tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78300509890260127302024-03-14T00:01:13.938-07:00Linda LeonardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-73146652733877782732014-01-14T11:55:00.003-08:002014-01-14T11:55:59.761-08:00Check out my Facebook page for a daily quote and/or tip<a href="https://www.facebook.com/authorlindaleonard.success?skip_nax_wizard=true">https://www.facebook.com/authorlindaleonard.success?skip_nax_wizard=true</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-60728402895761567242014-01-13T12:23:00.000-08:002014-01-13T12:23:08.466-08:00Check out the spotlight from June 2013<a href="http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/saturday-spotlight-abcs-of-success-26.html">http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/saturday-spotlight-abcs-of-success-26.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-86355499579636382512013-11-16T17:56:00.000-08:002013-11-16T17:56:54.311-08:00How to find hope and believe in your future<span class="st">For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ~ Jeremiah 29:11</span><br />
<span class="st">Not looking for the truth can leave us with no hope and no future. How sad that the Bible is allowed in prisons, but not in schools <strong>OR</strong> the public arena. If we truly had free speech, then maybe many would not be in prison. Look up for hope and a future.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-7335068605304634382013-11-13T21:02:00.001-08:002013-11-13T21:02:05.083-08:00IndecisivenessIf you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. ~ first attributed to Alexander HamiltonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-85720819552785121942013-11-07T06:29:00.001-08:002013-11-07T06:29:21.961-08:00ShynessSeeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth. ~ AnonymousAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-6912167654197978612013-11-03T12:11:00.003-08:002013-11-03T12:11:53.510-08:00Get positive and learn how to save moneyBoth <u>The ABC's of Success</u> and<u> Frugal Times</u> are available in ebook form at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">www.amazon.com</a> and <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/">www.smashwords.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-21746140061265081092013-06-10T14:05:00.004-07:002013-11-03T12:11:16.504-08:00ABC's to Success: 26 Keys to a Successful Life<u>The ABC's of Success</u> is available in ebook form at <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/">www.smashwords.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-3204208939803129902013-04-23T11:59:00.001-07:002013-04-23T11:59:14.661-07:00Routines give life structure.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-2781480397768847532013-02-14T13:28:00.000-08:002013-04-23T11:58:08.823-07:00<strong></strong><br />
<strong>When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change</strong>. <strong>Max Planck</strong> (1858 - 1947).Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-13290254665113374282013-02-14T13:27:00.000-08:002013-02-14T13:27:01.215-08:00HabitsNothing is stronger than habit. ` OvidAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-66144350393793094382013-02-01T14:22:00.001-08:002013-02-01T14:23:29.135-08:00Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zoneOnly those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T.S. ElliotAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-12876027568844599992013-01-13T20:15:00.003-08:002013-10-17T21:39:21.717-07:00Get the ABC's of Success: 26 Keys to a Successful LifeGet The ABC's to Success: 26 Keys to a Successful Life as an ebook at amazon or smashwords.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-47336023295827420662013-01-13T20:11:00.001-08:002013-01-13T20:11:38.610-08:00Make your dreams a realityYou will never achieve your dreams if they don't become goals. ~ AnonymousAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-18404990252171381782012-12-26T01:11:00.004-08:002012-12-26T01:11:50.953-08:00GoalsIf you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time. - UnknownAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-56684808081179670192012-12-05T17:26:00.003-08:002012-12-05T17:26:54.195-08:00Power of dreamsDream big. Do one thing a day to make your dream become a reality.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-76483120411759936492012-11-09T17:06:00.003-08:002012-11-09T17:06:25.145-08:00ShynessThe key to overcoming shyness is to focus on the task at hand. Don't think about yourself. Focus on what you need to do. ~ Linda LeonardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-43196684001586515342012-10-24T23:21:00.002-07:002012-10-24T23:21:10.453-07:00FailureYou fail in life only when you fail to try.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-84474514899443364852012-09-05T18:19:00.001-07:002012-09-05T18:19:16.093-07:00The Money Game
<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">My last two children were “Latch
Key” kids. They had a key and had to lock the door and stay inside until I got
home from school – about 45 minutes. They were responsible (or so I thought),
