How did you just spend the last hour? What will you do with the next. At the end of this day, what will you be able to look back upon with satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment?
Achievement is not something that just comes to you. It is something you create within the minutes, hours and days you have at your disposal. Now is the time to make it happen.

The results of success are impressive, exciting and glamorous. Yet the efforts that go into creating success are, more often than not, rather tedious. You cannot have one without the other. The star athlete who makes it look so effortless on the field has spent hour upon countless grueling hour in practice.

Those hours spent in behind-the-scenes effort are what lead to victory and success, no matter what the field of endeavor. Everyone has the same amount of time available each day. Some use it far more effectively than others. What will you do with yours today?

-- Ralph Marston


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Well that really hit the spot.. I have been feeling real depressed today, mopeing around the house... doing nothing, and feeling worse by the minute.. reading that actually made me feel guilty that I have wasted so much time today. Thanks! LeeAnn

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I am going to print that out and post it on my bedroom door so I will see it when I first wake up in the morning. Thanks!!

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Lexy

going in my quote book,
stephanie

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That was awesome, Linda... thanks for sharing that. A sense of accomplishment, no matter how small the accomplishment might seem to someone else, is still a great feeling! It helps build on self esteem and that's always a good thing! Thanks again!

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Here's to healthy and happy!

Dj

Thanks Linda,
Read your wonderful post, have already printed a copy and am now getting off the computer to get some things done rather than ignoring them.
Wishing you a productive Sunday.

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LindaK, ifs there is one thing I love, its inspiration and motivation when I need it most. Like LeeAnn mentioned earlier, that quote made me feel like I wasted half the day when I could have been working towards achieving results which could be "impressive, exciting and glamorous". Hum...I could use some of those qualities in my life, everyone could benefit from it if they did...thanks for posting it!

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"This life that we are a livin' is very tough to beat. For every rose there is a thorn, but ain't the roses sweet?!"

COOL QUOTE. I am printing it out too! He has the motivation things, doesn't he? Thanks for sharing.

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