The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

So where do you stand when the going gets tough? Do you fight through challenges and grow as a result? Or do you shrink and let the challenges before you get the best of you?

Dr. King was a man of conviction who took on the types of challenges that changed the world. He took on these challenges in the face of all kinds of hostility. When things got more difficult he got stronger and figured out ways to effect positive change throughout his life and the lives of those he served. As a result of his work our lives have been forever changed for the better!

So on the Holiday to observe his birthday, lets all take just little time to be grateful to a person who’s measure as a man was simply off the charts! Happy Birthday Dr. King!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence

“Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success.”
~Robert J. Ringer~

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not…Habit is persistence in practice.
~Octavia Butler~

“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to
get out of.”
~Proverb~

Most of our failings are habits we have allowed ourselves to form and keep. We will probably never be perfect, but we can be less imperfect.
~Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of the Al-Anon Groups, 1980

“The more severe the pain or illness, the more sever will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.”
~Peter McWilliams~

“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.”
~Charles C. Noble~

“The thought manifests as the word The word manifests as the deed The deed develops into habit And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love born out of concern for all beings.”
~The Buddha~

“Winning is not a sometime thing it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”
~Vince Lombardi~

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
~Nathaniel Emmons~

“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general, much like a man who, out of his whole bodily organism, should get into a habit of using and moving only his lttle finger. Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.”
~William James~

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found this @www.diddyblog.com. Great video…

Hope, Faith & Belief are all words that should be large parts of our vocabulary. All words that have a lot of power behind them if we have the courage to follow them up with action.

What actions if taken this week with the strength of these words behind them will leave you better off on Sunday than you are today? What can you hope to accomplish if you just believe in yourself and have faith in your abilities?

Answer these questions for yourself purposefully, decide what you are going to do about the answers and then DO IT!!! If done a better tomorrow most surely awaits. Lets make this a wonderful week!!!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence!

LETS NOT FORGET!!!  THEY STILL NEED OUR HELP!!!

If things haven’t turned out the way you planned this year then I have good news….there are only 10 days left in it!

The past is the past and there is nothing you can do about it.  What you can do is identify the mistakes from 2009 that you are committed to no longer repeating and end off the year with some wins that propel you to an amazing 2010!!!  Lets Go!!!

A.R.I.S.E
All Reach In Search of Excellence