and we had plenty of neighbors. However, they were not supposed to leave the
house until I was home, nor was anyone to visit until I arrived. <br /> One day, they
did not listen. Snacks were always laid out and there was something to drink
waiting for them every day. Well, one day as I arrived home, my neighbor
knocked and asked me if I knew about the money game. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I had no idea so I asked, “The
Money Game?” And I looked at the last two girls who looked like deer caught in
headlights because they were busted. I knew that they had gone outside. They
weren’t supposed to leave the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">She showed me a zip lock bag of
money and asked if we had a jar that we put change in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I replied, “Yes.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">She told me to go check it. Both of
the girls said, “We didn’t know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">At one time we had a five gallon
water jar and we would throw our change in every day. My husband would not
allow me to count it until it was half full, until he discovered that he could
not pick it up – change is heavy. We had since switched to a gallon jar. I
walked in the utility room; and instead of half full, you could barely see any
change at all on the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I stomped out angrily looking at
those two girls – and they could tell they had done something very wrong
because they started crying and repeating over and over, “We didn’t know.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I asked my neighbor to explain the money
game. She said the girls had passed out zip locks to all of the kids on the
street; then they stood in the middle of the road (it was a dead end street)
and threw all of the change up. The kids could keep what they picked up. I
could feel my face red and knew I was “losing it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">She told me to let my husband
handle it and asked if I wanted the names of the kids who played “The Money
Game.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I said “Yes” and wrote their names
down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">When their dad got home, I
explained what happened and he just looked at them and calmly said, “We did
that for you – but we will NEVER do that again. No more money jar. It WAS your
money, but it isn’t now. It’s mine and I will spend it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">He didn’t raise his voice. I had to
bite my tongue to keep from “yelling.” I asked him about the other “game
players.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">He told me to go knock on doors and
ask for the zip lock bags. I did. All I received was pennies or just a few
nickels in the bags. Either the kids or their parents had gone through the zip
locks and pulled all of the nickels, dimes, and quarters. There was more silver
change in that jar than pennies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">OK – don’t laugh too loudly. We all
play the money </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">game. My dad used to tell me it
wasn’t the house payment or car payment that would make you broke. It was the
change that ran through your fingers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Think about it. I don’t smoke;
however, the last time I checked, cigarettes were over $4.50 a pack – plus tax.
If tax is nine percent, a pack of cigarettes costs $4.91 – almost $5.00 a pack.
It doesn’t sound like much – but multiply $5.00 X 365 days. That’s $1,826 a
year. Now that IS a great deal of money. Some people smoke two packs a day.<br /> Walk around with a piece of paper and write down everything you spend for a week, then multiply it by 52 to see how much change runs through your fingers. You will be able to see exactly where your money goes and then be able to make decisions that could change your life. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-60595044204850948232012-08-27T05:33:00.000-07:002012-08-27T05:36:49.033-07:00Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. - Eleanor Roosevelt<br />
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For a long time I saw myself as I thought others saw me. <br />
Then one day, I began to believe in me. - Linda LeonardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-24203343728635262922012-08-14T05:35:00.000-07:002014-03-01T04:20:56.749-08:00If you want to fly like the eagles, get out of the chicken coop.<br />
Get rid of the negative thoughts that keep you pent up.<br />
Get out of the cage you or others have built around you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7830050989026012730.post-53936840147679606112012-08-12T11:36:00.001-07:002012-08-27T05:35:06.725-07:00New BlogDo you need a motivational speaker to address the <u>ABC's of Success</u> and <u>The Gift of Laughter</u>. If you would like to discover more, contact me. Please email <a href="mailto:lindaleonard777@gmail.com">lindaleonard777@gmail.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105237499702684955noreply@blogger.com0