I recently received this from Rhonda Byrne who sends out “The Secret Daily Scrolls”

Giving opens up the door to receiving. You have so many opportunities to give every day.

Give kind words. Give a smile. Give appreciation and love. Give compliments. You can give courtesy to other motorists while you are driving. You can give a smile to the car parking attendant. You can give a warm greeting to the newspaper stand person or the person who makes your coffee. You can give by allowing a stranger to go ahead of you into an elevator, and you can give by asking which floor they are going to and pressing the button for them. If someone drops something you can give a helping hand and pick it up for them. You can give warm embraces to those you love. And you can give appreciation and encouragement to everyone.

There are so many opportunities for you to give and thereby open the door to receiving.

What do you think about these ideas?  Simple giving that can change our immediate world and future world. We can grow with each other as people to improve how we interact.

Giving doesn’t have to cost a lot but the value it carries can be immeasurable and can change our world. Try it you might like it.  Mikey did.

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I heard a great sermon this weekend at church.  Our pastor, Dr. Charley Reeb, talked about how technology has taken the personal out of relationships.

As a guy that works in IT and  speaks this hit close to home. How many times have we sent an e-mail to co-workers, friend and texted family when we could have called? Personally I think it is easier to talk than it is to text on those “large” keyboards on phones. Of course the kids can whip out a 12 page text within a minute and look at you and say ”What?”

Have you seen kids text each other while sitting next to each other or int he same room? Our pastor related this idea to the idea that preachers would eventually not be needed. Just as speakers seem to be needed less. I have to disagree. As a speaker about personal growth and technology I can look at this perspective from both sides.

A speaker brings energy, enthusiasm and passion to an idea and can relate that to others humans. Can a text or e-mail do that? Yes the technology is convenient but that is where it stops. Many times a text or email that was mis-typed can cause some energy or even anger because of mis-interpretation. then the parties spend an hour trying to correct the mishap with more emails and texts. As a speaker I can gauge the audience’s reaction immediately and apologize or re-direct my message base on body language or reaction. I can show emotion for specific topics that relate to an audience and give an impact to the message. This is called relationship or connection. Emails and texting do not offer this. they are black and white no matter how many smiley faces you put in the text.

Let’s take this new year as an opportunity to enjoy “Talking, calling or meeting with others to get a feeling of their passion and what is needed in their life, organization or company. Try calling someone today and talking with them, ask “how are You Doing” and LISTEN.

Be the difference the world wants to get back to and enjoy other people in this world. You are not the only person in this world and neither am I.  If you want to talk, call me, my number is on my web site.

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I was recently reading a good article about Learning from Rhonda Byrne, the author of  The Secret. This is a great review of the value of the Power of Learning and what it can do for your growth in life.

 Your life is a learning process – you can only become wiser from learning. Sometimes you might have to attract making a painful mistake to learn something important, but after the mistake you have far greater wisdom. Wisdom cannot be bought with money – it can only be acquired through living life. With wisdom comes strength, courage, knowing, and an ever-increasing peace.

Learning allows us to grow and as we grow our value as people increases. THis contributes to our teams, work place, society and world. Nothing will be perfect and the road will not be smooth. However, the more we can learn from the journey, the better off we will be.

Enjoy Life.

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I was recently reading a great book of inspirational stories “The Art and Science of Success“.

In this book, one of the inspirational stories was written by Melanie Greenough and she was describing success and how it feels. I want to share this with you.

“Really take the time to feel how it feels to have the thing or that relationship. Be there- feel the feelings of it already being accomplished. Feel your pride swell, your happiness expand, your joy explode, and stay in the mindset of it being yours already. When you feel the thing as if it was already done, you are creating feelings of gratitude, and when you are grateful, you are setting yourself up for more great things to come your way. then act as though your succes is certain.”

Some awesome words of wisdom especially with a new year starting. We are the ones that decide our destiny, not someone else or something else. Who’s life is it anyway? It is yours or mine and we can create the success and destiny we want in our lives by taking action, thinking positively and moving forward towards a goal we desire.

I can help you or a group, company or University you are part of to Take Action with Positive results. Please review my website for more information or contact me at info@bobbrumm.com

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This is a great video to describe what we need to start doing to achieve what our life can be based on our Inner Power that we all have.
the real question becomes; Will we Take the Action to achieve our goals? This is easier said than done.

Today is the “Drive Thru Difference” day from Spirit FM.  This is an awesome concept to make someones day brighter.  Go through the Drive thru of a restaurant and pay for the persons order behind you. Have the clerk give them the letter from the link below and smile all day.

 http://59734.netministry.com/images/DriveThruDifference2.pdf

Lets make this world a better place.

