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Iacocca on Five Real Friends

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life. --Lee Iacocca

When Obstacles Frighten

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. --Henry Ford

Basketball is not the Ultimate

I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere. --John Wooden 1910-, American Basketball Coach

Do Good Anyway

People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway. If you are successful you will win some false friends and true enemies; Succeed anyway. If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway. What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway. If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway. The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; It was never between you and them anyway. --Mother Teresa

Coach Gruden With a Goal and a Road Map

In last week's (2003)Super Bowl, Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden led his Buccaneers to a masterfully orchestrated win over the Raiders. Since a year ago he was with the Raiders, having built them into Super Bowl material, some people were calling this match-up "The Gruden Bowl." How did Gruden prepare his team? Two parts of the formula were that he gave them a clear picture of where they were heading and showed them how to get there. According to All Pro safety John Lynch, "He came in the first day and said the goal was a world championship. Then he showed us the road map, and we never wavered from that." (Coach Chucky The Buccaneers' Jon Gruden has all the qualities of the perfect NFL coach: He's tireless, hypercritical and, occasionally, scary as hell Date: 09-09-2002; Publication: Sports Illustrated; Author: S.L. Price)

Selling Sugared Water or Changing the World?

In 1982/1983, Steve Jobs of Apple Computer knew he needed a marketing guru to sell the world on Apple Computers. For months, he'd been courting John Sculley, a career Pepsi executive, but Sculley remained unconvinced. Then Jobs threw him the bait that netted him. He asked, "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?" Sculley went to Apple. Do you have a purpose in life that's worth your greatest efforts? Are you able to challenge others in ways that motivate them to live for higher purposes? (Written by Steve Miller, copyright Feb., 2003. Source: Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews, Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented An Industry - And Made Himself The Richest Man in America, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994, pp. 238,239)

Microsoft's Slogan

Microsoft's slogan from the very beginning was ?a computer on every desk and in every home.? When they started that slogan, hardly any home had a computer. But their vision was larger than just "selling lots of software." Today they dominate the industry. Are your goals and vision too small? (Written by Steve Miller, copyright Feb., 2003. Source: Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews, Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented An Industry - And Made Himself The Richest Man in America, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994)

What Motivates Bill Gates

Purpose, Motivation What Motivates Bill Gates "Even today, what interests me isn't making money per se. If I had to choose between my job and having great wealth, I'd choose the job. It's a much bigger thrill to lead a team of thousands of talented, bright people than it is to have a big bank account." (Bill Gates, Column, New York Times Syndicate, October 22, 1996.) Business is a good game. Lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money." (Mortimer Zuckerman, "Zinging in the New Year," U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 8, 1996, p. 64)

Set Your Course by the Stars

Purpose, Success We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. (Omar Bradley)

CNN Makes Deadly Mistake

On one fateful day in April, 2003, someone at the Cable News Network faithfully published the obituary column on the Web. Problem was, the people hadn't died yet. How could that happen? Major news networks must be ready to announce the death of a famous world figure the minute they get word of it. They can't wait around for someone to research the person's achievements and write a nice column. Thus, they go ahead and write these obituaries before the people die, so that they will be prepared. Someone simply wasn't paying attention to what list they were publishing, so if the Pope, Fidel Castro, Bob Hope, Nelson Mandela, Dick Cheney and Ronald Reagan logged onto their internet news at the right time, they would have discovered that, unknown to them, they had unexpectedly died. This brings up an interesting thought. If your family and acquaintances were to write up your obituary now, what would they say about you? [Activity: 1) Write down some of the things you think they would say. 2) Imagine that you were the person you'd like to be at the time of your death. Write your obituary using the character and accomplishments you'd like for people to see in you. 3) Have a discussion on how you'd need to change in order to become the person you'd like to be. (CNN makes a deadly mistake JIM MCBETH , The Scotsman, Scotland's National Newspaper Online, April 18, 03.)

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