Good morning,
It’s Friday! I hope you had a nice week and a happy Independence Day. How wonderful it is to be free as a country and free as individuals to stand up for our own principles, beliefs and values. This morning I’m reflecting on our freedom to:
Think freely.
Each of us has the opportunity, and perhaps the obligation, to form our own opinions and forge our own path. Other people may try to tell us what to do and even how to think, but we are free to make our own decisions.
Let’s be independent – and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. "Independence – is loyalty to one’s best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes.” Mark Twain
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Clarity Patton Newhouse
Sunny Media Group, Inc.
313-268-6810
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Showing posts with label Perspective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Perspective. Show all posts
Friday, July 8, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Too Obvious
Good morning,
Hurray for Friday! Remember the days of taking multiple choice tests in school and avoiding the obvious answers because you knew they were there just to mislead you? Life is like that. The obvious answer is frequently not the correct one.
“Never assume the obvious is true.”
These are wise words from William Safire, because we’re all at risk of making erroneous assumptions, especially about other people. Today’s note is a simple reminder to look closer, investigate further and make sure we understand the situation or the person before drawing conclusions.
Watch out for “multiple choice” moments - and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. “Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.” Marshall McLuhan
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Clarity Patton Newhouse
Sunny Media Group, Inc.
313-268-6810
www.SunnyMediaGroup.com
Hurray for Friday! Remember the days of taking multiple choice tests in school and avoiding the obvious answers because you knew they were there just to mislead you? Life is like that. The obvious answer is frequently not the correct one.
“Never assume the obvious is true.”
These are wise words from William Safire, because we’re all at risk of making erroneous assumptions, especially about other people. Today’s note is a simple reminder to look closer, investigate further and make sure we understand the situation or the person before drawing conclusions.
Watch out for “multiple choice” moments - and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. “Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.” Marshall McLuhan
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
Sunny Media Group, Inc.
313-268-6810
www.SunnyMediaGroup.com
Friday, October 22, 2010
Reflexes
Good morning,
It's Friday and Fall sure is beautiful here in Michigan. Today's sunny note is for all those times when things suddenly don't work out as planned. Those are the times when "positive thought reflexes" are so important, because one's first reaction to a situation influences everything that comes after.
Fortunately, we can train our brain like we train our muscles. So here's today's exercise. When the news hits, whatever it is, say to one's self:
"This is a good thing because..."
I've been doing this for so many years that it happens automatically. It doesn't mean ignoring the realities of the situation. It means focusing on the positive aspects FIRST. Coincidentally, this approach often changes the eventual "reality" into something more favorable than it could have been, had panic or frustration been the first reaction.
Just the other day someone instrumental to a time-sensitive project suddenly became unavailable. When he called me, the words had barely passed his lips and I was already thinking, "That's a good thing because..."
Next, the other half of my brain kicked in arguing, "No it's not good!" But it was too late for the negativity to take hold. The initial positive thought reflex was already generating ways in which the project could turn out better. And sure enough it did.
Today's sunny challenge is, when the unexpected hits, tell yourself first "it's a good thing" before any other thought sneaks in.
Happy Friday and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will." Zig Ziglar
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
It's Friday and Fall sure is beautiful here in Michigan. Today's sunny note is for all those times when things suddenly don't work out as planned. Those are the times when "positive thought reflexes" are so important, because one's first reaction to a situation influences everything that comes after.
Fortunately, we can train our brain like we train our muscles. So here's today's exercise. When the news hits, whatever it is, say to one's self:
"This is a good thing because..."
I've been doing this for so many years that it happens automatically. It doesn't mean ignoring the realities of the situation. It means focusing on the positive aspects FIRST. Coincidentally, this approach often changes the eventual "reality" into something more favorable than it could have been, had panic or frustration been the first reaction.
Just the other day someone instrumental to a time-sensitive project suddenly became unavailable. When he called me, the words had barely passed his lips and I was already thinking, "That's a good thing because..."
Next, the other half of my brain kicked in arguing, "No it's not good!" But it was too late for the negativity to take hold. The initial positive thought reflex was already generating ways in which the project could turn out better. And sure enough it did.
Today's sunny challenge is, when the unexpected hits, tell yourself first "it's a good thing" before any other thought sneaks in.
Happy Friday and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will." Zig Ziglar
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
Friday, June 11, 2010
Windshield or Bug
Good morning,
Happy Friday - It's going to be a sunny day! This morning I woke up thinking about someone I met about six years ago, who is one of the sunniest people I know. His name is Willie Jolley and he's the author of a delightful book whose key message is right there in the title.
A Setback is a Setup for a Comeback.
We all face setbacks in our lives. No matter how successful we are or want to be, success involves overcoming setbacks. Sure, let's make the most of the good times. But we can also bounce back from the bad times.
As Willie Jolley puts it, sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug. "When you're the windshield, you are big and strong and invincible; when you're the bug, you will keep running into obstacles." He reminds us that even on the days when we're the bug, the outcome depends on our attitude.
A positive attitude helps develop resiliency. "When you hit the windshield, you no longer smash and crash and die." You bounce off the windshield and are "thrust into a higher trajectory and you start to fly at a higher level."
