25 Unexpected Ways to Make Someone’s Day

Do you remember the last time you received an unexpected call, text or email from someone who intentionally said something complimentary to you? How did it make you feel?  Did it brighten your mood?  Did it bring a smile to your face?  What impression did this person make on you?
When I consider the different types of impressions we make on people, there are very few more powerful then when you do something unexpectedly to show people they are important to you. It could be a simple text message telling a friend how much you value the friendship or a short email to a co-worker complimenting him or her on the way he or she handled a difficult situation at the office today.

Results of Kind Words

 When you take your time to surprise people with acts of kindness or love, you will make them feel noticed, valued, and appreciated. You will bring a smile to their faces and joy to their hearts. It will enhance their self-esteem and strengthen their self-confidence. It will renew their energy and put a bounce in their step. It will draw them closer to you and you to them and create an extraordinary bond in your relationship. You will benefit also because there is joy in unselfish acts when you give of yourself, your time, and your resources.

Ideas to Inspire You to Action

 Here are 25 unexpected things you can do to show people they are special in your eyes... READ MORE

In Life, You Don't Get What You Deserve, You Get What You.........

"In life, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate." - CHESTER L. KARRASS

In days gone by, there was a very wealthy man who owned a wonderful steamship, but as is so often the way with expensive things, it was prone to breaking down.

One day, after a particularly difficult journey to a foreign land, the engine failed and no one could get it going again.

One by one, every mechanic and engineer in the land was summoned to try to fix the engine, and one by one they failed.

Finally, word came to the wealthy man of a wise old shipmaker who might be able to help, but at a hefty price.

However, the wealthy man agreed at once.

Soon, an old man who looked as if he must have been fixing ships for a hundred years arrived.

He carried a large bag of tools and immediately went to work.

He inspected the large network of pipes leading to and from the engine very carefully, occasionally placing his hand upon the pipes to test for warmth.

Finally the old shipmaker reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped against one of the pipes.

Instantly the sound of steam rushing through the pipes could be heard and the engine lurched into life as the shipmaker carefully put his hammer away.

When the wealthy man asked the shipmaker what he owed him, the bill came to over 10 thousand Pounds, indeed a princely sum in those days.

“What?” the wealthy man exclaimed, outraged. ”You hardly did anything at all!” Justify your fee or I will have you thrown in jail.”

The old shipmaker began to scrawl something onto a ragged piece of paper he pulled from his pocket. The wealthy man smiled as he read what the old man had written on

the piece of paper and apologized to the shipmaker for his rude behaviour.

This is what the piece of paper said:

“For tapping with a hammer………………………………. £1.00

For knowing where to tap…………………………………..£9,999.00″

You Are Who You Are For A Reason...

You are who you are for a reason.
You're part of an intricate plan.

You're a precious and perfect unique design,
Called God's special woman or man.

You look like you look for a reason.
Our God made no mistake.

He knit you together within the womb.
You're just what He wanted to make.

The parents you had were the ones He chose,
And no matter how you may feel,

They were custom-designed with God's plan in mind,
And they bear the Master's seal.

No, that trauma you faced was not easy.

And God wept that it hurt you so;
But it was allowed to shape your heart
So that into His likeness you'd grow.

You are who you are for a reason,
You've been formed by the Master's rod.

You are who you are, beloved,

Because there is a God!

By Russell Kelfer

A Seed Of Kindness - Opportunity Is Everywhere

One winter night an old couple dashed into the lobby of a small Philadelphia hotel, looking for a room. The clerk said, “I’m sorry, but our rooms are full.” As they started to leave, he said, “Would you be willing to sleep in my room? It’s not a suite, but I think you’ll be comfortable there.” At first they were reluctant, but the hotel clerk insisted, saying, “Don’t worry, I can sleep in the office.” So they accepted.

Next morning when it was time to check out, the old gentleman said to the clerk. “Thank you. You deserve to be the manager of the best hotel in the country! Maybe someday I’ll build one for you!” The amused clerk smiled and thanked him.

Two years later the clerk received a round-trip ticket to New York City, and a letter from the old couple thanking him again for his kindness. They were inviting him to come and visit them. Although, he’d almost forgotten the incident, he decided to take them up on their offer.

