Thursday 10 Dec 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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The following is written by Chuck Swindoll on the subject of attitude. I believe this captures the most critical predictor of success and the most easily changed element to turn away from failure as a foregone conclusion. Is your attitude affecting your altitude?
“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company…a church…a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past…we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude…I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you…we are in charge of our attitudes.”
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Monday 7 Dec 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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For those of you who live in NC have you noticed that getting through intersections that typically have light cycle delays (i.e. having to wait for a second or third green light) is getting worse? Everyone trying to now obey the law and not text while driving is getting their fix while stopped at the traffic lights. I admit that I used my Blackberry too often when going down the road. I think the new law is a good step for our state.
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Saturday 5 Dec 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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If you missed yesterday you can read about it here.
My 10 year old stepped in as mommy this morning and without being prompted got everyone up, fed them and dressed them. I slept until 830am. I honestly was expecting this morning to be a little more grueling. Tonight’s big event is a sleepover for one of my daughter’s friends while the girls all wrap Christmas presents. Middle child managed to get attacked by a little boy while at Monkey Joes this afternoon http://www.monkeyjoes.com/Cary. For once she did not start the fight, but according to witnesses she did finish it. She did get a nice 3 inch scar down the lef side of her face though. If you ever want to run your kids ragged I highly recommend Monkey Joes. Make sure they’re old enough (4+) to go on everything themselves without help though. Mommy comes home tomorrow!
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Friday 4 Dec 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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Not sure that I’ll have the energy to post anything after today. Today is the first day that my wife and mother in law are out of town for a trip together. I have all three girls by myself with no help. This afternoon we went shopping for Christmas presents for mommy. Then we all went out to dinner….what can go wrong with a 10, 5 and 2 year old at a restaurant right? How about a two year old with a bloody busted lip. Went downhill from there. We did managed to finish dinner although I did pay the bill right after we ordered just in case we needed to dash. All in all, not too bad for day one. Of course mommy didn’t leave town until about 2pm so we’ll see what a full day is like tomorrow. Never mind the 10 times that I will need to get up tonight. If you’re a mother reading this you’re probably thinking I’m a wimp. You might be right. I’m in awe of my wife’s abilities to do this every day. I’m glad that I get to spend time with my children though!!! If you haven’t done it lately I suggest you do the same.
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Wednesday 18 Nov 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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I had the opportunity to attend a great session at a conference in Florida a couple of weeks ago. The conference is one that I look forward to attending each year as it’s helped us make transformational changes at WingSwept to help us drive sustainable growth while providing a great service for our customers. One of the speakers asked a very simple question of the audience. Are you “playing to win” or are you “playing not to lose”? While the ramifications of either are far reaching I think that any good business has to look at the two options as a sliding scale with the most successful businesses having characteristics of both. Certainly to truly drive above average growth your business needs to be closer to “playing to win” while taking careful measures of making sure that risk are calculated and considered before “betting the farm” on a particular course. I think that too many businesses that are failing in this current economy strictly looked at their business from a “playing to win” strategy without considering that the rules of the game might change.
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Wednesday 11 Nov 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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Veteran's Day
Today I had the opportunity to attend the dedication ceremony for the Garner Veteran’s Memorial. I expected to see a lot of familiar faces there, but was completely surprised that attendees filled up the santuary of the church where the event was held. I was reminded by a friend today of a great poem that’s very appropriate for Veteran’s day.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter who had given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer who has given us the right to a far trial.
It is the Soldier, who salutes the flag who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag who allows the protester to burn the flag.
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Saturday 24 Oct 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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I just finished taking my two oldest girls to the first annual WingSwept pumpkin carving event. We had about 20 in all show up for the event and carve some really impressive designs. We managed to break a few knives and crarving tools in the process too!
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Sunday 18 Oct 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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I had the chance to meet with a local Garner business owner this past week. In the course of our discussions about many things he shared with me a quote that is father told him early in life. “Those who know HOW will always have a job. Those who know WHY will always be the boss”.
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Saturday 10 Oct 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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I was recently in a meeting where I listened to one of the participants state that they would “try” to get something done within a specified period of time. Another member challenged that to say, do you intend to do it or not? If you do then don’t say “try” just say you’re going to “do” it and let that be your word. At first I considered it to just be a difference of opinions about the wording of a statement. In several conversations since that time though I’ve caught myself using the phrase “I’ll try to…..<whatever>” and realized that when I really intended to get something done I didn’t use the word try, but rather said that I would “do” whatever the task was at hand. Consider that next time you tell someone that you’re going to “try” to do something.
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Sunday 27 Sep 2009 by Jay Strickland |
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The Garner Rotary Club will hold their 5th Annual Oyster Fest on October 22nd, 2009 on Main Street in Garner, NC. Proceeds from the event will go towards a scholarship trust fund that the club maintains. Each year the club gives away approximately ten thousand dollars to area high school seniors. The event is attended by over 600 people annually and is a great time to come and have fun with your friends as well as meet new friends. If you would like tickets to the event please give me a call at 919.600.5114. Tickets are $20 each.
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