Good, better, best
Never ever rest
Until your good
Gets better
And you better
Gets best!
You want to get to the next level.
YOU want to get to the next level.
you need to know:
MOST POWERFUL WORDS
IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
I’m going to conduct a tele-seminar
on these three words.
Time: 10:00 PM EST
Access Code: 1072571#
Let me save you some time: DON’T READ MESSAGE #300.
It has to do with focus and the fact that . . .
Divided attention
will not bring
the best results.
You don’t have to read Message #300, you just have to read this poem . . .
Work while you work,
Play while you play;
One thing each time,
That is the way.
All that you do,
Do with your might;
Things done by halves
Are not done right!
In other words: Do what you’re doing while you’re doing it.
In other words: Don’t multi-task!
Let me save you some time: Follow the advice of the poem!
If you think
it’s going to be
difficult
to be
energized and passionate . . .
imagine how
difficult
it’s going to be
to compete against
someone who’s
energized and passionate
if you aren’t.
Put your seat belt on and get ready for the great Tom Peters.
Peters is one of the top business speakers on the planet.
His message is for business people, but not just for business people.
He’s speaking to every one of us – no matter what we do.
Peters is talking about the importance of energy and passion.
All excellence begins with energy and passion.
Whether you work in a restaurant, a school, or a hospital . . .
or you want to be a better dad, volunteer, or whatever . . .
It’s energy, energy, energy.
It’s passion, passion, passion.
it’s going to be
difficult
to be
energized and passionate . . .
imagine how
difficult
it’s going to be
to compete against
someone who’s
energized and passionate
if you aren’t.
Divided attention
will not bring
the best results.
Can you keep your mind on what you are doing while you are doing it?
It is a master skill.
Maybe the master skill.
Divided attention
will not bring
the best results.
All great golfers have great focus.
Tiger Woods has great focus.
The “Tiger Woods” of the 1940’s and 1950’s was Ben Hogan.
Hogan had great focus too.
Want proof?
Let me tell you a story . . .
On last day of a tournament, Hogan stood over a crucial putt.
Suddenly, a loud train whistle blared in the distance.
After sinking the putt, Hogan was asked if the train whistle bothered him.
“What whistle?” he replied.
Divided attention
will not bring
the best results.
Keep you mind on what you are doing it while you are doing it.
P.S. What is F.O.C.U.S.???
Follow
One
Course
Until
Successful
(Thanks, Gary Pritchard!)
You are
100% responsible
for
how you choose
to respond
to everything
that happens
in your life.
One day, two buckets met at the well in the center of town.
One of the buckets was down and depressed.
“What’s wrong?” the other bucket asked concerned.
“I can’t take it any longer,” said the depressed bucket. “I get so tired being dragged to this well every day. No matter how full I am when I leave here, I always come back here completely empty. I find it so depressing.”
“If you look at it that way, no wonder you’re depressed,” the second bucket said. “The way I see it is that no matter how empty I am when I come back here, I always leave here completely full. I find it so invigorating!”
It’s not what’s happening
to you
that matters,
it’s how you react
to what’s
happening to you.
If you have no voice: SCREAM!
If you have no legs: RUN!
If you have no hope: INVENT!
What if anything were possible?
--from the film Alegria
Do you have
to do something
that’s possible?
Stopping smoking?
Losing weight?
Getting better grades?
Selling more?
Impossible?
Just remember . . .
If someone else
has done it,
you can
do it too!
If no one else
has not done it,
that doesn’t mean
that it’s impossible.
It just means
that no one
has done it yet!
Just remember . . .
The impossible
is just
an opinion.
Want proof?
Do you know
the inspirational
story of the
great Roger Bannister?
This message is for college students,
but not just for college students.
This message is especially for you
if you’re in college,
if you’re planning on going to college,
or if you’re paying for someone else to attend college.
If you’re in college –
you want to make sure you’re part of the 42%.
If you’re planning on going to college –
you want to make sure you’re part of the 42%.
If you’re paying for someone else to go to college –
you want to make sure they’re part of the 42%.
So what’s the 42%???
Get ready for an amazing statistic.
Only 42% of students who are accepted
to four-year colleges in the
ONLY 42%!
Amazing!
Why?
Because everyone who’s
accepted to a college or university
has the academic and intellectual
ability to graduate.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!
Colleges don’t accept people
that they expect to fail.
They reject those people.
But 58% of those accepted -- fail.
Sad.
If you were accepted,
you’re expected to graduate.
You’re expected to be part of the 42%!
I want to help you graduate.
