Meaningful Mondays - Arrows Out

“This is not happening TO me. It’s…”
– Sean Stephenson

“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Sometimes we become so focused on the finish line that we fail to enjoy and learn from the journey.”
– Lee M Brower

You fall to your lowest level of preparation.

"...One of the central elements of the word charACTer is A, C, T.  How one acts reveals in a powerful way his or her true character." 

“Gratitude is the beginning of civility, of decency and goodness, of a recognition that we cannot afford to be arrogant."
- Gordon B. Hinckley

"Genuine tolerance does not mean ignoring differences as if differences made no difference. Genuine tolerance means engaging differences within a bond of civility and respect."
- Richard John Neuhaus

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue..."
- Victor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning."

What holds the "We" in your family and/or Business?
- A Common Vision... of what your trying to achieve and how your going to achieve it.

"Life is about the journey- not the destination. Live the journey right and the destination takes care of itself."
- Lee Brower

“Instead of life dictating its terms, you are choosing what is remembered, what matters, and what will be attainable to future generations.”
- The Brower Quadrant, pg. 55

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity… Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."
—Melodie Beattie

"The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leaders are willing to tolerate."
- Gruenter & Whitaker

Compete: To work alongside; to strive together.

"The world today is so full of information which tries to not only inform, but sometimes to misinform us. Just as the capacity to defer gratification is a sign of real maturity, likewise is the willingness to wait for deferred explanation is the sign of real faith and trust."
- Neal A. Maxwell