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Life Lessons From Rudolph: Six Ways Lovable Misfits Can Leverage Their Own “red Nose” for a More Fulfilling 2009
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on December 11th, 2010
By Robin Fisher Roffer
We all know the story. Weâve watched the classic movie over and over and had the cheery song stuck in our heads for days. (Youâre hearing it now, arenât you?) Weâve cheered on the plucky red-nosed reindeer and his companion Hermey, the determined elf with dental school dreams. Even as adults, weâve delighted in the snowy North Pole scenes, shuddered at the Abominable Snowman, and rejoiced at our unlikely heroâs happy ending. But few of us have really pondered the meaning behind this little fable: that a fulfilling life means being yourselfâ(symbolic) glowing red nose and all.
Thereâs never been a better time to march to the beat of that proverbial âdifferent drummerâ who makes you you. And if you take a lesson from the most famous reindeer of all, you can make 2009 the year you turn your unique qualities to your advantage.
While Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was made in 1964, its themeâthat embracing your uniqueness pays offâis even truer today. In a global world where businesses (and employees) face a literal world of competition, where people meet their spouses via Internet dating services, and where everyone from hot celebrities to your Uncle Fred have MySpace accounts, fearlessly being yourself is the only way to distinguish yourself from the teeming masses.
Hereâs how Rudolph and his pals channeled their own âfearless fishâ to save the day on that foggy Christmas Eveâand how you, allegorically at least, can do the same in 2009.
Let your nose shine bright. Once it became apparent that Rudolph wasnât like the rest of his peers, his well-meaning father devised a way to help him âfit in.â The mud-covered nose didnât last for long, and when his true self shone through, the other reindeer immediately excluded him from the reindeer games. On the other hand, the pretty little doe Clarice told him his red nose was âmuch better than that false one you were wearing.â The point? Playing an âacceptableâ role never worksâat least not for long.
When you arenât authentic, it shows. Instead of fitting in, you come across as dishonest and untrustworthy. Donât downplay your ethnic background, or try to hide the fact that youâre gay, or maybe a country music fan in an office full of hip-hop listeners. Give the world a fearless representation of who you are and let the chips fall where they may. Chances are theyâll fall in your favor.
Donât just longingly read your dentist book. Grab your (metaphorical) drill and get to work. Hermey is an elf. At the North Pole. Of course he should make toys, right? Wrong! Hermey wanted to be a dentist instead, and in the end, he found the initiative to pursue his dream. Taking the first step toward big life changes, especially those that go against the grain can seem overwhelming. But as fearless fish we see the need for those changes and we take a flying leap instead.
We all have dreams that we have been too scared to fulfill in our lives. Perhaps itâs a new career path, or finally going back to school. Or maybe you are living in a city that just doesnât work for you. Make this the year that you finally change those things. You will be amazed at how many other things begin to fall into place in your life once you allow yourself to pursue the things that really make you happy.
Seek out your own Hermey and make friends. On the surface it may seem like a red-nosed reindeer and an elf who wants to be a dentist may not have all that much in common. However, it was Rudolphâs misfit mantra and Hermeyâs outcast status that bound them together and helped them become an unstoppable force. Likewise if youâre a âfish out of water,â you should align yourself with others who are different or special in their own ways.
Itâs important to find others that you can count on as allies and friends in your quest for success. No, you donât need to hold out for a coworker pal who is also an immigrant from Chinaâthatâs probably unrealistic. But you might join forces with, say, another maverick who is trying to lead the charge for dynamic change within the company.
Find a boss like Santa.
What are goals presents the slick ways to harness the momentum from within
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on December 7th, 2010
Consistent behavior is the opposite of erratic behavior. Skipping workouts is an example of erratic behavior. Performing all or most of your workouts is an example of consistency. Consistency seems to be a boring idea at first sight. It lacks glamour and excitement. But, when you look more closely, consistency is anything but boring. It contains the secret of achievement and success. It is the key to an almost magical power than can transform lives.
Consistency means repeating the same behaviors regularly and without exceptions.
Consistency creates powerful habits; lack of consistency and exceptions mean that you have to start building the habits all over again.
Consistency allows the seeds to grow and the fruit to arrive. Regular, patient, consistent action is necessary to achieve good results. Even winning the lottery requires buying a ticket and entering the numbers. He commented on how often communication breaks down on the internet because of a lack of consistency.
Ezines, blogs and podcasts often only last for one or two issues and then they disappear. Either their creators ran out of material or foolishly expected success after one or two efforts and gave up when the results of their efforts were disappointing.
Most marketing gurus insist that sales only come after about seven email messages have been sent to a list of potential customers.
Many would be entrepreneurs lack the patience and consistency to send out even seven messages to their lists. They are unlikely to succeed in winning the trust of their customers.
