The Booooyaaaaaness update

Every Monday (for the most part) I send out "The Booooyaaaaness" to my group of friends that I want to get motivated. One of my buddies emailed me and asked if I kept track of all them...as I read his email I realized I did not actually have a "boooyaaanesss log"... SO... here are all the monday morning booyaaness quotes from the past year+:

December
28th- Whatever you want in life, other people are going to want it, too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.”—Diane Sawyer
January
4th-
11th- There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.--Mary Kay Ash
18th- Self-discipline and being able to perform under pressure and exist outside our comfort zone would be the key that unlocked our success."--Maj. John Patrick Gallagher
25th- “Being the best that you can be is possible only if your desire to be a champion is greater than your fear of failure.”—Sammy Lee
Febuary
1st- “The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”—Vince Lombardi
8th-
15th- Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”--Calvin Coolidge
22nd- Energy and persistence conquer all things.”—Benjamin Franklin
March
1st- The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence. -- JFK
8th- I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. – Bill Cosby
15th- “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”—Henry Ford
22nd- “Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.”—Jim Rohn
29th- “If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”—Jim Rohn
April
5th- If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him.—Seneca
12th- For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.--Goethe
19th- Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”—Sun Tzu
26th- I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”—Leonardo da Vinci
May
3rd- The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”- Sven Goran Eriksson
10th- “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”—Colin Powell
17th- “All great achievements require time.”—“Train for a week, and you can run a mile. Train for a few weeks, you can run a 5k. Train for a few months, and you can run a marathon. Most of us—in our careers and our achievements—aren’t marathoners. We focus on one thing until it becomes good, yet abandon it before it gets to great. The truth is, there is no clear line that separates good from great. And you may be much closer to great than you think.”
24th-
31st- There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”—Nelson Mandela
June
7th- If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms.”—Colin Powell
14th- “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his greatest surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't”—Henry Ford
21st- Don't wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”—Mark Victor Hansen
28th- If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”—Albert Einstein
July
5th A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.”—Vince Lombardi
12th- The character that takes command in moments of crucial choices has already been determined. It has been determined by a thousand other choices made earlier in seemingly unimportant moments. It has been determined by all the little choices of years past—by all the those times when the voice of conscience was at war with the voice of temptation, whispering the lie that it really doesn’t matter. It has been determined by all the day-to-day decisions made when life seemed easy and crises seemed far way—the decision that, piece by piece, bit by bit, developed habits of discipline or of laziness, habits of self-sacrifice or self-indulgence, habits of duty and honor and integrity—or dishonor and shame. Because, when life does get tough, and the crisis is undeniably at hand—when we must, in an instant, look inward for strength of character to see us through—we will find nothing inside ourselves that we have not already put there.
19th- “Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.”—Og mandino
26th- “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”—W. Clement Stone
August
2nd- “If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool”—Colin Powell
9th-
16th- Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.”—John Carmack
23rd-
30th- "Go forth and set the world on fire." — Ignatius of Loyola
September
6th-
13th-
20th- Success is uncommon, therefore not to be enjoyed by the common man” --Coach Cal Stoll
27th- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”—Nelson Mandela
October
4th-
11th-
18th- The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong”—Thomas Carlyle
25th-
November
1st- “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt
8th-
15th- “You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.”—Ted Turner
22nd- “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race"—Calvin Coolidge
29th- History will be kind to me for I intend to write it”—Winston Churchill
December
6th- See my world is different, like Dwayne Wayne, And if you want trouble, bitch, I want the same thang, And you know that imma ride with my motherfuckin niggas, Most likely imma die with my finger on the trigga, Don't worry bout mine, imma grind till I get it And tell all of my niggas that the sky is the limit, The sky is the limit”—Weezy
13th-
20th- I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”—John D. Rockefeller
27th-
January
3rd- Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.”—Henry Ford
10th- Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.—Phillips Brooks
17th-
24th- The world is no place of rest. I repeat, it is no place of rest but for effort. Steady, continuous  undeviating effort. Our work should never be done and it is the daydream  of ignorance to look forward to that as a happy time, when we shall wish for nothing more, and have nothing more to accomplish.”—Thomas Dent Mutter
31st-
February
7th- To be so strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person I meet.
To make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything, and make my optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living creature I meet.
To give so much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words, but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on my side, so long as I am true to the best that is in me.
14th-  “Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!”—Winston Churchill
21st- 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, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, 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 everyday 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% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.”—Charles R. Swindoll
28th- “The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.”—Colin Powell

Positive Realism

My side venture has become a journey. And in my travels thus far I have realized the importance of keeping an even keel with positive realism. It’s the only way you will survive. There are so many obstacles that are so large and painful that you have to keep focused on the goal at hand and ignore all the negativity. I have found on average, there will be 3 major obstacles a day that will shake you to your core and make you want to quit what you are doing. The only thing to get through those times will be your tenacity and big picture goal setting. Don’t get frazzled and stay the course towards your major objective. If you can find a “positive realistic” outlook on life, you will be able to keep an even keel which will allow you to move forward more efficiently and effectively.
Here are some rules that have helped me stay the course and keep a somewhat even keel:

Ignore all the rules and making them up yourself- rules were made to say NO.

Do it now—the faster you get done the less chance people can throw and obstacle in there (but don’t sacrifice quality in your speed).

Don’t take No for an answer—everyone wants to say it…

Prepare for a financial, social, and emotional disaster…but hope for none of them—that will help you tolerate the lows a little bit more (but it never gets easier)

Work harder than everyone else you know. That way there will be NO EXCUSES—enough said

Remove yourself from the situation and treat every obstacle as if you are watching a motivational movie about the life story of the next big thing…and you are it. You will be able to easily accomplish the “huge” obstacles when you put it into the grand scheme of your goals.

Remember to portray the best to the public. Only express the “highs” to people that ask, no one wants to hear negativity from their leader… just don’t over inflate the positives… "Positive realism" is what you want.

Have a beer and enjoy the highs. The positive celebrations of the highs will get you through the tough days and into the next 20 years.—Don’t get lost in the future…enjoy the moment and the journey.


…And during your journey remember this observation about the GENERAL public:
Everyone wants to tell you that you cant do it…and that is because they want you to fail. They want some company in their misery... and that is why I just don't ask anyone’s opinion anymore.