John Duffy's Success Tip # 1 - Solutions

"Solutions, Solutions, Solutions.
Okay I've heard the problem now what's the solution?
There's always a way and an answer. Your job is to find it."

John Duffy

Sunday Review - Looking Back - Looking Forward

"Another week has past, so can you look back and say you did your best...?"

James Hayes - Friends of Ireland


Great question. Ask it regularly and step up your life........

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 - # 2 - Wade in the Water

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 - Under My Bed

Courtesy Mitchell Welch

Saturday's Motivational Video - Larry Winget

Thought For Day - Set a Deadline

"A goal is a dream with a deadline."
Napoleon Hill

Thought For Day - Be a Winner

"If you don't see yourself as a winner, then you cannot perform as a winner. "
Zig Ziglar

Thought For Day - Poverty or Success - Your Choice

"If you are born poor, it is not your fault. But if you die poor, it is your fault."
Unknown

Thought For Day - Write Your Story

"You're the author of your story, Do you want to be the Victim or the Hero?"

Write the story of your life you want and live it.....

Thought For Day - Questions

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.-
Arthur C. Clarke

Questions generate answers.......... Ask many questions, especially empowering ones.....

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 2 - Nothin Better To Do

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video 2009 # 1 -We Danced Anyway

Saturday's Motivational Video - A Sampling of Motivational Speakers

Thought For Day - You Have A Choice

" For 24 years of my adult life BY CHOICE I have weighed well over 200 lbs. I say BY CHOICE because I have never accidentally eaten anything. I mean it's always been deliberate. And when I CHOOSE to eat too much today, I have CHOSEN to weigh too much tomorrow....... You can CHOOSE to set goals and realize your potential or CHOOSE not to......"
Zig Ziglar

Thought For Day - Lead By Example

"Discover that the most powerful way to help those
you love is to lead by example — and realize
you're leading by example all of the time."
— Joe Caruso

Thought For Day - Gratitude

"Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others."
Cicero

What are you grateful for today?

What can you be grateful for ?

Thought For Day - You Are Wealthy

"To know you have enough is to be wealthy."
The Tao

Thought For Day - Part of the Solution

"If you're not part of the problem, you can't be part of the solution"

Recognize your role in a problem and then be part of the solution. Don't be a victim be a player.

Thanks to Tony Robbins

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 2 - Tubthumping

Thanks to my Cousin Sharon for reminding me of this one.......

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 - I Like It Like That

Saturday's Motivational Video - From Doorman to Motivational Speaker

Thought For Day - Dwell in Possibility

"I dwell in possibility"
Emily Dickerson

May You Dwell In Possibility

Personal Ramblings - You Never Want to Lose Your Courage

"You Never Want to Lose Your Courage"
Maggie (O'Donnell) Quinn


Today I called my Aunt Maggie in Ireland to wish her a happy birthday. She was born in 1914 and is 95 years old today. Aunt Maggie was born the year WW I started and before Ireland achieved it's independence. The world has changed so much since she was born. She still lives on the mountain in Glanduff, Ireland where she was born.

She told me today that she would like to travel to New York to see where her deceased sister's Mary and Ann (my mother lived). She has never traveled to America but she said she wasn't afraid to make the trip.

She then said "You never want to lose your courage." What an amazing statement to hear from someone of her age. She's a mighty woman and I couldn't agree more, I never want to lose my courage.

Happy Birthday Aunt Maggie and thank you for sharing your wisdom with me......

Thought For Day - How Do You Eat an Elephant?

"How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time"

"I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them."

Thought For Day - Be Happy

"For every minute you are angry,you lose sixty seconds of happiness."

Thought For Day - Live Each Day....

"Live every day as if it's your last because one day it will be."

Celebrate Memorial Day -

This Memorial Day remember and honor those who served and gave their lives so we can be free to enjoy the Memorial Day Weekend.

Freedom isn't Free

Support The Wounded Warrior Project
https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/index.php/About-WWP/About/

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 2 - The Rain Don't Last"

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 - Wish You Were Here

Saturday's Motivational Video - Augie Nieto - Never Give Up

Thought For Day - Run Towards Opportunities

"Run towards opportunities and problems will take care of themselves"
Jake Steinfeld

Thought For Day - Make No Little Plans

"Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men's blood..... Make big plans, aim high in hope and work."
Daniel Burnham - architect

Thought For Day - Get Interested in Others

"if you want people to get interested in you, get interested in them, without an ulterior motive"
Greg Mooers

The key is "without an ulterior motive". Try it........

