Tuesday, August 31, 2010

MESSAGE #1229 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DUNKIN' DONUTS

I focused
on making
that first store
a success,
then
I moved
on to
the second store,
the third,
and
the fourth.
You
start
and
learn
and
build
and
keep changing
your goals
as you
achieve them.

Bill Rosenberg (1916-2002)
founder
Dunkin’ Donuts

Monday, August 30, 2010

MESSAGE #1228 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EILEEN CADDY

Set
your sights
high --
the higher
the better.
Expect
the most wonderful things
to happen --
not in the future
but right now!
Realize
that nothing
is too good.

Eileen Caddy
co-founder
Findhorn

Sunday, August 29, 2010

MESSAGE #1227 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT NATHAN OLSEN

We
are happier,
much happier,
when
we realize
that
life
is
an opportunity
rather than
an obligation.

Nathan Olsen

Saturday, August 28, 2010

MESSAGE #1226 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JIMINY CRICKETT

When your heart
is
in your dreams
no request
is
too extreme.

Jiminy Crickett
movie star

Friday, August 27, 2010

MESSAGE #1225 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT STANLEY MARCUS

Consumers
are
statistics.
Customers
are
people.

Stanley Marcus (1905-2002)
CEO
Neiman Marcus

Thursday, August 26, 2010

MESSAGE #1224 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT REVEREND SCHULLER

Tough times
never last,
but
tough people
do.

Reverend Robert H. Schuller
American televangelist

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

MESSAGE #1223 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT COACH WOODEN

Be quick
but
don’t hurry.

John Wooden (1910-2010)
ESPN’s coach of the century

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

MESSAGE #1222 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT EDISON

Discontent
is
the first necessity
of
progress.

Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
inventor extraordinaire

Monday, August 23, 2010

MESSAGE #1221 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MILES DAVIS

You have
to play
a long time
to be able
to play
like yourself.

Miles Davis (1926-1991)
trumpeter
bandleader
composer

Sunday, August 22, 2010

MESSAGE #1220 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ANITA RODDICK

If
you have
a
company
with
an
itsy-bitsy
vision –
you have
an
itsy-bitsy
company.

Anita Roddick (1942-2007)
founder
The Body Shop

Saturday, August 21, 2010

MESSAGE #1219 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT SID CAESAR

Whoever
invented
the first wheel
was
smart.
The guy who
invented
the other three
was
a genius.

Sid Caesar
actor
comedian
writer

Friday, August 20, 2010

MESSAGE #1218 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MARGARET MEAD

Never doubt
that
a small group
of
thoughtful, committed
people
can change the world;
indeed,
it is
the only thing
that
ever has.

Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
American cultural anthropologist

Thursday, August 19, 2010

MESSAGE #1217 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GEORGE HERBERT

Skill and confidence
are an
unconquerable army.

George Herbert (1593-1633)
Anglican priest

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

MESSAGE #1216 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MAL PANCOAST

The odds
of
hitting
your target
go up
dramatically
when
you aim
at it.

Mal Pancoast

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

MESSAGE #1215 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JOHN RUSKIN

When
love
and
skill
work together,
expect
a
masterpiece.

John Ruskin (1819-1900)
English writer

Monday, August 16, 2010

MESSAGE #1214 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HANNIBAL

We will
either
find a way
or
make one.

Hannibal 248 – 183 or 182 BC
Carthaginian general

Sunday, August 15, 2010

MESSAGE #1213 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MADELINE BRIDGES

Give
the world
the best
you have
and
the best
will come back
to you.

Madeline Bridges (1844-1920)
American poet

Saturday, August 14, 2010

MESSAGE #1212 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MIZUTA MASAHIDE

Barn’s burnt down –
now
I can see the moon.

Mizuta Masahide (1657-1723)
Japanese samurai and poet

Friday, August 13, 2010

MESSAGE #1211 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT DOLLY PARTON

If
you want
the rainbow,
you got to
put up with
the rain.

Dolly Parton
composer
“I Will Always Love You”

Thursday, August 12, 2010

MESSAGE #1210 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT GENERAL PATTON

Always
do more
than
is required
of you.

George S. Patton (1885-1945)
U.S. Army general

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

MESSAGE #1209 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ED TSENG

Excellence
is not
expected effort –
it is
extra effort.

Ed Tseng
author
“Game, Set, Life”

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

MESSAGE #1208 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

Friendship
with oneself
is
all-important
because
without it
one cannot
be friends
with anyone else.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
First Lady of the U.S.

Monday, August 9, 2010

MESSAGE #1207 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MAYA ANGELOU

All
great achievements
require
time.

Maya Angelou
poet
civil rights activist

Sunday, August 8, 2010

MESSAGE #1206 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT HENRY FORD

If you
use
your
skill and imagination
to see
how much
you
can give
for a dollar
instead of
how little
you
can give
for a dollar --
you are bound
to succeed.

Henry Ford (1863-1947)
founder
Ford Motor Company

Saturday, August 7, 2010

MESSAGE #1205 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT JAMES CASH PENNEY

Long-range
goals
keep you
from being
frustrated
by
short-term
failures.

James Cash Penney (1875-1971)
founder
J.C. Penney stores

Friday, August 6, 2010

MESSAGE #1204 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT MUHAMMAD ALI

A man
who views
the world
at 50
the same as
he did
at 20 –
has wasted
30 years.

Muhammad Ali
greatest fighter ever

Thursday, August 5, 2010

MESSAGE #1203 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT BERNARD BARUCH

To me,
old age
is always
15 years older
than
I am.

Bernard Baruch (1870-1965)
U.S. presidential advisor

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

MESSAGE #1202 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT CATHERINE DENEUVE

Opportunities
are often
things
you haven’t noticed
the first time around.

Catherine Deneuve
French actress

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

MESSAGE #1201 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT ERICA JONG

Advice
is
what
we ask for
when
we already know
the answer
but
wish we didn’t.

Erica Jong
author
“Fear of Flying”

Monday, August 2, 2010

MESSAGE #1200 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT PHYLLIS THEROUX

Mistakes
are
the usual bridge
between
inexperience
and
wisdom.

Phyllis Theroux
journalist

Sunday, August 1, 2010

MESSAGE #1199 - HOW TO BE THE NEXT LITTLE BIG MAN

Don’t quit.
Can’t fail.

Little Big Man
Success Hotline
Hall of Fame Caller