When he arrived in the City, they took him to the Corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, where an elderly man pointed a multi-story hotel and said, “I just built it, and I want you to manage it.” The clerk said, “You must be kidding!” I can assure you I’m not,” he replied.

He continued by saying, “The old gentleman’s name was William Waldorf Astor (http://www.waldorfastoria.com), the hotel was the original Waldorf-Astoria (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_Hotel), and the young clerk who had shown him such kindness, was George C. Boldt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Boldt ) – its first manager! He then added, “Don’t forget to sow another seed of kindness today, for you can never tell what your harvest will be!”

A little gesture of yesterday could result in unprecedented greatness today.

Source: Unknown

The Rich Are Rich Before They Become Rich

Over the years, two of the most outstanding features I have discovered of all highly successful people are that they know what they want to do and they have a burning desire to succeed.

It seems the more successful someone is the more they know what they want to do, and the earlier in life they seem to know it. They are rich and successful in their minds well before the actual event takes place. They see it, feel it and can even taste it, long before it ever happens.

This makes them unique and very much in the minority, as most people seem lost and have little direction. Successful people know their purpose and mission and are singularly focused on achieving these. This applies equally to any field of endeavor in life, not just business, and it is even more apparent in sport.

Lleyton Hewitt, the world number-one tennis player by the age of twenty, did not decide to take up tennis at nineteen. He has been refining his craft since he was five. By the age of twenty he’s a veteran! That’s what it takes, ten to fifteen years of dedication and focus, with no guarantees you will succeed, and most of those years spent in lonely practice sessions out of the limelight, while everybody else is warmly tucked up in bed or out partying and having fun.

There is an Ashanti proverb: ‘One cannot both feast and become rich’. This sums up the point nicely- to achieve something great you must be prepared to make sacrifices. Those who never achieve anything and simply go through life being average are the opposite. They don’t seem to know what they want to do and are confused about their direction.

As such, they don’t have a burning desire to do anything. They seem to flip-flop from one thing to another and as soon as the new thing gets too hard off they go again looking for the easy way out.

Champions in business, life and sport know there is a price to pay for success, and have no doubt about their willingness to pay this price. It is not a difficult choice if you have a burning desire to achieve your goals.

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SOURCE: How to make money out of thin air by Brian Sher

What Have We Done Today?

We shall do much in the years to come,
But what have we done today?

We shall give out gold in a princely sum,
But what did we give today?

We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
We shall plant a hope in the place of fear,
We shall speak the words of love and cheer,
But what did we speak today ?

We shall be so kind in the after while,
But what have we done today?

We shall bring to each lonely life a smile,
But what have we brought today?

We shall give to truth a grander birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper worth,
We shall feed the hungering souls of earth,
But whom have we fed today?

We shall reap such joys in the by and by,
But what have we sown today?

We shall build us mansions in the sky,
But what have we built today?

`Tis sweet in the idle dreams to bask;
But here and now, do we our task?

Yet, this is the thing our souls must ask,
What have we done today ?

by Nixon Waterman

Getting Along With People

Five suggestions for getting along with people:

1. Never miss a chance to say a kind or encouraging word to or about somebody. Praise good work, no matter who does it. 
2. When you make a promise, keep it. Just don't make too many.
3. Hold your tongue. Always say less than you think. Speak softly and persuasively. How you say something often means more than what you say.
4. Show an interest in others--in their pursuits, their work, and their families. Have fun with those who rejoice. Weep with those who mourn. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard him or her as important.
5. Be cheerful. Don't depress others by dwelling on your aches and pains, and small disappointments. Remember, everyone has some burden to carry.

