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

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

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Breath

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 1 - Feels So Good

Saturday's Motivational Video - Never Ever Give Up in Life

Thought For the Day - You Haven't Exhausted All Possibilities

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this. You haven't."

-– Thomas Edison

Thought For the Day - Rise Above the Challenges

"Despite all the adversity... We still rise above all the challenges"

Thought For the Day - Circumstances Reveal

"Circumstances don't make a man, they reveal him."

What are your circumstance revealing about you?

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

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

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

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

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Another Brick in the Wall

A contemporary take on Pink Floyd. A call for freedom...

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 1 - New York State Of Mind

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

Saturday's Motivational Video - Inspirational Story

Thought For the Day - Too Determined to be Defeated

A friend posted this and I echo the sentiments...
Thanks Pattie

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....

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video's # 2 - Film ireland

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos #1 - Danny Boy

My last day in ireland so I post a couple of final Irish songs....

Saturday's Motivation Video

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

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

Thought For the Day - Cut the Puppet Strings

"Cut the puppet strings. Don't let circumstances control your thinking."

-- John Assaraf

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"

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?

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video's # 2 - U2

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 1 - One

I'm still travelling in Ireland so here is some U2

Saturday's Motivational Video - Irish Speakers

I'm still in Ireland on the West coast staying in Foxford, County Mayo. So today I share an irish motivational video...

Thought For the Day - Character

"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."

--Elbert Hubbard

Thought For the Day - Be the Man You Want To Be

"A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be."

-- Bruce Springsten

Thought For the Day - Do It Right Now

"If you aren't doing it right now, it's probably not going to happen."

-- Marshall Goldsmith

Thought For the Day - Seize Occasions and Make Them Great

"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities,s strong men make them."

-- Orison Swett Marden 1850-1924

Thought For the Day - Lot's of People Know What to Do

"Lots of people know what to do do, but unless you do what you know what to do, then what you know what to do won't do. So do whatever it is!!"

-- John E Regan

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 2 - Kíla - Tóg é go bog é

Kíla - Tóg é go bog é



Here's one in Gaelic

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 1 - Once

The next 2 weeks eclectic music videos will be Irish music as I travel in ireland visiting family and meeting new friends.

Saturday's Motivational Video - Irish Motivators

It's only appropriate that I post videos from Irish motivators as I will be travelling in Ireland for the next 2 weeks,

John Duffy's Personal Ramblings - Ireland Trip

We leave today for a flight to Dublin and a drive across Ireland to County Mayo on the West Coast of Ireland. I am making my 3rd trip to Ireland to visit my family in Glanduff on the West Coast of Ireland. Since I have been connected with my family I have made it a must to connect my family and daughter with her family in Ireland and around the world. I am so blessed to find my family and to be able to visit and discover my history and roots.....

Thought For the Day - What's Most Important in Life

"If you have your health and piece of dry bread life is good"

-- My Aunt Maggie O'Donnell - Age 97 - From the mountains in Rosskey, Ireland.

I repost this as I take another journey to Ireland to see my Aunt Maggie and all my relatives. I totally agree with her. What's most important in life. Your health, your survival, your family, your friends and your purpose.

Thoughts For the Day - Pursue Your Destiny

“As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.”

-- Denis Waitley

Thought For the Day - Winners keep Commitments

“Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep.”

-- Denis Waitley

Thought For the Day - Rise Above the Challenges

‎"Despite all the adversity... We still rise above all the challenges."

--Unknown

Or maybe because of the adversity it makes us stronger and more capable. My life has been full of adversity and I don't believe I would wish for anything different. I've always liked the quote "the stronger the wind the stronger the trees." I don't look for a life without problems, challenges and adversity but use them as a well to grow stronger and overcome them.

John Duffy

Thought For the Day - Movie of Your Life

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching."


-- Peter S Parker

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 2 - B.o.B - Airplanes ft. Hayley Williams of Paramore [Official Music Video]

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 1- Skies Wide Open

Saturday's Motivational Video - Daniel Pink

Thought For The Day - Write The Story of Your Life

"We all write our own life story scripts and what happens between FADE IN and FADE OUT is up to ourselves."

