You Can Quote Me On That!

Happy Friday! Each day, I sit down to write something that I hope inspires or instructs.  Allegory, metaphors, similes, parables - woven into how I see the world, and this great profession of sales.  Sure, sometimes you get me...sometimes you are left scratching your head...   I know I can't close them all...but I keep typing.   Today, I want to use some other voices with my own thrown in for good measure.  Just a few quotes and thoughts to help inspire;   "People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily." Zig Ziglar   What do you think the moment you get out of bed?  Possibilities, challenges?  There is an immediate battle for your mind and the first thoughts you think set the tone for the day.  Begin each day with something that lets the optimistic side of your brain "win" that battle! "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson I know many sales people that judge their day by their closed sales.  I understand as that is the goal and measuring stick.  I also know this business epitomizes "sowing and reaping" more than any other.  The calls you make, the people you see, and the things you do today, will turn into a harvest of sales in the future.  Then those sales will become the continual harvest as you get renewals. Sow some great seeds today!   "The best way out is always through." Robert Frost   Life is fair...and just. Doesn't always look that way, but it is.  When I think back over the struggles and obstacles, those were the things that forged my character...my will.  But I had to go "through" them.  Skipping steps is not fair...or just.  We instinctually know that we must pay our dues to merit success.    Facing something today that looks insurmountable? Go through it or outlive it!  "All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination."   Earl Nightingale  What makes some people "hopeless" is they are not following a plan...they are aimless.  What makes some people frustrated, is they have a plan that doesn't seem to be working.  What makes people depressed is when they give up on their plan.  Don't have a plan?  Get one.  Revive your hope! The plan you have is not working?  Refine it.  Get help! Ready to give up on your plan?  Infuse one more round of courage (encouragement!) into the plan.  There was a reason you believed in it once...give it one more try...and keep trying until it delivers its harvest!     "It is never too late to be what you might have been."  George Eliot  I will be 50 in a few months.  Funny, I don't feel it.  The hair might say 50, but my mind says 25, my body says 35, and my dreams say 5!  I still believe in things that I dreamed and wrote down to myself decades ago.   Some of it has happened...some awaits...but I am waiting and working for it.    Don't you dare give up on you or who you were designed to be.    I know that the rest of your life has more in store, but you have to reach out and rightfully take what belongs to you.  Nothing...and no one is holding you back...but you.   I know you can do it!  Yes, encouraging you, encourages me - that is the way it was designed to work.  Tell someone they are great today and that they can do it and watch the "courage" grow.  It will be a great day and ...   You Can Quote Me On That!     Until Monday, I wish you Money, Power, Success!