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Read the past issues of Success Builders Weekly™ right here. Many of these Success Builders have been revised and used in Bobbi's published book, Travels of the Heart: Developing Your Inner Leader.
Volume 4, 2008
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January 8, 2008 |
No matter what you're feeling, the only way to get a difficult feeling to go away is simply love yourself for it. If you think you're stupid, then love yourself for feeling that way. It’s a paradox, but it works. To heal, you must be the first one to shine the light of compassion on any areas within you that you feel are unacceptable.
--Christiane Northrup |
| 155 |
January 15, 2008 |
As you go through your day, pay attention to what adds to or subtracts from your emotional bank account. For those things that deplete you, how can you put a "stop payment" on that transaction so as not to allow it to become a permanent depletion? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 156 |
January 22, 2008 |
Succeeding is worth the risk of ridicule and failure. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 157 |
January 29, 2008 |
What could be your theme for 2008? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 158 |
February 5, 2008 |
We've all had those moments where we knew what we had to do in spite of unpleasant consequences. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 159 |
February 12, 2008 |
What cause is more important to you than any short-term gain that you might desire? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 160 |
February 19, 2008 |
True peace is not merely the absence of some negative force – tension, confusion or war; it is the presence of some positive force – justice, good will and brotherhood.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 161 |
February 26, 2008 |
Most generally, it is always better to make some decision even if you have to correct it later. Doing nothing is almost always the worst option. - Frank , a mentor |
| 162 |
March 4, 2008 |
Do you have a core strength which, if taken too far, could become a weakness? |
| 163 |
March 11, 2008 |
When the customer walks through the door, we have to understand and manage their perceptions. -- Frank, former Manager and Mentor |
| 164 |
March 18, 2008 |
When you are trying to show off, be careful about what you are actually showing. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 165 |
March 25, 2008 |
Every action we take forges our reputation.
-- Bobbi Kahler |
| 166 |
April 1, 2008 |
When you ignore the world, the world ignores you.
(I saw this quote while out last week and I cannot locate the author) |
| 167 |
April 15, 2008 |
That day I learned that it doesn't matter if it's a decision you can live with. It matters if it is a decision you can die with. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 168 |
April 22, 2008 |
Trust is built or diminished as we interact with others. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 169 |
April 29, 2008 |
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. --
Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| 170 |
May 6, 2008 |
Sometimes it doesn’t matter what it is; it matters how you frame it.
Bobbi Kahler |
| 171 |
May 13, 2008 |
When making business decisions, are you thinking like your customer? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 172 |
May 20, 2008 |
You are a good bowler, but you could be much better, if you can simply learn and accept one rule: the first ball – and what you do with it – does not determine the result of the second ball. They are totally separate acts. Bowl like it. --Bowling league player to Bobbi years ago. |
| 173 |
May 27, 2008 |
It's not enough to climb inside someone else’s shoes. Once there, you need to feel their blisters, experience the fatigue of their aching feet and lament their too-tight shoes.
--Bobbi Kahler
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| 174 |
June 3, 2008 |
A mature adult, when faced with an option that doesn't work, finds another way. They don't sit whining and waiting for someone else to fix it. --A professor to Bobbi Kahler |
| 175 |
June 10, 2008 |
The next time you are in a position where you are receiving feedback, how can you pause and remind yourself that they are – in their own way – trying to help you be even better? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 176 |
June 17, 2008 |
How do you insure that you are defining what success is for you and how you measure it? Bobbi Kahler |
| 177 |
June 24, 2008 |
We have probably all experienced something like that: trapped by a speaker who shows no interest in their topic. |
| 178 |
July 1, 2008 |
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
– Randy Pausch (Professor, Carnegie Mellon, Author of The Last Lecture) |
| 179 |
July 8, 2008 |
You know in my experience in baseball, as quickly as possible you’ve got to move past the "what if's" and focus on the "what now?" Because here we are in a new ball game with another opportunity to win. So, to me the question isn't "what if" but what do we do now?” --Bob Brenly, Chicago Cubs Sports Broadcaster |
| 180 |
July 15, 2008 |
Are you seeking perfection or are you seeking steady improvement? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 181 |
July 22, 2008 |
How do I engage my audience? How do I get them to want to listen to me? Those are good questions. There is no magic bullet. |
| 182 |
August 5, 2008 |
If you don't believe in the messenger, you won't believe the message.
