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02/20/2009 11:47 AM

Think thoughtfully, speak thoughtfully, act thoughtfully, and your every need shall be supplied. Thinking thoughtfully of others shows your self esteem and integrity. Being thoughtful toward an insured while handling their claim will reap you many benefits.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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02/21/2009 1:43 PM
The more we pursue happiness the more we miss it. Happiness is the unintended effect of meaningful activity. Find a rich meaning by serving. Serve yourself and others well and your dreams of fulfillment will be realized.
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02/23/2009 10:33 AM
If criticism is mistaken or mean-spirited, rise above it. Maintain the high ground when you're under fire.
 
No victory is worth winning at the expense of picking up the mud that has been slung at you and throwing it back.
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02/24/2009 10:06 AM
No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined.
No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled.
No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.
 
Thought provoking, isn't it. Just like life, trained thought equals success.

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02/25/2009 10:44 AM

Often we attempt to live our lives backwards: we try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what we want so we will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then, do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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02/26/2009 11:32 AM

Life is like riding a bike.  It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still. To succeed, you must have movement in the right direction.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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02/27/2009 10:29 AM
For your enjoyment. Get ready for goose bumps. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
 
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03/01/2009 12:02 PM
How fast is the world of adjusting changing. Look at this you tube video and you will see how fast EVERYTHING is changing. We live in a world of change, due to computers. It is changing so rapidly, the human mind is having difficulty following it. We must learn to make changes as they occur, or we will be sitting home wondering, "What the hell just happened".
 
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03/02/2009 9:48 AM
It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes.
What matters most is getting off.
You cannot make progress without making decisions.
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03/03/2009 8:21 AM
If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famously erudite scientist and comic who once said: "I woke up one morning and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates."

His mind sees things differently than most of us do, to our amazement and amusement.

Here are some of his gems:

1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back.

3 - Half the people you know are below average.

4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name.

5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

8 - If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain.

9 - All those who believe in psycho-kinesis, raise my hand.

10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend.....but she left me before we met.

12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark?

13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink?

14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.

18 - Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

19 - I intend to live forever......so far, so good.

20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice?

23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name?

25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.

27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread.

29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard.

31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.

32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it.

33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film.

34 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?
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03/04/2009 12:10 PM
The first step toward change is acceptance. 
Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. 
That's all you have to do. 
Change is not something you do, it's something you allow.
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03/07/2009 2:12 PM

The "Open, Sesame!" of Life

Robert Collier
From The Book of Life

 

There is a Napoleonic feeling of power that insures success in the knowledge that this invincible "Life Principle" is behind your every act. Knowing that you have working with you a force, which never yet has failed in anything it has undertaken, you can go ahead in the confident knowledge that it will not fail in your case, either. The ingenuity which overcame every obstacle in making you what you are, is not likely to fall short when you have immediate need for it. It is the reserve strength of the athlete, the "second wind" of the runner, the power that, in moments of great stress or excitement, you unconsciously call upon to do the deeds which you ever after look upon as superhuman.

But they are in no wise superhuman. They are merely beyond the capacity of your conscious self. Ally your conscious self with that sleeping giant within you, rouse him daily to the task, and those "superhuman" deeds will become your ordinary, everyday accomplishments.

It matters not whether you are Banker or Lawyer, Business Person or Adjuster. Whether you are the custodian of millions, or have to struggle for your daily bread. This "Life Principle" makes no distinction between rich and poor, high and low. The greater your need, the more readily it will respond to your call. Wherever there is an unusual task, wherever there is poverty or hardship or sickness or despair, there is this Servant of your Mind, ready and willing to help, asking only that you call upon him.

And not only is it ready and willing, but it is always able to help. Its ingenuity and resource are without limit. It is Mind. It is Thought. It is the Telepathy that carries messages without the spoken or written word. It is the Sixth Sense that warns you of unseen dangers. No matter how stupendous and complicated, nor how simple your problem may be - the solution of it is somewhere in Mind, in Thought. And since this solution does exist, this Mental Giant can find it for you. It can Know, and it can Do, every right thing. Whatever it is necessary for you to know, whatever it is necessary for you to do, you can know and you can do if you will but seek the help of this Genie-of-your-Mind and work with it in the right way.

 

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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03/09/2009 10:11 AM

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

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03/10/2009 3:52 AM
Send me some of your warm weather (the kind that comes & stays), and I'll think about some planting & harvesting.  Well, actually...I've already got some "mators" , peppers,  cucumber, eggplant & squash seeds in the pots to be transplanted later.  But I know I'll probably have to start over.  They'll likely all be "stems only" before it's time for the real garden.   
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03/10/2009 10:33 AM
The most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the things you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.  As an adjuster, one of the things that gets you into trouble the quickest is not returning phone calls or making initial contacts. Make sure you do this.
 
By adding 10% more effort on your part will cause unbelievable results. Watch this presentation:
 
 
Husker, I can send you seeds, but not weather. 
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03/11/2009 9:50 AM
Law of the Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were
driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a
parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his
brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of
the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi
driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really
friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined
your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver
taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around
full of garbage , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment.
As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes
they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage
and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take
over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so...Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Have a blessed, garbage-free day!


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03/12/2009 11:19 AM

Learn from the past, focus on the present, and dream about the future. Be a firm believer in learning from adversity.  We have all faced it at one time or another. Often the worst of times can turn to your advantage. Life is a study of that.

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03/13/2009 10:51 AM
Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention. If they do, you have served well.
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03/16/2009 5:40 PM

Continuous effort  is the key to unlocking your potential. Continuous self learning of the nuances of the adjusting profession will also unlock your full potential to be the best you can be. The adjusting community is forever changing. You must change with it, or be left out.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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03/20/2009 7:49 AM
See the Trees
By William Lambert

 

I lived in Alabama on a half-acre lot blessed huge oak trees that were 40 feet in diameter. They were HUGE! The house was laid out such that every bedroom faced the backyard. Each bedroom had a large picture window. The view was breathtaking. I enjoyed just looking at the trees. In the fall I would identify a particular leaf that was falling and watched it for what seemed liked 5 minutes before it fell to earth.

One day I invited this married couple over to enjoy the view from the bedroom window. I took them into the bedroom and excitedly pointed to the trees out of the window and exclaimed, "just look"!

After about 20 seconds there was no comment from the couple. I however, noticed a big frown on the woman's face.

I said, "What's wrong". She was reluctant to reply.

I insisted and again said, "What's wrong?"

She relented and said, "Don't you see those fingerprints on the glass?"

I turned and looked and there were what seemed to be fifty or more fingerprints on the glass. I ran for the Windex to clean the glass. The lady "Oh, I didn't mean for you to clean it now."

The morale here is this. That lady never saw the trees. Even when I tried to point them out, She missed it! I didn't see the fingerprints. I was looking through the glass not at it.

When the fingerprints were pointed out to me, I saw them and removed them. The lady never saw the trees. She focused on the fingerprints and she never got passed them.

Life is much like that. There are things in life that are good and things that are bad. You choose which things you want to focus on. I focus on the trees.

What are you focusing on?

 

 

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
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