Here are
five easy things
and one hard thing
you can do right now
to make sure
you’re part of the 42%:
First, the five easy things . . .
#1. Get a pen and a notebook.
#2. Call 1- (641)-715-3413
#3. When asked for the access code, enter: 1072571#
#4. Listen to the one-hour tele-seminar on “How to Be Outrageously Successful in College.”
#5. Take notes.
Now the one hard thing:
APPLY WHAT
YOU LEARN.
In other words, change your behavior.
Change your habits.
If you do
what you’ve always done,
you’ll get
what you’ve always got.
On this pre-recorded tele-seminar,
you’ll hear two experts on college success:
Melissa Sapio and Ed Tseng.
Can they help you?
I guarantee it!
Look, what I’m asking you to do is very easy,
but I’ve found . . .
IF IT’S
EASY TO DO,
IT’S ALSO
EASY NOT TO DO.
PLEASE NOTE:
THIS SEMINAR
WILL ONLY BE
AVAILABLE UNTIL
FEBRUARY 1, 2008.
See you at graduation,
Rob Gilbert
P.S. Remember: “The tassel is worth the hassle.”
HOW TO BE OUTRAGEOUSLY
SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE
1. Show up.
2. Pay attention.
3. Ask questions.
4. Ask for help.
5. Help others.
6. Take great notes.
7. Do the work.
8. Do not cheat.
9. Don’t quit.
10. Call Success Hotline at (973) 743-4690.
11. Read How to Have Fun without Failing Out by Dr. Rob Gilbert
12. Listen to the “College Success Seminar” featuring Melissa Sapio and Ed Tseng. This one-hour tele-seminar is available 24/7 by call 1-(641)-715-3413 and press the access code: 1072571#... this pre-recorded seminar will be available until February 1, 2008.
What’s difficult?
I hope the following
video will help you
re-evaluate what’s difficult.
While you watch the performer,
realize that you can do
what’s he’s doing
if you train and study
the same way he
trained and studied.
ABSOLUTELY,
POSITIVELY
GUARANTEED!
In other words, you have the
ABILITY,
you are only lacking the
STRATEGY.
“The ultimate measure of a man
is not where he stands
in moments of
comfort and convenience,
but where he stands
at times of
challenge and controversy.”
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
#1. If you open it, close it.
#2. If you turn it on, turn it off.
#3. If you unlock it, lock it.
#4. If you break it, repair it.
#5. If you can't fix it, call someone who can.
#6. If you borrow it, return it.
#7. If you use it, take care of it.
#8. If you make a mess, clean it up.
#9. If you move it, put it back.
#10. If you don't know how to operate it, leave it alone.
#11. If it belongs to someone else and you want to use it, get permission.
#12. If it doesn't concern you, mind your own business.
A BIG THANK YOU FOR THIS LIST TO RALPH FROM
“The world breaks
everyone
and afterward
many are
strong
in the
broken places.”
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms
Coach Bob Knight’s name is going to be all over the news soon.
Imagine doing
something you
don’t think
you can do.
What happens?
There’s a part
of your brain
that opens up
and says . . .
Wait a second!
What else can I do
that I don’t think
I can do?
Today
Tuesday (01.15.08)
I’m conducting
The Impossible Experiment.
If want you to be part of it,
call Success Hotline
at (973) 743-4690.
You must call today
before 9:00 PM.
Rob Gilbert
Did you see the movie Rain Man where Dustin Hoffman plays the role of a savant?
Savants are people who, in the sea of emotional and intellectual disabilities, have an island of genius.
In Rain Man, the savant has incredible ability with numbers.
Other savants have artistic, musical, and mnemonic talents.
And so do you!
You also have islands of genius inside you.
You might not have discovered them yet, but they’re there!
THE GIFT
You have been given a gift – discover it!
You have been given a gift – develop it!
You have been given a gift – cherish it!
You have been given a gift – use it!
You have been given a gift – give it away!
The purpose of life
is to discover your gifts.
The meaning of life
comes from giving your gifts away.
I’ve never seen anything like this.
I’ve never even thought of anything like this.
Please leave your comments . . .
Rob Gilbert
One day a woman went on a shopping spree in
She stopped outside a store because she became interested in the big red sign in the window that said “Sharks.” She thought it might be a new clothing or shoe store, so she walked in.
She didn’t find any clothes or shoes inside -- only aisles and aisles of live sharks! On the right were small bowls of water with small sharks. In the middle, big aquariums with big sharks. On the left, there were even bigger tanks with even bigger sharks.