– James Kouzes and Barry Posner |
| 183 |
August 12, 2008 |
There's what you feel like doing and then there's what you need to do to get the results you want. –Rick Fowler |
| 184 |
August 19, 2008 |
Decisions, decisions . . . Why do we persist in judging them? Why do we have to make them right or wrong? –Bobbi Kahler |
| 185 |
September 9, 2008 |
The next time you are in front of a client, prospect, or your team, ask yourself whose needs you are really serving – yours or theirs. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 186 |
September 16, 2008 |
Competence is necessary – nothing happens without it, but it won't set you apart. -Bobbi Kahler |
| 187 |
September 23, 2008 |
Do you ever find yourself at odds with someone else and you are wishing that they would change to meet your needs? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 188 |
September 30, 2008 |
How we listen to someone else says a lot about who we are and what we value. What does your listening say to others? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 189 |
October 7, 2008 |
[Reprint of Saying No Gracefully] |
| 190 |
October 14, 2008 |
Think of a time in your career when you were thoroughly engaged and using your strengths and really making a contribution. Describe that time: what were you doing, who was involved, what did it lead to, how did you feel? We did this exercise and it was a truly marvelous way to learn about each other and we valued about our own performance. |
| 191 |
October 21, 2008 |
It's amazing to me how, when we know that we are engaged in pursuing our purpose, we come to life. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 192 |
October 28, 2008 |
The big question is this: if you believe that your team is special, do they know it? Have you discussed with them the way they feel about the team? Has the team identified what makes them powerful? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 193 |
November 4, 2008 |
'Am I reaching my potential?’ is not the same as asking, 'How do I rise to the top?' -Kim Rosen in Harvard Business Review |
| 194 |
November 11, 2008 |
I have to say, that sort of blew me away. How often does a manager or leader check in when in our performance is great? They assume that since others like what we are doing then everything must be okay. --Bobbi Kahler
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| 195 |
November 18, 2008 |
In high-performance environments, the research shows that there is a 2:1 ratio of inquiry versus advocacy type conversation. In low-performance environments, there is a 1:20 ratio: one inquiry for every twenty remarks based on advocacy. |
| 196 |
November 25, 2008 |
Happiness is not the absence of all adversity and challenge; if we had to wait for those circumstances our happy moments would be far too fleeting and infrequent. |
| 197 |
December 9, 2008 |
Positive psychology studies have identified that those people with a more realistic optimistic explanatory style tend to do better, be more resilient in the face of setbacks, and, in general, perform at higher levels. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 198 |
December 16, 2008 |
Where do you stand on your explanatory style? How can you help yourself to become resilient? |
| 199 |
January 6, 2009 |
We probably all have those things that we do well that we really don't like doing. As Buckingham stresses, strengths are not simply things that we do well; strengths are things that we do that make us feel energized and strong. |
| 200 |
January 13, 2009 |
A wasted strength is a sundial in the shade. --Benjamin Franklin |
| 201 |
January 20, 2009 |
The task of leadership is to create an alignment of strengths . . .making a system's weaknesses irrelevant. -- Peter Drucker in an interview with David Cooperrider |
| 202 |
January 27, 2009 |
Reciprocity is at play in our personal and our professional relationships. If we want other people to help us, maybe all we need to do is to help them first. |
| 203 |
February 3, 2009 |
It is a subtle yet powerful distinction. What scientists have proven is that when we feel like we are being criticized, attacked or in some way diminished, we become defensive. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 204 |
February 10, 2009 |
This gets at the heart of a key ingredient for adult learning: adults can learn and change but only when they care about the change and they see how it affects them in positive and powerful ways. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 205 |
February 17, 2009 |
When someone is going through change, they need a safe place to practice the new skills. If it isn't safe for them to practice, they won't. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 206 |
February 24, 2009 |
Often personal power exists because there is a very strong and visible existence of a person's values and their actions. This congruency is often seen as authenticity and it's powerful. -Bobbi Kahler |
| 207 |
March 3, 2009 |
Adversity is powerful fuel. Not only does it test us and prove to us what we are made of, but, according to the research, it actually builds our resiliency. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 208 |
March 10, 2009 |
This is a key driver for high performance (not to mention happiness!): contribution and meaning. When we know that we are making a meaningful contribution, we are intrinsically motivated and inspired. We want to keep going because we know that what we are doing is important. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 209 |
March 17, 2009 |
That's where conscientiousness comes in. Conscientiousness is a blend of discipline, responsibility, caring for others, and selflessness. I think there's another facet of conscientiousness: an absolute refusal to make excuses for our performance. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 210 |
March 24, 2009 |
An opportunity without hard work is like a suitcase in a closet. Potential without an itinerary. --
Bobbi Kahler |
| 211 |
March 31, 2009 |
Your work follows you. I don't want people to think that when they work for a company that they're doing that company a favor. Have pride in your work: it's your record. You carry it with you.