Thought For Day - Reputation

"You can't build up a reputation on what you are going to do."
Henry Ford

Thought For Day - Experiment

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sundays Eclectic Music Video - 2009 # 2 - Crazy

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 Bad to the Bone

Saturday's Motivational Video - I Am Potential

Thought For Day - What Story Are You Writing?

"Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two."

--Hugh B. Brown

Interesting insight into the difference between the life we intend to create and the life we do create. Have you taken the time to look at where you are versus where you intended to be?

How do you go about rewriting the story/your life to get the ending you want?

Give this one some thought.....

Thought For Day - Enjoy the Little Things

"Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"
Robert Brault

Thought For Day - Courage

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it is a quiet voice at the end of the day. saying..."I will try again tomorrow"
Mary Anne Radmacher

Personal Ramblings - "It Doesn't Get Better Than This"

Tonight i wrote a short speech I'm gong to give at my daughter's graduation day from her elementary school. She read it and said. "You're the best dad in the world."
Every time she says that to me it seems fresh like I'm hearing it for the first time. No matter what I achieve or don't achieve in life, as long as I hear those words from my daughter I will realize that I'm a success in life and it doesn't get better than this......

Thought For Day - Overwhelmed

"May you always be overwhelmed by the Grace of God rather than by the cares of life."
Unknown


The above line was from a Mother's Day poem a friend posted on Facebook. I like the line.

Thought for the Day - Optimist or Pessimist

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Personal Ramblings - Happy Mother's Day

My mother was a sweet soul. As a kid I listened to her stories of her childhood in Ireland and her journey to America. i especially loved the story of the banshees in the mountains of Glanduf, Ireland, She came to America in 1928 right in time for the Great Depression and worked as a live-in domestic. She later worked in factories during World War II while my dad served in the Philippines. After my dad died when I was four she raised my brother and myself and while we were very poor she found a way to give us what ever we needed. All the neighborhood kids loved her and watched out for her. She always wanted to return to Ireland but never made it home. I made the trip for her last year and met her youngest sister and walked in her childhood house. I felt like she was there with me. So this Mother's Day I honor her and will always be grateful for all she gave me and all she made me. Happy Mother's Day Mom. I know you are looking down on me and smiling.......





I''ll Always Love My Mother - In Memory - Ann "O'Donnell" Duffy

Saturday's Motivational Video - Childhood Dreams

Thought for the Day - Break On Through

"The brick walls are there to stop people who just don't want it enough"
Randy Pausch
What wall will you break through today?
Tony Robbins

Thought For Day - Destiny

"We don't always get our goals but we do get our destiny. Remember Garth Brooks song, thank god for unanswered prayers!"
Thanks to Tony Robbins

Thought For Day - Be Remarkable

"Being noticed is not same as being remarkable. Running down the street naked will get you noticed, but it won't accomplish much."
Wayne Mansfield

Thought for the Day - Optimist or Pessimist

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Thought for the Day - Treat Others

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those
who can do nothing for them or to them.

-- Malcolm Forbes

Thought for the Day - Be Happy - Be Kind

"People who are happy are kind and people who are kind are happy"
Unknown

Of course I would bet the opposite is true... People who are unhappy are not kind and people who are not kind are not happy.
Just Saying.....

Rest in Peace - CJ Bau

CJ Bau was a friend, an actor, a husband, a father and much more. He touched people's lives. He will be missed. I met him in the 90's, We acted together in plays at the American Renegade Theatre Company and in a couple of shorts I produced. He was a curmudgeon but always had a smile and a sense of optimism that he shared with others.
He was given a standing ovation at his funeral service today to celebrate his life and to acknowledge his life long passion for acting.
Rest in Peace Brother CJ. You will missed.....

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Tell It Like It Is

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 - # 1- You Got to Serve Somebody

Saturday's Motivational Video - No Arms, No Legs..... No Worries

Personal Ramblings - Room to Read

Just came across a great story about a Microsoft Executive John Wood who left to stat a non profit creating libraries in poor countries. Fascinating story and great cause and organization. Check it out......

http://www.roomtoread.org/about/index.html

Thought for the Day - Change Your Mind, Change Your Life

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the their attitude of mind... If you change your mind, you can change your life."
William James

Thought for the Day - What To Believe, Who To Believe

"Believe those who are seeking the truth, doubt those that find it. "
Andre Gide

I remember when I thought I found the truth (politically). I had all the answers. Of course I didn't and I stopped learning and growing. Now I prefer to have questions and attempt to be open. So I have come to appreciate the quote above. Worth thinking about......

Personal Ramblings - Rejection

I just read about the story of Susan Jeffers' author of "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway". She was rejected by fifteen publishers and received one rejection letter that said ""Lady Di could be bicycling nude down the street giving this book away, and no one would read it.

It went on to sell millions....

