MESSAGE # 272 - SUCCESS HOTLINE ON-LINE’S PEOPLE OF THE YEAR

Look at the top of the screen and see where it says, “Dr. Rob Gilbert’s Success Hotline – Online”?

IT’S A LIE!

In all honesty, there should be four more names up there.

I may do most of my Success Hotline phone messages by myself, but I’VE NEVER DONE EVEN ONE OF THESE BLOGS ALONE.

I am very grateful to four people who have helped every step of the way . . .

This blog would not exist without them.

SUE BROOKS

If you think I write well . . . let me tell you a secret -- I’m not a great writer, but I do have a great editor. Notice how terrible that last sentence was? That’s because Sue didn’t edit it! If I’ve written it, Sue’s edited it. She is an absolute editing genius. There’s not a person on the planet that edits better. (I think it should have been “who edits better.) Sue, thank you for making me look good! Sue is a proud graduate of Montclair State and a specialist in public relations.

JIM GREENE

If you’ve seen a great video on this blog, the chances are that Jim discovered it. Jim has put in tons of time “scouting” the Web so we can bring you the most inspiring and motivating videos in the world! For the past 15 years, Jim has worked as a crisis counselor. He is also a great motivational speaker. He inspires his audiences to turn their setbacks into comebacks. What Rudy is to Notre Dame . . . Jim is to New Jersey.

JOHN McCARTHY

John has influenced almost every message on this blog either by forwarding me an inspiring e-mail, giving me a press clipping, or calling me with a brilliant idea. John teaches with me at Montclair State and is the co-founder of the Institute of Coaching at the Yogi Berra Museum. Absolutely no one knows more about the social and psychological aspects of sports and coaching. John won just about every teaching award possible during his 34-year career at West Orange High School. Working closely with him is one of the highlights of my career.

LISA SARGESE

This blog was not my idea. It was Lisa’s idea. Through her support and encouragement, we’ve created daily messages since early April. Lisa is the publisher of this blog. I love the way it looks – and that’s all because of Lisa. Thank you sooooo much. She also has her own blog. Check it out at http://theskinnyonline.blogspot.com. Lisa is a super-star religion professor at Montclair State University and is an inspiring professional speaker. Prediction: Lisa is going to be very famous very soon!

THANK YOU, SUE!
THANK YOU, JIM!
THANK YOU, JOHN!
THANK YOU, LISA!

MESSAGE #271 - THE ENVELOPE PLEASE ...

THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF 2007

EAT, PRAY, LOVE

by

Elizabeth Gilbert

In my 28 years as a college professor, I have never received a hand-written thank-you note from a student expressing her appreciation for a reading assignment.

Here’s part of what my student said . . .

“ . . . I had no desire to read Eat, Pray, Love only because of all the work and stress I’ve been experiencing this semester. And I honestly never read or was able to find a book I really loved that I couldn’t put down. Don’t get me wrong though, I was very intrigued by what you said about the book and Elizabeth Gilbert. So I decided to give it a shot one morning, and found myself finishing the book in three days! I never read! Dr. Gilbert, I could not put the book down and I want to thank you with all of my heart. . . . Thank you for helping me find my happiness again.”

Nice endorsement for a book that was required reading!

Want to meet Elizabeth???

MESSAGE #270 - MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN 2007

My story begins last August.

That’s when I went to a magic show in Atlantic City, NJ featuring the incredible Jeff McBride.

Half-way through the show, McBride took out that week’s issue of Time magazine, tore out the pages, and passed them out to the audience.

He then asked the audience members to yell out their page numbers and McBride told them what was on their pages in great detail.

I WAS TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY!

On the ride home, I made a decision: I was going to memorize an issue of Time for my students and do “a Jeff McBride” in my first classes of the new semester.

So, I called a friend who’s a memory expert, I bought a memory book, and I got to work.

It took me about 20 hours to memorize the entire issue.

On the first meeting of each of my classes, I performed the Time magazine memory demonstration.

