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Dear Readers,
I often find myself trying to recall a particular quote that has struck a chord with me and from which I have drawn inspiration. I hope you can find some strength and motivation too from the following montage of finely spoken and written words, which I felt were just too good to pass up.
"When you are clear, what you want will show up in your life, and only to the extent you are clear."
Janet Attwood
"Whether you think you can or can't, you're right."
Henry Ford
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm."
William Churchhill
"Holding anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned."
The Buddha
"The real person you are is revealed in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching. When no one is watching, you are driven by what you expect of yourself."
Ralph S. Marston, Jr.
"You can be as you choose to be. It's an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done."
Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard
"You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you."
Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Who you are speaks so loudly, I can't hear a word you're saying."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be dominating thought in one's mind."
Robert Collier
"Begin to be now what you will be hereafter."
Saint Jerome
"We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us."
Virginia Satir
"Whether it's praise, love, criticism, money, time, space, power, punishment, sorrow, laughter, care, pain, or pleasure... the more you give, the more you will receive."
Mike Dooley
"Thoughts become things... choose the good ones!"
Mike Dooley
"Tell the World what you intend to do; but first show it."
Napoleon Hill
"Growth is not steady, forward, upward progression. It is instead a switchback trail; three steps forward, two back, one around the bushes, and a few simply standing, before another forward leap."
Dorothy Corkville Briggs
"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them."
George Bernard Shaw
"The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision."
Robyn Davidson
"The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforseen incidents, meetings and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help."
Napoleon Hill
"Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures - in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
"He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."
Muhammad Ali
"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."
Dale Carnegie
"For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, Something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my "life".
Fr. Alfred D'Souza
"Take time to accept responsibility. Your life is exactly that - It's your life. It is created by you. You are constantly making choices, constantly creating new experiences. And although we can be affected by circumstances which can seem to be completely out of our control. Essentially, we decide the direction in which we walk."
Nicolas Watkins
"The world is not about you. It is about the impact you have on others. The sooner you learn this lesson, the quicker success will come."
Neil Thornton
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
Aristotle
"Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say 'Why not?' "
George Bernard Shaw
"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."
Dale Carnegie
"Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down."
Charles F. Kettering
"The key to being joyful is being grateful."
Jackie Pflug
"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
"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising, which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires...courage.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"My days of whining and complaining about others have come to an end. Nothing is easier than fault finding. All it will do is discolor my personality so that none will want to associate with me. That was my old life. No more."
Og Mandino
"You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins."
Jim Stovall
"When you understand, that your disappointment in another's behavior or choices always stems from their immaturity, or yours, rather than their unkindness, or yours, it becomes much harder not to keep skipping through life, giddy with joy, smelling the flowers. Moreover, when you understand that with enough maturity on your end you can always find peace in all of your relationships, it becomes much harder not to run down the street kissing everyone you meet on both cheeks."
Mike Dooley
"Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow."
Norman Vincent Peale
"Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one."
Russell Lynes
"It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'Always do what you are afraid to do.' "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Here's how to view every decision you've ever made: It was right. Here's how to view every path you've ever chosen: It was right. Here's how to view every trend, friend, and dance you've ever moved with: They were right. And here's how to view the fact that you even exist at all: "I" was totally on fire."
Mike Dooley
"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart, head and hands."
Robert M. Pirsig
"Money is like manure; it's not worth a thing unless it's spread around encouraging young things to grow."
Thornton Wilder
"I am who I am today, where I am today, because this was my choice and it has served me well. However, it no longer serves me, my choices have changed, and I give thanks for the amazing changes that now sweep through my amazing life."
Mike Dooley
"To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully." Tryon Edwards
"Success, happiness, peace of mind and fulfillment-- the most priceless of human treasures--are available to all among us, without exception, who make things happen--who make *good* things happen--in the world around them."
Joe Klock
"Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are."
Dale Carnegie
"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."
Helen Keller
"A valuable lesson I've learned from making music is to never let anyone intimidate me. Every student, celebrity, CEO and math teacher in the world has experienced love, loneliness, fear and embarrassment at some point. To understand this is to level a sometimes very lopsided playing field."
Anna Nalick
"It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity."
Kathy Williams
We are so fortunate to have some among us who have the gift of eloquence and are able to put into fine words the thoughts and notions that can lead us to success, happiness, fulfillment and action for the better good of all.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
Think and Grow Confident!!!
Hello Dear Readers,
I have a great news story to share. It's the most over-the-top thing that's happened to me in the last little while and maybe ever, except for the births of PB, GB, RB and DB. On November 21, 2008, my first ever published article was born!! With great pride and a sense of accomplishment and more drive than ever before to set and reach for loftier goals, I've copied the article herein from the prestigious e-zine, Napoleon Hill - Yesterday and Today Issue 96 November 21, 2008. For those of you who are interested in subscribing to the Napoleon Hill Foundation's distinguished weekly inspirational e-zine, voila the link: http://mailer.napoleon-hill-news.com/common/SignMeUp.html?customerId=3. I can hardly express how thankful I am to Judith Williamson, Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, for her encouragement and inspiration and for her kind invitation to submit my article to be included in the guest column. Thank you thank you thank you thank you to all of you too who take your precious time to read what I write with the hope of helping. Thank you too to Katherine Young from Microskills (www.microskills.ca) in Toronto for laying down a challenge and to Karim Ismail at Keep Any Promise (http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=853142) as well as Darrell, Dave, Michelle, Erin and Bill at Dale Carnegie for helping me set and achieve goals. Thank you always to PB, GB, RB & DB and to Mike and Mum and all my family for encouragement and to all my friends and colleagues at Microskills and Dale Carnegie and other places of inspiration for the positive influence you have provided.
Here's what I had to say:
Think and Grow Confident!
