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ARE YOU A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH?
By Doris Appelbaum, President
I was thinking about diamonds today not the kind on which you play baseball the kind with multiple facets and value. It was at that moment that I realized we are all diamonds of one kind or another multiply faceted and valuable to ourselves, our families, our communities, and hopefully our employers. Many have expressed these sentiments about "being" and "becoming." Below are their words about talent, belief, beginnings, wisdom, achievement, choice, clarity, action, fulfillment, happiness, and life.
About Talent
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me. -- Erma Louise Bombeck
About Belief
The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they say they believe.--Eleanor Roosevelt
About Beginnings
The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.--Ivy Baker Priest
About Wisdom
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.-- Madeline L'Engle
About Becoming
Life is a process. We are a process. Everything that has happened in our lives has happened for a reason and is an integral part of our becoming. -- Anne Wilson Schaef
About Achievement
I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition. -- Katharine Hepburn
About Choice
Fame or integrity: which is more important?
Money or happiness: which is more valuable?
Success or failure: which is more destructive?
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled.
If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself.
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize that nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you!
--Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher
About Clarity
We all start out in our lives as little children, full of light and the clearest vision. -- Brenda Ueland
About Committees
What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. -- Richard Harkness
About Doers and Whiners
People can be divided into two classes: those who go ahead and do something, and those who sit still and inquire, 'Why wasn't it done the other way?' -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
About Action
"You will never win if you never begin." -- Robert Schuller
"The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch." -- Jim Rohn
"Action is the foundational key to all success." -- Anthony Robbins
"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take Action to get it." -- Jack Canfield
"You must take Action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life." -- Les Brown
About Enthusiasm
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. -- Mary Kay Ash
About Fulfillment and Happiness
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
About Inner Peace
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be." -- Anne Frank
About Life
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. -- George Bernard Shaw
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose, and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all -- Joni Mitchell --Both Sides Now
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. -- Dolores Ibarruri
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.
Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is bliss, taste it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
You CAN do it: find a job, relocate, learn a new skill whatever! Carpe Diem! Seize The Day!
Appelbaums Resume Professionals, Inc. Doris Appelbaum is President of Appelbaum's Resume Professionals, Inc. She is an internationally known career consultant, resume writer, speaker, and trainer. Doris can be reached at (414) 352-5994 - 1-800-619-9777 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - (414) 352-7495 (fax). Visit her website . Fax resume for FREE critique.