Nearly any goal worth achieving demands regular and consistent efforts. If you want to achieve a black belt in a martial art, you need to show up to one training session after another whether you feel like it or not.
I know, from many years of experience, that students who show up regularly for training almost always achieve their goal of becoming a black belt.
However, I have had some very talented students who lacked patience and only showed up sporadically. When their progress up the ladder of success seemed too slow to them, they gave up and disappeared.
A woman who won the US 2 million lottery is quoted as saying, that she played the same numbers consistently for two years. She didn\’t play it once or twice and give up as so may people do.
She steadfastly believed that her dream of winning the lottery would be realized. Consistency, then, may occasionally work even in the notoriously risky world of gambling.
Recently, I read an outstanding article by T.J. Walker, the public speaking and communication expert.
When I examine my martial arts students at grading sessions, I often congratulate them for just being there. I tell them that they are already half way through the grading because they have shown up and in the famous words of Woody Allen: “80% of success in life is just showing up.”
By showing up, my students have shown that they have guts and are willing to accept the fact that they might look foolish if they forget their syllabus or perform it badly. Not every one can face this possibility and I even had one student give up the martial art because the grading seemed too worrying.
One person who has never failed to show up in the UK and about a third of the rest of the world is Queen Elizabeth II. For over half a century she has shown up at one formal and informal occasion after another in good and bad times. She has traveled thousands of miles around the world to achieve her goal of being a servant of her country and the commonwealth.
An individual loses weight because they stick consistently to their diet and to their exercise regime. A body builder adds muscle weight because he consistently attends the gym whether he feels like it or not. The champions do not give up when they feel tired or bored or when results seem painfully slow.
Daily efforts create habits and habits make it easier to make those daily efforts but it still takes hard work and the determination to follow through every single day no matter what.
To achieve your goals repeat your efforts every single day.
Today was her 80th birthday and most of the country and even the media showed their appreciation for her consistent adherence to duty. One paper actually called her “Elizabeth the Great”.
Greatness only comes when efforts are consistent. Champion teams win championships
Introducing 10 Famous People From Houston Texas; Samuel Houston, Peter Masterson, And Many More!
Posted by Parkzone Corsair in Memory on December 7th, 2010
Famous people from Houston, Texas.
( ( ( #10 b. 02 March 1793 ) ) )
Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston, was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas, and was elected as the first and third President of the Republic of Texas, US Senator for Texas after it joined the United States, and finally as governor of the state. Although a slaveholder and opponent of abolitionism, he had unionist convictions. He refused to swear loyalty to the Confederacy when Texas seceded from the Union, and resigned as governor. To avoid bloodshed, he refused an offer of a Union army to put down the Confederate rebellion. Instead, he retired to Huntsville,Texas, where he died before the end of the Civil War.
His earlier life included migration to Tennessee from Virginia, time spent with the Cherokee Nation (into which he later was adopted as a citizen and took a wife), military service in the War of 1812, and successful participation in Tennessee politics. Houston is the only person in U.S. history to have been the governor of two different states (although other men had served as governors of more than one American territory).
A fight with a US Congressman, followed by a high-profile trial, led to his emigration in 1832 to Mexican Texas. There he soon became a leader of the Texas Revolution. He supported annexation by the United States. The city of Houston was named after him during this period. Houston’s reputation was honored after his death: posthumous commemoration has included a memorial museum, a U.S. Army base, a national forest, a historical park, a university, and the largest free-standing statue of an American.
( ( ( #09 b. 17 October 1902 ) ) )
Irene Ryan was an American actress, one of the few entertainers who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television and Broadway.
She is most widely known for her portrayal of “Granny” on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971), for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1963 and 1964.
( ( ( #08 b. 12 January 1905 ) ) )
Woodward Maurice Ritter, better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the father of actor John Ritter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
( ( ( #07 b. 27 June 1930 ) ) )
Henry Ross Perot is an American businessman from Texas best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988. Perot Systems was bought by Dell for .9 billion in 2009. He was born in Texarkana, Texas.
With an estimated net worth of about US.5 billion in 2009, he is ranked by Forbes as the 85th-richest person in America.
( ( ( #06 b. 01 June 1934 ) ) )
Peter Masterson (born June 1, 1934) is an American actor, director, producer and writer.
Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote. Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s,including 1975’s The Stepford Wives as Walter Eberhart, since then he has concentrated mostly on directing and producing. His daughter is actress Mary Stuart Masterson, who appeared with her father in The Stepford Wives as one of the Eberhart’s daughters.
Masterson’s most well known and critically-recognized work is The Trip to Bountiful. He wrote the books for the hit musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and its short-lived sequel The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. His most recent work in film includes Night Game (1989) Lost Junction (2003) and Whiskey School (2005). Masterson has also been responsible
