Good morning,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a wonderful day.
Thank you for making me a better person by inspiring me to write to you reliably each Friday morning and for all the other ways in which you help and encourage me.
This morning I’m reflecting on how everything significant we achieve in life is accomplished thanks to the help of others. None of us succeeds alone and no matter how much more we want to achieve in the future, in order to do so we must first be grateful for what we have today.
Let’s convey our gratitude through our attitude – and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." John Fitzgerald Kennedy
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Friday, November 26, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
No More Excuses
Good morning,
It’s Friday and today’s motto is No More Excuses! That’s the kick-in-the-pants Sam Silverstein gave all of us who attended the recent Yes Network seminar in Novi. Eliminating excuses is essential to being accountable and…
Being accountable is essential to being successful.
Sam pointed out that it’s easier to be accountable to others than to be accountable to ourselves. Why? Because the easiest person to make excuses to is one’s self. And until we stop making excuses to ourselves, we can’t truly be accountable to anyone else.
Ready to laugh…or gag? Here are some (surprisingly) common late-to-work excuses Sam shared:
1. I dropped my car keys in the snow and I’m waiting for the temperature to warm up
2. I’m sorry I was late but it was foggy and I missed the building
3. My house is on fire and fire engine is blocking the driveway
4. My wife is going to get pregnant and I want to be there
Of course we would never say anything that stupid, right? But perhaps we have our own excuses we give ourselves for why we can’t do things, and our excuses are keeping us from living up to our potential.
Here’s a sobering thought, “The difference between what we know and what we don’t know, isn’t nearly as great as the difference between what we KNOW and what we DO.”
Right now, each of us can think of something we know we need to do, so let’s jump into action – and have a sunny day!
Clarity
“When we eliminate excuses, we’re taking the first step into the Accountability Zone, and when we’re in the Zone, amazing things happen.” Sam Silverstein SamSilverstein.com
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
It’s Friday and today’s motto is No More Excuses! That’s the kick-in-the-pants Sam Silverstein gave all of us who attended the recent Yes Network seminar in Novi. Eliminating excuses is essential to being accountable and…
Being accountable is essential to being successful.
Sam pointed out that it’s easier to be accountable to others than to be accountable to ourselves. Why? Because the easiest person to make excuses to is one’s self. And until we stop making excuses to ourselves, we can’t truly be accountable to anyone else.
Ready to laugh…or gag? Here are some (surprisingly) common late-to-work excuses Sam shared:
1. I dropped my car keys in the snow and I’m waiting for the temperature to warm up
2. I’m sorry I was late but it was foggy and I missed the building
3. My house is on fire and fire engine is blocking the driveway
4. My wife is going to get pregnant and I want to be there
Of course we would never say anything that stupid, right? But perhaps we have our own excuses we give ourselves for why we can’t do things, and our excuses are keeping us from living up to our potential.
Here’s a sobering thought, “The difference between what we know and what we don’t know, isn’t nearly as great as the difference between what we KNOW and what we DO.”
Right now, each of us can think of something we know we need to do, so let’s jump into action – and have a sunny day!
Clarity
“When we eliminate excuses, we’re taking the first step into the Accountability Zone, and when we’re in the Zone, amazing things happen.” Sam Silverstein SamSilverstein.com
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Friday, November 12, 2010
Greatest Assets
Good morning,
Happy Friday! In today’s do-more-with-less economic climate, this morning’s Sunny Note is a reminder that there’s more to success than results. Focusing on results is fantastic for goal setting, progress measurement and countless important purposes. Yet we should also keep in mind that:
It’s not just what we do; it’s how we do it.
Results achieved today can lay the foundation for even greater results in the future, if we don’t burn the bridges that got us this far. That’s why “how the results were achieved” is often as important, or more important, than the results themselves.
When it comes to success, our greatest assets are not our skills, our degrees or our financial resources. Our greatest assets are the relationships we build with others. So no matter what we wish to accomplish, "how" we go about it - by building trust and strengthening collaboration - means more in the long term than "what" we achieve today.
Wishing you the best of success – and a sunny day!
Clarity
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." Isaac Newton
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Happy Friday! In today’s do-more-with-less economic climate, this morning’s Sunny Note is a reminder that there’s more to success than results. Focusing on results is fantastic for goal setting, progress measurement and countless important purposes. Yet we should also keep in mind that:
It’s not just what we do; it’s how we do it.
Results achieved today can lay the foundation for even greater results in the future, if we don’t burn the bridges that got us this far. That’s why “how the results were achieved” is often as important, or more important, than the results themselves.
When it comes to success, our greatest assets are not our skills, our degrees or our financial resources. Our greatest assets are the relationships we build with others. So no matter what we wish to accomplish, "how" we go about it - by building trust and strengthening collaboration - means more in the long term than "what" we achieve today.
Wishing you the best of success – and a sunny day!
Clarity
"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." Isaac Newton
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Friday, November 5, 2010
Goal Posts
Good morning,
This is a special Friday because today fulfills the promise to my readers made one year ago to send a Sunny Note every Friday for 52 uninterrupted weeks. It was a fun goal as well as a challenging one. Looking back, it's the wonderful feedback received throughout the year from you, my sunny pen pals, that gives me the courage to set a new goal of bringing you another year of sunshine. This morning, I'll writing to say:
Thank you.
I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to be a part of your life. My goal is to be helpful, even if it's only by making you smile with a reminder that it's Friday. Perhaps today's Sunny Note can also serve as a reminder for each of us about the importance of setting goals.
Let's ask ourselves, what would I like to achieve by this date next year? And have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. “Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams." Les Brown
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
This is a special Friday because today fulfills the promise to my readers made one year ago to send a Sunny Note every Friday for 52 uninterrupted weeks. It was a fun goal as well as a challenging one. Looking back, it's the wonderful feedback received throughout the year from you, my sunny pen pals, that gives me the courage to set a new goal of bringing you another year of sunshine. This morning, I'll writing to say:
Thank you.
I sincerely appreciate the opportunity to be a part of your life. My goal is to be helpful, even if it's only by making you smile with a reminder that it's Friday. Perhaps today's Sunny Note can also serve as a reminder for each of us about the importance of setting goals.
Let's ask ourselves, what would I like to achieve by this date next year? And have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. “Choosing goals that are important to you is one of the most essential things you can do in order to live your dreams." Les Brown
P.P.S. Thank you for sharing Sunny Notes with others. New readers can Visit This Link to add an email address to receive Sunny Notes directly from me by email each Friday.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
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