-- Alan Miller, CEO of Universal Health Systems |
| 212 |
April 7, 2009 |
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits. – General Patton |
| 213 |
April 14, 2009 |
Years ago, I took a class in anthropology. One thing that really stood out for me was that for every action taken in a society, there is an effect that shows up in that society. Sometimes the effect is not immediate, but it will show up. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 214 |
April 21, 2009 |
"I've told her – over and over and over again. If she just thinks about, it would make sense and would be the logical thing to do. I don't get it. She knows what to do so why isn't she doing it?" Sound familiar? |
| 215 |
April 28, 2009 |
It becomes a problem, however, when we allow the talking to become a substitute for actually taking action. This action-blocking talking can take several forms: PowerPoint presentations, endless meetings, memos, documents, planning sessions, etc. The bottom-line, however, is that at some point, someone has to do something. |
| 216 |
May 5, 2009 |
We allow the way things have always been done to become our blueprint for the present and future even when the present and future look nothing at all like the past. So, why does this happen? Because in times of challenge, struggle or adversity, it is far easier to reach for what is familiar. It feels safe to us. However, it is a false security. |
| 217 |
May 12, 2009 |
If you want someone to try out a new behavior, they have to have relative safety to practice and to even – initially – fail. If they don't have that safe space, the majority of employees will not change. |
| 218 |
May 19, 2009 |
Think about in your own organizations: are people punished when they step out on a limb and try something new? If so, it doesn't take long for people to learn the lesson: DON'T take initiative. |
| 219 |
June 9, 2009 |
As long as no one touched the coffee table, it looked pretty good. However, when one of my cats jumped on to the coffee table, it started to sway back and forth like a crazy surfboard. |
| 220 |
June 16, 2009 |
At the core, fear and excitement are not that dissimilar: both are a type of excitement, one is a positive excitement and one is a negative excitement. The trick then was to move myself to the positive end of this emotion. |
| 221 |
June 23, 2009 |
We can't turn off the negative without also shutting off the positive. |
| 222 |
June 30, 2009 |
When someone understands how their contribution is tied to their own purpose or values, they seek to expand the boundaries of that role. It benefits the employee as it allows more meaning to be present in their work. |
| 223 |
July 14, 2009 |
Gratefulness is the measure of our aliveness. Are we not dead to whatever we take for granted? Surely to be numb is to be dead. – Brother David Steindl-Rast |
| 224 |
July 21, 2009 |
I think that there is a danger, too, when we ascribe someone’s skill as being easy or natural for them. Are we, in some way, excusing away our own performance? |
| 225 |
July 28, 2009 |
Research has shown that if we want to change, then we need to enter our stretch zone, where we feel discomfort (not all out panic). By being in this stretch zone – and surviving it! – we build our confidence and our bias for action. |
| 226 |
August 4, 2009 |
While not discounting the wisdom of saving for the future, I think about those unopened packages of socks. To me, they represent unopened opportunities. |
| 227 |
August 11, 2009 |
Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
— John McEnroe |
| 228 |
August 18, 2009 |
Great leadership is creating freedom within boundaries.
— Tal Ben-Sharar, Ph.D. |
| 229 |
August 25, 2009 |
What science has shown us is that we all have set points when it comes to discipline. We have a certain quota. |
| 230 |
September 1, 2009 |
The first – and most important – key to sustained desired change is to have a positive frame or lens for the change. |
Volume 3, 2007
| 104 |
January 2, 2007 |
How can you re-frame conflict so that you see it merely as an opportunity to move forward? --Bobbi Kahler
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| 105 |
January 9, 2007 |
Positive thinking is good. Positive thinking plus positive action is effective. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 106 |
January 16, 2007 |
Discipline is consistently doing those things
which contribute to the desired result.
