Think of yourself as unique.

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"Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread.  Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique." --Anonymous

Day #289 - Think of yourself as unique.

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Train your mind.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live." --Mortimer Adler

Day #288 - Train your mind.

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Use times of great challenge for both challenge and motivation.

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"Times of great calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds.  The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm." --Charles Caleb Colton

Day #287 - Use times of great stress for both challenge and motivation.

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Look for satisfaction in the little things.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Life is made up of small pleasures.  Happiness is made up of those tiny successes.  The big ones come too infrequently.  And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything." --Norman Lear

Day #286 - Look for satisfaction in the little things.

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Keep learning.

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"I am learning all the time.  My tombstone will be my diploma." --Eartha Kitt

"It's a great pity that things weren't so arranged that an empty head, like an empty stomach, wouldn't let its owner rest until he put something in it." --Olin Miller


Day #283 - Keep learning.

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Seize opportunities when they occur.

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"Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them." --Ann Landers

Day #281 - Seize opportunities when they occur.

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Put your dreams into action.

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"Begin today.  Quit putting off until tomorrow the dreams you have for today.  Stop thinking you have all kinds of time for hugging your grandchildren, using your best china, taking that long sought-after trip, making that expensive purchase, being nice to your neighbors, reconciling with your family members, or for anything else.  By beginning today, you put your dreams into action." --Richard L. Weaver II

Day #280 - Put your dreams into action.

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Have confidence in your ability.

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"If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it.  You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through." --Rosalyn Carter


Day #279 - Have confidence in your ability.

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How you get up determines how you go to bed.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction." --George Lorimer

Day #278 - How you get up determines how you go to bed.

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Keep on trying.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" --Mary Anne Radmacher

Day #277 - Keep on trying.

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Hold your ideas with passion.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel." --Carl W. Buechner

Day #276 - Hold your ideas with passion.

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Make a difference.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee." --Marian Wright Edelman

Day #270 - Make a difference.

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Overcome your biggest obstacle to forward progress---yourself.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"We must overcome the notion that we must be ordinary . . . it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre." --Uta Hagen

Day #267 - Overcome your biggest obstacle to forward progress --- yourself.

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Appreciate matters of the heart.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak; than a heart that cannot love." --Robert Tizon

Day #266 - Appreciate matters of the heart.

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Use all your resources.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Ability is what you're capable of doing.  Motivation determines what you do.  Attitude determines how well you do it." --Lou Holtz

Day #265 - Use all your resources.

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Think carefully before you speak.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall." --Oliver Wendell Holmes


Day #264 - Think carefully before you speak.

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Do what is necessary to come alive.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Don't ask what the world needs.  Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it.  Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." --Howard Thurman

Day #263 - Do what is necessary to come alive.

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Make the best of your best.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs.  Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.  If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves." --Dale Carnegie

Day #262 - Make the best your best.

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Do not fear the shadow of uncertainty.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom


"Fear less, hope more;

Whine less, breathe more;

Talk less, say more;

Hate less, love more;

And all good things are yours." --Swedish Proverb


Day #261 - Do not fear the shadow of uncertainty.

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Don't wait for heaven to get a life.

SMOERs: Words of Wisdom

"Life is like a taxi.  The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still." --Lou Erickson

Day #260 - Don't wait for heaven to get a life.

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