We watched this movie on New Years Eve and I thought this song was kind of appropriate for the new year.
Moving right along. Time and life keeps moving right along.
The calendar made it’s official change over into a new year on Tuesday.
We all got a fresh start and a chance to move on to something bigger and better.
Let’s capitalize on this opportunity.
Make it a great day.
Jake
For most of you, this will most likely be your favorite song from that movie:
Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness. – Pat Riley
Complacency – self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
As we turn over the calendars and begin to face a new year, we must all own up to this. Are we being complacent in certain areas of our life?
Are you being complacent with your finances and letting things continue the way they are?
Are you being complacent about your weight and ignoring the signs that it is time for a change?
Are you being complacent in general, avoiding change and growth?
The new year is such a great time to break through some of those mental barriers while you have the natural push that comes with the start of a new year.
And at Mavidea, breaking through areas of complacency will be part of the process of moving our company from good to great. We need to look for them, root them out and get rid of all areas of complacency.
Make it a great day.
Jake
You can everything you want in life if you just help enough other people get what they want. – Zig Ziglar
This was posted by the Zig Ziglar family on New Year’s Eve as a quote to live by in 2013.
I have shared this quote before but thought about it a little bit differently as I thought about tackling a new year full of opportunity.
What if we looked at all of our goals and resolutions from this perspective?
What if instead of thinking of how much weight we wanted to lose we found a workout partner and focused on their weight loss?
What if instead of focusing on our own finances we found a charity we believed in and did our best to give more?
What if all our goals revolved around what we were going to do for others?
Think about the person you could become when you make it your goal to give your best to others.
Make it a great year.
Jake
PS – Thanks to all the daily attitude fill in writers. One of my favorite parts of being on vacation for a few days is seeing what others come up to inspire us along life’s path.
2013 is almost here. Time for new resolutions, goals, and dreams. We can wipe the slate clean and focus on the new year.
Have you ever achieved a goal, but not felt fulfilled? I think goals are great, but without passion and purpose behind them, they can often lead to disappointment.
“If I could just make more money this year, I will be happy”
“If I could just get that new house this year, I will be happy”
“If I could just get that promotion this year, I will be happy”
“If I can just lose 20 pounds this year, I will be happy”
There is nothing inherently wrong with any of these goals, but there needs to be passion and purpose behind them.
Before you list your goals and resolutions for 2013, do you have your “why?”
For example, Why do you want to make more money? To better provide for your family? To take your wife on a special anniversary trip? To save for your kid’s college?
The same is true for losing weight. Why? To feel better? To run a 5k? To be healthier for your kids?
Everyone has their own unique why. We can always figure out the what and how as we determine our goals, but don’t forget the why. The why is the magic.
If you haven’t watched Simon Sinek’s TED talk on the golden circle, I would recommend watching it. If you have already seen it, watch it againJ
All the best in 2013.
Brent Kelly, CIC
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(Wow—the responsibility of picking the final Toe Tapper of the year is intense!)
The new year is upon us. As always, it seems to have come so much more quickly than its predecessors.
We work hard, we play hard, but we forget that we need to rest hard, too. This year, think about putting some time into your weekly schedule when you can unplug, sit on your front porch, and watch the clouds roll by (either literally or figuratively). You’ll be amazed at what you begin seeing when you actually take the time to observe.
Happy New Year!
Peace,
Jeff
When I volunteered to fill in for Jake, I expected that it would be easy to have an inspiring message on the day after Christmas.
Of course, I can comment about being lucky to have a healthy family, or lucky to be surrounded by people who love and care about me.
I could tell a story about the laughing that ensued while playing xbox with my three sons until my fingers were sore.
I could touch on my appreciation for our military. It would be easy to reflect on how safe and cozy my Christmas was; knowing that the wish of nearly every deployed person was just to be home.
As soon as those ideas entered my head, they were scrapped…. Too cliché, I need something good.
So I thought about the three people who are my heroes.
