Pursuers of Excellence Alumni Club

Here is a great little annimation about growing up. The narration is by a little girl, but she uses very grown up words. It is a message to children but also to the child in our adult selves. Take a moment and listen to the child within!

Growing Up Growing UpAnother great film by Jr. Canest

Tim R.

A big part of getting in the game is just showing up as illustrated by my favorite comic strip "Frazz". To get more Frazz, go to Comics.com

Copywrite Jef Mallett, July 2, 2009

Inspiration comes from all quarters. I love to listen to music.... really listen, especially to the words. Chris B. sent me the lyrics to a song he likes:

Consider this:
92% of the world's population
feel that their lives could be better.
what about you?
If you could do anything,
anything at all,
what would you do?
What are you doing now?

Imagine that
you could live your life,
knowing that it could not be better,
and never feeling that you would rather
be doing something else,
be somewhere else,
or be someone else.

Now consider this:
some people actually live that way
and so could you.

Contemplate this:
What if 90% of the problems you encountered in your life
were mere illusions and only existed in your mind?
In your everyday life
whenever something annoys you,
stresses you, makes you mad, or makes you sad,
consider if that something really matters.

Will you even remember
how you felt in one day, one week, one month, one year,
or what about in ten years?
So when the people you work for pressure you, and fail to understand you, does it really matter?
And when they call you on the phone,
screaming and yelling,
does it matter and should you really allow that to influence your life?
It's all about choices.

This song is by the Barcode Brothers. I think it about sums up the Pursuit of Excellence view of being responsible for your own actions and having a positive outlook. Stay in the moment and focus on taking that next small step.

-- TAR

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