Don't give up, don't let others create your reality.

Thought for the Day - The Audience is Waiting

"You create your own stage. The audience is waiting"
unknown

Thought for the Day - Always Two Sides

"No matter how thin you slice it there are always two sides"
Spinoza

Personal Ramblings - Think You're Having a Bad Day?

"Every Day Above Ground Is a Good Day"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,517919,00.html

Thought for the Day - Say Yes

"Create your YES list, a list of all the things you want to say YES to, and be prepared to be amazed."
Linda MacDonald

Inspirational Story - Walk On

Here's an Inspirational Story worth checking out.....

http://confidentgolf.com/journal/2009/3/16/walk-on.html

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 - # 2 - Under the Boardwalk

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 - Saint James Infirmary

Saturday's Motivational Video - Sing Your Song

Thought for the Day - Success

"Success is not something you achieve, it's something you attract by becoming a more attractive person."
Jim Rohn

Thought for the Day - Failure is Just a Step Towards Success

"Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet."

Thought for the Day - Know When to Hold Them

"Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well"

Thought for the Day - Be Careful What You Say

And be aware when someone speaks negative about people.....

"What someone says about someone else they will also say about you when you turn around!"

Personal Ramblings - Memoirs and Writing Books

Well I've read close to a dozen memoirs now I'm on to reading a bunch of writing books. Here are some I'm reading now.....



Next week I start a memoir writing class at a local college.... Time to write....

Thought for the Day - Miracles

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." Einstein

I choose the second way.......

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 2- Duke of Earl

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 #1- Lion Sleeps Tonight

Saturday's Motivational Video - A Humorous Take on Motivation

Motivate Yourself

Personal Ramblings - Memoirs

I'm immersing myself in reading memoirs. I've read eight plus memoirs in three areas; Ireland, Irish-American and Urban/Ghetto. Those are the three main areas that cover my early life as I prepare for a memoir writing class and writing a memoir. Now I'm reading books on writing , language and grammar in an attempt to reeducate myself or maybe just educate myself in those areas.
The memoirs I've read so far are:



Let me know if you have any suggestions for memoirs I should read......

Thought for the Day - Insight

"Most people spend their lives looking but not truly seeing."
Joe Navarro

Thought for the Day - Be Stronger

"Do not pray for easier lives, pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers,
pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work will be no miracle, but YOU will
be a miracle. "
Phillips Brooks

Thought for the Day - Keep Reading

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
Sir Richard Steele

Thought for the Day - One Deed, Less Talk

"A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed."
Henrik Ibsen

Thought for the Day - No Failure

"In my life, I've failed over and over and over again. That's why I succeed." ~
Michael (Air) Jordan

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 - # 2 - You Raise Me Up

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 - Awesome God

Happy Easter

Saturday's Motivational Video - Attitude

Thought for the Day - Multiple Projects

"The successful always has a number of projects planned,
to which he looks forward. Any one of them could
change the course of his life overnight."
— Mark Caine: Non-fiction author

Personal Ramblings - Get Back Up

You must watch this if you want to be inspired. If this doesn't put your problems and challenges in perspective nothing will..... Get Back Up.....


http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=64784173502&h=sukl9&u=DiKxF&ref=nf

Thought for the Day - No Worries

"Worrying is the same thing as banging your head
against the wall. It only feels good when you stop."
— John Powers

Thought for the Day - A Little Prayer

"Help me be more, do more, learn more and give more
Help me make the days ahead of me greater than the ones behind me
Help me step up and make a difference
Help me find and share my gifts with the world
Help me find my greatness and share it
Help me find my purpose
Help me live every day with wonder
Help me live every day with gratitude for all the blessings I have"

JD

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 - Work Is Love Made Visible

"Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy. For if you break bread with indifference, you bake bitter bread that feeds but half a man’s hunger. And if you grudge the crushing of grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine. And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night."

~ Kahlil Gibran

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 2 - Free Fallin'

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2009 # 1 - Dion & Belmonts

From the Bronx to.....

Saturday's Motivational Video - Inspiration

Personal Ramblings - New York

I'm back in New York for my mother in law's 90th birthday celebration, Great city, my hometown. Here is is....

Thought for the Day - Keep Growing

"Someday, I'm just going to run out of time. But I'm never going to run out of questions, and I'll doubt I"ll ever run out of energy"
Jim Collins - Author "Good to Great"

That's my plan as well.......

Thought for the Day - What is Your Role?

"My role is to develop ideas, to do research, to think, to teach, to bring order out of chaos and share it the best way I can. And to pursue interesting questions."
Jim Collins - Author "Good to Great"

Thought for the Day - Time to Get Started

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

W. M. Lewis