Success

Success

The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it's the same problem you had last year.

(John Foster Dulles, in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 23 July)

Dick Henthorn

27 May 2020

Success

Success

Success is a journey, not a destination. 

The doing is often more important than the outcome.

(Arthur Ashe, tennis champion, Words That Matter, editors of The Oprah Magazine, p. 8)

Dick Henthorn

20 May 2020

Error of the Past

Error of the Past

The error of the past is the success of the future. A mistake is evidence that someone tried to do something.

(Anonymous in, Night Light, by Amy E. Dean, 30 July)

Dick Henthorn

18 May 2020

Your Goal

Your goal is to develop habits that serve you and enhance your opportunity to maximize your success, happiness, and health ...
(Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, Excuses Begone! p. 172)
1 February 2015

Success

In reality ..., you cannot achieve success in anything without failures along the way.
(David Jeremiah, Journey, 29 September)
23 November 2014

The Formula

Melva's Quilt in the backyard

I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure -- try to please everybody.
(Herbert Bayard Swope in Night Light by Amy E. Dean, 18 March)

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Today I'm working on a project to update my CD music catalog. I put away all of the CDs that I added to the catalog. I can't remember how many months went by without posting anything. It's been so long I have forgotten how to create a report that I can save to "the cloud." I'll have to think about it. 

I posted a link to my genealogy blog that displays two articles written by friend, Charles H. Gander of Arlington, VA. This was a project that took me far too long to complete.

Dick Henthorn

23 October 2014

Growth

... growth is related directly to our success in looking at and releasing our history. Like barnacles on a ship's hull, our past wrongdoings can prevent us from sailing smoothly to a life fulfilled with peace.
(Twelve Steps For Christians, p. 129)
21 June 2014

Comfort Zone

So it is a necessary part of success to be willing and courageous enough to step outside of your comfort zone.
(Layne Beachley in Hero by Rhonda Byrne, p. 100)
26 April 2014

Define Success

How do you define success: exhaustive acquisition? Or time for family, and friends and enough food, shelter and clothing?
(The Christophers, Three Minutes A Day, vol. 41, 15 December)
22 March 2014

Goal

All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to do or be. (Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993, American Writer and Minister, in Pocket Positives, no page numbering) 5 May 2013

Attitude Axioms

Attitude Axioms

1. Our attitude determines our approach to life.
2. Our attitude determines our relationships with people.
3. Our attitude is often the only difference between success and failure.
4. Our attitude at the beginning of a task will affect its outcome more than anything else.
5. Our attitude can turn problems into blessings.
6. Our attitude is not automatically good just because we belong to God.

(John C. Maxwell, Leadership, 4 March)
4 March 2013

Keeping Our Footing

If we keep our footing in the shaky space between our arrival and departure from this world, we owe our survival - not to mention our success - to many other people who held us up and helped us crawl or fly or just muck our way through. (Lewis B. Smedes, A Pretty Good Person, p. 23) 13 February 2013

The Power Of Purpose

The Power of Purpose

A purpose will:

• motivate you
• keep your priorities straight
• develop your potential
• give you power to live in the present
• help you evaluate your progress

(John C. Maxwell, Leadership, 9 January)

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. (John D. Rockefeller 1874-1960 in Pocket Positives)

11 January 2013

Serious Times

Whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now. (Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth, p. 266)

In any realm of life success depends on obedience to the word of the expert.  (William Barclay, The Letter to the Hebrews, p. 34)

No Man Need Stay The Way He Is, (Title of a Fosdick sermon in The Letters To Timothy by William Barclay, p. 251)

Each of us must make our way through these serious times, carefully ordering our priorities and doing what we need to do to safeguard our spiritual growth.  (Casey and Vanceburg, The Promise Of A New Day, 6 August)

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Yesterday I spent the afternoon in Bowie, MD.  I attended the computer club meeting at the Senior Center.  I assisted with setting up and breaking down the room.  Florence brought her desktop computer running Windows XP. We connected the computer to the projector.  She needed some help with with the use of her floppy and CD drives.  The computer was quite slow even when it was hard wired to the Internet.  After the meeting Bob B. made several changes in an attempt to eliminate the problems.  

After the club meeting I went to the libraries in Bowie and Crofton to return books and CDs.  I checked out ten more CDs from Crofton.  I selected several CDs by country artists who are new to me.

This is my second day using the new Blogger editor.  I like it so far.  The Label entry works better and the formatting commands are better.  The Preview displays how the page will actually look.  Overall I give them a "thumbs up."

Mr. Dickie

2 September 2011

Success

It is nonsense to say there is not enough time to be fully informed... Time given to thought is the greatest timesaver of all. (Norman Cousins in The Book Of Choices by Mike Magee, M.D., p. 195)

It takes twenty years to become an overnight success. (Eddie Cantor in Believing In Myself, Larsen & Hegarty, 19 March)

But success stories are full of tales of rejection slips and bankruptcies and years of unrecognized work and thwarted ambition. (Eric V. Cogape, Black Pearls, 19 March)

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Yesterday I went for a nice five-lap walk at Schrom Park. I usually walk four laps.

I received additional photos of the computer classroom ribbon cutting from Vic. I added them to my Picasa photo album. which instantly made them available on the club's website. Vic also shared photos he took during Eric's recent talk on file shredders. I created another album for this photos. Then I installed a running slideshow of the photos on the club's Meetings webpage. Thanks Vic, for sharing.

During the evening I watched two very nice music shows. There was a tribute to George Strait on GAC channel. He was named Country Entertainer of the Decade by some group. The guest performers sang many of his songs. Later, on MPT our Maryland PBS station, I watched a show about the Troubador nightclub. There were many interview clips and lots of music clips. In particular they focused on James Taylor and Carole King.

This morning I'm listening to the PBS radio classical station. I have one of those radios that straps to the upper arm. This is cool because it allows freedom of movement. I often listen to music and television while wearing headphones. That way I don't disturb anyone else with what I'm listening to or with the volume I need.

I used to spend quite a bit of money purchasing plastic floor mats to use under the chair I sit in while at the computer. It wasn't take long before the material would become brittle and break. I finally solved the problem at the thrift store. I bought a piece of floor paneling that looks like wood on one side. It was just the right side for placing in front of the table where I have the computer. Now I can move the chair in any direction without resistance. I'm still asking myself, "Why didn't you think of this years ago?"

Mr. Dickie
10/Apr/2011 9:18

Success

If you have a good name,
if you are right more often than you are wrong,
if your children respect you,
if your grandchildren are glad to see you,
if your friends can count on you and you can count on them in time of trouble,
if you can face your God and say, "I have done my best,"
then you are a success.

(Ann Landers in The Book of Choices by Mike Magee, M.D., p 163)
5/Mar/2011 9:50

Survival and Success of Liberty

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. (John F. Kennedy, in The Book of Choices by Mike Magee, M.D., p. 109) 15/Feb/2011 8:13