--Bobbi Kahler |
| 107 |
January 23, 2007 |
How can you set boundaries to protect your priorities?
-- Bobbi Kahler
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| 108 |
January 30, 2007 |
The next time you find yourself ascribing motivations to someone's actions, take a step back and ask yourself if you are making assumptions or truly accurate observations. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 109 |
February 6, 2007 |
Losing your temper is self-indulgent. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 110 |
February 13, 2007 |
We judge ourselves by our intentions; others judge us by our actions.
-- The Disney Institute |
| 111 |
February 20, 2007 |
How can you keep your teams (or yourself) looking forward to the next challenge instead of resting on what they've done so far? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 112 |
February 27, 2007 |
The people who hate you don’t win unless you hate them – then you destroy yourself. -- Richard Nixon |
| 113 |
March 6, 2007 |
How can you avoid a debate about the validity of feelings and get to the real issues?
-- Bobbi Kahler
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| 114 |
March 13, 2007 |
It's not excusing what he did, but understanding what he did.
-- Robert Oswald (brother of Lee Harvey Oswald) |
| 115 |
March 20, 2007 |
I swear there are some people who are more committed to their problems than they are to solving them. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 116 |
March 27, 2007 |
To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
-- Winston Churchill |
| 117 |
April 3, 2007 |
It's not that I don't know that bad things exist, but that I believe that bad things don't have to define our existence. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 118 |
April 10, 2007 |
It takes confidence to venture into uncertainty. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 119 |
April 17, 2007 |
How can you silence your own inner critic who loves to pick at you? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 120 |
April 24, 2007 |
If you have high attachment to your idea or solution, you might be missing an opportunity. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 121 |
May 1, 2007 |
Anything worth doing is worth doing badly. --Unknown (but quoted by Pamela Meyer in her book, Quantum Creativity.) |
| 122 |
May 8, 2007 |
How can you build on the suggestions and ideas of others? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 123 |
May 15, 2007 |
How can you use questions to demonstrate that you are really listening? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 124 |
May 22, 2007 |
Maybe it's because my first option so rarely works, but I always think that there is another option, another way to get the result I want. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 125 |
May 29, 2007 |
If you feel envy of another, how can you re-direct that to be a source of learning?
-- Bobbi Kahler |
| 126 |
June 5, 2007 |
Is anyone succeeding at what you do? Then you need to find out why. --Alan Weiss |
| 127 |
June 12, 2007 |
Do you have a desire for your goals, or are you committed to your goals? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 128 |
June 19, 2007 |
Are you taking actions that are authentic or actions you think others want you to take? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 129 |
June 26, 2007 |
When you combine your passion, your persistence, and your commitment,
it's truly amazing what you can achieve. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 130 |
July 3, 2007 |
There's a difference between accepting the problem and resigning yourself to the problem. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 131 |
July 10, 2007 |
There is a difference between losing your temper and being angry. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 132 |
July 17, 2007 |
There is a difference between force and strength --Bobbi Kahler |
| 133 |
July 24, 2007 |
How do you re-frame a fear or complaint so that it is something that is a positive attraction in your life? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 134 |
July 31, 2007 |
When you feel that gut-level frustration with a situation, ask yourself: what is the one thing about this situation that, if it were changed or didn't exist, would make the biggest difference to me? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 135 |
August 7, 2007 |
By appreciating the unique spirit of others, we help unleash our own. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 136 |
August 21, 2007
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Do your decisions about how you spend your time truly and accurately reflect what's most important to you? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 137 |
August 28, 2007 |
Lincoln was not born with his face on Mount Rushmore.
— taken from the back jacket of Lincoln’s Virtues by William Lee Miller |
| 138 |
September 4, 2007 |
No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow. -- Alice Walker |
| 139 |
September 11, 2007 |
You know, I've had a good life. I probably don't have much left, but I've loved every minute of what I've had. Do you want to know the secret of it? -- Mr. Bushmeyer |
| 140 |
September 18, 2007 |
People have an innate ability to sense the emotions of others. What we have trouble with is accurately interpreting what those emotions mean. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 141 |
September 25, 2007 |
Too often when we are faced with an urgent or important challenge, we focus on the problem instead of the solution. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 142 |
October 2, 2007 |
There is no prize without commitment. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 143 |
October 9, 2007 |
Are you satisfied with what people would say about you when you're gone – would you be proud of your life? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 144 |
October 16, 2007 |
We always hear that knowledge is power. It's not. Knowledge is only dormant power.
