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Issue 360 - April 24, 2008
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"The weakest living creature, by concentrating his
powers on a single object, can accomplish something; whereas the strongest, by
dispersing his over many, may fail to accomplish anything."
Thomas Carlyle
Today's issue includes:
1. Your Achievement Article - Look Out, Baby, I'm Your Love
Man by Les Brown
2. Your Achievement Quotes - Attitude, Balance and Teamwork
3. Your Achievement Tips - The Miracle of Personal Development by Jim Rohn
4. Les Brown on Overcoming Challenges...
5. More Information
1. Your Achievement Article
Look Out, Baby, I'm Your Love Man by Les Brown
Les Brown and his twin brother were adopted by Mamie Brown, a kitchen worker and maid, shortly after their birth in a poverty-stricken Miami neighborhood.
Because of his hyperactivity and nonstop jabber, Les was placed in special education classes for the learning disabled in grade school and throughout high school. Upon graduation, he became a city sanitation worker in Miami Beach. But he had a dream of being a disc jockey. At night he would take a transistor radio to bed where he listened to the local jive-talking deejays. He created an imaginary radio station in his tiny room with its torn vinyl flooring. A hairbrush served as his microphone as he practiced his patter, introducing records to his ghost listeners.
His mother and brother could hear him through the thin walls and would shout at him to quit flapping his jaws and go to sleep. But Les didn't listen to them. He was wrapped up in his own world, living a dream.
One day Les boldly went to the local radio station during his lunch break from mowing grass for the city. He got into the station manager's office and told him he wanted to be a disc jockey.
The manager eyed this disheveled young man in overalls and a straw hat and inquired, "Do you have any background in broadcasting?"
Les replied, "No sir, I don't."
"Well, son, I'm afraid we don't have a job for you then."
Les thanked him politely and left. The station manager assumed that he had seen the last of this young man. But he underestimated the depth of Les Brown's commitment to his goal. You see, Les had a higher purpose than simply wanting to be a disc jockey. He wanted to buy a nicer house for his adoptive mother, whom he loved deeply. The disc jockey job was merely a step toward his goal.
Mamie Brown had taught Les to pursue his dreams, so he felt sure that he would get a job at that radio station in spite of what the station manager had said.
And so Les returned to the station every day for a week, asking if there were any job openings. Finally the station manager gave in and took him on as an errand boy - at no pay. At first, he fetched coffee or picked up lunches and dinner for the deejays who could not leave the studio. Eventually his enthusiasm for their work won him the confidence of the disc jockeys who would send him in their Cadillacs to pick up visiting celebrities such as the Temptations and Diana Ross and the Supremes. Little did any of them know that young Les did not have a driver's license.
Les did whatever was asked of him at the station - and more. While hanging out with the deejays, he taught himself their hand movements on the control panel. He stayed in the control rooms and soaked up whatever he could until they asked him to leave. Then, back in his bedroom at night, he practiced and prepared himself for the opportunity that he knew would present itself.
One Saturday afternoon while Les was at the station, a deejay named Rock was drinking while on the air. Les was the only other person in the building, and he realized that Rock was drinking himself toward trouble. Les stayed close. He walked back and forth in front of the window in Rock's booth. As he prowled, he said to himself. "Drink, Rock, drink!"
Les was hungry, and he was ready. He would have run down the street for more booze if Rock had asked. When the phone rang, Les pounced on it. It was the station manager, as he knew it would be.
"Les, this is Mr. Klein."
"Yes," said Les. "I know."
"Les, I don't think Rock can finish his program."
"Yes sir, I know."
"Would you call one of the other deejays to come in and take over?"
"Yes, sir. I sure will."
But when Les hung up the telephone, he said to himself, "Now, he must think I'm crazy."
Les did dial the telephone, but it wasn't to call in another deejay. He called his mother first, and then his girlfriend. "You all go out on the front porch and turn up the radio because I'm about to come on the air!" he said.
