The 5-5-5 Plan

Week 42 – 5-5-5 Plan – Theme – Opportunities  

 

Monday:

            Quote: William Feather said this about opportunity: “The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can; to act as though the eye of opportunity were always upon us. In the hundred-yard race the winner doesn’t cross the tape line a dozen strides ahead of the field. He wins by inches. So we find it in ordinary business life. The big things that come our way are seldom the result of long thought or careful planning, but rather they are the fruit of seed planted in the daily routine of our work.”

The daily routine of our work, the daily getting up early for a call, the daily focus on our goals – these are the opportunities and we are taking them.

 

            Word: Resolute – From the Latin meaning “relaxed,” this adjective actually means the opposite – bold and determined, unwavering in purpose. The noun is resoluteness or resolution, though the latter form has several other meanings. Let us be resolute in our quest for seeking opportunities!

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

Tuesday:

            Quote: Albert E. Dunning once said, “Great opportunities come to all, but many do not know they have met them. The only preparation to take advantage of them is single fidelity to watch what each day brings.”

Another call to seek opportunities from the day – or the present – right now – the opportunity is right now!

 

            Word: Undaunted – This adjective means not discouraged or disheartened. Another form of the word is “dauntless.” Someone who is undaunted is willing to forge ahead, whatever the odds. We can be undaunted in our pursuit of opportunities!

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

Wednesday:

            Quote: Charles Victor Cherbuliez gave us this sage advice, “What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient, but restless mind, of sacrificing one’s ease or vanity, of uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully.”

I choose to pass through these times we are having bravely and cheerfully – how about you?

 

            Word: Audacity – From the Latin word for “to dare.” This noun has a slightly different intent. Someone who has audacity is fearlessly, often recklessly, daring. An audacious act is often committed without regard for prudence or convention.

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

 

Thursday:

            Quote: Today’s quote from Preston Bradley inspired me, “I’ve never met a person, I don’t care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don’t care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is prepared and ready to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the thing that is defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.”

 

            Word: Fortitude – This is one of several words (fortify, fortification) that takes its meaning from the Latin word for “strong.” This noun means the strength of mind to endure pain or difficulty with courage. There is an adjective form – fortitudinous- but it is rarely used.

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

Friday:

            Quote: I want to end this weeks quotes on opportunity with something from the Bible – not only is it well known, it was in my business quote book!

It’s from Matthew 7 7-8 “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

Sometimes we have not because we ask not – what opportunity are you not asking, seeking, knocking for?

 

            Word: Brazen – Coming from the Old English word meaning “made of brass.” This adjective means able to undergo adversity with bold self-assurance. When someone is brazen, however, they are insolent (rude), even shameless, in their audacity.

 

Joke of the Week: Little Alex

One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names and small American flags mounted on either side of it.

The six-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the little boy, and said quietly, ‘Good morning Alex.’

‘Good morning Pastor,’ he replied, still focused on the plaque. ‘Pastor, what is this?’

The pastor said, ‘Well son, it’s a memorial to all the young men and women who died in the service.’

Soberly, they just stood together, staring at the large plaque. Finally, little Alex’s voice, barely audible and trembling with fear asked, ‘Which service, the 8:30 or the 10:45?’

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!