Many experts in the field of personal development profess that we are all born with the confidence we need to go ahead and make a splash, without worrying ourselves about getting wet. Kathy Williams insightfully captures this observable phenomenon in her quote, "Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity." Somewhere along the line, through the mostly well-intended nurturing of parents and other influences, as children we learn to quell our confidence and enthusiasm in order to keep ourselves safe from harm as well as criticism. Paradoxically, the inherent danger of learning to save ourselves from these hazards is that we may become so risk-averse that we don't see the opportunities to make a splash as easily as we would have been able to see them through the bright eyes of a child. Somewhere along the line, we need to find the right formula to optimize our potential to do as much good as we can for ourselves and for others in the short time we share together here in our living years. Were it only that we could equip ourselves as children with a tool to help us strike that balance as early as possible.
Confidence has a most significant impact in determining potential for exceptional achievement over mediocrity. In pondering the significant benefits of developing and maintaining self-confidence, from early on, a familiar jingle for a popular hygiene product called Sure, comes to mind. To that familiar tune, we can wonder, are our children "confident, confident, (or) dry and secure?" We learn well through life’s usual trials and triumphs to subdue our confidence sufficiently to safely reach the milestone of a mid-life crisis apparently unharmed, but too often without any exceptional accomplishments. Safely shrouded in a sense of near emptiness, droves of us are propelled to the self-help section at a big box book store where we meet an overwhelming array of resources to choose from in that fragile state. The words of my bright-eyed five-year-old not yet quite having quashed his confidence and enthusiasm at that tender age, loom large as I can hear him as clearly as if he were right now blurting out as he does from time to time, “Now that’s gotta hurt!” with a subtle and striking emphasis on “gotta.” In my own experience, which I suppose to be far from unique, my selection from the shelf was Napoleon Hill’s all time best seller in the self-development field, Think and Grow Rich, to help me navigate the path from where I wanted to scream, “I quit!” to where I have now regained sufficient confidence to actually look for a puddle of water in which I can make a splash.
For many of us who have broadened our horizons either in the wake of a crisis, or for any good reason have awakened ourselves to a new commitment to succeed, as adults we discovered the “Formula for Self-Confidence” while reading the book and endeavoring to partake of the benefits available to us through Napoleon Hill’s life’s work dedicated to helping the masses find their way to the riches of self-fulfillment. Having learned throughout our lives to navigate clear of the muddied waters through two, three or four and some decades of experience, the “Formula” helps us overcome trepidation and embrace a challenge to regain the confidence that was rightfully ours from birth. Being one of the many who shares in this good fortune, I wished dearly I had discovered the formula much earlier in life.
As prescribed by Napoleon Hill himself, I found myself reciting the formula out loud once a day, sometimes in the presence of my own four precious children, aged 9, 7, 5 and 3. I noticed to my delight, that my children were more than receptive to reciting the formula along with me. One thing I have been unfalteringly confident of throughout parenthood is that I am the luckiest mother ever in the whole wide world and it is my sincere hope that all other parents out there experience the same sentiment. As has been the case of caring parents across cultures for generations through the annals, it is second nature to us to do our best to steer our children clear of harm and criticism, and of course to stay out of puddles. Ideally though, to achieve the utmost in keeping our children safe from all harm, including that of potentially passing up an opportunity, we need to preserve their confidence by equipping them with the sure footing they need to know when and how to get closer to the edge, or nearer to the fire, or to get their feet wet, even if it does make their parents gasp and chastise in fear of our precious little ones being hurt.
While parents cannot and probably should not eliminate the gasping and well-intended chastising that emanate from us almost unwittingly in our conviction to keep our children safe, we can make a conscious effort to also equip them from an early age, with the benefits of Napoleon Hill's recommendation for building self-confidence. With great optimism, imagining the exponential potential gains my children might enjoy if confidence was fostered from the beginning to grow with them, I thought they might derive even more benefit if the language was adapted somewhat to be more age-appropriate for bright-eyed, open-minded, happy-go-lucky, splash-through-the-puddles, early-years learning. With my own renewed confidence and with much gratitude and respect to Napoleon Hill and the Napoleon Hill Foundation, I introduced the following adapted version. There is also a more simplified version intended for very early learners, available on my blog site at www.commuteducation.blogspot.com.
I hope the Formula for Self-Confidence Adapted for Children will be a helpful tool to my own children and to other parents and children who are aiming to strike a balance while learning the lessons of life together, striving for the riches of fulfillment and reaching for our lofty goals to make dreams of a world as good as it can be come true for all of us. When you think about it, what’s the worst that can happen when you take the risk of jumping in a puddle? When we and our children get our feet wet, we can hope and plan to leave a print or a trail of footsteps we would be proud to have others follow. Equipped with knowledge and the confidence to strike a balance, we are better prepared to also think and grow confident about what is the best that can happen.
Ardently,
Kathleen Betts
N.B. The adapted versions of the Formula for Self-Confidence are entered on this blog site under separate posts. I hope you will find them useful tools to help instill and foster self-confidence in children you know.
Please do share your success story with us. It's not bragging when you let us know about something good that happened. It's inspiring. We all love and benefit from a good news story.
I have a great news story to share. It's the most over-the-top thing that's happened to me in the last little while and maybe ever, except for the births of PB, GB, RB and DB. On November 21, 2008, my first ever published article was born!! With great pride and a sense of accomplishment and more drive than ever before to set and reach for loftier goals, I've copied the article herein from the prestigious e-zine, Napoleon Hill - Yesterday and Today Issue 96 November 21, 2008. For those of you who are interested in subscribing to the Napoleon Hill Foundation's distinguished weekly inspirational e-zine, voila the link: http://mailer.napoleon-hill-news.com/common/SignMeUp.html?customerId=3. I can hardly express how thankful I am to Judith Williamson, Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, for her encouragement and inspiration and for her kind invitation to submit my article to be included in the guest column. Thank you thank you thank you thank you to all of you too who take your precious time to read what I write with the hope of helping. Thank you too to Katherine Young from Microskills (www.microskills.ca) in Toronto for laying down a challenge and to Karim Ismail at Keep Any Promise (http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=853142) as well as Darrell, Dave, Michelle, Erin and Bill at Dale Carnegie for helping me set and achieve goals. Thank you always to PB, GB, RB & DB and to Mike and Mum and all my family for encouragement and to all my friends and colleagues at Microskills and Dale Carnegie and other places of inspiration for the positive influence you have provided.
