Dick Baker's Magic Words-My Workplace Miracle

Written by Burt Dubin


Continued from page 1

And they require someone to trainrepparttar other in this simpler procedure. Who do ya' think they pick. I'mrepparttar 123645 only one available. So, at 17 I showrepparttar 123646 29 others what to do and how to do it.

Wait, there's more. They bump me up. offrepparttar 123647 line, to new responsibilities. I'm nowrepparttar 123648 Troubleshooter forrepparttar 123649 whole group. This means when someone runs into a problem, they call on me to solve it.

When I can't figure out what to do, I go torepparttar 123650 Shift Supervisor, Dick Baker. He's from Green Bay, Wisconsin. His religion is football. The Green Bay Packers are his heroes. His Gods. Every other word out of his mouth is Green Bay. (You've metrepparttar 123651 type.) He always solvesrepparttar 123652 problem.

Here'srepparttar 123653 scene: I'm hunched over a work station. I'm staring downrepparttar 123654 CRT andrepparttar 123655 perplexing problem. Dick Baker, a few feet away, quietly speaks torepparttar 123656 person he's with: "That young Burt is so good at what he does--he never has to call on me for help any more."

I'm moved by those words. (They prove to be magic words.) Someone believes in me. Someone believes I'm better than I know I am. Maybe he's right. Let's find out.

I scrunch down addressingrepparttar 123657 problem. The sweat pours from my brow. I break through and solverepparttar 123658 problem. I never have to call on Dick Baker for help ever again.

Because someone believes in me, I tap into a power I never knew was there. Now I believe in myself. I believe in my power to transcend perceived limits. This proves to be my workplace miracle!

Ever since that tender moment, thanks to Dick Baker, thanks to one person believing in me, I've shattered perceived limits again and again.

"Think you can, think you can't, either way you're right." So said Henry Ford. And you, dear Reader, can transcendrepparttar 123659 perceived limits of your life.

Simply believe in yourself and your power. Then do what you must to createrepparttar 123660 conditions and circumstances you desire. That's all it takes.



Burt Dubin, a 20 year veteran of the business of speaking, mentors speakers and wanna-be's world-wide. Burt works with people who want to be speakers and with speakers who want to be masters. For samples of the wisdom available to you, simply go to http://www.SpeakingBizSuccess.com. Burt Dubin, 1 Speaking Success Road, Kingman, Arizona 86402-6543, USA. Phone 800-321-1225 Fax 928-753-7554. mail to: burt@SpeakingBizSuccess.com Copyright 2003 Burt Dubin


The Ladder Of Life Part Two

Written by Dr. Wm. G. Seavey


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When you buy product atrepparttar market place, you want a just weight. If you bought something for $3.00 a pound you would expect to get a pound for your hard earned money. Unless of course you did not care if you were short changed or not and then you would settle for anything, which is what many people do in life. If you paid $3.00 for something less than a pound, you lost. You gotrepparttar 123644 short end ofrepparttar 123645 stick. When you pick up one end ofrepparttar 123646 stick you also getrepparttar 123647 end opposite.

It isrepparttar 123648 same way with life. You must get your moneys worth. But if you put nothing into life you will receive back a like measurement. Nothing is a measurement. Nothing equals nothing. You get short changed. It is called a just return, a just weight. The problem is we let so many people short change us by setting standards for us that will not produce profit. Profit is a measure. The measure is determined by what you have put intorepparttar 123649 product andrepparttar 123650 product is you. Put nothing in and get nothing out. So, with no set standards of value, you will always receive a poor measurement. You will always be living on barely get along street in poverty city.

Do you rememberrepparttar 123651 foundation I had talked about earlier in this presentation? It wasrepparttar 123652 bedrock upon which you would stand your ladder. But so many times people build upon sinking sand. As you climb your ladder of life,repparttar 123653 ladder simply disappears intorepparttar 123654 sinking sand beneath it. When you reach life's end, you find yourself onrepparttar 123655 same rung ofrepparttar 123656 ladder as you started out with. Now that is not called progress. It is called disaster. The one thing that will drive your ladder intorepparttar 123657 sinking sand faster than anything else isrepparttar 123658 weight of regret. Regretting that you have done nothing with your time and opportunity up until this day of your life. Everything looks bleak and blah, no hope in sight. Ah, but there is hope. You can start again. All you have to do is move your ladder onto solid rock. And may I suggest to you that it is closer than you think. The bedrock could mean truth, integrity, hope, self worth, a right attitude, a positive outlook on life; a help to others andrepparttar 123659 list is endless. You can make your own list. Make sure it is a list of things that will withstandrepparttar 123660 storms of life and prove themselves to be faithful to those who will embrace them.

Have you ever seen someone holding a ladder for someone else to climb? Sadly you will seldom see that in today's society. Have you ever been asked to holdrepparttar 123661 ladder while someone else climbed it? Hard to do isn't it? Andrepparttar 123662 reason is because we don't want any one else to get ahead of us. If you don't think so, watchrepparttar 123663 traffic on a busy freeway at quitting time. Everybody wants to be first in line. Here isrepparttar 123664 key. No man is an island unto himself. You cannot pull yourself up by your own bootstraps. If you want to be first, be last. Now that is diametrically opposed to man's philosophy. But God knew man would want to be first so He put that principle inrepparttar 123665 Bible for man. But, you must USE this principle when climbing your own life's ladder. Who cares if another person gets torepparttar 123666 top before you? That's what it is all about. Believe me, if you will help enough other people to get torepparttar 123667 top, there will comerepparttar 123668 time when you to, will be atrepparttar 123669 top. There will always comerepparttar 123670 time for reaping if you will plant great disciplines in your life. As you grow, share with others what you have learned. Begin mentoring someone. What a change that will make in you when you get you out ofrepparttar 123671 way by putting others first.

Now why this Lesson For Living? It is to get you to start looking at your life and where you are right now. Are you where you should be? Are you where you want to be? Only you can answer that. It has been my experience with people that most are not where they want to be. But a better question is are you where you SHOULD be? To answer that would require some work on your behalf because no one else can give yourepparttar 123672 answer. Here is one very important rule. Don't compare where you are in life to where others are. It is foolhardy. Find you where YOU are supposed to be. Readrepparttar 123673 books on development. Go torepparttar 123674 workshops and seminars. Listen torepparttar 123675 audiotapes and viewrepparttar 123676 videos. Listen torepparttar 123677 sermons and bible studies. Above all, get WISDOM. You would be surprised where it will lead you. Start working on YOU. What a difference that will make in your journey.

I Wish You The Best Of Success,

Dr. Wm. G. Seavey Emailrepparttar 123678 Doctor for lecturing at winnow@earthlink.net Web site www.thewinnerscircle.org Subscribe to The Mustard Seed - Lessons For Living www.thewinnerscircle.org

Dr. Seavey is the author of Lessons For Living and several workbooks all relating to personal development and growth. He leads you through the maze of negativism using age old disciplines and principles teaching you how to live a successful lifestyle one day at a time.


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