It's how we act on our knowledge that determines whether it's power or folly.
-- Bobbi Kahler |
| 145 |
October 23, 2007 |
How do you help those who interact with you (your clients, your team, your professional peers), feel more confident and comfortable? - Bobbi Kahler |
| 146 |
October 30, 2007 |
What is a family? Just those people who make you feel less alone.
-- Mary Tyler Moore |
| 147 |
November 6, 2007 |
Does your busyness interfere with your progress? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 148 |
November 13, 2007 |
How do you tie your actions and choices to your values? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 149 |
November 20, 2007 |
How will you exercise gratefulness this week and throughout the holiday season? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 150 |
November 27, 2007 |
Your power to choose is your power to create. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 151 |
December 4, 2007 |
Managers are appointed by those above them. Leaders are anointed by those below them. --Howard Book, M.D. (Co-author of EQ Edge) |
| 152 |
December 11, 2007 |
When leading others – however formally or informally that may be – how do you create that environment which both supports and instills hope and yet challenges and motivates them to grow? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 153 |
December 18, 2007 |
Whether we are aware of it or not, the expectations we bring to the situation are communicated to the other person and they are responding to what they are picking up from us. --Bobbi Kahler |
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Volume 2, 2006
| 053 |
January 3, 2006 |
100% of the shots that you don’t take don’t go in. -- Wayne Gretsky, Professional Hockey Great
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| 054 |
January 10, 2006 |
The experience gained from past experience is not necessarily relevant in the present. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 055 |
January 17, 2006 |
I'd rather regret the things I've done than the things I have not. -- Lucille Ball
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| 056 |
January 24, 2006 |
Fear is simply a reflection of our priorities.
-- Bobbi Kahler
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| 057 |
January 31, 2006 |
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| 058 |
February 7, 2006 |
Who's on your courage team? -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 059 |
February 14, 2006 |
In order to succeed, you must first be willing to fail. -- Anonymous |
| 060 |
February 21, 2006 |
Acceptance is choosing. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 061 |
February 28, 2006 |
Most people would rather choose to cooperate than be forced to comply. The trick is giving them the space to choose. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 062 |
March 7, 2006 |
Stop waiting to be rescued. Rescue yourself.-- Bobbi Kahler |
| 063 |
March 14, 2006 |
I can’t promise not to make a mistake again, but I can promise not to make the same mistake again. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 064 |
March 21, 2006 |
Values are like fingerprints. Nobody's are the same, but you leave 'em all over everything you do. – Elvis Presley
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| 065 |
March 28, 2006 |
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.– Mark Twain
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| 066 |
April 4, 2006 |
Accept what the land has to offer. Sometimes it gives more than we think we deserve. - Bobbi Kahler
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| 067 |
April 11, 2006 |
You can stand up for yourself without tearing the other person down. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 068 |
April 18, 2006 |
By taking the authentic action, you get the result that’s right for you.– Rick Fowler |
| 069 |
April 25, 2006 |
He who lacks time to mourn lacks time to mend. -- William Shakespeare |
| 070 |
May 2, 2006 |
There is no tougher challenge that we face than to accept personal responsibility for not only what we are but also what we can be.– David McNally
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| 071 |
May 9, 2006 |
We cannot let others' expectations of us become straitjackets. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 072 |
May 16, 2006 |
Vague criticism doesn't help anyone get better. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 073 |
May 23, 2006 |
You did what you knew how to do, and when you knew better, you did better.