Here's what I had to say:
Think and Grow Confident!
Many experts in the field of personal development profess that we are all born with the confidence we need to go ahead and make a splash, without worrying ourselves about getting wet. Kathy Williams insightfully captures this observable phenomenon in her quote, "Childhood is that state which ends the moment a puddle is first viewed as an obstacle instead of an opportunity." Somewhere along the line, through the mostly well-intended nurturing of parents and other influences, as children we learn to quell our confidence and enthusiasm in order to keep ourselves safe from harm as well as criticism. Paradoxically, the inherent danger of learning to save ourselves from these hazards is that we may become so risk-averse that we don't see the opportunities to make a splash as easily as we would have been able to see them through the bright eyes of a child. Somewhere along the line, we need to find the right formula to optimize our potential to do as much good as we can for ourselves and for others in the short time we share together here in our living years. Were it only that we could equip ourselves as children with a tool to help us strike that balance as early as possible.
Confidence has a most significant impact in determining potential for exceptional achievement over mediocrity. In pondering the significant benefits of developing and maintaining self-confidence, from early on, a familiar jingle for a popular hygiene product called Sure, comes to mind. To that familiar tune, we can wonder, are our children "confident, confident, (or) dry and secure?" We learn well through life’s usual trials and triumphs to subdue our confidence sufficiently to safely reach the milestone of a mid-life crisis apparently unharmed, but too often without any exceptional accomplishments. Safely shrouded in a sense of near emptiness, droves of us are propelled to the self-help section at a big box book store where we meet an overwhelming array of resources to choose from in that fragile state. The words of my bright-eyed five-year-old not yet quite having quashed his confidence and enthusiasm at that tender age, loom large as I can hear him as clearly as if he were right now blurting out as he does from time to time, “Now that’s gotta hurt!” with a subtle and striking emphasis on “gotta.” In my own experience, which I suppose to be far from unique, my selection from the shelf was Napoleon Hill’s all time best seller in the self-development field, Think and Grow Rich, to help me navigate the path from where I wanted to scream, “I quit!” to where I have now regained sufficient confidence to actually look for a puddle of water in which I can make a splash.
For many of us who have broadened our horizons either in the wake of a crisis, or for any good reason have awakened ourselves to a new commitment to succeed, as adults we discovered the “Formula for Self-Confidence” while reading the book and endeavoring to partake of the benefits available to us through Napoleon Hill’s life’s work dedicated to helping the masses find their way to the riches of self-fulfillment. Having learned throughout our lives to navigate clear of the muddied waters through two, three or four and some decades of experience, the “Formula” helps us overcome trepidation and embrace a challenge to regain the confidence that was rightfully ours from birth. Being one of the many who shares in this good fortune, I wished dearly I had discovered the formula much earlier in life.
As prescribed by Napoleon Hill himself, I found myself reciting the formula out loud once a day, sometimes in the presence of my own four precious children, aged 9, 7, 5 and 3. I noticed to my delight, that my children were more than receptive to reciting the formula along with me. One thing I have been unfalteringly confident of throughout parenthood is that I am the luckiest mother ever in the whole wide world and it is my sincere hope that all other parents out there experience the same sentiment. As has been the case of caring parents across cultures for generations through the annals, it is second nature to us to do our best to steer our children clear of harm and criticism, and of course to stay out of puddles. Ideally though, to achieve the utmost in keeping our children safe from all harm, including that of potentially passing up an opportunity, we need to preserve their confidence by equipping them with the sure footing they need to know when and how to get closer to the edge, or nearer to the fire, or to get their feet wet, even if it does make their parents gasp and chastise in fear of our precious little ones being hurt.
While parents cannot and probably should not eliminate the gasping and well-intended chastising that emanate from us almost unwittingly in our conviction to keep our children safe, we can make a conscious effort to also equip them from an early age, with the benefits of Napoleon Hill's recommendation for building self-confidence. With great optimism, imagining the exponential potential gains my children might enjoy if confidence was fostered from the beginning to grow with them, I thought they might derive even more benefit if the language was adapted somewhat to be more age-appropriate for bright-eyed, open-minded, happy-go-lucky, splash-through-the-puddles, early-years learning. With my own renewed confidence and with much gratitude and respect to Napoleon Hill and the Napoleon Hill Foundation, I introduced the following adapted version. There is also a more simplified version intended for very early learners, available on my blog site at www.commuteducation.blogspot.com.
I hope the Formula for Self-Confidence Adapted for Children will be a helpful tool to my own children and to other parents and children who are aiming to strike a balance while learning the lessons of life together, striving for the riches of fulfillment and reaching for our lofty goals to make dreams of a world as good as it can be come true for all of us. When you think about it, what’s the worst that can happen when you take the risk of jumping in a puddle? When we and our children get our feet wet, we can hope and plan to leave a print or a trail of footsteps we would be proud to have others follow. Equipped with knowledge and the confidence to strike a balance, we are better prepared to also think and grow confident about what is the best that can happen.
Ardently,
Kathleen Betts
N.B. The adapted versions of the Formula for Self-Confidence are entered on this blog site under separate posts. I hope you will find them useful tools to help instill and foster self-confidence in children you know.
Please do share your success story with us. It's not bragging when you let us know about something good that happened. It's inspiring. We all love and benefit from a good news story.
Friday, November 21, 2008
“Simplified” Confidence Formula for Early Learners
Welcome Dear Readers led here from Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, Dale Carnegie, Microskills, and other places of inspiration:
As promised in the guest column you may have read in the November 21 edition of the e-zine, Napoleon Hill, Yesterday and Today, the "Simplified Formula for Self-Confidence for Early Learners" follows immediately below.
