Who is Humble?

It is always the secure who are humble. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Prosperity but at What Price?

We've got the most prosperous culture in human history and we've also got the biggest spiritual hole in human history. - Mark Victor Hansen

Follow Your Passion

Follow your passion, and success will follow you. - Terri Guillemets

Attitude by Lincoln

I don't like that man.  I must get to know him better. - Abraham Lincoln

Mistakes

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems.  And that's a big mistake. - F. Wikzek

Teamwork!

A man may do an immense deal of good, if he does not care who gets the credit for it. - Father Strickland, 1863

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it. - Brian Tracy


Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. - Vince Lombardi

Opportunities.......

Jumping at several small opportunities may get us there more quickly than waiting for one big one to come along.  - Hugh Allen

If I were Opportunity, I wouldn't just knock, you'd have to sign. - Robert Brault

When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy

Agnostic VS Judeo Christian View on Virtue

* Editor:  The agnostic point of view quote below is attributed to Caesar Marcus Aurelius. There is some truth to the line about living virtuously just because you're aware that's how you should live and not Because you worship God. In other words if you live virtuously solely because you believe in the Judeo-Christian God, that reveals a lack of purity in your belief and behavior. You're only being a good person because of God not because you recognize how important it is to simply be a good person period. That's the point the speaker is making in that quote.

Whereas, the Judeo-Christian point of view is that yes, you should be a good person because that's the way you should behave without doubt. But,while being a good virtuous person you should eventually be motivated to seek truth and in seeking truth, the truth will be shown to you. Once the truth is revealed to you-you do one of two things. You either reject it or accept it-you'll never be the same again because you know the truth. The destination of your soul depends on how you react to truth being revealed to you.

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - Emperor Marcus Aurelius. 121-180AD.


And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. - Philippians 4:8

Exercise is More Important Than You Think

Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.  - Edward Stanley

Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. - Plato

A man's health can be judged by which he takes two at a time - pills or stairs. - Joan Welsh

The Talent for Being Happy is.....

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have. - Woody Allen

Simplicity

Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it. - Robert Brault

Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. - Frank A. Clark


Who is rich?  He who rejoices in his portion. - The Talmud

 Beware the barrenness of a busy life. - Socrates

You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need. - Vernon Howard

Faith Centered Leadership

Faith Centered Leadership: The Butterfly Effect
By Priscilla Archangel, Ph.D.

In the early 1960s, meteorologist Edward Lorenz presented his scientific findings that a "small change at one place in a nonlinear system can result in large differences to a later state"(1). This became known as The Butterfly Effect, or the law of sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Put simply, the theory is that a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the earth can cause a hurricane in another part of the earth. Like a domino effect, the flapping of its wings sets wind currents in motion, which coupled with its position and a myriad of other factors and atmospheric conditions, can impact in the weather thousands of miles away. This small movement is barely enough to create a breeze felt by a human being, yet significant enough to create wind currents. A motion casually made, often taken for granted, yet it has a powerful impact.

The Butterfly Effect

I first learned about The Butterfly Effect from reading a short book of the same name written by Andy Andrews, a New York Times best-selling author. His point was to convey how much each person's life matters, because of the impact it has on others. An action, a spoken word, a decision, that I perceive to be insignificant can have a ripple effect on millions of people, either positively or negatively.
Come to think of it, some of the most powerful and controlling forces are also the smallest ones. The rudder on a ship is a small flat plane that directs the flow of water past it which in effect turns the ship. The tongue is a small part of our bodies, but when it speaks, it can start a war between nations, or kindle a great love between two people. A mustard seed is only 1-2 mm in diameter, yet Jesus said, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can speak to a mountain and cause it to move (Matthew 17:20). Each are small objects, but with a powerful outcome.

Well if each of these objects can have such a major impact on its surroundings, how can you use even a little bit of faith to impact your environment? Faith is when you place your confidence or trust in someone or something, even without proof of its ability to deliver. It's the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).

The Ripple Effect of Faith

As a faith centered leader, how can you exert your faith for a business goal, an organizational objective, or a team priority. How can you focus your thoughts, your intangible ideas and abstract wanderings, on a desired outcome with sufficient confidence that it will indeed come to pass? It's simply a matter of perspective. Too often we're caught up in the moment of a seemingly insurmountable challenge; our scope of sight is too limited; our belief in the future too vague. We fail to grasp the significance of the impact of our faith; mountain moving, hurricane creating faith.

My prayer for you today is that God will open the eyes of your spirit, granting you understanding and insight to see a future positive potential in yourself, your team, and your organization that you've never before grasped. That you will no longer accept what is, but you will instead believe what can be. That your faith will be as vast as the wind currents created by the rippling of a butterfly's wings. That your faith will be strong enough to move mountains. That your faith will multiply your present resources. My prayer is that you will have the faith of a butterfly to set in motion actions that will cause a tsunami of blessings to people that you will never know, but by their very act will create a brighter future.

(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect

Copyright 2011 Priscilla Archangel

Priscilla Archangel is an author, speaker, coach and consultant. She brings over 27 years of experience as an human resources executive for a Fortune 500 firm, where she helps organizations accomplish business objectives and cultural change; and coaches employees to discover their unique strengths and life purpose.

Her book, "The Call to Faith Centered Leadership: Transformational Lessons for Leaders in Challenging Times" is a compilation of 90 brief but engaging leadership development lessons from the Bible. Sign up to receive a free chapter of her book at http://www.PriscillaArchangel.com
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Excuses.....

Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. - Edward R. Murrow

John F. Kennedy on Crisis

When written in Chinese the word "crisis" is composed of two characters - one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy

Why Worry?

Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. - Mark Twain

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face. - Nelson DeMille

Some patients I see are actually draining into their bodies the diseased thoughts of their minds. - Zacharty Bercovitz


Every evening I turn my worries over to God.  He's going to be up all night anyway. - Mary C. Crowley

Trouble Forgiving? Consider This......

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive.  Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. - Henry Ward Beecher

The weak can never forgive.  Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. - Mahatma Gandhi


He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. - George Herbert

Courage is What it Takes.....

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill

Do Humble Work

Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work. - Mother Teresa

America Will Never Be Destroyed from The Outside

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln

Believe In Yourself!

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. - Norman Vincent Peale

Perseverence!

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.  ~Albert Einstein

Fall seven times, stand up eight.  ~Japanese Proverb

Saints are sinners who kept on going.  ~Robert Louis Stevenson

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.  ~William Feather

Pull yourself together and use what you have.  ~Betsy Cañas Garmon 

Discipline or Regret

Everyone must choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.  - Jim Rohn

Robert E. Lee Quote on Hope

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.  -  Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant Quote on Friends

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity - Ulysses S. Grant

C.S. Lewis Gems

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Importance of Taking Action!

Trust only movement.  Life happens at the level of events, not of words.  Trust movement.  ~Alfred Adler

 There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.  ~Mignon McLaughlin

All know the way; few actually walk it.  ~Bodhidharma


The vision must be followed by the venture.  It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.  ~Vance Havner

Leadership Quotes

You can't be a leader if you can't influence others to act.  - Dale E. Zand

Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group. You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble. - Jim Rohn

Learn to be bold but not a bully. It takes boldness to win the day. To build your influence, you've got to walk in front of your group. You've got to be willing to take the first arrow, tackle the first problem, discover the first sign of trouble.  - Warren Bennis