-- Maya Angelou |
| 074 |
May 30, 2006 |
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin |
| 075 |
June 6, 2006 |
Deal with what’s there; not what you think should be there. – Bobbi Kahler
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| 076 |
June 13, 2006 |
As with any other type of story writing, sometimes stories about ourselves are true, and sometimes they are fiction. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 077 |
June 20, 2006 |
Are you listening to influence or to understand? -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 078 |
June 27, 2006 |
It's not the job; it's the contribution. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 079 |
July 4, 2006 |
Trying to ignore problems and focus on the good things is like having a flower garden without getting rid of the weeds. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 080 |
July 11, 2006 |
When providing your opinion or feedback, how can you be honest and direct with begin destructive? -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 081 |
July 18, 2006 |
The quiet is where you find the answer. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 082 |
July 25, 2006 |
The beauty of success is that we each define it for ourselves. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 083 |
August 1, 2006 |
The first step in changing the outcome of a recurring pattern is to change your expectations. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 084 |
August 8, 2006 |
Why do you have to have any struggle in your life? -- Thomas Leonard |
| 085 |
August 15, 2006 |
If I’m going to afford myself the luxury of a nasty comment, then I will also afford myself the discipline to correct it. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 086 |
August 22, 2006 |
Define yourself by what you can do; not by what you can't. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 087 |
August 29, 2006 |
If you'd like to delight some of those in your life (a spouse, a parent, a child, a friend), write a list about what makes them special and give it to them. You might just make their day – and a difference in their life. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 088 |
September 5, 2006 |
How do you keep your perspective when others would engage you in their battles? --Bobbi Kahler |
| 089 |
September 12, 2006 |
Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality. -- Les Brown |
| 090 |
September 19, 2006 |
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do. -- Henry Ford |
| 091 |
September 26, 2006 |
It doesn’t make sense to get upset and remain stuck when we have other options. They may not be our first choice, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t viable. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 092 |
October 3, 2006 |
I have seen many entrepreneurs who had faith that they would succeed, but, for some reason, they never got around to doing those things which would bring them closer to success. --Bobbi Kahler |
| 093 |
October 10, 2006 |
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty. -- Winston Churchill |
| 094 |
October 17, 2006 |
It's better to know why you are good, than that you are good. -- Alan Weiss, Ph.D. |
| 095 |
October 24, 2006 |
People need to understand the what, the why and the how of something if they are to be successful at it. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 096 |
October 31, 2006 |
I'm constantly amazed at what I didn't know two weeks ago. -- Alan Weiss |
| 097 |
November 7, 2006 |
The key is to identify the positive reward, the positive pay-off of our efforts and to allow ourselves to anticipate the emotional reward. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 098 |
November 14, 2006 |
The world will not change to meet your needs. You have to change to meet your needs. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 099 |
November 21, 2006 |
I've come to realize that saying that I'd do something differently is a positive statement. -- Bobbi Kahler |
| 100 |
November 28, 2006 |
When you are trying to show your intelligence, be careful that you don't, instead, show your ignorance. -Bobbi Kahler |
| 101 |
December 5, 2006 |
Just because we experience an emotion, doesn't mean we have to act on it. -Bobbi Kahler |
| 102 |
December 12, 2006 |
You ask the questions not just to get the answer, but to show the other person that you care about them. – Bobbi Kahler |
| 103 |
December 19, 2006 |
How can you become comfortable with those things that you are choosing not to do right now? -- Bobbi Kahler |
Volume 1, 2005
| 001 |
January 4, 2005 |
I forgot to remember that I couldn’t do it. --Bobbi Kahler
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| 002 |
January 11, 2005 |
No matter how good they say you are, set incredibly high goals and keep working on your game. -- Michael Jordan to Tiger Woods
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| 003 |
January 18, 2005 |
We’re not getting older, we’re getting bolder! -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 004 |
January 25, 2005 |
You are not here merely to make a living; you are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget that errand. -- Woodrow Wilson
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| 005 |
February 1, 2005 |
I tell my team that they pay us to show up for practice; if you have to be paid to play on game day, you’re in the wrong business. -- Brett Favre
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| 006 |
February 8, 2005 |
We’re not sure who discovered water, but we’re pretty sure it wasn’t the fish. -- Marshal McLuhan
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| 007 |
February 15, 2005 |
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt
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| 008 |
February 22, 2005 |
A decision is made with your brain. A commitment is made with the heart. Therefore, a commitment is much deeper and more binding than a decision.