10 WAYS TO HAVE A BETTER DAY TODAY

1. Wake up 30 Minutes Early.
   Get up 30 minutes before the alarm goes off and take the first half hour for yourself. Once you get busy and into the day there never seems to be the time for yourself. Take this time to plan getting the most from the day.
2. Read, Listen, or Watch Something Uplifting.
   Make this a daily habit. Get out of starting the day with no mental food. A great day does not begin with the news or the paper, it begins with ideas or energy that will propel you through the day. What you first hear will stay with you throughout the day.
3. Eat a Good Breakfast to Start You Off Right.
   Get something good into your body to wake it up and get it going. Think about the energy you will need to perform. Everyday we run a marathon. What would you need to eat and drink to win it.
4. Choose Your Winning Attitude.
   There is enough to go wrong without sabotaging yourself. Your attitude is a choice you make. Don't let it come between you and your success. Be careful to keep it positive all day long.
5. Be Aware of What They are Telling You.
   The people around us have a profound effect on how we get through life. Our closest friends and family are our greatest environmental influences. Make sure you have the best advisors you can find.
6. Make the Most of What You Do.
   When you get to your work, make it the best place to be. Most people go to work and never think about work while they are there. Focus on your contribution. What would it be like if you were not around. Strive to give a 100% each and every day.
7. Always Remember that People are Listening.
   Make a point of talking well of others. Wish others the best in life. What goes around does come around. Don't talk negative about anyone. Try to understand their circumstances Practice being a support system to your friends and family. They need you.
8. Be Honest and Fair to Others.
   It does make a difference. What you give to others is usually what you get from others. Practice integrity that people can see and feel. Be aware of what you say. Learn to walk your talk at all times. The more people trust you, the more of their time they will trust with you.
9. Pace Your Energy to Last All Day.
   Be careful of bursts of energy. Pace your energy throughout the day. If you get to crazy early in the day, you will reach a point of exhaustion before the day is over. By planning your entire day before you begin, you will have what you need. You've heard the old saying "look alive."

10. Get in Bed Early and Study for the Future.
I have a friend who keeps a journal at his bedside. Every night he writes what he learned new on that day. The only way to keep one step above the masses is to learn new ways to do things. Develop the habit of reading a work or personal development book before you go to sleep. Reading for 30 minutes a day is like a year of college. You can't succeed if you don't read. Remember throughout your day that life is what we make it, day by day. Practice having the best day ever. It adds up to a great life.

by Geno Stampora

21 KEYS TO A HAPPY LIFE

1. Compliment three people everyday.
2. Watch a sunrise.
3. Be the first to say "Hello."
4. Live beneath your means.
5. Treat everyone as you want to be treated.
6. Never give up on anybody; miracles happen.
7. Forget the Jones’s.
8. Remember someone’s name.
9. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
10. Be tough-minded, but tender hearted.
11. Be kinder than you have to be.
12. Don’t forget that a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
13. Keep your promises.
14. Learn to show cheerfulness even when you don’t feel it.
15. Remember that overnight success usually takes 15 years.
16. Leave everything better than you found it.
17. Remember that winners do what losers don’t want to do.
18. When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone’s day.
19. Don’t rain on other people’s parades.
20. Don’t waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
21. Keep some things to yourself and don’t promote havoc by backstabbing people you love.

Source Unknown

CARE FOR YOUR HEART WHILE YOU SLEEP

In which position do you sleep?

If you sleep on your stomach or on your left side, you are putting
pressure on your heart with the extra body weight, while the heart has
to continue pumping blood as usual.

This additional burden wears the heart out more quickly. Think
about it - you spend more than one third of your life sleeping!

To reduce the strain on your heart, sleep on your right side, or on
your back.

This simple technique will add years to your life.

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Winning Words of Champions

 Although I am only one out of a million I am somebody, and that makes me as good as the next person.

There is nothing in this life I cannot do. There is no goal I cannot tackle and have success! If I feel deep down inside that something is important to me, then I can do it.

If my mind can conceive it, and my head can believe it, then I know I can achieve it. No longer will I drift through life feeling sorry for myself, because self-pity is the seed of destruction.

I will search for a goal, and with enough hard work, total commitment, determination, dedication and self-sacrifice, I know I will reach it.

I know there will be many times when it will seem that all the odds are against me, and I will have to fight one battle after another--but I will not give up!!!

THE REALITY OF FEAR

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The Gift of Thoughtfulness

– Is a Gift to Yourself –

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Thoughtfulness. A simple enough concept; yet not always easy to practice. Once mastered, however, it is the greatest gift you can give; and not just to friends and loved ones on special occasions and holidays…but to everyone, always. And, as you establish yourself as thoughtful to others, they'll go out of their way to please you back.

