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Presentation Date: April 17, 2018
- “Effective networking isn’t a result of luck – it requires hard work and persistence.” – Lewis Howes
- “One of the most powerful networking practices is to provide immediate value to a new connection. This means the moment you identify a way to help someone, take action.” – Lewis Howes
- “One of the challenges in networking is everybody thinks it’s making cold calls to strangers. Actually, it’s the people who already have strong trust relationships with you, who know you’re dedicated, smart, a team player, who can help you.” – Reid Hoffman
- “While social media skills were once a ‘nice-to-have,’ accreditation in the space is becoming a requirement for many of these job titles. Hiring managers and job seekers are realizing that printing stacks of resumes is turning passe, and social media is rising as the new way of generating real-time networking opportunities.” – Ryan Holmes
- “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.” – Steve Jobs
Presentation Date: April 10, 2018
- “Rock bottom became the solid foundation in which I rebuilt my life.” – J.K. Rowling
- “It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.” – Germany Kent
- “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” – Nelson Mandela
- “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” – Maya Angelou
- “Everything can be taken from a man or woman but one thing: the last human freedom – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Victor Frankyl
Presentation Date: April 3, 2018
- “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa
- “Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne
- “If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C. S. Lewis
- “If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later.” – Sir Richard Branson
Presentation Date: March 27, 2018
- “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie
- “To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.” – Tony Dorsett
- “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
- “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” – Lyndon B. Johnson
- “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” – Dale Carnegie
Presentation Date: March 20, 2018
- “Charisma is the result of effective leadership, not the other way around.” – Warren Bennis & Burt Nanus
- “How can you have charisma? Be more concerned about making others feel good about themselves than you are making them feel good about you.” – Dan Reiland
- “Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can’t buy. It’s an invisible energy with visible effects.” – Marianne Williamson
- “Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.” -Guy Kawasaki
- “Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” – Shannon L. Alder
Presentation Date: March 13, 2018
- “I avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.” – Charlotte Bronte
- “Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” – Drew Houston
- “Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.” – John D. Rockefeller
- “If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people.” – Leonardo DiCaprio
- “You can’t just dream — you must get out there and do it.” – Billie Jean King
Presentation Date: March 6, 2018
- “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus Aurelius
- “The goal is not to be perfect by the end. The goal is to be better tomorrow.” – Simon Sinek
- “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- “There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.” – Sir Richard Branson
- “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
Presentation Date: February 27, 2018
- “Surround yourself with people that push you to do and be better. No drama, nor negativity. Just higher goals and higher motivation. Good times and positive energy. No jealousy, nor hate. Simply bringing out the absolute best in each other.” – Warren Buffet
- “If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.” – Katharine Hepburn
- “The only problem we really have is we think we’re not supposed to have problems! Problems call us to higher level — face and solve them now.” – Tony Robbins
- “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Everything you need will come to you at a perfect time.” – Socrates
Presentation Date: February 20, 2018
- “Negativity always wins the short game. But positivity wins the long game.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
- “When I was young, I observed that 9 out of every 10 things I did were failures, so I did ten times the work.” – George Bernard Shaw
- “Whatever we believe about ourselves and ability comes true for us.” – Susan Taylor
- “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
- “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 Bombeck
Presentation Date: February 13, 2018
- “Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” – Erica Jong
- “Courage is grace under pressure.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “There is a difference between hearing people and listening to them.” – John C. Maxwell
- “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angleou
- “Confidence is what we get when we take fear. face it and replace it.” – Tim Fargo
Presentation Date: February 6, 2018
- “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” — Albert Einstein
- “The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.” – Alan Ashley-Pitt
- “Willpower by itself is not enough. If we want to achieve lasting change, we must have an effective strategy.” – Tony Robbins
- “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Ted Geisel aka Dr. Seuss
- “It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
Presentation Date: January 30, 2018
- “If you are putting your focus on outcomes that are larger than yourself, then the results will be great.”- Tony Robbins
- “Our best thoughts come from others.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.” – Dale Carnegie
- “A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.” – Henrik Ibson
- “I believe that success is achieved by ordinary people with extraordinary determination.” – Zig Ziglar
Presentation Date: January 23, 2018
- “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” – Winston Churchill
- “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “When you are going through hell, keep going…” – Winston Churchill
- “You always miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
- “Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
Presentation Date: January 9, 2018
- “To achieve something that you have never achieved before, you must become someone that you have never been before.” – Les Brown
- “To have more, you must first be more.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- “Fall, then figure out what to do on the way down.” – Del Close
- “The biggest laughs I’ve ever had in my life are something going off the rails, something going
wrong, something happening that wasn’t supposed to happen. And improv teaches you not to fear those moments; that’s where the gold is.” – Conan O’Brien - “If you’re not having fun, you’re the asshole.” – Susan Messing
Presentation Date: January 2, 2018
- “Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
- “A relentless barrage of “why’s” is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.” – Shigeo Shingo
- “Sometimes no problem is a sign of a different problem” – Mark Rosenthal, author of The Lean Thinker
- “Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.” – Shigeo Shingo
- “The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.” – Shigeo Shingo
- BONUS: “Copying your competitor won’t help you beat your competitor. You need to think beyond your competitor.” – Gerhard Plenert and Bill Kirchmier