-- Nido Qubein
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| 009 |
March 1, 2005 |
You don’t have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great. -- Joe Sabah
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| 010 |
March 8, 2005 |
Kitty Mow Mow and the Skunk -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 011 |
March 15, 2005 |
The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. -- Muhammad Ali
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| 012 |
March 22, 2005 |
You just haven’t claimed it yet. -- Roger Anthony to Bobbi Kahler
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| 013 |
March 29, 2005 |
So, why would you spend $3500 to save a cat’s life? -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 014 |
April 5, 2005 |
The true measure of a man is not in how high he climbs but in how high he bounces. --General Patton
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| 015 |
April 12, 2005 |
Are you playing to win or are you playing not to lose? -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 016 |
April 19, 2005 |
At the opening tip-off of a basketball game, the goal is not to score but to put the ball in play. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 017 |
April 26, 2005 |
It’s not a lonely road; it’s just a lonely stretch of road.-- Bobbi Kahler
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| 018 |
May 3, 2005 |
He was there to evaluate my speech, not my spirit. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 019 |
May 10, 2005 |
If I knew all of the things that I’m not supposed to be able to do, I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to do them. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 020 |
May 17, 2005 |
Without the courage to fail we can never gain the confidence to succeed. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 021 |
May 24, 2005 |
Do I have the courage now? --
Bobbi Kahler
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| 022 |
May 31, 2005 |
The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope. -- Winston Churchill
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| 023 |
June 7, 2005 |
Have an idea incubator. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 024 |
June 14, 2005 |
Is it responsible to be irresponsible? -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 025 |
June 21, 2005 |
The amateur practices until he gets it right; the master practices until he can’t get it wrong.
(Regrettably, I cannot find the source of this quote. If anyone out there knows who said it, please let me know.)
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| 026 |
June 28, 2005 |
Age doesn’t bring wisdom. Neither does experience. It’s what we do and learn from those experiences that brings wisdom. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 027 |
July 5, 2005 |
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way. -- Babe Ruth
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| 028 |
July 12, 2005 |
No one ever got a base hit while sitting on the bench. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 029 |
July 19, 2005 |
Pay attention to yourself. The only thing that matters is what you do. -- Nanette LaGrange
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| 030 |
July 26, 2005 |
I’m more afraid of remaining in the shadows of the sidelines than I am of failing. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 031 |
August 2, 2005 |
My daddy said I’d never walk. My mother said I would. So I believed my mom. --
Wilma Rudolph
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| 032 |
August 9, 2005 |
You haven’t wasted your potential; you just haven’t tapped into it yet. -- Dan Hartley to Bobbi Kahler
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| 033 |
August 16, 2005 |
When there is no internal conflict, there is no external competition. -- Roger Anthony
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| 034 |
August 23, 2005 |
What motivates you to keep going? -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 035 |
August 30, 2005 |
Worry Calisthenics -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 036 |
September 6, 2005 |
Sometimes our biggest victories come when we don’t win the race. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 037 |
September 13, 2005 |
It’s amazing how those folks who expect the worst usually get it. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 038 |
September 20, 2005 |
To do two things at once is to do neither. -- Roman philosopher Publilius Syrus (100 B.C.)
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| 039 |
September 27, 2005 |
For every strength we have, there is a corresponding weakness. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 040 |
October 4, 2005 |
Rejection is better than regret. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 041 |
October 11, 2005 |
Many of us are looking for acceptance of others when in truth what we need is acceptance from ourselves. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 042 |
October 18, 2005 |
Just because you have a broken past, doesn’t mean you have to have a broken future. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 043 |
October 25, 2005 |
You are always saying no to something. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 044 |
November 1, 2005 |
Just because you have dotted your “I’s” and crossed your “T’s” doesn’t mean you spelled the word right. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 045 |
November 8, 2005 |
Purpose is more important than technique. --Bobbi Kahler
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| 046 |
November 15, 2005 |
Who's holding you back from your success? --Bobbi Kahler
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| 047 |
November 22, 2005 |
Nothing productive comes from a discussion where the sole purpose is to prove the other person is wrong. --Bobbi Kahler
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| 048 |
November 29, 2005 |
The more we resist, the more we prolong the struggle.
-- Bobbi Kahler
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| 049 |
December 6, 2005 |
Excuses allow us to hold on to our limitations. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 050 |
December 13, 2005 |
We know we need to get into another's shoes to understand them, but we often forget to take our own shoes off first. -- Bobbi Kahler
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| 051 |
December 20, 2005 |
When something disappointing happens, do you have to become disappointed?
-- Bobbi Kahler
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| 052 |
December 27, 2005 |
My life played out before me as a series of choices, and it became painfully clear that my current situation was a result of those choices. -- Bobbi Kahler
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