Thoughtfulness is a habit; internalized, it becomes a way of life, a part of our being. But it does take practice. Where do we start? Our daily life. Here are some good practice exercises. Do this for 21 days, as that's how long it takes to form a new habit (actually, we don't "form" new habits as much as "replace" old, ineffective ones)... READ MORE

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant. The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.' I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it.

I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life."

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy", I protested.

"Yes it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning, and was held up at gunpoint by three armed robbers.

While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door", Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live, or I could choose to die. I chose to live.

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?", I asked.
Jerry continued, "The paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine.

But when they wheeled me into the emergency room and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read, 'He's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?", I asked.

"Well, there was a big, burly nurse shouting questions at me", said Jerry. She asked if I was allergic to anything. "Yes", I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply... I took a deep breath and yelled, "Bullets!" Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live.

Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

Jerry lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

The Benefits of Following Up with Your Customers

Author: Annetta Powell (Your Professional Success Coach)

In today's aggressive marketing techniques, the act of following up with a customer is perhaps the most desperate attempt to win over a disappearing client.

Although many small business owners and entrepreneurs still use this marketing technique to increase their sales, it turned out to be that this method remains to be very effective.

For many successful businesses, however, their focus is on customer retention rather than allowing them to disappear only to be followed up at a later time.

In fact, in other business sectors, acquiring a new customer is actually five times more expensive than maintaining an old client. That is why as business owner or entrepreneur your main objective is to retain customers by giving them satisfactory services.

The following are three of the most important benefits of following up with customers:

1. Customer satisfaction is the name of the game, if you want to have a solid clientele. In fact, it is actually cost effective to follow up on old clients than to scour for new prospective customers. Once you lose a customer, it will take you time, energy and resources to look for new customer.

That is why is crucial in every business to satisfy the clientele from customer service to product satisfaction. It is also good to maintain a healthy relationship with existing clients by showering them with all the necessary attention that a customer needs.

In fact, when you lose a customer, you will also suffer from revenue loss. You many not feel the pain when one or two customers are leaving, but when you are talking about a magnitude of customer loss it may have a bad impact on your business.

To maintain a good and solid customer following, it is important to give them what they need as it is cost effective to maintain customers than look for replacements.

2. The second most important benefit of following up with a customer is that it reduces customer dissatisfaction. In reality, however, customer dissatisfaction occurs right at the very moment you are having a business transaction with a client. That is why it is important to develop a personal relationship with every client, not just seeing them as potential sources of revenue.

As a business owner, it is your duty to develop a personal interest in every client rather than seeing them as mere numbers on your balance sheet. It is also good to remember that when a client is dissatisfied, it is more likely that he will share it with other customers which may cause a problem for your business.

To prevent this from happening, it is always wise to view your customers as people that have helped your business grow and not just as profits to you.

3. The last (and certainly not the least important benefit of customer follow up) is that it makes them feel very important. This is one of the most of effective strategy of customer retention. When they feel that they are treated very well, they will return a very good favor, and that is, by continuously getting your services or products.

There are countless tricks to do an effective follow up, such as by giving your customers 'Thank You Cards,' follow up calls or surveys, Thinking of You' cards.

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Finally, it is good to know that little acts of appreciation can make your clients feel very special. These are actions beyond your duty as a business owner, but it can give you countless opportunities to maintain a long-lasting relationship with your customers that will ultimately be a great success to your business.

I appreciate your efforts for reading this post.

Thank you.


SOURCE: ANNETTAPOWELL

WOULD YOU DO IT FOR FREE?

 The world’s most successful people also have another very noticeable difference from ordinary people. They obviously enjoy making money however, they usually didn’t get involved in their business for the money.

Sting, the famous British singer and songwriter, was quoted in an interview with Michael Parkinson saying he would ‘do this [singing] for nothing’.

This is not unique to Sting. It is common to many of the world’s most successful people. They do it because they love it. Find any rich or successful person and I’ll show you a person who absolutely loves what they do. It is impossible to achieve long-term success otherwise.

Every person I have met, interviewed, read about or listened to that is rich, famous or successful, all sing the same song. They would happily pay to do what others pay them to do! They find it quite amusing that they get paid to do a job that they would do for free.