I’d tell a story about how Mickey Mantle had me in tears as I watched a man dying from alcohol-induced liver damage say “This is a role model. Don’t be like me”.
Or maybe share a story about Robin Yount and consistently playing at a high level. I’d use my favorite Robin Yount statistic… When timed by an Oakland scout for over a dozen years, Yount’s fastest time from home plate to first base was 4.1 seconds. His slowest was 4.2.
It would be easy to write a couple paragraphs about why Jackie Robinson was my single greatest hero. His courage still makes me shake my head.
But before I started writing, I remembered… Why would Jake’s followers be interested in my heroes?
Instead, I’ve decided to take the lazy route.
As I’ve come across a noteworthy quote in the past year, I’ve started saving them in one place. Here is my list, maybe one of these items will inspire you like they do me. Have a great day.
Brian
“There are two kinds of pains in life. The pain of discipline and the pain of regret. Take your pick.”
– Coach Don Meyer
“Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.”
– J.C. Watts
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you.”
– Diana Spencer
“Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.”
– Pat Riley
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
– Albert Schweitzer
“Character isn’t inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action.”
– Helen Gahagan Douglas
“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
– George S. Patton,
US Army General
“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.”
– Gale Sayers
“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
– Lou Holtz
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JD – I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in a magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. – Jack London
KJ – Merry Christmas.
JS – Ditto.
JW – Clear your mind of can’t. Samuel Johnson
JM – Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not, or that you feel this is a good morning, or that is a morning to be good on? – Gandalf the Grey
EB – Khaaan!
I have still been reading “Enthusiasm Makes the Difference” at home and came across the above quote from Jack London.
What a great way to paint the picture of the difference enthusiasm can make.
Merry Christmas.
Jake
PS. – I still need a volunteer to send out the Friday Morning Toe Tapper and/or The Phrase That Pays next Friday.
Last’s nights snow inspired me to start today off with this one.
Merry Christmas.
Jake
Behind every small business, there’s a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores – these didn’t come out of nowhere. – Paul Ryan
For those of you who don’t know, last night Mavidea hosted the McLean County Chamber of Commerce after hours.
Thank you to everyone who made this event a great success. We have an unbelievable team.
Part of the plan for the night was to send everyone around to different stations so that elves (Mavideans) could tell the story of how we helped a particular customer grow.
Having such a great event reminded me that we have a pretty special story too.
As another year comes to a close I have tried to make a few quick moments the last couple days to remind myself of just how blessed we are and how much we have accomplished this year.
We grew the team and our client base significantly.
We made significant progress on understanding the process for becoming the organization we want to be in the future.
It has been a great privilege to come alongside all of you on this journey.
And the best is yet to come.
Next year will bring more of the same.
More clients to serve, more Mavideans to add to the team, and a better company to work for and with.
I can’t wait to see how this story unfolds, thank you for being a part of it.
Merry Christmas.
Jake
PS – Still need volunteers to send out Daily Attitude Emails next week while I am out.
Behind every small business, there’s a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores – these didn’t come out of nowhere. – Paul Ryan
For those of you who don’t know, last night Mavidea hosted the McLean County Chamber of Commerce after hours.
Thank you to everyone who made this event a great success. We have an unbelievable team.
Part of the plan for the night was to send everyone around to different stations so that elves (Mavideans) could tell the story of how we helped a particular customer grow.
Having such a great event reminded me that we have a pretty special story too.
As another year comes to a close I have tried to make a few quick moments the last couple days to remind myself of just how blessed we are and how much we have accomplished this year.
We grew the team and our client base significantly.
We made significant progress on understanding the process for becoming the organization we want to be in the future.
It has been a great privilege to come alongside all of you on this journey.
And the best is yet to come.
Next year will bring more of the same.
More clients to serve, more Mavideans to add to the team, and a better company to work for and with.
I can’t wait to see how this story unfolds, thank you for being a part of it.
Merry Christmas.
Jake
PS – Still need volunteers to send out Daily Attitude Emails next week while I am out.
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