I was nervous, but I did it.

Did I do as well as Jeff McBride? Of course not!

But I did it fairly well.

Many of my students were TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY!

Then I told my students that any of them could do what I just did. It wasn’t difficult -- just time-consuming.

But I didn’t want them to memorize Time magazine -- I just wanted them to remember this lesson:

COLLEGE IS NOT DIFFICULT . . .
IT’S JUST TIME CONSUMING!

THERE ARE NO DIFFICULT COURSES . . .
JUST TIME-CONSUMING COURSES!

If my students remember that, then my 20 hours were worth it!

WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN 2007?

Click here to share your story . . .

MESSAGE #269 - WANT TO GET INSPIRED? SEE THIS MOVIE...

Just saw “The Great Debaters” today. When the audience cheers and applauds -- that tells you something!

MESSAGE #268 - THE GREATEST MOMENT IN SPORTS IN 2007

Sports is sick and getting sicker. Want proof? Just look at the sports pages any day of the week.

But I believe it still can be saved. Want to know who’ll save sports?

I think those who still love sports the most -- the young kids -- will restore sports to its previous glory.

The young kids who aren’t playing for the money or the scholarships.

The young kids who love to play more than they love to win.

The young kids who still realize that the true meaning of sports is not about “me,” but about “we.”

Bianca is one of those young kids. She’s a third-grader who plays in a church league in central New Jersey. Her coach, Darren Ventre, is one of my students at Montclair State University. Here’s a heartwarming story Darren told me recently . . .

Early in the season, one of Bianca’s teammates missed a practice session. Two days later, Bianca called the girl at home and offered to come over to show her what she missed at practice!

A simple phone call. A simple act of caring.

Bianca really gets it.

In case you don’t get it . . . when was the last time you missed a day of practice or a day of school or a day of work and somebody called and offered to help you?

More importantly, when’s the last time you offered to help someone else, like Bianca did?

It’s been said about sports that if some of the players care, the team will have some success. If more players care, the team will have even more success. But if everyone on the team cares, the team will have incredible success.

Bianca didn’t just care -- she showed that she cared.

For me, the greatest moment in sports in 2007 wasn’t a 500-foot home run or a 50-yard field goal.

For me, the greatest moment in sports in 2007 was a simple phone call made by a third grader to her teammate.

Thanks, Bianca,

Rob Gilbert

MESSAGE #267 - TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS

THOUGHT #1
Don’t worry about how much weight you gain between Christmas and New Years.
Worry about how much weight you gain between New Years and Christmas.

THOUGHT #2
A middle-aged man went to his doctor for his yearly physical.

He got some bad news. He had gained a lot of weight. His blood pressure was too high and his cholesterol was dangerous.

His doctor told him that all of these problems could be easily solved by the proper diet.

Then the doctor said that eating right doesn’t have to be complicated.

“As a matter of fact,” the doctor said, “just think in colors. Fill your plate with bright colors. Eat lots of greens, yellows, reds, etc. . . . “

So the man went home and ate an entire bowl of M&M’s!

MESSAGE #266 - A CHRISTMAS PRAYER

Historian Robert Zimmerman called it, “the most profound Christmas prayer ever given by any member of the human race.”

Merry Christmas,

Rob Gilbert

MESSAGE #265 - ALL I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM SANTA

What can Santa teach us about life? One of his elves named Helen Ceol asked Santa that question and this is exactly what Santa told her:

#1. Encourage people to believe in you.
#2. Always remember who’s naughty and who’s nice.
#3. Don’t pout.
#4. Wearing bright red can make anyone look good.
#5. It’s more fun to give than it is to receive.
#6. Some days it’s okay to feel a little chubby.
#7. Make your presents known.
#8. If you wear a wide belt, no one will notice that you’ve gained a few pounds.
#9. If you only show up once a year, everyone will think that you’re really important.
#10. Whenever you’re at a loss for words, all you have to say is, “HO, HO, HO!”
#11. Do good when nobody knows you’re around.