“Simplified” Confidence Formula for Children (by Kathleen Betts, October 2008)
Adapted from the Formula for Self–Confidence in Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, 1937
1. I promise to practice doing things that will help me to get better at doing the special things I want to do most in my life.
2. I can close my eyes and make a picture that I can see clearly in my imagination, of myself doing the special things I want to do most.
3. Each morning when I wake up and each night before I sleep, I will say out loud “I know I can” while I think about what I want most to do and to have.
4. I have written down the words and drawn a picture of myself, to show clearly what I want to do most and what I want to have most.
5. I know that being the person I want to be and having what I want most, will last a long time if I am sure to always be honest and fair with others. Others will be fair to me and helpful to me, because I am fair and helpful to others. Others will believe in me, because I will believe in others and in myself.
I will read this page out loud every day until I can remember it and I will keep repeating it out loud every day so that I get ideas and choose to do things that will help me to achieve what I want most so that I can be the person I made in the pictures on paper and in my imagination.
Name: _____________________ Signature: __________________________
The “Simplified” Children’s Formula for Self-Confidence by Kathleen Betts has been adapted from Napoleon Hill’s Formula for Self Confidence with the consent and approval of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. For more information on the work of Napoleon Hill, please visit the website at http://www.naphill.org/
I hope this is a helpful tool to parents who are working together with their children to optimize potential and opportunity. Kids may like to customize the formula even more to name a particular goal they are working toward instead of saying generics like "thing(s) I want most" and "special thing(s)."
If you are not already a subscriber to the inspirational weekly e-zine, Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, please click on this link if you are interested: http://mailer.napoleon-hill-news.com/common/SignMeUp.html?customerId=3.
Ardently,
Kathleen
As promised in the guest column you may have read in the November 21 edition of the e-zine, Napoleon Hill, Yesterday and Today, the "Simplified Formula for Self-Confidence for Early Learners" follows immediately below.
“Simplified” Confidence Formula for Children (by Kathleen Betts, October 2008)
Adapted from the Formula for Self–Confidence in Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, 1937
1. I promise to practice doing things that will help me to get better at doing the special things I want to do most in my life.
2. I can close my eyes and make a picture that I can see clearly in my imagination, of myself doing the special things I want to do most.
3. Each morning when I wake up and each night before I sleep, I will say out loud “I know I can” while I think about what I want most to do and to have.
4. I have written down the words and drawn a picture of myself, to show clearly what I want to do most and what I want to have most.
5. I know that being the person I want to be and having what I want most, will last a long time if I am sure to always be honest and fair with others. Others will be fair to me and helpful to me, because I am fair and helpful to others. Others will believe in me, because I will believe in others and in myself.
I will read this page out loud every day until I can remember it and I will keep repeating it out loud every day so that I get ideas and choose to do things that will help me to achieve what I want most so that I can be the person I made in the pictures on paper and in my imagination.
Name: _____________________ Signature: __________________________
The “Simplified” Children’s Formula for Self-Confidence by Kathleen Betts has been adapted from Napoleon Hill’s Formula for Self Confidence with the consent and approval of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. For more information on the work of Napoleon Hill, please visit the website at http://www.naphill.org/
I hope this is a helpful tool to parents who are working together with their children to optimize potential and opportunity. Kids may like to customize the formula even more to name a particular goal they are working toward instead of saying generics like "thing(s) I want most" and "special thing(s)."
If you are not already a subscriber to the inspirational weekly e-zine, Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, please click on this link if you are interested: http://mailer.napoleon-hill-news.com/common/SignMeUp.html?customerId=3.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Confidence Formula for Children (aged 9 - 14)
Welcome Dear Readers led here from Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, Dale Carnegie, Microskills, and other places of inspiration:
As it appeared in the guest column you may have read in the November 21 edition of the e-zine, Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, the formula for self-confidence adapted for children, follows immediately below.
Confidence Formula for Children (by Kathleen Betts, November 2008)
Adapted from the "Formula for Self–Confidence" from
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, 1937
1. I know I am able to do the special things I want to do most in my life. I choose to practice doing things that will help me get better at doing what I want to do most. I promise to start now and to keep practicing whenever I can.
2. I know that the things I think about most will become real things in my life. I will spend 10 minutes every day just thinking about what I want to do most and what I want to be. I will close my eyes and make a clear picture in my imagination, of myself doing the special thing I want to do most.
3. I can feel more confident by telling myself over and over that I believe in myself and that I know I can, so that the things I want most to have and to do will become real things in my life. Each morning when I wake up and each night before I sleep, I will say out loud “I know I can” while I think about what I want most to do and to have.
4. I have written down the words and drawn a picture, telling and showing exactly what I want to do most and what I want to have most. I will always keep trying until what I want to have and to be become real things in my life.
5. I know that being and having what I want most, will only last a long time if I am sure to always be honest and fair with others. I will always tell the truth and I will always do things that will be helpful to others too, when I am working to get the things that I want. I will always think about how what I do will matter to and will affect others, before I do it. That way I will be like a magnet for good things and good people who will help me find ways to do what I want to do most. Others are fair to me and helpful to me, because I am fair and helpful to others. I will always do my best to be caring, content, satisfied, giving and helpful toward others because I know that others will be good to me and that I will have success, when I think good things about others and myself, when I do good things for others and myself, and when I am loving toward others and myself. Others will believe in me, because I will believe in others and in myself.
I will sign my name to this formula, I will read it out loud every day until I can remember it and I will keep repeating it to myself out loud every day so that I get ideas and choose to do things that will help me to achieve what I want most, so that I can be the person I made in the pictures on paper and in my imagination.
Name: _____________________ Signature: __________________________
The Children’s Formula for Self-Confidence by Kathleen Betts has been adapted from Napoleon Hill’s Formula for Self Confidence with the consent and approval of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. For more information on the work of Napoleon Hill, please visit the website at http://www.naphill.org/
I hope this is a helpful tool to parents who are working together with their children to optimize potential and opportunity. Kids may like to customize the formula even more to name a particular goal they are working toward instead of saying generics like "thing(s) I want most" and "special thing(s)."
