Short, memorable ideas, quotes and words of wisdom.
Kennesaw, GA – “Privilege = Responsibility”
“To whom much is given, much will be required.” – St. Luke
We that have privilege have a responsibility to give back. Shirking this debt, we owe our society is unethical and immoral.
Giving back can take many forms but you determine for yourself how much you should contribute to our world.
To you continued success,
Bryan
Marietta, GA – A great quote from a Tennis Hall of Famer who broke many color barriers and served his country in the US Army.
“Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can.”
-Arthur Ashe
Marietta, GA – Relationship Value (RV) = (Positives) + (Negatives)
If we list the positives in a relationship versus the negatives, we create a balance sheet that we can see.
RV (Relationship Value) = x (Positive Experiences) + y (Negative Experiences)
Try using Trevor Moawad’s approach to outcome predictability and proactively remove the negative words, thoughts and experiences. Let the positive outcomes accumulate without any effort.
Using the balance sheet example, the RV (Relationship Value) will turn positive (+) just by removing the negatives (-). Benjamin Franklyn talks about this exercise in his autobiography about decision making. Take a sheet of paper, fold it lengthwise and list the pros on one half of the sheet and the cons on the other. If the pros (+) outnumber the cons (-), then you have your decision (answer). This equation can be used on any relationship or decision.
Try this and let me know how it works for you.
Thanks again for the great feedback and encouragement.
To your happiness,
Bryan
#Encouragement
#RelationshipsMatter
Marietta, GA – Thoughts matter
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (121-180 AD)
Nineteen hundred years later and still I can’t add anything to this quote to make it any more relevant to our lives today.
Here is a short video that I hope you enjoy.
We Become What We Think About Most Of The Time Positive Thinking Motivation
To your happiness,
Bryan
#Encouragement
#GoodThoughts
Marietta, GA – Infinite Return on Investment
“Encouraging someone is an investment in good that can’t be measured.
Giving away something that costs you nothing has an infinite return on investment (ROI)”
Bryan E. Wilson
Encouragement – Concert TV Spot | Pass It On – Bing video
#PassItOn.com
#Values.com
#Encouragement
Atlanta, GA – The $100 Pay It Forward Challenge
Does giving have financial as well as emotional benefits?
Here is the challenge for this year. Begin with $100 and anonymously pay forward to a few deserving people that you come into contact.
Keep a register to track when unexpected cash comes back to you in tangible ways. Then give those proceeds away again.
You weren’t expecting the increases in the first place so why not pay it forward again? Do this for 3 or 6 months and see what happens.
The most this challenge will cost you is $100. Why not do it? The Lord tells us He will repay the lender. It doesn’t matter if you are a Christian, Jew, or Muslim. This appears to be a universal law. Let’s test it!
Let me give you one quick example. I had some extra cash in my pocket once and overheard a waitress telling a coworker that she didn’t know how she was going to pay her electric bill. I left her a $100 tip when I left. Looking back as I was getting in my car, I saw her crying. She was a single mother with small children. A few days later, a large check came in the mail to me from an overpayment that I had made on an account months earlier that an “audit” revealed I was “owed”. Totally unexpected.
“Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.”
– Proverbs 19:17
To your success,
Bryan
#Pay It Forward
Shout out today goes to my friend, Eric Fichtner, who has been a wonderful example to me of “giving back” to our community as a servant-leader.
Kennesaw, GA – Real Happiness
“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor
Think good thoughts today and push negative thoughts to the back of your mind to dwell upon later if at all.
Your thoughts are something that You have control over. Encourage others and they will encourage you.
Bryan
Your friend,
#Encourage Excellence
#Please Thankyou Smile
Keep the great feedback coming!
Marietta, GA – We Make Our Life
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Winston Churchill
Steve Nudelburg reminded me of this classic phrase when he put this Churchill quote in his book, “Confessions Of A Serial Salesman – 27 RULES for INFLUENCERS and LEADERS that will change your life and business”.
During Customer meetings, the best salespeople always seem to know how to put the emphasis of the conversation back onto the Customer instead of products and services.
Customers are very intuitive. They know when they are being “played” and when the sale is more important than the relationship. Give more, get more. Listen more, learn more.
Thanks Steve! For your encouragement!
To your Success!
Bryan
Marietta, GA – Do Good Work
“Whatever your life’s work is, do it well.
A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Black History Month celebrates the contributions of African Americans that have helped make America exceptional.
We should all strive to contribute to rather than only consume of our great economy and way of life in America.
Your friend,
Bryan
Kennesaw, GA – Becoming Being
“Your being is from your becoming.” – B Wilson
Being- “The essence of a person”
Becoming- “The possibility of change that has being”
Make today your best day. Become significant.
Your friend,
Bryan
#Encourage Excellence
Bryan E. Wilson 