Archive for January, 2008
Pick up your feet and follow your beak!
This past Friday night we were sitting at home unwinding from a long week. When, on HBO we found one of my favorite childhood gang of characters in a movie…Big Bird and Sesame Street starring in “Follow that Bird.”
Jon and I had so much fun watching the movie. It is about Big Bird trying to find his [...]
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Proverbs 23: 7 - “As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is.”
From John Stephens-a freelance writer from Ontario.
The batter hits the ball high in the air towards right field. It arcs majestically against the sky. It is going right towards Sammy. Everybody in the park knows that he’s going to drop it. Sammy [...]
Change and Progress is in the air!
“The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order.”
Alfred North Whitehead
Today we made history! We debuted our new television set-this is a major milestone for our station, our company and our employees. We celebrated and then watch proudly as our new world starts to unfold. These changes haven’t been easy. [...]
Nothing compares to being on a successful team!
“When you’re part of a team, you stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they’d do the same for you. ”
Yogi Berra
Finally, as of today our team is complete. The last member (Jessica) joined us today! YEAH!!!
Bring on the “Tude”
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“Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do…but I think you
have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does -
that makes you a winner right there.” — Venus Williams
I believe there is nothing wrong with [...]
Problem Solving Friday
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“The significant problems we face can not be solved at the level of the problem.” Albert Einstein
This is the Friday story sent to me by Bob Proctor via Mary Manin Morrissey. It reinforces the power of thinking in a different way and how this can [...]
The Gift of Encouragement
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“If you ever find yourself with an opportunity to encourage another person, take it.
Everybody needs encouragement like food and water, even if it looks like
they don’t need it; especially if it looks like they don’t need it.
It’s [...]
NC State Students Motivate Me
“Students are extraordinary teachers. They speak. They constantly tell us how our expectations, objectives, curriculums, and instructional strategies affect them. We need to look to our students to tell us why learning takes place—and why it doesn’t. Our students are key sources for helping us identify what needs to be done. . . . Often [...]
Dancing in the bathroom at work?
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I was forwarded a link to The Mrs. local blog regarding dancing at work with references to one of my favorite shows of the 90’s…Ally McBeal! The reference to “maybe not taking life so seriously” really appealed to me [...]
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr-Motivating Students
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“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today being Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we celebrated by making it [...]
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