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Nov 05

4H Awards Havana Bummy David. .basketti

Me: 4_H member from Perry… Federation President of Pike County. I’ve had Angus steers drag me over nearly every fairground in Illinois. Tonight we honor your awards. Now…DO something with it! I’ve got a drawer full of 4H awards at home…and they don’t mean a thing until I do something with the talent that those awards stand for.

I’ve taught for 35 years and know that you already have everything you need to be a leader.

Tonight…what you need to get rid of.

A speech on weight loss Me: Speech on weight loss…

LET ME TALK TO YOU ABOUT LOSING WEIGHT... MENTAL WEIGHT... THE THINGS THAT HOLD US BACK....

This is a smorgasbord … take what you like and leave the rest.

  1. IF YOU WOULD BE A GREAT LEADER, DON’T relive THE NEGATIVE

Our teacher’s lounge For once, don’t get if off your chest Teacher I know..kids drive her crazy.. ..meet her in IGA...guess what she talks about...

Corrie Ten Boom “Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorry, It empties today of its strength.” You have to live through some bad stuff. Too bad. That happens. But only live through it once. “This guy is really boring.” Think positive: My speech will end sometime tonight. To lose weight, skip your morning calisthenics. Every morning I do calisthenics...

  1. Realize that no matter what happens to you today, YOU are still the one who determines how the day will go. Bad day? Your fault. You’re in charge of your day. Mom: Alcatraz …. boats in harbor.
  1. If life’s bumming you out, chances are you aren’t giving enough of yourself. This is the opposite of what the self-help books preach.

Self-centeredness : depression. Becky...funeral... Carl Menninger

A. Sweitzer: “The only ones among you who will be truly happy as those who will have sought and found out how to serve.” If life is bumming you out because you’re asked to give so much, give more.

  1. Leaders Collect Interesting and enthusiastic friends

Marie...salt and pepper shakers.

Friendships don’t have to simply be things that happen...They can be created...

Tony Compello “Five years from now you’ll be pretty much the same as you are now except for two things: The books you’ve read and the people you’ve met.

And the best way to do this is to become an encourager yourself.

architect Johnstone: (Charlie Rose show) 90 years old. Hottest place in hell for whiners and complainers ..... “If life were 100 times longer, there would still excuse for every getting bored by it.” Cultivate friends who are not bored by life.

  1. Don’t get so busy with the important things in your life that you forget the important things in your life. James Dobson..monopoly Dad...hay ...rain....
  1. If you’re going to be a leader, Choose carefully whom you try to please. Quest...Inner-Outer Self

HINEY THE MULE

  1. Lighten up.... Jim Kern...MRS. BROWN

LIGHTEN UP.... ....go barefoot more often ....turn off the TV some night and play a really dumb game with your family. ...eat nothing but ice cream for a whole day. ...wear underwear backwards...will break into uncontrollable giggles for no reason every time you think about it. ....walk up to biggest grouch you know and say “I just want you to know that I feel great!” It’ll throw them off all day. ...do some serious coloring ...start living to succeed instead of fearing failure... ...break the dress code occasionally. Goodwill is a great place to shop.

.....McDonnald’s “Have a nice Day” Why?

3 things in life are real...WHEN YOU’RE BORN, WHEN YOU DIE WHEN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ANOTHER PERSON’S LIFE… in everything else...LIGHTEN UP.

  1. Don’t take yourself too seriously.. chances are, no one else does.

Chillochothe...”probably dead”

Church lady...music at her funeral.

Jeff W...Free Spirit..Robbed and tied.

Travel LIghter...Your anxieties? Look in your purse or pocket or billfold...ME: comb.

Roger Ebert.

  1. Start living in the present. Kids…Eiffel Tower.. Coke

I’ve known hugely successful people. ONE CONCLUSION: Success in life boils down to one thing... love. Success boils down to loving what you do and loving the people around you. The ability to live in the present. Some of you during my speech have been thinking about how long...., tomorrow, this weekend. When you drive home tonight, enjoy the moment you’re in. Parents: You’re partly to blame. “Think ahead! Plan ahead!” Yea..but don’t forget the moment you’re in. You’re sitting here tonight at a very special moment in your son or daughter’s life. Soak it in. Enjoy it. New Salem one summer night.. turn out the lights and look at the moon.

As Americans, our live is so filled with “things” that we seldom leave time to enjoy where we are and what we’re doing.

  1. As a leader….If you have faith, use it. Make this deal with yourself. For every minute you spend worrying about things, spend a minute praying my them. Atheist? Hire a nice Baptist widow to do your praying for you. We spend our life investing... Today’s paper... girl: Miss Illinois pageant... I know: Mom and Dad: $7,000 each to get as far as Springfield. We invest.

I won lots of 4H awards. They’re now in a drawer in my Dad’s house. They were important and they still are, but they don’t mean a thing if I don’t do something with the ability that those awards stand for.

Get rid of the things that are holding you back and become a leader. Much of the world is a mess and there’s only one group of people who are going to make it wonderful…That’s you. Now loosen up, and lead it.