MESSAGE #264 - I HOPE YOU’LL WANT TO TELL SOMEONE THIS STORY

This story comes from the book Reading out Loud by Terry Pierce . . .

Actor Charles Laughton was attending a Christmas party with a large family in London.

Well into the evening, the host decided that the guests should each read or recite a favorite passage that reminded them most of the spirit of Christmas.

Laughton’s turn came near the end and he recited, in his beautifully trained voice, “The 23^rd Psalm.”

Everyone applauded his effort and the process continued.

Within a few minutes, everyone had participated except one elderly aunt, who had dozed off in a corner of the room.

The family gently woke her up and explained what was going on and asked her to take part.

She thought for a moment and then began in a shaky voice, “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”

The room hushed as she continued, and when she finished, tears were streaming down every face.

Upon leaving, one of the younger members of the family thanked Laughton for coming and remarked on the difference and the response of the family to the two recitations of “The 23^rd Psalm.” In one case appreciation; in the other, deep connection and involvement.

“How do you account for it?” asked the young man.

Laughton remarked simply, “You see, I know the psalm, but your aunt knows the Shephard.”

MESSAGE #263 - A CHRISTMAS STORY or THE CHRISTMAS STORY

When she was young, she never had a very merry Christmas because she was an orphan. She grew up going from the orphanage to various foster homes. The best Christmas present she ever received was when she was eight years old and the local firemen came to the orphanage and gave all the kids presents. One fireman gave her a special Christmas card. He said that he made it just for her!

The Santa on this card was no ordinary Santa because Santa was all dressed up in fuzzy red fleece – the type of red fleece you could actually touch.

She loved touching the fuzzy fleece of Santa’s suit so much that it actually started to wear off the card!

And now that she’s a mom, she and her kids make these fuzzy red fleecy Santa cards every year.

Last year, right after Thanksgiving she began volunteering at the local nursing home.

Around Christmas time, she met Mr. Wilkinson there.

Mr. Wilkinson was quite old and his health was failing. No family or friends ever visited him. He never spoke. All he did was stare blankly at the wall opposite his bed in his tiny room.

On the days leading up to Christmas, the woman brought Mr. Wilkinson small gifts. One day it was fudge. The next day it was a little teddy bear. Then some sugar cookies.

Every day she would spend time with Mr. Wilkinson. She would tell him stories, sing carols for him, and show him pictures

Her goal was to bring Mr. Wilkinson back to life even if it were only for a few moments.

On Christmas Eve, she brought Mr. Wilkinson one of the Christmas cards her children had made -- the ones with the fuzzy red fleecy Santas.

When she showed the card to Mr.Wilkinson, he sat up. His eyes opened wide. With shaking hands, he grasped the card, looked up at the woman and softly said, “Where did you get this?”

After she told him that her children had made it, he said, “God bless you.”

And a tear rolled down his cheek.

Everyone at the nursing home who witnessed this was stunned.

For a very brief moment, Mr. Wilkinson had come back to life.

Mr. Wilkinson kept the card by his side and he touched the fuzzy fleece of Santa’s suit so much that it actually started to wear off the card!

That handmade card was the last Christmas present Mr. Wilkinson ever received.

He died two weeks after Christmas.

The woman went to his funeral. Not too many others did.

But there was a contingent of men dressed in uniforms. They were the local firemen. They were there because Mr. Wilkinson had been a fireman himself for over 30 years.

As a matter of fact, he was the fireman responsible for making and giving out the fuzzy red fleecy Santa Claus cards so many years ago.

MESSAGE #262 - eight SIMPLE words that create miracles...

The miracle is this:

THE MORE
we share,
THE MORE
we have.

MESSAGE #261 - THE GREATEST CHRISTMAS SONG YOU’VE NEVER HEARD!