If you are not already a subscriber to the inspirational weekly e-zine, Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, please click on this link if you are interested: http://mailer.napoleon-hill-news.com/common/SignMeUp.html?customerId=3.
Ardently,
Kathleen
As it appeared in the guest column you may have read in the November 21 edition of the e-zine, Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, the formula for self-confidence adapted for children, follows immediately below.
Confidence Formula for Children (by Kathleen Betts, November 2008)
Adapted from the "Formula for Self–Confidence" from
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, 1937
1. I know I am able to do the special things I want to do most in my life. I choose to practice doing things that will help me get better at doing what I want to do most. I promise to start now and to keep practicing whenever I can.
2. I know that the things I think about most will become real things in my life. I will spend 10 minutes every day just thinking about what I want to do most and what I want to be. I will close my eyes and make a clear picture in my imagination, of myself doing the special thing I want to do most.
3. I can feel more confident by telling myself over and over that I believe in myself and that I know I can, so that the things I want most to have and to do will become real things in my life. Each morning when I wake up and each night before I sleep, I will say out loud “I know I can” while I think about what I want most to do and to have.
4. I have written down the words and drawn a picture, telling and showing exactly what I want to do most and what I want to have most. I will always keep trying until what I want to have and to be become real things in my life.
5. I know that being and having what I want most, will only last a long time if I am sure to always be honest and fair with others. I will always tell the truth and I will always do things that will be helpful to others too, when I am working to get the things that I want. I will always think about how what I do will matter to and will affect others, before I do it. That way I will be like a magnet for good things and good people who will help me find ways to do what I want to do most. Others are fair to me and helpful to me, because I am fair and helpful to others. I will always do my best to be caring, content, satisfied, giving and helpful toward others because I know that others will be good to me and that I will have success, when I think good things about others and myself, when I do good things for others and myself, and when I am loving toward others and myself. Others will believe in me, because I will believe in others and in myself.
I will sign my name to this formula, I will read it out loud every day until I can remember it and I will keep repeating it to myself out loud every day so that I get ideas and choose to do things that will help me to achieve what I want most, so that I can be the person I made in the pictures on paper and in my imagination.
Name: _____________________ Signature: __________________________
The Children’s Formula for Self-Confidence by Kathleen Betts has been adapted from Napoleon Hill’s Formula for Self Confidence with the consent and approval of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. For more information on the work of Napoleon Hill, please visit the website at http://www.naphill.org/
I hope this is a helpful tool to parents who are working together with their children to optimize potential and opportunity. Kids may like to customize the formula even more to name a particular goal they are working toward instead of saying generics like "thing(s) I want most" and "special thing(s)."
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Ardently,
Kathleen
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Keep Any Promise!
Dear Readers,
What would it feel like to keep all your new year's resolutions, and every promise you make? Yes—fantastic! Imagine how it would feel. Create a mental picture of yourself living a life where you are doing what you want most for yourself and for others.
While many of us have been living a life of broken promises—to ourselves, our families, the world— the good news is we can change. At any age, the cost of not keeping our promises is staggering: in failed relationships, stalled careers, lack of connection, and poor physical and mental health. Are you living life to its fullest every day, or are you ambling through life to see what happens?
I recently came across a wonderful resource by author and inspirational speaker Karim H. Ismail called Keep Any Promise: a blueprint for designing your future. I found the material to be both inspiring and very practical! With the wonderful blueprint this book offers, I know this book can help us find our way to financial abundance, great health, wonderful relationships, a strong spiritual connection, and a positive world impact. How would you like a step-by-step blueprint to keeping your promises—and building and achieving the future of your dreams?
Karim shares the inspiring stories of twelve “ordinary” people who do extraordinary things. You will learn how they embrace their fears, change their thinking, reach for the seemingly-impossible, achieve great goals, and keep their promises. These dramatic stories will help you learn how to build and transform your own unique life. I hope you will click here: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=853142 to learn more and to take the first step along the path from where you are, to where you want to be. One small click for you here --one giant leap toward reaching your true potential.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Psst! The e-book is only $24.95. You could be on your way for that little, that soon. The 3 CD audio set, or instant download audiobook are also very affordable, for those of you who would like to take advantage of your commute time to learn the stories of the extraordinary accomplishments of ordinary people. There is also the traditional hardcover book option for those of you who would like to hold it in your own hands and flip back and forth through your pages and highlight as you go along. Best of all, the 120 page Keep Any Promise Life Blueprint workbook, a $149 value, is a free download once you purchase the book in any format.
What would it feel like to keep all your new year's resolutions, and every promise you make? Yes—fantastic! Imagine how it would feel. Create a mental picture of yourself living a life where you are doing what you want most for yourself and for others.
While many of us have been living a life of broken promises—to ourselves, our families, the world— the good news is we can change. At any age, the cost of not keeping our promises is staggering: in failed relationships, stalled careers, lack of connection, and poor physical and mental health. Are you living life to its fullest every day, or are you ambling through life to see what happens?
I recently came across a wonderful resource by author and inspirational speaker Karim H. Ismail called Keep Any Promise: a blueprint for designing your future. I found the material to be both inspiring and very practical! With the wonderful blueprint this book offers, I know this book can help us find our way to financial abundance, great health, wonderful relationships, a strong spiritual connection, and a positive world impact. How would you like a step-by-step blueprint to keeping your promises—and building and achieving the future of your dreams?
