner, and more importantly, how can you boost your odds for success?

Learn from others who have "been there, done that." In Ten Successful Start ups, you'll discover how these common, everyday people built their businesses into multimillion dollar companies that will sustain them in the future. Let their lessons be your guide as you travel your own entrepreneurial path.

About the Author
Harry Wells is a popular entrepreneurial training workshop leader recognized by the United Nations as a visionary in developing international entrepreneurial training programs. He works in New York City as a Certified Business Advisor for entrepreneurs and small business start-ups, and lives in Brooklyn with his family.

If your are an entrepreneur or looking to start a business check this book out.......

Thought For the Day - Just Do it

Health, Fitness and Diet books are plentiful and yet people continue to eat themselves into obesity and disease. Everyone is buying all these books looking for the "Secret" to health and fitness. The reality is there is no "Secret" and there is good information in all the books but the key is to take action every day. I believe in Keeping it Simple and Just Doing It.

Many years ago I came back from college and I had gained some weight, no I gained a lot of weight and my young nephew started to call me the "Pillsbury Dough Boy". Well that caused a lot of pain for me and the pain of that name was worse than the pleasure of the eating and drinking I was engaging in. I went on a two week water fast ( I don't recommend that but I was a little extreme at the time) and I broke my habit of overeating. I then applied for and got a job as a fitness instructor at Jack la Lanne and I got into the best shape of my life.

I would later learn that the two key motivators in our lives are pain or pleasure and usually one of them is dominant in the decisions we make. I decided that the pain of being overweight outweighed the pleasure of overeating so I remain committed all my life to taking Acton daily to maintain my state of fitness and health.

I developed a philosophy and strategy of DI (tm) or Daily Improvement. I apply this to my exercise program. I always make an improvement of either adding more repetitions or adding more weight to each workout. I always raise the bar for my self. So in summary I offer the following:

Just Do It - Exercise
DI ( Daily Improvement)
Variety - Keep changing the exercise so you never get bored
Monitor - Keep an exercise journal so you can monitor the progress

No Excuses - Just Do it

Thought for the Day - No Excuses

On the wall of a Dublin boxing club:

"Winners are simply wiling to do what losers won't"

"When you're good at excuses it's hard to be good at anything else"

As I like to say:

You can either get Results or make Excuses. You can’t do both. Your choice.

Thought For the Day - Vision

"Most people take the limits of their vision to be the limits of the world. A few do not. Join them." Arthur Schopenhauer


We see the world as we are not as It is. We filter it to create our point of view but remember that's all it is, our point of view not reality. Or as someone else put it the map is not the territory. Time to expand your vision of what's possible. Break thru the limits and barriers. Create a big vision of what's possible......