Willie's book touchingly reminds us that we can survive setbacks and use them to propel ourselves to even greater success.
Today - whether we're the windshield or the bug - let's have a sunny day!
Clarity
P.S. "There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative."
W. Clement Stone
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Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Friday, June 4, 2010
We Decide
Good morning,
It’s Friday and that always makes me smile, even when the week has been as turbulent as this one. Today I'm thinking about life's one constant:
Change.
We all face change, big and small. But change itself is not the issue; it's how we handle it that has a huge effect on our success.
The specific change that's on my mind is Ford Motor Company's recent announcement that Mercury will retire at the end of this year. Mercury is a great brand whose vehicles such as the Milan are leaders in quality, safety and fuel efficiency. It will be sad to say good-bye.
As a Lincoln Mercury dealership, Mercury is half (literally) of Metropolitan's new car sales. Losing Mercury will be a big change for Metropolitan. So is it just a big difficulty or actually a great opportunity? We get to decide.
In the words of Sir Winston Churchill, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
At Metropolitan, we’re focusing on the exciting new lineup of Lincoln vehicles Ford Motor Company is introducing and the other great services our dealership offers that will enable us to serve our customers for years to come.
At work and at home - whatever difficulties each of us face, let's be optimists - and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P. S. "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford
P.P.S. Thank you for visiting ASunnyNote.com. If you’re new to Sunny Notes and would like to receive my sunny email each Friday, visit JoinSunnyNotes.com.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
It’s Friday and that always makes me smile, even when the week has been as turbulent as this one. Today I'm thinking about life's one constant:
Change.
We all face change, big and small. But change itself is not the issue; it's how we handle it that has a huge effect on our success.
The specific change that's on my mind is Ford Motor Company's recent announcement that Mercury will retire at the end of this year. Mercury is a great brand whose vehicles such as the Milan are leaders in quality, safety and fuel efficiency. It will be sad to say good-bye.
As a Lincoln Mercury dealership, Mercury is half (literally) of Metropolitan's new car sales. Losing Mercury will be a big change for Metropolitan. So is it just a big difficulty or actually a great opportunity? We get to decide.
In the words of Sir Winston Churchill, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
At Metropolitan, we’re focusing on the exciting new lineup of Lincoln vehicles Ford Motor Company is introducing and the other great services our dealership offers that will enable us to serve our customers for years to come.
At work and at home - whatever difficulties each of us face, let's be optimists - and have a sunny day!
Clarity
P. S. "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford
P.P.S. Thank you for visiting ASunnyNote.com. If you’re new to Sunny Notes and would like to receive my sunny email each Friday, visit JoinSunnyNotes.com.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Friday, April 23, 2010
Perspective
Good morning,
Happy Friday! Today’s sunny thought is a piece of practical advice a friend of mine gave me earlier this week. It’s simple, helpful and worth sharing with you this morning. When weighing important decisions, this approach helps put the decision and the potential consequences in perspective.
It’s the “10-10-10” principle.
The principle boils down to this. When facing a difficult decision, it helps to ask ourselves: How will this affect me in 10 ten minutes? In 10 months? In 10 years? Three slightly different questions that can generate three very different answers. Sure, the answer to the immediate question is important, but sometimes we don’t consider far enough into the future. Often it’s the long view that gives us the best perspective.
After hearing my friend’s story about how helpful he’s found this principle to be, which he originally heard about from another friend, I did a little Googling. I learned that 10-10-10 was authored by Suzy Welch, who has written a whole book on the subject. So if you’d like to know more, you can check out SuzyWelch101010.com.
Best wishes for all your decisions and have a sunny day!
Sincerely,
Clarity
P.S. "You are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision."
Robyn Davidson, Australian author born 1950
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Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
Happy Friday! Today’s sunny thought is a piece of practical advice a friend of mine gave me earlier this week. It’s simple, helpful and worth sharing with you this morning. When weighing important decisions, this approach helps put the decision and the potential consequences in perspective.
It’s the “10-10-10” principle.
The principle boils down to this. When facing a difficult decision, it helps to ask ourselves: How will this affect me in 10 ten minutes? In 10 months? In 10 years? Three slightly different questions that can generate three very different answers. Sure, the answer to the immediate question is important, but sometimes we don’t consider far enough into the future. Often it’s the long view that gives us the best perspective.
After hearing my friend’s story about how helpful he’s found this principle to be, which he originally heard about from another friend, I did a little Googling. I learned that 10-10-10 was authored by Suzy Welch, who has written a whole book on the subject. So if you’d like to know more, you can check out SuzyWelch101010.com.
Best wishes for all your decisions and have a sunny day!
Sincerely,
Clarity
P.S. "You are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision."
Robyn Davidson, Australian author born 1950
P.P.S. Thank you for visiting MySunnyNotes.com. If you’re new to Sunny Notes and would like to receive my sunny email each Friday, visit JoinSunnyNotes.com.
Clarity Patton Newhouse
Metropolitan Lincoln Mercury
32000 Ford Road
Garden City, MI 48135
313-670-7505
MetroMichigan.com
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