Karim shares the inspiring stories of twelve “ordinary” people who do extraordinary things. You will learn how they embrace their fears, change their thinking, reach for the seemingly-impossible, achieve great goals, and keep their promises. These dramatic stories will help you learn how to build and transform your own unique life. I hope you will click here: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=853142 to learn more and to take the first step along the path from where you are, to where you want to be. One small click for you here --one giant leap toward reaching your true potential.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Psst! The e-book is only $24.95. You could be on your way for that little, that soon. The 3 CD audio set, or instant download audiobook are also very affordable, for those of you who would like to take advantage of your commute time to learn the stories of the extraordinary accomplishments of ordinary people. There is also the traditional hardcover book option for those of you who would like to hold it in your own hands and flip back and forth through your pages and highlight as you go along. Best of all, the 120 page Keep Any Promise Life Blueprint workbook, a $149 value, is a free download once you purchase the book in any format.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Striking Abundance -- Over-The-Top O' The Mornin To You!
Welcome Dear Readers led here from Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, Dale Carnegie, Microskills, and other places of inspiration:
While I was doing the dishes with my Mum the other day after a family dinner, she said she had one recommendation for this blog she dutifully reads from time to time. Mum thought I should tone it down a bit. That gave me a great idea. I think I should take it up a notch. With the good intention to offer helpful advice, Mum said, "It's a little hard to read much of it for too long." We talked about it for a bit, trying to pinpoint what exactly she was recommending, while surely treading carefully to avoid hurting any feelings. "Maybe it's a little too optimistic?" I offered, or maybe even "A little Pollyanna’ish?" "No," we decided that was not quite it and we got sidetracked before we finished our discussion.
I think I figured it out as I thought about it more afterward. I think we were looking for "over-the-top." Maybe it's all a little too over-the-top. Thinking more about my mother's advice, I agreed that maybe I should tone it down a bit to strike a balance that might make it a little easier to read more of it. That was right before the thought burst to mind that what would be even better than toning it down a bit would be taking it up a notch.
There’s plenty going on out there in the world to tone it down and strike a balance so that we can maintain our middle-of-the-packth place or maybe even finish in also-ranth. Mum’s caution to me serves as a great example of the well-intended advice that we give as parents to protect our children from doing something where there is a risk of getting hurt or of being criticized. Those of us who are lucky enough to have parents who say and do things to protect us are secure in the sense that our mothers and fathers care so much about us they cannot bear to see or feel our hurt.
Fortunately, from this sense of security, we can decide to draw the strength of self-confidence. We can listen to what our parents say and do to help us feel secure and loved and we can watch what they and others who influence us positively do to set a good example for us to follow, at any age, to develop the confidence we need to lead the way and then invite others from the middle of the pack to join us as we go over the top. Come to think of it, my mother’s a little over-the–top. Thank you Mum for your made-with-love words of caution that give me a sense of security and thank you too for showing me how to stay grounded while you go over the top!
With a healthy sense of security bestowed upon us with love from our parents, and the confidence we need to take the risk to step out of our comfort zone in the middle of the pack, we can aim for and achieve success to the nth degree and strike abundance instead of striking the status quo balance we’ve worked so hard to maintain for as long we have. In the human race, keeping up with the middle of the pack has its merit. Just imagine though how you can rejoice and be glad in it when you make your breakaway or make your splash.
Maybe instead of striking a balance, we could strive, along side our parents and our children, to strike abundance. With all the toning it down that's already going on out there, we're well equipped to keep the balance we've all been living and to keep ourselves at the same level or lower, without me jumping in on that band wagon. To strike abundance, to make our dreams come true, exactly what we need to do is to take it up a notch from where we are toward where we want to be.
I'm inviting everyone to write in the most over-the-top thing that has happened to you or to someone you know. Even better, write about the most over-the-top thing you dream of doing. We can all aim together to inspire and motivate each other to strike the abundance we deserve. It's gotta feel better to be over-the-top than to be toned down. Let's all step out of our comfort zones together and feel how it feels. It will be exhilarating. My husband called me over-the-top one time. I need to thank him for setting a high standard to live up to when he laid down that challenge. One last word of caution for us all to share. We will be careful not to protect ourselves from the opportunity to do greater things!
Over The Top To You,
Kathleen
While I was doing the dishes with my Mum the other day after a family dinner, she said she had one recommendation for this blog she dutifully reads from time to time. Mum thought I should tone it down a bit. That gave me a great idea. I think I should take it up a notch. With the good intention to offer helpful advice, Mum said, "It's a little hard to read much of it for too long." We talked about it for a bit, trying to pinpoint what exactly she was recommending, while surely treading carefully to avoid hurting any feelings. "Maybe it's a little too optimistic?" I offered, or maybe even "A little Pollyanna’ish?" "No," we decided that was not quite it and we got sidetracked before we finished our discussion.
I think I figured it out as I thought about it more afterward. I think we were looking for "over-the-top." Maybe it's all a little too over-the-top. Thinking more about my mother's advice, I agreed that maybe I should tone it down a bit to strike a balance that might make it a little easier to read more of it. That was right before the thought burst to mind that what would be even better than toning it down a bit would be taking it up a notch.
There’s plenty going on out there in the world to tone it down and strike a balance so that we can maintain our middle-of-the-packth place or maybe even finish in also-ranth. Mum’s caution to me serves as a great example of the well-intended advice that we give as parents to protect our children from doing something where there is a risk of getting hurt or of being criticized. Those of us who are lucky enough to have parents who say and do things to protect us are secure in the sense that our mothers and fathers care so much about us they cannot bear to see or feel our hurt.
Fortunately, from this sense of security, we can decide to draw the strength of self-confidence. We can listen to what our parents say and do to help us feel secure and loved and we can watch what they and others who influence us positively do to set a good example for us to follow, at any age, to develop the confidence we need to lead the way and then invite others from the middle of the pack to join us as we go over the top. Come to think of it, my mother’s a little over-the–top. Thank you Mum for your made-with-love words of caution that give me a sense of security and thank you too for showing me how to stay grounded while you go over the top!