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I heard a great message today that reminded me to be grateful for each day we have.

Psalm 30:12-13

You changed my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness. So that my glory may praise you and not be silent. O LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

  If we start our day off by being thankful, everything else seems to be a bit easier. The other item to do is put a smile on your face. You use fewer muscles by smiling than you do by frowning and scowling. When we start our day off with frustration and confusion, things aren’t so good at that moment or later in the day.

So how do we “adjust” our daily course?

• Stop and breath for a moment
• Realize that this “hurdle” shall get passed or pass in a short while
• Say a short prayer, like the one above
• Put the item in perspective
• Take Action to move in a more positive direction

I know this is not always easy when you may be running late, trying to get the kids ready for school and one child is slower than the others, or forgets something. Life is an action sport and being involved means we have to duck, dodge and weave through the daily trials and tribulations that occur. As humans with feelings this is not always easy. The events that occur in our daily lives build our experiences, our attitude towards adversity, and our personal growth. The grumpy people are complaining now, I know.

I don’t know about you, but I didn’t get a book or owners manual that said life would be easy or harder than you think some days. The journey changes scenery every minute.

So what can carry us through these “changing scenes”? Our faith will guide us in the proper direction. Our faith allows us to put a smile on our face after receiving a bill collector’s phone call or other disappointing occurrence. Faith will allow us to believe that there is a greater purpose and that our “small” problem is not so “huge”. If you doubt this concept, go volunteer at an organization that helps others. Try the children’s hospital, a local shelter or even your local church.  Give to a purpose that is bigger than you or your immediate “issue”. Or just be nice to people by saying Thank You or holding a door open for someone. You can TAKE ACTION to help.  Action is what will make a difference in the lives of others. Action will get results or put things in motion to get moving forward, get more people involved and build the support for your greater cause or mission. Not to mention it feels really good.

If your company, group or organization needs assistance to TAKE ACTION, please feel free to contact me. I would love to help.

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I recently read this statement about courage in a book by Douglas Fairbanks and I wanted to share this with you.

Courage—the child of Hope—the despair of Failure. Born of Good Cheer it links its fate with the higher attributes and tramples under foot the fears which spring up before it. When sown early into the hearts of the young its companionship becomes unerring in its efficiency for good throughout their lives.

This quote spoke volumes to me.  How many times in our lives have we discounted courage becuase we weren’t sure of what others would say or what reaction people may have? How many times did we not use our courage due to the fear of turmoil?

Our countries history shows great courage by stepping into situations because it is the right thing to do. I had this opportunity the other day when I saw some kids taking a bike from someone on my sons wrestling team. I could sit there and watch it happen or step up, say something and take care of a sketchy situation.  I took action and the boy was stopped from taking something that was not his.

Life will test our courage all the time. We need to have the knowledge to know when to use our coruage for good and the right things and “trample fear”. Remember we are created from a greater source that is with us all the time and will carry us through tough moments with courage and knowledge.

Lets be courageous today to achieve our goals.

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Today I want to thank Our Veterans for serving our country.  THANK YOU for your service.

I also would like to remind everyone that November is a month of THANKSGIVING. Yes that “Forgotten” holiday that gets over ridden with the “Black Friday” sales and idea to spend more than you can afford for gifts.

Why can’t our society be Thankful for a while for what we have. It may not be much or it may be a lot, but we need to take a moment and Thank God that we are on the green side of the grass. 

• If we wake up in the morning, be thankful, we get another opportunity to be sucessful and smile.
• If someone is down and we can make them smile, be Thankful.
• Realize what our fore ancestors and fore fathers went through so we could be wherever we are today, be Thankful.

Please take a moment today to be thankful for our veterans and take the rest of the month to be Thankful for what we have in our lives. November is a time to be Thankful.

Thank You.

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Well it is November. How do I remember?

My feet ache from walking neighborhhods last night collecting candy on Halloween. There is a crisp cool breeze in the air and Walmart has had the Christmas decorations up for two weeks.

This is my time to remind people that November is the month to be Thankful. Thankful for everything we have, our veterans for serving our country, our lives.

Remember to be Thankful this month. Our country needs to give Thanks.

This month, as part of my new feature with my Positive Perspective Newsletter, I have my Action Star interview with Jason Caras, Co-CEO of IT Authorities. I am thankful he took the time to share some of his knowledge an beliefs to make this world a great place.  Please listen to the interview through the link above or go to www.bobbrumm.com

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