Included in this text file: Article - Clearing the Cobwebs II Article Quotes Article Quotes: =========== A classic is something that everybody wants to have read, but nobod'y wants to read. Mark Twain A committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide nothing can be done. Fred Allen A cult is a religion with no political power. Tom Wolfe A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. A feeling is an idea with roots. A focused mind is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. A foolish consistency is the hobglobbin of little minds. Ralph Waldo Emerson A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill A good memory is fine but the ability to forget is the one true test of greatness. A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial. Clifton Fadiman A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. E James Rohn A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week. General George S Patton A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. Hugh Downs A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. Frank Capra A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao-tzu, Tao-te Ching A kind word will keep someone warm for years. A leader is a person who gets someone to do something they otherwise would not have done. A leader is a person you will follow to a place you wouldn't go by yourself. Joel Arthur Barker, author of Paradigms A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. William Cowper 1731-1800 A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he gives up. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone. Henry David Thoreau A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose. Mark Twain A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away. Charles Schwab A man with stature has no need for status. A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package. A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe. Dr Wayne Dyer A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. Abraham Maslow 1908-1970 A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together. A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows. William James A person with some doubt but taking action is better than one with no doubt taking no action. Michael E. Angier A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. Reginald B Mansell A pile of rocks ceases to be a rock when somebody contemplates it with the idea of a cathedral in mind. Saint Exupery A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood. General George S Patton A problem clearly stated is a problem half solved. Charles Kettering, American industrialist A purpose is the eternal condition for success. A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winne'r from the one in second place. H. Jackson Brown, Jr. A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. Anthony Robbins A real frien'd is one who helps us to think our noblest thoughts, put forth our best efforts, and to be our best selves. A real leader is one who is able to articulate what lies unspoken in the hearts and minds of the people. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why ships are built. John Shedd A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. Chinese Proverb A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner! A Toast: May the best of your past be the worst of your future. A true frien'd is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. Len Wein A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations. Gerald G Jampolsky A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. Jane Heard A wise man generally consists of one pound of learning to one pound of common sense. A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. Lou Holtz Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. General George S Patton According to your faith; be it done unto you. Jesus Christ Actions speak louder than words. But without thought and focus those actions are like a meandering river. Michael Ross. Adam was human; he didn't want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden. Mark Twain Adversity is the first path to truth. Lord Byron Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. Erica Jong All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. Anthony Robbins All that we are is a result of what we have thought. Abraham Lincoln All things come to him who goes after them. Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut. Ernest Hemingway Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. Yogi Berra An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. Robert Louis Stevenson An obstacle is something you see when you take your eye off the goal. Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain-and most do. Dale Carnegie Any job, big or small; do it right, or not at all. Anyone can "start," only the thoroughbred will "finish!" Anything the human mind can believe, the human mind can achieve. Napoleon Hill Anything worth having is worth working for. As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job. Roseanne Barr As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie Ask yourself this question: Is my attitude worth catching. Assume a virtue if you have it not. William Shakespeare At the touch of love, everyon'e becomes a poet. Plato Bad habits are easy to form but hard to live with. Good habits are hard to form but easy to live with. Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical. Yogi Berra - Be not a man of success but rather of value. Albert Einstein Be not afraid of greatness; some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare Be not simply good; be good for something. Henry David Thoreau Beauty is only skin deep, ugly goes to the bone. Because of a great love, one is courageous. Lao-tzu, Tao-te Ching Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Anthony Robbins Beware of little expenses. Small leaks will sink great ships. Benjamin Franklin Broke is only temporary; poor is a state of mind. Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. John Wesley Chance favors the prepared mind. Louis Pasteur Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. John F Kennedy Change your thoughts and you change your destiny. Character is much easier kept than recovered. Thomas Paine Character is to man what carbon is to steel. Napoleon Hill Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them. Lady Bird Johnson Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. Socrates Circumstances do not make the man, they merely reveal himself to himself. Epictetus Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. James Allen Coming together is a beginning; Keeping together is progress; Working together is success. Henry Ford Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius. George Bernard Shaw Common sense is not so common. Voltaire Conquer your fears. Otherwise, your fears will conquer you. Michael E. Angier Conscience is a man's compass. Vincent Van Gogh Count your blessings, not your crosses. Count your gains, not your losses. Count your joys instead of your woes. Count our friends instead of your foes. Count your health, not your wealth. Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. Courage is grace under pressure. Ernest Hemingway Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend. Winston Churchill Courage is the mastery of fear-not the absence of fear. Mark Twain Cowards die a thousand deaths. The valiant taste of death but once. William Shakespeare Death is nature's way of saying, "Your table's ready." Robin Williams Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. Napoleon Hill Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. Aristotle Diligence is the mother of good luck. Benjamin Franklin Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone. Martina Navratilova Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. M Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled. Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past. Chinese Proverb Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go where there is no path...and leave a trail. Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Jedi Master in Star Wars Do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. Mark Twain Do you see difficulty behind every opportunit'y, or opportunit'y behind every difficulty. Doing little things well is a step towards doing big things better. Don't find fault, find a remedy. Henry Ford Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first. Mark Twain Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. James Dean Drive thy business or it will drive thee. Benjamin Franklin Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. Robert Frost Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F Kennedy Employ thy time well if thou means to gain leisure. Benjamin Franklin Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit. Napoleon Hill Every burden is a blessing. Robert Schuller Every man dies. Not every man really lives. William Wallace in the movie Braveheart Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers Experts often possess more data than judgment. General Colin Powell Failing to plan is planning to fail. Allen Lakein Failure is the opportunit'y to begin again more intelligently. Henry Ford Fall down seven times, stand up eight. Japanese Proverbs Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small town. Truman Capote Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt Fatigue makes cowards of us all. Vince Lombardi Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson First we form habits, then they form us. Conquer your bad habits, or they'll eventually conquer you. Dr. Rob Gilbert For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now? Jimmy Dean Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. Thomas Alva Edison Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger the wind, the stronger the trees. J. Willard Marriott Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein Great things happen when men and mountains meet. William Blake Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about. Solomon Short Happiness is not a reward, it's a consequence. Happiness lies in good health and a bad memory. Ingrid Bergman He who knows he has enough is rich. Lao-tzu, Tao-te Ching I am a part of all that I have seen. Tennyson I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Alva Edison I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. John D Rockefeller I cannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure-which is: Try to please everybody. Herbert Bayard Swope I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Jimmy Dean I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?" General George S Patton Bayard Swope Money isn't a reward, it is a privilege. Lonnie Amirault Fun isn't happiness. Happiness is fun. Lonnie Amirault A smile loves a frown and a frown hates a smile. Lonnie Amirault &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Article: "Clearing The Cobwebs II" You may modify the areas indicated with quotes only. You may include advertisements after the quotes such as Adsense, Banners or mailform. "Clearing The Cobwebs II" Everyon'e has experienced a money risk taking opportunit'y at some point in their lives. Why do people jump in blindly, others fiddle their thumbs, some flip a coin, others do nothing, and some investigate further? Let me ask you. "Which group of individuals do you think will most likely be successful on a new money makin'g project once they are committed?" --- The people that jumped in blindly? --- The people that fiddled their thumbs? --- The people that flipped a coin? --- The people that did nothing? --- The people that investigate further? Everyday, people are looking to strike it rich on the 'Net.' If you said, "The people that investigate further" you are wrong! Let me Clear the Cobwebs. --- The people that jumped in blindly. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Add Quote here and Center &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& These people are 'Happy Go Lucky' individuals. Most of them are broke. They are easily sold and never seem to learn from their impulsive buying habits. They are very good at the conning game. They read the sales material as weapons before they evaluate the goods. Through their eyes it doesn't matter what the product does, but how flashy the sales material presents itself. They sincerely believe the image is what richness is all about. Therefore some of these Entrepreneurs may fortunately stumble across a HOT product that makes them rich. - Conclusion: Their impulsive buying habits and odd behavior make their bank account look like a yoyo. ------------------------- --- The people that fiddled their thumbs. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Add Quote here and Center &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& These individuals will rehearse failures over and over in their minds. They'll have a staring match with their computer screen for hours before deciding to purchase anything. They thoroughly read and investigate everything they possibly can about the product, the people behind it, the company and so on. There's nothing wrong with that, however when they begin to find reasons not to campaign due to odd excuses like, where the paper was printed, or what hockey team the company supports, or their Horoscope says, "Its gonna be a 'Big Bad Hay Day' forget it!" - Conclusion: They can only do well once they have relinquished fear. Respond to life with action. --------------------------- --- The people that did nothing. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Add Quote here and Center &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& - Conclusion: Zero - That's all folks. --------------------------- --- The people that investigate further. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Add Quote here and Center &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Most of these individuals are well educated. They know it's important to do a little more background checking. They research the company's resources. They check for individuality and credibility. They check the writing dialogue and misspelled words. They check the dictionary for words they don't recognize. They check for professionalism. They check the company's annual profit statements. In other words these people want to see success first. They'll never take on a business that's struggling. They look for the flaws and if they find more pro-against than pro-fore, they'll close the book on the idea. When they satisfy their curiosity and it favors to move on the risk, they are well adjusted to commit. Everything from this point is like a science project. They are more or less upper class individuals that hit on high end markets. They are successful, however boring and draw limits. Although they have the capability, they are not keen on reconstructing (even testing) a potentially hot new product. While others will wait for test results, some will invest with their on finances. Which is where most successful entrepreneurs come from. Hypothetically speaking, what if we were to conglomerate 'the people that jump in blindly' and 'the people that investigates further', what would evolve? Interesting isn't it? Now let's add two more character traits to this new wrinkle. +-- The people that fiddled their thumbs. +-- The people that did nothing. What would evolve? - Conclusion: The people that flipped a coin. ------------------------------- --- The people that flipped a coin. What has evolved are individuals that have everything together and know what it takes to succeed. These are your millionaires. They'll pick a coin from their pocket, flip the coin and call heads or tails. If they call heads and it lands, look out! This well seasoned Entrepreneur inherited the FRE'E 'wheel n deal' spirit of the 'blind personnel and the educated mentality of the 'investigator personnel.' - The 'Blind' is now well educated. - The 'Fiddler' has relinquished his fear. - The 'Investigator' is more liberal. - The 'Blind' fixed the 'Fiddler' and the 'Investigator.' - The 'Fiddler' fixed the 'Blind.' - The 'Investigator' fixed the 'Blind' and the 'Fiddler.' But what do you suppose fixed 'the people that did nothing?' When 'the people that flipped the coin' decides to take on a risk. He flips a coin. They know opportunit'y knocks daily. They have so much confidence they can pass up a project... ... at a flip of a coin. About the Author ----------------- Lonnie Amirault is a seasoned 'Flipper' He has trained over 1100 agents how to sell dedicated bandwidth for businesses online. http://successunplugged.com