With a healthy sense of security bestowed upon us with love from our parents, and the confidence we need to take the risk to step out of our comfort zone in the middle of the pack, we can aim for and achieve success to the nth degree and strike abundance instead of striking the status quo balance we’ve worked so hard to maintain for as long we have. In the human race, keeping up with the middle of the pack has its merit. Just imagine though how you can rejoice and be glad in it when you make your breakaway or make your splash.
Maybe instead of striking a balance, we could strive, along side our parents and our children, to strike abundance. With all the toning it down that's already going on out there, we're well equipped to keep the balance we've all been living and to keep ourselves at the same level or lower, without me jumping in on that band wagon. To strike abundance, to make our dreams come true, exactly what we need to do is to take it up a notch from where we are toward where we want to be.
I'm inviting everyone to write in the most over-the-top thing that has happened to you or to someone you know. Even better, write about the most over-the-top thing you dream of doing. We can all aim together to inspire and motivate each other to strike the abundance we deserve. It's gotta feel better to be over-the-top than to be toned down. Let's all step out of our comfort zones together and feel how it feels. It will be exhilarating. My husband called me over-the-top one time. I need to thank him for setting a high standard to live up to when he laid down that challenge. One last word of caution for us all to share. We will be careful not to protect ourselves from the opportunity to do greater things!
Over The Top To You,
Kathleen
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Another Day, Another...? You Name It
Dear Reader,
Thank you for visiting. Please do post a reply with a good story about what happenned to you today or to someone you know who is a forward thinking optimist.
I am hearing so many great stories from all of you who talk to me in person about what is happening for you. Your stories are inspiring to me and they are to others as well. Please share! One-up-manship for the greater good of all is not bragging. It's inspiring.
I have another fantastic passage to share with you today from Vic Johnson's book Day by Day with James Allen. With all the pessimism we are being bombarded with lately in the news about how our economy is suffering, this one is another that really is "worth thinking about" as Vic so aptly affirms as he sums up each entry in the very inspiring reading journal.
Conqer Doubt
"Thoughts of doubt and fear can never accomplish anything. They always lead to failure." - As a Man Thinketh
There is significant economic evidence that the Great Depression might have been avoided but for the "panic" that swept over the country (and the world) after the 1929 stock market crash. What should have been no more than a deep recession, altered our world forever because of the prevailing "thoughts of doubt and fear."
So great were the thoughts of fear that President Rooseveelt felt compelled to deliver a speech about it. By the way, FDR's speech with his now famous, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," was suggested to him by Napoleon Hill, author of the classic Think and Grow Rich.
If the thoughts of many can bring such great tragedy to our wolrd, is it any wonder that our personal thougths can do so much damage to our "individual world?" When we spend inordinate amounts of time fearing some thing or event in the future, many times that which we fear comes upon us. When it does, we wring our hands in despair and wonder why it had to happen to us, when in reality, we are responsible for our troubles.
Bob Proctor says that the process begins first with a thought of doubt, which causes an emotion of fear, which maninfests itself physically as anxiety. Anxiety robs us or our power, our energy and our purpose. Severe anxiety can even undermine our health. And it's all brought on by a thought of doubt.
I have found three things that help me conquer doubt. First, change your mind about the doubt, and keep it changed. If you have a doubt about whether you're going to have enough money to make it to the endd of the month, change your mind about it. Whenever the doubt creeps in, affirm to yourself that "I always find a way to have enough of what I need." I love what Emmet Fox says about this, "If you will change your mind concerning anything and absolutely keep it changed, that thing must and will change too. It is the keeping up of the change in thought that is difficult. It calls for vigilance and determination."
The second thing that overcomes fear and doubt is action. "Do the thing you fear and fear will disappear" is more than a nice rhying aphorism. It's some simple wisdom that always works!
And the third and most important thing to overcoming doubt and fear is Faith. Fear and Faith are directly opposite views of the future and the cannot co-exist. My Faith is in a Creator who has given me dominion over all things. Your Faith may be elsewhere, but know this: Faith and fear cannot be present at the same time.
And that's worth thinking about.
From Meditations for the Month by Vic Johnson
printed with the permission
Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Vic Johnson.
All rights reserved worldwide.
Change your thoughts, change your life
Free eBook - As A Man Thinketh James Allen's timeless cassic http://www.AsAManThinketh.net
Once again reader, it astounds me how relevant so much of what I read in Vic Johnson's journal is to so much of what is happenning in my life and in the lives of others I speak with. I am thankful for the opportunity to share his musings, in hopes that some of you who are reading will find what he has written to be as inspiring and helpful as I do.
Ardently,
Kathleen Betts
Thank you for visiting. Please do post a reply with a good story about what happenned to you today or to someone you know who is a forward thinking optimist.
I am hearing so many great stories from all of you who talk to me in person about what is happening for you. Your stories are inspiring to me and they are to others as well. Please share! One-up-manship for the greater good of all is not bragging. It's inspiring.
I have another fantastic passage to share with you today from Vic Johnson's book Day by Day with James Allen. With all the pessimism we are being bombarded with lately in the news about how our economy is suffering, this one is another that really is "worth thinking about" as Vic so aptly affirms as he sums up each entry in the very inspiring reading journal.
Conqer Doubt
"Thoughts of doubt and fear can never accomplish anything. They always lead to failure." - As a Man Thinketh
There is significant economic evidence that the Great Depression might have been avoided but for the "panic" that swept over the country (and the world) after the 1929 stock market crash. What should have been no more than a deep recession, altered our world forever because of the prevailing "thoughts of doubt and fear."
So great were the thoughts of fear that President Rooseveelt felt compelled to deliver a speech about it. By the way, FDR's speech with his now famous, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself," was suggested to him by Napoleon Hill, author of the classic Think and Grow Rich.
If the thoughts of many can bring such great tragedy to our wolrd, is it any wonder that our personal thougths can do so much damage to our "individual world?" When we spend inordinate amounts of time fearing some thing or event in the future, many times that which we fear comes upon us. When it does, we wring our hands in despair and wonder why it had to happen to us, when in reality, we are responsible for our troubles.
