Always Take Chances ....

Steve Jobs Inspiring Speech

"How To Win Friends And Influence People!"

Become a Friendlier Person

1. Don’t criticize, condemn or complain.
2. Give honest, sincere appreciation.
3. Arouse in the other person an eager
want.
4. Become genuinely interested in other
people.
5. Smile.
6. Remember that a person’s name is
to that person the sweetest and most
important sound in any language.
7. Be a good listener. Encourage others
to talk about themselves.
8. Talk in terms of the other person’s
interests.
9. Make the other person feel important
– and do it sincerely.

from - "How To Win Friends and Influence People"
by - Dale Carnegie

The 18 Rules Of Happiness

Rule #1 - Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself! 
Rule #2 – Be Grateful 
Rule #3 – Say Yes More 
Rule #4 – Follow Your Bliss
Rule #5 – Learn to Let Go 
Rule #6 – Do Random Acts of Kindness 
Rule #7 – Happiness Is Only Ever Now
Rule #8 – Experience, Don’t Hoard! 
Rule #9 – Appreciate Both Sides of the Coin 
Rule #10 – Be More Social
Rule #11 – Love More!
Rule #12 – Have a Dream
Rule #13 – Intention Sets Direction
Rule #14 – Enjoy Simple Pleasures 
Rule #15 – Accept What Is
Rule #16 – Exercise and Eat Well
Rule #17 – Zoom Out and Don’t Sweat 
Rule #18 – Laugh, Dance, Smile!

Karl Moore

Testing! - Anthony Robbins

I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.

Anthony Robbins

Morrice Goodman - "The Miracle Man!"

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Many years ago, Norman Cousins was diagnosed as “terminally ill”. He was given six months to live. His chance for recovery was 1 in 500.

He could see the worry, depression and anger in his life contributed to, and perhaps helped cause, his disease. He wondered, “If illness can be caused by negativity, can wellness be created by positivity?”

He decided to make an experiment of himself. Laughter was one of the most positive activities he knew. He rented all the funny movies he could find – Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, the Marx Brothers. (This was before VCRs, so he had to rent the actual films.) He read funny stories. He asked his friends to call him whenever they said, heard or did something funny.

His pain was so great he could not sleep. Laughing for 10 solid minutes, he found, relieved the pain for several hours so he could sleep.

He fully recovered from his illness and lived another 20 happy, healthy and productive years. (His journey is detailed in his book, Anatomy of an Illness.) He credits visualization, the love of his family and friends, and laughter for his recovery.

Some people think laughter is a waste of time. It is a luxury, they say, a frivolity, something to indulge in only every so often.

Nothing could be further from the truth. Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we’re not well, laughter helps us get well; if we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.

Since Cousins’ ground-breaking subjective work, scientific studies have shown that laughter has a curative effect on the body, the mind and the emotions.

So, if you like laughter, consider it sound medical advice to indulge in it as often as you can. If you don’t like laughter, then take your medicine – laugh anyway.

Use whatever makes you laugh – movies, sitcoms, Monty Python, records, books, New Yorker cartoons, jokes, friends.

Give yourself permission to laugh – long and loud and out loud – whenever anything strikes you as funny. The people around you may think you’re strange, but sooner or later they’ll join in even if they don’t know what you’re laughing about.

Some diseases may be contagious, but none is as contagious as the cure. . … laughter.

By Peter McWilliams

From “Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul”