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The Coaching With Results Self-Improvement Newsletter
Jan 2003
http://www.CoachingWithResults.com/
"Where We Achieve Success, Your Success"
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1. Inspirational Quote Of The Month
2. Story Of The Month (with a meaningful lesson)
3. The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure
4. Humor
5. How to recommend our newsletter to a friend
6. How to subscribe and unsubscribe to this newsletter
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Editors note: This Newsletter has one Goal: To help you
become a better person and get more out of life. It is
built on the premise that "Content is King". We hope you
will enjoy it, and if do, please pass it on to a friend.
thanks again,
The Editor
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Section 1. Quote of the month
"Are you doing what you're doing today because you want to
do it, or because it's what you were doing yesterday?"
Author: Dr. Phil McGraw
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Section 2. Story Of The Month (with a meaningful lesson)
One day an expert on time management was speaking to a
group of business students and, to drive home a point,
used an illustration those students will never forget.
As this man stood in front of the group of high-powered
overachievers he said, "Okay, time for a quiz."
Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed mason jar
and set it on a table in front of him. Then he produced
about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them,
one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to
the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked,
"Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes."
Then he said, "Really?"
He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of
gravel. Then he dumped some gravel in and shook the jar
causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the
spaces between the big rocks. Then he asked the group
once more, "Is the jar full?"
By this time the class was onto him. "Probably not," one
of them answered. "Good!" he replied.
He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of
sand. He started dumping the sand in and it went into all
the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel.
Once more he asked the question, "Is this jar full?"
"No!" the class shouted. Once again he said, "Good!"
Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it
in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked
up at the class and asked, "What is the point of this
illustration?"
One eager beaver raised his hand and said, "The point is,
no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really
hard, you can always fit some more things into it!"
"No," the speaker replied, "that's not the point. The truth
this illustration teaches us is: If you don't put the big
rocks in first, you'll never get them in at all."
What are the 'big rocks' in your life? A project that YOU
want to accomplish? Time with your loved ones? Your faith,
your education, your finances? A cause? Teaching or
mentoring others? Remember to put these BIG ROCKS in first
or you'll never get them in at all.
So, tonight or in the morning when you are reflecting on
this short story, ask yourself this question: What are
the 'big rocks' in my life or business? Then, put those in
your jar first.
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Section 3. The Road To Success Is Paved With Failure
Dr. Seuss's first book, And to Think That I Saw It on
Mulberry Street, was rejected by twenty-seven publishing
houses, and Seuss considered burning the manuscript.
Dr. Seuss became the author of more than forty best-
selling children's books, including The Cat in the Hat,
Green Eggs and Ham, Horton the Elephant, How the Grinch
Stole Christmas, and The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins.
This was a Book Excerpt from
The Road to Success is Paved with Failure
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Section 4. Humor
A young businessman had just started his own firm. He'd
rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques.
Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office.
Wishing to appear busy, the businessman picked up the phone
and started to pretend he had a big deal working. He threw
huge figures around and made giant commitments.
Finally, he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?"
The man said, "Sure. I've come to install the phone!"
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feel could benefit from these empowering messages.
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