--Timo Koivusalo

Thought For the Day - Positive Thinking

"Positive thinking won't let you do anything. But it will help you do everything better than negative thinking will"

-- Zig Ziglar

Thought for the Day - Success Is Being in the Game

" Success isn't being ahead at the final buzzer. Success is being in the game."

-- Magic Johnson

Thought For the Day - Responsibility

"The turning point for me ... was realizing I was responsible for my own life"

-- Brian Tracy

My turning point was at a Tony Robbins seminar in 1989 when I realized the same exact thing. I was 100% responsible for my life and the results I was getting. My life changed for the better when I understood that and made the shift in how I showed up in life.

John Duffy

Thought For The Day - Personal Reinvention

"It's never too late to reinvent yourself."

John Duffy

I've done it a few times in my life and I have a couple more that I'm working on. How can you reinvent yourself?

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 2 - Girl Like You

Brings back memories of another time and place.....

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video's #1 - Rocky

Saturday's Motivational Video - Chris Gardner

Thought For the Day - Wish You Were Better

Don't wish it were easier . . . wish you were better

Thought For Day - You Can Always Turn It Around

"Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around"

-- Penelope Cruz in ' 'Vanilla Sky'

Thought For The Day - What's Impossible?

"Impossible is not a fact..it's an opinion. What's impossible only remains so until someone finds a way do what others are sure can't be done".

--Tony Robbins

Thought For The Day - Time is Limited

"Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action, and purpose."

- - Lance Armstrong

Thought For The Day - Courage

Courage does not always roar. Sometimes courage is that quiet voice at the end of the day that says...I will try again tomorrow."

-~Mary Anne Radmacher

Happy 4th of July

I celebrate this 4th of July appreciating the privilege of living in a free country. My parents both sailed past the Statue of Liberty on their way to Ellis Island in 1928 from Ireland. They came to America for a better life and gave their children that dream. I'm proud to be an American - not perfect by a long shot but still the greatest place in the world to live. Take a moment to reflect on all the blessings we have and rediscover the greatness of America. Our Declaration of Independence - life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness sums it up....

Happy 4th of July.

Saturday's Motivational Videos

I just had to post this again....

Thought For the Day - Step Up

"There are no classes in life for beginners: right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult."

--Rainer Maria Rilke

Thought for the Day - Daily Improvement

"Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow."

-- Doug Firebaugh

I say always commit to Daily Improvement or DI.

John Duffy

Thought for the Day - Do All You Can

"Men do less than they ought,unless they do all they can."

-- Thomas Carlyle

Thought For the Day - We Must Do

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."

--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Thought For the Day - Inspire People with Your Actions

"If your actions inspire others to dream more,learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader. "

--John Quincy Adams

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos # 2 - Freedom

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video # 1 - River of Dreams

Saturday's Motivational Video - Autistic Student's inspirational Graduation Speech

Thought for the Day - Do All You Can

"Men do less than they ought,unless they do all they can."

-- Thomas Carlyle

Thought for the Day - Opportunities Are Everywhere

"No great man ever complains of want of opportunities."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought For The Day - A Person with a Belief

"One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine with only interests."

- ~ John Stuart Mill

Thought For The Day - New Endings

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

--Maria Robinson

Thought For The Day - Be an Excellent Example

"Live life fully while you're here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human."

- - Anthony Robbins

Sunday's Eclectic Music Video #2 - Walk This Way

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2010 # 1 - Stand Up

Saturday's Motivational Video - Go Get It. Period.

Thought for the Day - You Gotta Work!!!!

"Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it." ~
You gotta WORK!!!!

Thought For The Day - Challenge Your Limits

Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limit's!"

-- Thanks Sharon

Thought for the Day - A Better Way

"Just because you've been doing the same thing the same way for years, doesn't mean it's right. It just means you're too stubborn to realize there might be a better way."