Bob Proctor says that the process begins first with a thought of doubt, which causes an emotion of fear, which maninfests itself physically as anxiety. Anxiety robs us or our power, our energy and our purpose. Severe anxiety can even undermine our health. And it's all brought on by a thought of doubt.
I have found three things that help me conquer doubt. First, change your mind about the doubt, and keep it changed. If you have a doubt about whether you're going to have enough money to make it to the endd of the month, change your mind about it. Whenever the doubt creeps in, affirm to yourself that "I always find a way to have enough of what I need." I love what Emmet Fox says about this, "If you will change your mind concerning anything and absolutely keep it changed, that thing must and will change too. It is the keeping up of the change in thought that is difficult. It calls for vigilance and determination."
The second thing that overcomes fear and doubt is action. "Do the thing you fear and fear will disappear" is more than a nice rhying aphorism. It's some simple wisdom that always works!
And the third and most important thing to overcoming doubt and fear is Faith. Fear and Faith are directly opposite views of the future and the cannot co-exist. My Faith is in a Creator who has given me dominion over all things. Your Faith may be elsewhere, but know this: Faith and fear cannot be present at the same time.
And that's worth thinking about.
From Meditations for the Month by Vic Johnson
printed with the permission
Copyright (C) 2003-2008 Vic Johnson.
All rights reserved worldwide.
Change your thoughts, change your life
Free eBook - As A Man Thinketh James Allen's timeless cassic http://www.AsAManThinketh.net
Once again reader, it astounds me how relevant so much of what I read in Vic Johnson's journal is to so much of what is happenning in my life and in the lives of others I speak with. I am thankful for the opportunity to share his musings, in hopes that some of you who are reading will find what he has written to be as inspiring and helpful as I do.
Ardently,
Kathleen Betts
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Shoes, Shoes, Wonderful Shoes!
Hi all,
I have to share a great secret with you in hopes it will be helpful to you and your family.
There is a fantastic place in Toronto to get shoes for men, women and children. It's The Shoe Company Clearance Warehouse. The deal they have right now is 10% off the first item, 20% off the second item and 30% off the third item. Children's shoes range in price from about $4.99 to $19.99. They have a good selection of brand names. I got 3 pairs of children's boots for about $48.00. They were $19.00 each then the percentage discounts were applied. I got 3 pairs of children's dress shoes and a sweater for about $24.00.
The stuff is good quality brand name. The selection is hit and miss. Because it's a clearance outlet, you just have to choose from the sizes and styles available. Often they have what I need and sometimes it's a lost cause for me. Plan to need to spend an hour or so to search through the racks if you're shopping for more than one person. I try not to bring kids with me as the shelves are high and the aisles are long and it's easy to lose little ones and to end up leaving frustrated with nothing because I've been to preoccupied with keeping track of children instead of focusing on finding discount shoes for them.
I hope you'll find it's a great resource. There are often shoes for adults as well for as low as $9.99. There is also a small selection of clothing from which you can find the occasional gem.
The address is:
The Shoe Company
Warehouse Outlet 42 Kodiak Crescent Around the corner from Allen and Sheppard Downsview, ON M3J 3G5 P:(416)631-6522
The hours are:
Monday - Wednesday 10:00 - 6:00 Thursday - Friday 10:00 - 7:00 Saturday 10:00 - 6:00 Sunday 11:00 - 5:00
Does it get any better? Shoe shopping we can afford (sometimes)!
Here's a link:
http://www.theshoecompany.com/locator.ep#Ontario
Talk to you soon. Let's get those business plans done. Let's get our businesses up and running. Even when we're rich and famous, we'll still love buying discount shoes at The Shoe Company Warehouse on Kodiak. We can share the money we save on shoes for our own families by buying shoes for other families who can't afford them (yet.) We can be springs in the trampoline then for other families who are trying to set up their own small businesses that they will grow into large businesses, just like what we are doing now.
Ardently,
Kathleen
I have to share a great secret with you in hopes it will be helpful to you and your family.
There is a fantastic place in Toronto to get shoes for men, women and children. It's The Shoe Company Clearance Warehouse. The deal they have right now is 10% off the first item, 20% off the second item and 30% off the third item. Children's shoes range in price from about $4.99 to $19.99. They have a good selection of brand names. I got 3 pairs of children's boots for about $48.00. They were $19.00 each then the percentage discounts were applied. I got 3 pairs of children's dress shoes and a sweater for about $24.00.
The stuff is good quality brand name. The selection is hit and miss. Because it's a clearance outlet, you just have to choose from the sizes and styles available. Often they have what I need and sometimes it's a lost cause for me. Plan to need to spend an hour or so to search through the racks if you're shopping for more than one person. I try not to bring kids with me as the shelves are high and the aisles are long and it's easy to lose little ones and to end up leaving frustrated with nothing because I've been to preoccupied with keeping track of children instead of focusing on finding discount shoes for them.
I hope you'll find it's a great resource. There are often shoes for adults as well for as low as $9.99. There is also a small selection of clothing from which you can find the occasional gem.
The address is:
The Shoe Company
Warehouse Outlet 42 Kodiak Crescent Around the corner from Allen and Sheppard Downsview, ON M3J 3G5 P:(416)631-6522
The hours are:
Monday - Wednesday 10:00 - 6:00 Thursday - Friday 10:00 - 7:00 Saturday 10:00 - 6:00 Sunday 11:00 - 5:00
Does it get any better? Shoe shopping we can afford (sometimes)!
Here's a link:
http://www.theshoecompany.com/locator.ep#Ontario
Talk to you soon. Let's get those business plans done. Let's get our businesses up and running. Even when we're rich and famous, we'll still love buying discount shoes at The Shoe Company Warehouse on Kodiak. We can share the money we save on shoes for our own families by buying shoes for other families who can't afford them (yet.) We can be springs in the trampoline then for other families who are trying to set up their own small businesses that they will grow into large businesses, just like what we are doing now.
Ardently,
Kathleen
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