Thank you:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra & Rosie

MESSAGE #260 - SUCCESSISNOWHERE

When you deciphered the heading to today’s message, did you read:

SUCCESS IS NOWHERE.

or

SUCCESS IS NOW HERE.

Two shoe salesmen were sent overseas to scout for new markets. Their first stop was a country where everyone was barefoot. The first salesman sent back a telegram to the home office saying, “Leaving tomorrow. No one wears shoes.”

The second salesman’s telegram was very different. He said, “Great potential market. No competition.”

from Success Is No Accident by Lair Ribeiro

MESSAGE #259 - STRANGE BUT TRUE

The great concert violinist Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840) was standing before a packed house, surrounded by a full orchestra. He was playing a number of difficult pieces, and he came to one of his favorites, which was a violin concerto. Shortly after he was under way and the Italian audience was sitting in rapt attention, one of the strings on his violin snapped and hung down from the instrument.

Relying on his genius, he improvised and played on the next three strings. To his surprise (and the conductor’s as well), a second string broke. Now there were two dangling as he again began to improvise and play the piece on the two remaining strings. You guessed it! Almost at the end of this magnificent concerto, a third string snapped. Now there were three dangling, and he finished the piece on one string.

The audience stood to their feet and applauded until their hands were numb. They never thought to ask for an encore; they expected to leave. But Paganini held his instrument high in the air and said, “Paganini and one string,” and he proceeded to play an encore with the full orchestra.

He made more music from one string than many violinists ever could do on four. The difference, of course, aside from his superb abilities, was one of attitude. Instead of falling to despair and self-pity, Paganini’s splendid attitude allowed him to take a very difficult situation and turn it into a triumph.

from 1001 Great Stories & Quotes by R. Kent Hughes

MESSAGE #258 - YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE...

From A Course in Miracles . . .

I’d love to read your comments on this quote.

MIRACLES ARE
NATURAL.
WHEN THEY
DO NOT OCCUR
SOMETHING HAS
GONE WRONG.

To comment, please click here . . . Thanks!

MESSAGE #257 - OVERWHELMED???

Too much to do
and
not enough time
to do it?
Take a moment to
relaaaaaax.
Listen to some music.

But before
you do that,
let me
tell you a story . . .

Once upon a time,
there was
a composer who was
overwhelmed.
His new musical
was opening.
An important concert
he was to give
was just weeks away.
And then he saw in
the paper that his new symphony
was to debut in
just five weeks.
His new symphony?
It was
a misunderstanding.
He never agreed.
He never signed a contract.
He never gave his word.
But it was too late.
It was in the
New York Times.
They were selling tickets.
His whole career could be ruined.
He had no alternative.
He had to get
the new musical
up and running.
He had to prepare for
and give the concert.
And he had to write a symphony.

A NEW SYMPHONY!
Since he had no alternative . . .
he did all three.
If you’re overwhelmed,
just remember sometimes
you can do
more than you think
you can.

Overwhelmed?
Too much to do
and
not enough time
to do it?
Take a moment to
relaaaaaax.
Listen to some music.

My choice?
The most most popular
piece of American classical music of all time --
Rhapsody in Blue
written by
George Gershwin . . .
in just five weeks!

To hear Gershwin’s masterpiece, CLICK HERE

MESSAGE #256 - INSPIRED GENIUS

George Gershwin. . .

Leonard Bernstein . . .

and YOU!

Watch and listen to Gershwin and Bernstein today
and we’ll talk about you tomorrow.

MESSAGE #255 - HUMAN NATURE - RULE #1

Once upon a time, Fire, Water, and Trust were walking in the woods.

They started talking about what they would do if they got separated.

Fire said, “Look for the smoke, that’s where I’ll be.”

Water said, “Look for the green grass and flowers, that’s where I’ll be.”

Trust said, “You’d better not lose me because if you lose me – you might never get me back again.

MESSAGE #254 - DEDICATED TO EVERYONE TAKING FINAL EXAMS . . .

YOU CAN DO IT!
YOU WILL DO IT!

