"You will never live life beyond your wildest expectations until you first have some wild expectations." Matt Morris


Expectations....What are yours?

You will never perform above the expectations you create for yourself. 

If you expect little, you will attempt little. Attempt great things and expect to achieve them.

Dream a little! What would you attempt if you knew that you could not fail? Go for it, get outside your comfort zone, go for bigger. Start something new, be your own Champion. Decide to be coachable and never miss and a teachable moment. 

I believe that there is a sleeping giant within us all....just waiting for an opportunity to become something more. 

Take some quiet time and reflect on your greatest dreams. Are you on your way to achieving them or have you, long ago, given up?

It's time for a change! Start where you are and get moving. Ask for help, take baby steps, but take action.....Now. 

Believe....believe in yourself, because if you can see it you can be it! Don't take no for an answer. Say "Yes!" to yourself and your future.

Where there's a will, there's a way. Find it! 

"Just my little rant for the day. I hope it finds it's way into your heart." BW

The Value of Positive Self-Esteem

Many years ago, I saw a well known speaker start off his seminar by holding up a $100 bill.

In the room of 200 or so, he asked, "Who would like this $100 bill?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this money to one of you before I finish but first let me do this." 

He proceeded to crumple the bill up. 

He then asked, "Who still wants it?" 

Still the hands went up in the air. 

"Well," he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now all crumpled and dirty. 

"Now who still wants it?" 

Still the hands went into the air. "My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson."

"No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $100."

"Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt with rejection, despair, and sometimes even depression by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value."

"You are special. Don't ever forget it! Never let yesterday's disappointments or rejection or unemployment or any other negative in life overshadow tomorrow's dreams."

I know this will sound like a fortune in a fortune cookie, but I have found that: "VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF ITS VALUE IS VALUED"

Think about this as you go about your week. Have a great weekend!

I don't know where this little story came from originally. I got it from Sandy Botkin; just thought it was truly worth a post.

I hope you found value in this post. If I can ever be of service, feel free to drop me a line at  bob@toosoontoquit.com or post you comments here. 

Hey, everybody..... Just a quick note today. I have been away quite awhile. I took the better part of the last three years to be mommy, daddy and granpa to a now 3 1/2 year old grandson. It has been a rewarding journey and the saga continues....but the ground work has been laid. He is 3 going on 13 and the challenges are a little different now than making bottles and changing diapers.

So.... "I'm back....." I will be moving the blog to a Wordpress platform soon but will get this pony on the trail and make the adjustments as they begin to take place.

Suffice it to say, I'm ready to run with this thing again and my focus hasn't changed.

There is a big, bright beautiful future out there for those who dare to dream and it's 'always too damned soon to quit' on achieving them!!

With that in mind.... I bring to you a Facebook post from, highly successful network marketer Mr. Bob Crisp. I don't know how many of you had a chance to see it but the post was a classic:

DEMOGRAPHICS... funny how we Baby-boomers have been shoved aside lately... like we are done? Finished... kaput... overthehill... sitting in a retirement community called "The Villages" in central Florida where my mom now lives... and everyone owns a golf cart to get around in... I kid you not... and these old folks can be brutal... so many angry people... and I'm sitting here wondering why? So here's my take... I think the most prolific/productive generation (That'd be us boomers) ever in history cannot believe we are over... done... through... cast aside forever... I guess most of us thought that "Retirement" was nirvana... play golf, lay in the sun, travel a bit... play bridge or parchessi... eat dinner at 5 pm... watch the evening news and go to bed at 8 pm... "The Good Life" they call it... well, I think we bought a pig in a poke... this retirement horse is lame... swayback mule... no Kentucky Derby Winners... just hayburners being put out to pasture... or sent to the dog food makers... well I didn't sign up for that kind of ending... did you? I still have a fire in my belly, some nitro fuel left in the tank... a go for it mentality... still get my juices flowing when the firebell rings... run toward the sound of the shots... and yes, I do get angry when I feel shunted aside... "Society may predict but only I can determine my destiny" never understood why the ugly guys got the pretty girls... still don't... talked to my old upline Diamond the other day... he said he was tired but that he'd just driven 500 miles that day to do a meeting... fired me up... I use to call him at 2 a.m. from some dark country road in Oklahoma or Texas... and just asked him "Are you still in?" he'd affirm he was... and asked me if that was all I said yep... that's all I needed to know because I needed a lead dog to follow... and he was it... hey,. if you're looking for a lead dog... (and who doesn't?) know that I'll never give up or give in... it just ain't in me.... but it was reassuring to hear a guy my age saying his butlt was dragging his tracks out... mine too Rick... mine too... just can't imagine why anyone would retire from networking... Dexter Yager used to say he'd always be ahead of us... because we were doing the business to do something else we loved more... but he said I do this because I love it most... took me a while to come around to that way of thinking... society had indoctrinated me into a "Someday" mentality and I thought there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... now I know the pot of gold was in my heart all along... just sayin 

Thanks for the thoughts, Bob! I have never had the pleasure of working with Bob but I sure agree with his thinking. Do you have that fire in your belly he speaks of? Are you not ready to be put out to pasture? Are you ready to run...to still accomplish that grandest of goals?

Then....lets make it happen! It's too soon to quit!! Isn't it? Can you imagine just 'hanging out'... til the lights go out?