He waited about 15 minutes before he called the general manager. "Mr. Klein, I can't find nobody," Les said. Mr. Klein then asked, "Young man, do you know how to work the controls in the studio?"
"Yes sir," replied Les.
Les darted into the booth, gently moved Rock aside and sat down at the turntable. He was ready. And he was hungry. He flipped on the microphone switch and said, "Look out! This is me LB, triple P - Les Brown, Your Platter Playing Poppa. There were none before me and there will be none after me. Therefore, that makes me the one and only. Young and single and love to mingle. Certified, bona fide, indubitably qualified to bring you satisfaction, a whole lot of action. Look out, baby, I'm your lo-o-ove man"
Because of his preparation, Les was ready. He wowed the audience and his general manager. From that fateful beginning, Les went on to a successful career in broadcasting, politics, public speaking and television.
"People don't fail because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit."
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"Concentration is the secret of strength in
politics, in war, in trade, in short in all management of human affairs."
Walph Waldo Emerson
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"The best advice I ever came across on the subject of concentration is: Wherever you are, be there. When you work, work. When you play, play. Don't mix the two." Jim Rohn
2. Your Achievement Quotes
ATTITUDE
"I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort." -- Elizabeth T. King
"If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." -- Maya Angelou
"Some folks go through life pleased that the glass is half full. Others spend a lifetime lamenting that it's half-empty. The truth is: There is a glass with a certain volume of liquid in it. From there, it's up to you!" -- Dr. James S. Vuocolo
"A great attitude does much more than turn on the lights in our worlds; it seems to magically connect us to all sorts of serendipitous opportunities that were somehow absent before we changed." -- Earl Nightingale
BALANCE
"Live a balanced life-learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some." -- Robert Fulghum
"We can have it all, but not at the same time." -- Patricia Fripp
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome." -- Anne Bradstreet
"The seasons do not push one another; neither do clouds race the wind across the sky. All things happen in their own good time." -- Dan Millman
TEAMWORK
"Light is the task where many share the toil." -- Homer
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." -- Helen Keller
"Difference is the beginning of synergy." -- Stephen R. Covey
"A team is a group of people who may not be equal in experience, talent, or education but in commitment." -- Patricia Fripp
"Most people have no idea of the giant
capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on
mastering a single area of our lives." Tony Robbins
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"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or
frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace,
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3. Your Achievement Tips
The Miracle of Personal Development by Jim Rohn
One day Mr. Shoaff said, "Jim, if you want to be wealthy and happy, learn this lesson well: Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job."
Since that time I've been working on my own personal development. And I must admit that this has been the most challenging assignment of all. This business of personal development lasts a lifetime.
You see, what you become is far more important than what you get. The important question to ask on the job is not, "What am I getting?" Instead, you should ask, "What am I becoming?" Getting and becoming are like Siamese twins: What you become directly influences what you get. Think of it this way: Most of what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are today.
I've also found that income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a lucky jump, but unless you learn to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it will usually shrink back to the amount you can handle.
If someone hands you a million dollars, you'd better hurry up and become a millionaire. A very rich man once said, "If you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everybody, it would soon be back in the same pockets it was before."
It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development
So here's the great axiom of life:
--To Have More Than You've Got, Become More Than You Are--
This is where you should focus most of your attention. Otherwise, you just might have to contend with the axiom of not changing, which is:
--Unless You Change How You Are, You'll Always Have What You've Got--
To Your Success,
Jim Rohn
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"Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead,
focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward
finding the answer." Denis Waitley
4. Les Brown on Overcoming Challenges...
"People don't fail because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit."
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You'll discover the key to greatness through powerful and inspiring insights on how to:
● Raise the bar and commit to higher goals
● Recognize negative people and detoxify them from your life
● Challenge yourself and put your fear of failure to rest
● Stay hungry and make "no" your daily vitamin (motivation)
● And more!
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"Determine what specific goal you want to
achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness
of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader."
Paul J. Meyer
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