There’s no thrill in easy sailing,
When the sky is clear and blue.

There’s no joy in merely doing
Things which anyone can do.

But there is some fulfillment
That is mighty sweet to take,

When you reach a destination
You thought you couldn’t make.

-- author unknown

MESSAGE #253 - WELCOME HOME AND THANK YOU!

MESSAGE #252 - It’s going to be ok – trust me

This is a sad time of year on college campuses.

I see it in the eyes of many students.

Final exams.

A lot of students feel defeated.

Too much work to do and not enough time left to do it.

Overwhelmed.

They’re going to get bad grades this semester and they know it.

But getting bad grades isn’t a crime.

The explanation you give yourself may be.

Let me explain . . .

Can you say, “I AM LAZY” and really mean it?

Most people can’t.

They’d rather say demeaning things to themselves like

“I’m dumb” or

“I’m stupid” or

“I’m not talented.”

This is the crime.

Why would you ever talk to yourself like that?

Why would you ever lie to yourself like that?

It’s OK to be lazy.

“Laziness” is a temporary condition and can be cured almost instantly.

“Dumbness,” “stupidity,” or “lack of talent” last forever. They can’t be cured.

So if you screwed up this semester – it’s because you’ve been lazy.

Own it.

It’s OK.

It’s all right to be lazy.

You can fix it.

You’re not broken.

I’ve been there – trust me,

Rob Gilbert

MESSAGE #251 - HOW TO BE A BEST FRIEND

Erma Bombeck (1927 – 1996) was one of America’s great syndicated columnists.

She was very funny. She was very insightful. She was very smart.

She wrote great columns.

This is one of her best . . .

FRIENDS UNDERSTAND

THE FUTILITY OF WORDS

Erma Bombeck

For over 40 years, I have had the best friend you could ever have.

When I told my best friend I was fat, she never said, “I just lost three pounds without even trying.”

When we went to a sock hop together in college and she was offered a ride home, she never ditched me.

When I gave myself a home permanent and left it on too long, she was the only one to sit with me in the bathroom until it grew out.

When I told my best friend my husband gave me two snow tires for our anniversary, she never said, “You should be happy he remembered.”

When I was pregnant and my stomach looked like a tray on a car door in a drive-in, she never said, “There’s a glow about pregnant women.”

When I had a miscarriage and everyone else in the world said, “There will be others babies,” she cried with me over the one I lost.

When she told me she was staying home for the summer, I wouldn’t have dreamed of sending her a card from Spain telling her what a great time I was having.

When her mixer broke down, I never asked her if she had sent in the warranty card so she’d be covered.

When I moved 3,000 miles away, she never once told me what I was doing to her.

When her mother died, I never said, “She had a rich, full life and she was in her 70s.”

When I argued with my husband and begged her for advice, she kept her mouth shut. She just listened.

When we couldn’t get a sitter and had to bring the kids along to her house for dinner, she never fell apart.

When I had my first autographing party and no one showed up, she never once suggested, “They probably didn’t see the ad.”

When her political candidate lost and mine won, I never said, “Ha ha, I told you so.”

Every time we got together, neither of us had to say, “I’m glad to see you.”

When she was up to her armpits in snow, I never called to say, “The sun is shining here.”

Recently, my best friend lost her child. He was her youngest and was in his 20s.

I listened to her.

I cried with her.

I felt pain that I had never known that I could feel before.

But not once did I say to her, “I know how you feel.”

MESSAGE #250 - SIGNIFICANCE TRUMPS SUCCESS EVERY SINGLE TIME!

What do you want people to say about you when you’re gone?

The great Lou Holtz (see Message #249) knows exactly how he wants to be remembered.

As a matter of fact, these are the last words in his most recent book, Wins, Losses, and Lessons ...

I don’t think about the wins and losses these days, so I hope no one remembers them when they think of me when I’m gone.

I want the great games to be remembered for the players who played in them, not for the short, skinny man who paced the sidelines.