-- Gary Klavans

Thought for the Day - Personal Development

"Personal Development is the place to start if you want your life to work out better."

Thought for the Day - It's a Thin Line Between Success and Failure

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

-- Michael Jordan

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2010 # 2 - Forever Young

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2010 # 1 - There is a Season

John Duffy's Personal Ramblings - The Power of Negative Thinking

I recently was forwarded an article entitled "The Power of Negative Thinking" by Barbara Ehrenreich and was amazed by her attempt to paint "positive thinking" in a simplistic and negative light. She uses loaded adjectives to denigrate positive thinking by calling it; "delusional optimism", " and deluded optimist". She starts out by linking" positive thinking" with "greed and it's crafty sibling, speculation" and blames it for the financial crisis. A pretty extreme attack and devastating if it's true but it's not true and her simplification demonstrates her own bias. She creates straw men to argue against.

She goes own to contrast Calvinist thought as one extreme and "positive thinking" as the other extreme and she offers "realism" as an alternative to both. I think her analysis of both "extremes" are off base, simplistic and hides her point of view.

Ms Ehrenreich is no fan of individualism, capitalism, entrepreneurship, American exceptionalism, success or personal development.

Ms Ehrenreich is a leader of the Democratic Socialist of America. She supports "wealth redistribution" and she doesn't support personal success and personal wealth so it is no surprise that she dislike an optimism that leads to personal success and not so called group "empowerment".

So I say what is realism? Is there a middle ground between the two outlooks of optimism or pessimism? i don't think so. Both optimist and pessimist can be realist. Take a look at an example; If you lose your job you make a realistic assessment that you lost your job. Now what? Do you take an optimistic point of view of a negative point of view about the future and do you get busy turning it around or do you give up. A realistic assessment is a given but optimism or pessimism is a choice that will determine your future results.

Ms Ehrenreich lumps all schools of "positive thinking" together everyone from Oprah, megachurches, Tony Robbins and self-help best sellers. Yet they all have different approaches and perspectives on "positive thinking". I agree with some and disagree with others.

My optimism is always based on a realistic assessment of the situation at hand and a specific plan to achieve the results I am aiming for. I recognize there are no guarantees but I believe there is a solution to every problem and if it isn't the 1st one I try I will keep trying other ones until I achieve a positive outcome.'

My perspective incoporates the good in the Calvinistic hard work ethic together with the the need to make a realistic assesment of the situation and combined with that an optimistic mindset. I prefer to see it as a Optimistic Succcess Mindset.

So Ms Ehrenreich is welcome to her "realism". I will choose optimism over pessimism and realism any day

Read her article and draw your own conclusions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/opinion/24ehrenreich.html

Saturday's Motivational Video - Life is Like a Bamboo Tree

Thought for the Day - Success Mantra

What's your Mantra for life? I have a few that motivate and focus me.

Make Your Life a Masterpiece

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful

"Today is the day to bring everything you got."

-- John Duffy

Share yours.....

Thought for the Day - Embrace the Challenges

"The events that challenge us don't decide our destiny. Our destiny is decided by how we embrace and utilize the challenges in our lives".

-- Nathaniel Williams

John Duffy's Personal Ramblings - Bucket List # 2 - Where I've been

JD - Life's Bucket List Done To date

This is a work in progress that I will keep updating. I did it to look back to see where I've been so I can see where elese I want to go. It's not complete but it's a snapshot of my life.

Some Highlights - Moments in my Life - A Story of who I was, who I became, turning points, forks in the road and what I've done. Cha Cha Changes.......

