Great Thoughts To Ponder (6/17/2009)

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"If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn´t seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy." -- Nadia Comaneci

"Be a problem detective; look for customer problems that your product or service can solve." -- Brian Tracy

"A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it." -- Alistair Cooke

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."  -- Goethe

"One must be fond of people and and serving them if they plan on being successful long term in the mortgage or real estate profession." --  Dennis Geist

"A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else."  --  Cardinal De Retz

"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."  --  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear." -- Brian Tracy

"We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist." -- Louis Nizer

"People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace." -- Zig Ziglar

"It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't." -- Harvey Mackay

"Lack of homework shows up in the marketplace as well as in the classroom." -- Jim Rohn

"Some people serve with pride -- because they 'want to' do and be their best; other people serve with disdain because they 'have to' do their job. Which person do you think will end up running the show?" -- Jeffrey Gitomer 

"Take time to listen to your people when they want to talk. This is a real motivator." -- Brian Tracy

"People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value." -- Stephen Covey

"Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don´t teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut." -- Jim Rohn

"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him."  -- Booker T. Washington

"If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn´t seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy." -- Nadia Comaneci

"Be a problem detective; look for customer problems that your product or service can solve." -- Brian Tracy

"A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it." -- Alistair Cooke

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live."  -- Goethe

"One must be fond of people and and serving them if they plan on being successful long term in the mortgage or real estate profession." --  Dennis Geist

"A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else."  --  Cardinal De Retz

"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."  --  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear." -- Brian Tracy

"We have not wings we cannot soar; but, we have feet to scale and climb, by slow degrees, by more and more, the cloudy summits of our time." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist." -- Louis Nizer

"People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace." -- Zig Ziglar

"It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't." -- Harvey Mackay

"Lack of homework shows up in the marketplace as well as in the classroom." -- Jim Rohn

"Some people serve with pride -- because they 'want to' do and be their best; other people serve with disdain because they 'have to' do their job. Which person do you think will end up running the show?" -- Jeffrey Gitomer 

"Take time to listen to your people when they want to talk. This is a real motivator." -- Brian Tracy

"People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value." -- Stephen Covey

"Good people are found not changed. Recently I read a headline that said, 'We don´t teach people to be nice. We simply hire nice people.' Wow! What a clever short cut." -- Jim Rohn

"Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him."  -- Booker T. Washington