I don’t want to be known for the successes I had as a coach, or as a public speaker because success dies.

Significance – helping others to better their lives through word and deed -- lasts forever.

The only thing I hope is that when I die, someone says, “That Lou Holtz was significant to a lot of people.”

It’s the best thing that can be said about a person.

I hope it will be said of me.

* * * * * * *

In other words: It’s about others.

Thanks for reading,

Rob Gilbert

P.S. Give me a call at Success Hotline (973.743.4690).

MESSAGE #249 - THE #1 MOST CRUCIAL COMPONENT

One of the greatest college football coaches of all time is also one of the greatest motivational speakers of all time.

He won football games and he still electrifies audiences.

His name? Lou Holtz.

The following is from his book Wins, Losses, and Lessons . . .

Every athlete who has ever played for me has heard me preach against the pitfalls of entering anything halfway. In my mind, a half-hearted commitment is worse than no commitment at all.

If you decide to take a class, you should give the professor and yourself the full benefit of your undivided attention. If you don’t, you’re wasting your time and taking up a valuable seat in the classroom.

If you’re on a team, you owe your coaches and teammates your total commitment. If you don’t – if you’re unhappy because the coach doesn’t start you, or because you aren’t getting as many touches as you think you should – you are hurting yourself and the entire organization. You and the team would be better off if you played somewhere else.

If you take a job thinking you can coast along until you find another job, you are, in essence, stealing resources from your employer, no less than if you had broken in and robbed the place.

Commitment is the most crucial component in any relationship.

A marriage based on the premise “Well, let’s give this a shot, and if it doesn’t work out, or if we ‘grow apart,’ we can always get divorced,” is doomed before the vows are complete.

If you accept admission to a college and say to yourself, “Well, this wasn’t my first choice, but I’ll see how things pan out,” you aren’t going to perform very well.

And if you say, “This job is a good stepping-stone, but I’m not thrilled about what I’ll be doing,” you might as well quit today.

In sports, it’s become axiomatic:

Commitment
beats
talent
every time.

MESSAGE #248 - "OH MY GOD!"

The first time I watch this video, I said, “Wow.”

The second time I watched this video, I said, “WOW!”

The third time I watched this video, I said, “Oh, my God.”

AMAZING!!!

THANK YOU
RAY NAPOLITANO
FOR FINDING THIS.

MESSAGE #247 - WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE

During the presidential campaign of 2000, Oprah Winfrey interviewed presidential candidate George W. Bush, Jr. on her show. She asked him this interesting question, “What do you know for sure?”

He answered that he knew for sure that there was an all-loving God.

It got me thinking about what I know for sure. Here’s my list . . .

1. Getting started is always the toughest part.

2. Show up early, something good is bound to happen.

3. Hot dogs always taste better at the ballpark.

4. All of us have more potential than we realize.

5. Working hard works and working smart works, but working hard and working smart work best when you do them together.

6. If you’re a student, just showing up to class isn’t enough -- you also have to pay attention.

7. Knowing what to do isn’t as much of a problem as doing what you know.

8. Hang on and you’ll eventually catch on.

9. An apple a day might not keep the doctor away, but it’s still a pretty good idea.

10. If it is to be it is up to me.

That’s my list. I’d love to read what YOU know for sure.

Just click here to tell us . . .

Rob Gilbert

SUCCESS HOTLINE SEMINAR UPDATE:
Two of our recent seminars were recorded and are available to you any time you want to listen to them.

“STRESS REDUCTION, RELAXATION AND SLEEP SEMINAR”
CALL: 1-(641)-715-3413
Access Code: 1072571#

“HOW YOU CAN GET TO THE NEXT LEVEL: A SESSION WITH COACH TULLY”
Call: 1-(641)-715-3429
Access Code: 406660#

These seminars are currently available 24/7, BUT they will only be available for the next few days . . . so call soon.

