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Seven Success Keys
From Tom Zigler, the son of Zig Zigler, original source here.
Right now with the economic meltdown going on, or not going on, depending on if it’s Monday or Friday, I think we all want our individual success to depend on us, not on the economy, not our employer, and certainly not the government! So here are a few keys to consider:
“You have to be before you can do, and you have to do before you can have,” Zig Ziglar, www.ziglar.com. Dad lays it out pretty clearly right here. Success starts with being the right kind of person first. Build the proper character foundation in your life, then apply it with great work ethic, and only then can you have the things in life you want.
“You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want,” Zig Ziglar. This is the philosophy that guides your be, do, and have mindset.
“All great failures are moral failures,” Fred Smithwww.breakfastwithfred.com. Dad’s mentor Fred Smith points out that anytime you see a great failure, it is not because of their intellect, but because of some great moral failure. The current economic crisis is a perfect example of this. Greed and instant gratification are the two primary reasons we have a crisis right now. Isn’t it morally wrong to knowingly encourage someone to take a huge risk? Isn’t it morally wrong to take a huge risk for no other reason than instant gratification?
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The Old Biker
A crusty old biker out on a long summer ride in the country pulls up to a tavern in the middle of nowhere, parks his bike and walks inside..
As he passes thru the swingin’ doors, he sees a sign hanging over the bar:
COLD BEER: $2.00
HAMBURGER: $2..25
CHEESEBURGER: $2.50
CHICKEN SANDWICH : $3.50
HAND JOB: $50.00
Checking his wallet to be sure he has the necessary payment, the ole’ biker walks up to the bar and beckons to the exceptionally attractive female bartender serving drinks to a couple of sun-wrinkled farmers.
She glides down behind the bar to the ole biker.
‘Yes?’ she inquires with a wide, knowing smile, ‘may I help you?’
Th e ole biker leans over the bar, “I was wondering young lady,” he whispers, “are you the one who gives the hand jobs?”
She looks into his eyes with that wide smile and purrs “Why yes”, “Yes, I sure am”.
The ole’ biker leans closer and into her left ear whispers softly, “Well, wash your hands real good, cause I want a cheeseburger”.
The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Beers
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous ‘yes.’
The professor then produced two Beers from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
‘Now,’said the professor as the laughter subsided, ‘I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things—your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions—and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
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South Beach and Baytown Marketplace
After sleeping for 11 hours, waking up and doing my laundry, then taking a nap, I decided to venture out and see South Beach. I started out in Baytown marketplace. Lots of little shops and places to eat here. There was a stage with musical performers and more. Lots of tour boats come in and out of this harbor. I wonder how much some of those yachts cost.
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John Murtha’s Pork Laden Airport
Here is one to make your head explode:
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Definitions to Common Words
CIGARETTE: A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other!
MARRIAGE: It’s an agreement wherein a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master
DIVORCE: Future Tense of Marriage
LECTURE: An art of transmitting Information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of students without passing through the minds of either
CONFERENCE: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present
COMPROMISE: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece
TEARS: The hydraulic force by which masculine will power is defeated by feminine water-power!
DICTIONARY: A place where divorce comes before marriage
CONFERENCE ROOM: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on
ECSTASY: A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before
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The Old Prospector
An old prospector walks his tired old mule into a western town one day. He’d been out in the desert for about six months without a drop of whiskey. He walked up to the first saloon he came to and tied his old mule to the hitch rail. As he stood there brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes, a young gunslinger walked out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
The young gunslinger looked at the old man and laughed, saying, ‘Hey old man, have you ever danced?’
The old man looked up at the gunslinger and said, ‘No, I never did dance. I just never wanted to.’
A crowd had gathered by then and the gunslinger said, ‘Well, you old fool, you’re gonna’ dance now,’ and started shooting at the old man’s feet. The old prospector was hopping around and everybody was laughing.
When the gunslinger fired his last bullet, he holstered his gun and turned around to go back into the saloon.
The old man reached up on the mule, drew his shotgun, and pulled both hammers back making a double clicking sound. The gunslinger heard the sound and everything got quiet. The crowd watched as the gunslinger slowly turned around looking down both barrels of the shotgun.
The old man asked, ‘Young Fella, Did you ever kiss a mule’s ass?’
The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, ‘No Sir. But I’ve always wanted to.’
The Clown Car Ran Out of Fuel
So every morning and every evening me and 7 other dudes load up on these electric golf carts with 4-person trailers to make the long ride into the bowels of the airport. It is ridiculous. They go about half the speed of other traffic (so the catering trucks and blue toilet water suckers are always passing us and giving us the bird as they go by), and since we only have two of them, we have to wait until they are full, so we wind up waiting around a bunch of the time because there always seems to be one or two people straggling behind. (I think this was some sort of cost savings initiative- or maybe just an evil plan to further humiliate me in life, not sure)
Anyway, yesterday, we ran out of juice about half-way out there. We pushed it off to the side and waited for FEMA to rescue us. We were stranded.
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