We also started a new tradition. One of my sisters is working for and Estate Sale business. She filled a box with old tools like hammers and measuring tape, kitchen gadgets like wine bottle openers, beauty products like nail files and new brush sets that she picked up for a nickel or dim. She passed around the box and we each picked one item out of the box and passed it around then we kept passing and picking one item. We laughed so hard as we picked up odd items and made up stories about what the item was for.

Can you make your point in six words or less? Here are some of the entries of a contest sponsored by speakernetnews. I won a little honorable mention.

First Place
•Give wisdom away; it returns tenfold. (Charlie Hawkins)
Second Place
•Hope is not an investment strategy. (Douglas Rice)
Third Place
•Net worth and self worth differ. (Douglas Rice)
Honorable Mention (in no particular order)
•Customer loyalty is fleeting and subjective (Lisa Ford)
•Exceptional service is no longer optional. (Laurie Brown)
•Pamper your clients. Confound the competition. (Mitch Carnell)
•Repeat customers are the most profitable (Dick Larkin)
•Referred prospects make the best customers (Dick Larkin)
•Social networking - come tweet with me. (Jim Carrillo)
•No stress with three deep breaths. (Rita Makana Risser)
•Stop whining. It hurts my ears! (Susanne Gaddis)
•A closed mouth doesn't get fed. (Peggy Duncan)
•Only the visible get known. Really! (Roberta Guise)
•Investing in the future is history (Doc Blakely)
•Read people from the outside in. (Patti Wood)
•Wear your jammies while educating people (Joe Liss)
•Use brains before you use brawn (Bob Mittelsdorf)
•The opposite of harassment is respect. (Rita Makana Risser)
•Wrap your work around your lifestyle. (Cher Holton)
•Your children will lead the world (Brian J. Donley)

I was interviewed for two journal articles on speaking the issue times are below in the journalist kind thank you letter.

Patti,

I wanted to thank you again for the interview a couple of months back. As I had indicated, the survey was for an article on speaking I was drafting and I promised to update you on the progress of that article. Happily, the article was completed and recently accepted for publication in the coming September issue of PI Journal. I hope you will find some value in the look at independent consulting.
I was also honored to have an article appearing next month in the “Measurement Evaluation and ROI” section of ASTD’s Links Plus. That article is on the use of ROI forecasts as a sales tool for independent consultants.
Neither article would have been possible without your help - I am deeply appreciative.

Here are some great funny stories from motivational speaker Nigel
Funny quotes

My husband wanted one of those big-screen TV's for his birthday. So I just moved his chair closer to the one we have already." -Wendy Liebman


"Inside me there's a thin person struggling to get out, but I can usually sedate him with four or five cupcakes." -Bob Thaves


"So far on my 30-day diet, I lost 18 days." - Terry McEntire


"I'm not offended by all the blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb...and I also know that I'm not blonde." - Dolly Parton

have a great week and change something
all my love
Nigel


My favourite video to improve your game is linked below,I defy anyone not to understand the importance of a 1 degree shift
http://www.212movie.com/