Author: jakedavis1910

The Phrase That Pays

JM – Living is a state of mind.

JW – Do your best.

EB – Always be easy to work with.

JD – A thankful heart is a happy heart.

JS – Talent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it. – Maya Angelou

KJ – Community is the breaking down of barriers to welcome difference. Jean Vanier

Since today is my last day before Thanksgiving, I thought I would write a few thoughts on being thankful.

The quote of mine from above has been written on a chalk board in our kitchen for a little while. Not sure where Meaghan got it from, but it makes me smile every time I look at it.

Jim Rohn talks about how being thankful opens us up for all the goodness that life has to offer. It is almost like good things only go where they are appreciated.

I will spare you my long list of things I am thankful for this year, but will mention one of them. You. I am thankful for each and every one of you.

Everyone have a happy and safe Thanksgiving.

Jake

The Phrase That Pays

JM – We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. -Cynthia Ozick

EB – Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. -G.K. Chesterton

JW – A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Joseph Campbell

JD – As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy

JS – Love what you do as it allows you to do what you love.

KJ – Failing to plan is planning to fail. Kim James original

Since JM, EB and JW were all out this morning, I got to pick their quotes. All of their quotes and mine were found when I did a search for Veteran’s day quotes.

I am still amazed every time I think of our Armed Forces and all those that serve our country.

So, today, let’s remember the points from the quotes above.

Don’t take for granted the very thing that most deserves our gratitude. Make it a point to thank any and all veterans you know today.

Courage is a contradiction in terms. Our courageous soldiers are fighting for our lives and freedom every day, despite the fact that they themselves are put in harm’s way in doing so.

A hero gives his or her life to something bigger than themselves. Our soldiers fight not only for themselves, but for the larger ideals of liberty, justice, democracy and the other American ideals that embody our awesome country.

Live in a state of gratitude for our Armed Forces. For me personally this means that every time I see a man or woman in uniform I go over to them and say thank you for their service. Whatever form this takes for you, make sure it involves some kind of action on your part.

Thanks to all our veterans on this Veteran’s Day 2011.

A special thanks to those Mavideans that have served (Jamie, Jamie and Ron that I know of for sure, speak up if you did as well) and also to those others that get this email that have served as well.

Make it a great weekend.

Jake

Friday Morning Toe Tapper

http://youtu.be/Yop62wQH498

Maggie was singing this around the house last night so I thought it would send it out.

Short and sweet with a great message.

Tomorrow.

What a concept!

Jim Rohn talks about how amazed he is at the potential of a human life. I am too. When you think about what a person can accomplish over a lifetime, it is staggering.

Let’s fill our tomorrows up with becoming awesome. One tomorrow at a time.

Let’s make sure tomorrow is better than today.

Let’s make sure our tomorrows are taking us down the path to happiness.

No matter how good or bad today is, tomorrow can (and will be if you choose that) be better.

Don’t forget though, this is no excuse to let today slip by. Today is all you really have. We must use the possibilities of tomorrow to pull us through anything we may face today.

This is one of life’s interesting paradoxes. Truly happy people find a way to strike the balance between getting every ounce out of today while planning and growing for the long term.

Make it a great Friday.

Jake

Daily Attitude Email 11 7 11

From: Jake Davis
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 6:32 AM
To: MavideaAll
Subject: Daily Attitude Email 11 7 11

"Be the change that you want to see in the world." Mohandas Gandhi

My dad sent me this quote the other day and I thought I would share it with everyone.

Becoming a better person, a whole different person, requires change for most of us.

One of the hardest areas to work on for me has been looking outside myself for the things that need to change. Looking at others and seeing areas they should change.

That driver in front of me needs to drive better.

Congress needs to pass better laws.

Taxes need to be lower.

Other people need to post more positive comments on FaceBox

In order to see the changes I want to see in my life, I need to first “Be the change that I want to see in the world.”

Remember that the results of your life are a “merciless mirror” reflecting back to you what kind of a person you are. All of the treasures you have accumulated are in direct proportion to the development on your own character.

Challenge yourself.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Make it a great week.

Jake

Friday Morning Toe Tapper

From: Jake Wolber
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 9:36 AM
To: MavideaAll
Subject: Friday Morning Toe Tapper

I passed this song around awhile back after I claimed a certain prize here at Mavidea.

http://youtu.be/SRwrg0db_zY (song starts at 1:30 mark)

Who wants the Rock today?

Bonus Video- Heard this song the other day and it just fires me up. Not to mention it’s from a great movie. (not the crappy remake of recent)

http://youtu.be/9fWvub_WBho

Mavidea is the best around!

Jake Wolber

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Mavidea Technology Group

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jakew

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Daily Attitude Email 11 3 11

From: Jake Davis
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 7:42 AM
To: MavideaAll
Subject: Daily Attitude Email 11 3 11

As a follow up to yesterday’s video, here is another Will Smith video:

http://youtu.be/IUlPVCbKCOo

The audio isn’t awesome, but the thoughts are.

My favorite part is when he talks about things that are unrealistic.

He says “it is unrealistic to expect to walk in a room and flip on a light switch and the lights go on, fortunately, Edison didn’t think so.”

He talks about belief.

You need to believe that great things are possible for you before they can start to happen.

Jake

Daily Attitude Email 11 1 11

From: Jake Davis
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 7:36 AM
To: MavideaAll
Subject: Daily Attitude Email 11 1 11

In an audiobook I was listening to recently the author mentioned that he had come up with a rule he called the 18, 40, 60 rule.

When you are 18, you care deeply about what everyone thinks about you.

When you are 40, you don’t care at all what people think of you.

When you are 60, you realize that those other people weren’t thinking about you at all.

It seems to me that part of being successful is an odd combination of not caring what others think about you and empathy. We need to simultaneously be our own person who is confident and full of energy about our own goals while being able to put ourselves in the other persons shoes in every social interaction.

Think about how this applies to you:

Do you worry about what others think about you?

Do you have a hard time putting yourself in someone else’s shoes?

Do you spend during conversations with others wondering what you will say next and what they think of the last thing you said?

I know that I personally struggle with this. Ever since I heard about this “rule”, I have said it in my head many times as a reminder that I must train myself to think of others first.

I hope that all of you make it a great day today.

Jake

Daily Attitude Email 10 31 11

From: Jake Davis
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 6:41 AM
To: MavideaAll
Subject: Daily Attitude Email 10 31 11

One of my favorite things about writing this emails is the response I get from others.

Below is an email my dad sent out last week that I thought I would share.

Jake

Jake has been writing about the way quotes help us reinforce the thoughts and behaviors we want to exhibit in our daily lives.

Here is a quote that I believe will help us relate to others:

"Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly"

When we act justly towards others we are treating them fairly according to what is good and right.

When we love mercy, we show compassion or forbearance to one whose behavior has hurt or offended us.

When we walk humbly, we behave in a manner that is not proud or haughty.

When we do these three things we treat others fairly when we are acting toward them, we don’t seek retribution for the hurts or wrong doing of others towards ourselves and we don’t seek to be treated with importance or consider ourselves better than others.

Just think of what our day would be like if we behaved this way every moment. Guess what, we never will behave this way for even one minute if we don’t make the decision that this is what we want to do. Once that decision is made, this little saying will help us get there.

"Act Justly, love mercy, walk humbly"…………

I’m glad I’m here.

Source: Micah 6:8

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KEN Davis