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June
7,
2010 | from Go for No! |
| NOteworthy
Thought of the Week |
"Don't
be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.
Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.
If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of
themselves." ~ Dale Carnegie
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| This
Week's Trivia Question |
Convinced
your dog has more than one facial 'expression?' Any idea how many your
dog actually has? Find out below!
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| This
Week's NOtivational
Article |
Be
Your Own Superhero
by
Richard Fenton & Andrea Waltz
Question:
What do
Superman, Superwoman, Spiderman, Batman, the Incredible Hulk, and every
other superhero you can think of have in common?
The answer is, they all have supernatural powers, right?
Special
abilities that make them invincible and indestructible -
that's why we call them 'superheroes.' And each of these
superheros use their special powers to defeat
evil-doers.
Unfortunately, they are merely works of our creative
imaginations. They don't exist in the real world. But why do
we
love them so? Are we drawn to them because of their
super-human
powers? Because they're big and strong and can fly?
Kids
may be drawn to these aspects, but not adults. As adults, we are drawn
to something else.
It is not their extraordinary powers that attracts us - it is their
humanness. As adults, we not as drawn to a
superhero's
ability to conquer the bad guys... we're drawn to the superhero's
ability to conquer their own weaknesses. As any good
Hollywood
screenwriter will tell you, to make a character interesting and
appealing to the audience, you must make them human... you must give
them character flaws and vulnerabilities... to make them weak in some
way. Like Superman and Kryptonite. Face it - if
Superman
had no weaknesses, he would be boring!
And THAT is why we are drawn to them: because of their power (or
control) over their own flaws and weaknesses - because THAT is what we
want for ourselves. When we imagine how awesome it
would be to become invisible... or to fly across mountains and seas, to
climb tall buildings, to create fire or ice depending on what
the situation needs... what we really are fantasizing about is how cool
it would be to have those powers not so we could defeat some evil
villain (though that would be cool too) but to use them to
overcome... us.
But here's the good part... we can be our own superheros. We
do
have that kind of power. We need only find it... develop
it...
and use it. No cape required.
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| NOtable
Quotables from
the Go for No! Movie |
"Some
of my greatest successes have been
when someone said, "you can't do that," "that's not going to work,"
"that's impossible." - W Mitchell
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| Richard
& Andrea
Recommend... |
A new book by Mark
LeBlanc called Never be the Same.
The book reads like a memoir of sorts and
as Mark says: "it's part business...part
leadership... part personal transformation." It also involves a 500
mile pilgrimage across Northern Spain. Okay enough
details, let's just end by saying we both read it in a day
because we could not put it down! Go to www.neverbethesamebook.com
and check it out for yourself.
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| This
Week's Trivia
Answer |
Scientists
tell us the approximate number of facial expressions dogs have is
100!
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| This
Week "In the Club" |
We've
got a very inspiring 2 minute video in the club this week,
made of snippets of famous movie speeches. So, give yourself a boost
and come take a look when you can. Already
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