MESSAGE #246 - SIX STEPS TO STRESS REDUCTION

You’re going to die, BUT you don’t have to kill yourself! As Roy Masters says, “If you don’t conquer stress – stress will conquer you.

Here are six steps for stress reduction from the National Mental Health Association:

#1. TALK IT OUT – When something worries you, don’t bottle it up.

#2. ESCAPE FOR A WHILE – When things go wrong, it helps to escape from the painful problem for a while.

#3. WORK OFF YOUR ANGER – Do something constructive with the pent-up energy. Pitch into some physical activity or work it our in tennis or a long walk.

#4. DO SOMETHING FOR OTHERS – If you feel yourself worrying about yourself all the time, try doing something for somebody else.

#5. TAKE ONE THING AT A TIME – Take a few of the most urgent tasks and pitch into them, one at a time, setting aside all the rest for the time being.

#6. SHUN THE ‘SUPERMAN/SUPERWOMAN” URGE – No one can be perfect in everything.

These six rules are a good start, but if you want more training on stress reduction – check this out:

“STRESS REDUCTION, RELAXATION AND SLEEP SEMINAR”
This tele-seminar was recorded on last Sunday. If you want to hear it . . .

CALL: 1-(641)-715-3413
Access Code: 1072571#

This seminar is currently available 24/7, BUT it will only be available for the next few days . . . so call soon.

Relaaaaaaaaaaaaax,

Rob Gilbert

MESSAGE #245 - BOUNCE-BACK-ABILITY

Success
is going
from
failure to failure
without
losing enthusiasm.

Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
British prime minister

A BIG THANK YOU TO
JIM E. GREENE
FOR FINDING THIS VIDEO!

MESSAGE #244 - WOW!

If there is nothing
very special about your work,
no matter how hard you apply yourself,
you won’t get noticed
and that increasingly
means you won’t get promoted
and paid much, either.

- Michael Goldhaber, author

This is very special . . .

Give me a call at Success Hotline (973.743.4690) and I’ll tell you about our seminar on Tuesday on “The Power of Story Telling.”

A BIG THANK YOU
TO JOHN McCARTHY
FOR SENDING ME THIS VIDEO.

Thanks for reading,

Rob Gilbert

MESSAGE #243 - WISDOM

Would you like to be wise . . . truly wise?

First of all what is wisdom?

An older bearded man once told me that true wisdom is knowing when to say, “Yes” and knowing when to say “No.”

Oh, he didn’t say it like that. He said,

You’ve got to know when to hold ’em,
Know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away
And know when to run.

He said a lot of other wise things that have helped me out over the years.

Rather than me telling you what he said, he’ll tell you himself . . .

Here’s Kenny...and some of his friends...

SUCCESS HOTLINE SEMINAR UPDATE:

#1. Tonight (Sunday, 12.02.07) at 10:00 PM EST – “Stress Reduction, Relaxation, & Sleep: Theory into Practice”

#2. Tuesday (12.04.07) at 10:00 PM EST – “The Power of Story Telling and How to Make It Work for YOU!”

Call: 1-(641)-715-3200
Participant Access Code: 1072571#

Just remember . . .

If you’re going
to play the game . . .
You got to learn
to play it right.

MESSAGE #242 - SHIRLEY MacLAINE’S SURVIVAL KIT

Many years ago, I read that Academy Award-winner Shirley MacLaine carried the following items with her as “gentle reminders.”

A TOOTHPICK – to remind you to pick out the good qualities in other people.

A RUBBER BAND – to remind you to be flexible.

A BAND-AID – to remind you to heal hurt feelings.

A PENCIL – to remind you to write a list of your blessings every day.

AN ERASER – to remind you that everyone makes mistakes and it’s OK.

GLUE – to remind you to stick with it.

A MINT – to remind you that you’re worth a mint.

A CHOCOLATE KISS – to remind you that everyone needs a kiss and a hug every day.

A TEA BAG – to remind you that you do your best work when you’re in hot water.