Everywhere she looked, she found sharks in various sizes!
She went out back and there was a pool with eight, ten and twelve foot sharks.
She was astounded.
She tracked down the manager and asked, “How can you afford to import all these different-sized sharks?”
The manager replied, “Oh, you’ve got it wrong -- we only have one distributor. You see, sharks grow to the size of the vessel they’re in. The ones we put in the small bowls will stay small while the ones in the bigger tanks will grow bigger. If we put them in a pool out back -- no telling how large they’ll get!”
“You’re pulling my leg,” the lady responded. “I know a little about sharks and that’s just not true.”
The manager said, “Lady, you’re pretty smart! I’ve been using that story since I opened the store eight months ago, and you’re the first person ever to call me on it! You are right -- it isn’t true about sharks, but it certainly is true about people.”
THE PRESENT
A few years ago, a struggling golf pro was hired for one week to go to the
The pro was promised a large sum of money and offered an even larger bonus if the sheik could break 100 by the end of their week of lessons.
As soon as the golf pro arrived at the sheik’s private airport, he was treated like royalty. Anything he wanted was immediately given to him free of charge.
At the first session, the golf pro and the sheik became friends almost instantly.
They met for three hours every morning and three hours every afternoon.
By the end of the week, the sheik, who had never played golf before, broke 100. The golf pro would get his huge bonus!
When the golf pro was getting ready to leave, the sheik gave him his check for the week of lessons and the huge bonus.
And then the sheik said to the pro, “I must also give you a present for your kindness and help. What would you like?”
The pro said, “This is the most money I’ve ever made -- you don’t owe me anything.”
The sheik said, “No, I must get you a present.”
The pro said “OK -- just buy me a golf club.”
The sheik said, “Consider it done.”
After a few months had passed, the golf pro received a registered letter in the mail. It was from a
You’re an air
Important job?
Yes.
Prestigious job?
Yes.
Exciting job?
Hmmmmmm . . . not exactly.
British RAF air
He is INTO IT!
Want proof?
All the joy the world contains
Has come through wishing happiness for others.
All the misery the world contains
Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.
-- Shantideva
Some experts feel that John Stuart Mill (1806 – 1873) was one of the smartest people who ever lived. Mill, an English philosopher, economist, and political theorist, had an IQ estimated to be 200. Only four people were ever rated higher.
What if this genius gave you some advice on how to be happy? Here it is . . .
JOHN STUART MILL
on
HAPPINESS
Those only are happy who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness: on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming at something else, they find happiness by the way.
Want to change your life? Want to do it this week?
Here’s some great advice from Cheri Huber a noted Zen teacher, writer and speaker.
Here is my wish for you and every other child, woman, and man on the face of the earth:
#1. Spend one week saying only kind, caring things to yourself.
#2. Say thank you at least ten times an hour -- direct five toward yourself and five to the world at large.
#3. Compliment yourself (and others) each time an effort is made.
#4. Notice all the wonderful qualities and characteristics about yourself and those around you.
One week.
You will never go back.
And your whole life will be a glorious meditation.
Yesterday the following story was left on Success Hotline by an unidentified caller . . .
I recall at age 29, deciding to go to college, not having gone to school after I left high school for different reasons.
I remember sitting in the advisor’s office, trying to decide what to do with my future.
I will never forget his words.
He said, “Time will pass no matter what. Will you make good use of it?”
His words motivated me.
I got my degree. And I’m proud of it.
One day a young boy said to his family, “I want to do great things with my life and I know I can.”
Many years later, an old man said to his family, “I could have done great things with my life and I wish I did.”
This is a very sad story. Want to know why?
The young boy and the old man were the same person.
Another story . . .
One day a person said, “I want to do great things with 2008 and I know I can.”
A year later that same person said, “I could have done great things with 2008 and I wish I did.”
Another sad story.
Every day for the next 365 days you’re going to take a test – it’s called “The Pillow Test.”
Every night when you put your head on your pillow and review your day, are you going to say to yourself, “I’m glad I did,” or “I wish I had.”
If you did the things that will get you closer to your goals, you’ll be able to say, “I’m glad I did.”
If you made the important things the important things, you’ll be able to say, “I’m glad I did.”
If you went all out and you didn’t hold back, you’ll be able to say, “I’m glad I did.”
If you constantly and continuously say, “I’m glad I did,” – you’ll pass the test.
And one year from today, you’ll be able to say, “I could have done great things with 2008 and I did!”
Here’s wishing that
2008
is a
very happy story
for you!
Rob Gilbert