Growing Up - South Bronx:

Grew up in Mott Haven section of South Bronx - "One of the poorest areas in America then and now"
Almost got thrown off Willis Ave Bridge between Harlem and Bronx @ Age 13
Dropped Out of High School at age 15
Studied Kung Fu Wu Su @ age 15. became student instructor
Designed and created own pants styles @ age 15
Had a gun put to my head 5 times - never shot

Lower East Side

Lived on 4th St and Ave A in Lower East Side in the 70's
Killed a rat with a stick in my Lower East Side Apartment
Observed the Blackout in 1977 on LES

Education;
Dropped out of HS at age 15
Received GED - General Education Diploma at age 24
Graduated Empire State college with a BA
Attended two years of MA program @ CCNY

Radical Years;

Became a leader in a Maoist Party @ age 25
Led a youth tour to the People's Republic of China in 1978 at age 25
Walked on the Great Wall in 1978
Became an ex-Maoist @ age 28


Working Life:

Worked 1st job as delivery boy @ local grocery @ age 13
Worked in Paint Factory as shipping clerk in the South Bronx
Worked in Chinatown as a shipping clerk
Worked in Post office as a Mail Handler for five years
Worked as a substitute teacher in the Bronx for 3 days
Worked as an Oral History interviewer for Lehman College
Drove a gypsy cab in the Bronx for 1 week - the summer that there was a wave of murders of gypsy cab drivers in the Bronx
Drove a truck for one week
Trained as a phone installer for NY telephone company
Wrote as a Youth Organizer in the Northwest Bronx
Worked as aerobics instructor and salesman for Jack La Lanne for 1 year
Worked as anti-arson organizer with The People's Firehouse in Brooklyn
Worked as a Research interviewer
Worked as a loan office for mortgage company in LA
Worked as a counselor for runaways @ Covenant House in LA
Worked as a overnight counselor at a mental health home
Worked as a counselor at a Food Shelter in South Central LA
Acted in theater, murder mystery dinner theater and films
Worked as a production manager on rap videos
Worked as a rep for music video directors
Worked as a line producer on feature films
Worked as a producer of feature films

Oral History;

Worked as an Oral History Interviewer with Bronx Oral History Project @ Lehman College
Conducted over 12 interviews that are part of Bronx Oral History Collection
Interviewed Oral Historian Studs Terkel
Was interviewed by Studs Terkel and interview appeared in his book "The Great Divide"

Acting;
Acted in Murder Mystery Dinner Theater in LA and Palmdale
Acted in 10 Theatrical Plays in New York and LA
Performed in play based on interviews conducted entitled "The Bronx Speaks Up"
Wrote and performed autobiographical piece entitled "Goodbye My Friend" in honor of friend/girlfriend Cookie who died of AIDS @ LA theater
Acted in over 10 feature and short films


Filmmaking:

Created, Produced and Hosted 12 Public Access Show's "Take Two"
Created, Produced and Hosted 10 Public Access Show's "Bronx to Hollywood"
Filmed and directed documentary "V" about Puerto Rican female basketball player from Far Rockaway, NY
Produced/Line Produced 15 features, 4 shorts, 8 music videos, 2 commercials and training videos
Filmed feature films in South Carolina, Georgia "Who's Your Caddy?" and New Mexico "Unspeakable".
Line Produced a series of training videos with US Marine Corp @ Camp Pendelton, Beuford SC and Quantico VA

Motivation:

Walked across hot coals over a dozen times @ Tony Robbins' Fire-walks
Attended 2 week Tony Robbins Seminars in Maui 2 x


Writing:

Wrote monthly article for Bronx radical newspaper "White Lightning"
Wrote Drama Screenplay "Waiting for Fidel"
Wrote autobiographical theater piece "Goodbye my Friend"
Wrote short film "Goodbye My Friend"
Created and wrote a daily Motivational Blog - "The Glass is 3/4's Full" since 2007
Created and wrote a Irish-American Blob " Duffy Square"
Wrote 1st draft of my memoir "Black irish - Not Your Average White Boy"
Wrote and created Doc series and Non-Fiction Book "American Dreamers'


Family:

Got married in Long Island NY 17 years ago
I held my daughter in my arms and cut her cord when she was born
Attended many Mommy and me groups with my daughter
Rode horses with my 3 year old daughter on top of Hollywood sign
Vacationed with family in Maui
Vacationed with family in Santa Fe New Mexico
Had snowball fights with my daughter in Santa Fe on her first encounter with snow
Attended family reunion in Foxford Ireland St. Patrick's Day 2008
Rode horses with my daughter thru Ashford Castle and the standing sets from John Wayne's "The Quiet Man" 2 separate times.
Read to my daughter almost every night since she was little
Created and wrote in a series of Journals for my daughter that capture the Magic
Travel:

Walked on the Great Wall In PRC in 1978

Traveled and visited the following States: 1. Oregon, 2. Hawaii 3. Nevada 4. New Jersey 5. Connecticut 6. Mass 7. South Carolina 8. Colorado 9. Vermont 10, Mich. 11. Illinois 12. New Mexico 13 Georgia 14. California 15. Penn 16. Utah 17. Texas 18. Ohio 19. Florida 20. Virginia 21. Maryland 22. Indiana 23. Wisconsin 24. Washington and Wash DC and Puerto Rico

Traveled and visited the following Countries: 1. China 2. Yugoslavia 3. Dominican Republic 4. Mexico 5. France 6, Bahamas 7. Canada 8. Ireland 9. Northern Ireland 10. Malta

Visited friend in Dominican Republic and stayed at Casa del Campo Resort

Rowed a row boat in San Francisco Harbor

Vacationed with girlfriend in Puerto Rico

Vacationed with girlfriend in Quebec

Went on Helicopter ride in Maui

Went Scuba Diving in Maui

Scouted for movies in the Bahamas, Eleutria, Tijuana Mexico, Puerto Rico and Vancouver Canada

Stayed @ El Convento Hotel in Old San Juan Puerto Rico

Visited parent's country Ireland 2 times in 3 years reuniting with my Irish family from 5 countries

Stayed in Presidential Suite @ Ashford Castle, Cong, Ireland


Reading:

750 -1,000 Books on
Acting
Film
Memoirs
Fiction
Empowerment/Motivation/Success/leadership/Entrepreneurship/Business
Non-Fiction

Theater:
Saw numerous plays on Broadway and off Broadway including some of the following:

Glen Garry Glenn Ross
Cuba and His Teddy Bear starring Robert Diniro

Contribution:

Volunteered @ Anthony Robbins Foundation Youth leadership Camp
Volunteer @ Operation Gratitude

Public Speaking:

Overcame extreme shyness
Gave 1st public speech in 1970's in Chicago
Spoke of Filmmking Panel for Flash Forward
Gave warm up speeches for sales seminars for Tony Robbin's reps
Joined Toastmaster and gave 3 speeches

Like Helen Keller said "Life is a Daring Adventure or It Is Nothing". My life has been a Daring Adventure and the adventure continues as I continue to create and recreate myself

Thought for the Day - The Measure of Greatness

"Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability."

-~ John Wooden

Thought for the Day - Do Not Fear Risks

“Do not fear risk. All exploration, all growth is calculated. Without challenge people cannot reach their higher selves. Only if we are willing to walk over the edge can we become winners.”

- Unknown

Thought for the Day - Step to it

" When you try to dodge ownership of a problem, when you try to hide from responsibility, life will give you ownership and responsibility the hard way. "

-- Peggy Noonan

This is so true. I have experienced in my life and seen it happen too many times. It takes courage but you need to take ownership of a problem and get to work changing it....

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2010 # 2 -Dear Life

Thanks Cousin Sharon

Sunday's Eclectic Music Videos 2010 # 1 - Too Close to Heaven

Thanks Cousin Sharon

Saturday's Motivational Video - I Am a Champion

The original version

http://www.youtube.com/user/jr9ruel#p/a/u/2/sAPv_DhIFkQ

Rest in Peace - John Wooden

Thought for the Day - It's About Character

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

-– Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf.

Thought for the Day - Difference That Leads to Greatness

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing."

~ - Michael E. Gerber

Thought for the Day - Adversity is a Teacher

"Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them”

--Ethiopian Proverb

Thought for the Day - Motivation Doesn't Last

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing — that's why we recommend it daily."

— Zig Ziglar