If you don’t absolutely love what you do, if Monday mornings are not a positive experience for you – well, perhaps you’re in the wrong business. You can’t fake this! If you love what you’re doing, it’s obvious, it’s infectious.
If you’re just going through the motions, people notice. You’ll be flat, have no energy – it flows on to your staff, to your customers and to your profits.

Sure, not every day can be an over-the-top fun day. But if you are inspired to make a difference, get a kick out of serving your customers, helping your staff to grow and achieve, you are enjoying the things that are essential to business success.

Life rewards excellence. You can never be excellent or rich unless you absolutely, passionately, love what you are doing.

Here’s a question that you should ask yourself each day. You have one life - why would you want to spend one minute of it doing things you don’t love doing?

SOURCE: How to make money out of thin air by Brian Sher

THINKING FOR A CHANGE

“The successful people in industry have succeeded through their thinking. Their hands were helpers to their brains.” Claude M. Bristol

Dear Dr. Maxwell,

I discovered the importance of “thinking “ my way to success during my career as a bull rider. I started bull riding with the amateur bull-riding circuit. Not long after I moved to the top of the amateur circuit I yearned to join the professional bull riding association, so I looked to the top for a teacher.  I met and started a relationship with a world champion bull rider who lived in my area. His name was Gary Leffew.

Gary invited me to his professional bull-riding arena at his ranch. After it became clear to Gary that I had committed myself to a career as a bull rider, he agreed to help me. He told me that the first thing I would have to do is quit the amateur rodeo circuit. Gary said, “As long as you are hanging  around amateurs, you will think like an amateur, and you will not improve your skills.” That day I went from the top of the amateur bull riders to the bottom of the professionals.

After getting my professional cowboy association permit, I went back to Gary's rodeo arena, and I was ready to get on some bulls. Much to my surprise, Gary met up with me that day, gave me a book, and sent me on my way. The book was Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Now, you have to understand that for a cowboy, this was a major paradigm shift. All of the other seasoned bull riders were telling me, “If you want to ride bulls, the secret is just getting on as many bulls as your body can withstand in terms of the pain.” But they were not World Champion bull riders like my mentor was. So I took Gary's advice instead, and I went home and read the book.

When I finished, I went back to Gary, and I couldn’t believe what he did next: he gave me another book on thinking! A few more visits to Gary’s ranch netted me more books. I read every one.

Now, some people might think this is crazy, but I yearned to ride a bull. On one visit to Gary’s, I finally told him that I had read every book that he gave me. But now I wanted to get on some bulls! Gary explained to me, “Rich, before you ride bulls,” and pointed to his head, “you’ve got to ride BULLS!” [meaning that the process of visualization had to come first]. Now I understood what he was doing: preparing me mentally for riding bulls! “Okay,” I told him, “so now that I’ve read all those books, I’m ready to get on a bull!” I was wrong. The next step, Gary explained, was cassette tapes. Volumes of tapes!

When Gary finally said I was ready to get on a bull, it was a stationary barrel bull! There I learned how to visualize every bull movement and counter movement.

The next lesson I learned was about association. “Who you hang around with, “Gary explained, “can influence how you think.” As I began traveling in the professional bull riders’ circuit, I learned that it was important to be with the riders who were winning. My mentor told me that if I couldn’t find any winning bull riders to ride with, then I was to travel alone to protect my new winning mental attitude.

Dr. Maxwell, I’d like to tell you that I went on to win the world championship; I didn’t. But I did win a lot of rodeos, and I did make a lot of money riding in the professional bull-riding circuit. This cowboy eventually left the rodeo circuit and married a wonderful woman. We now own one of the largest employment agencies on the central coast of California.
I guess I’m still thinking my way to the top.

Sincerely,

Richard McHugh

SOURCE: Thinking for a Change by John C. Maxwell

36 Ways to Make a Positive Impression in Less Than 10 Seconds

There are literally hundreds if not thousands of little things we can do to raise the bar in our professional and personal lives. So many of these things are easy to do and can be accomplished in less than 10 seconds.

They just require an intentional effort. What is CRITICAL to understand is that your ultimate success, fulfillment and happiness will come from doing the little things that matter. As entrepreneur and best selling author Harvey Mackay said, “Little things don’t mean a lot. They mean everything.” Here is a short list of 36 things you can do in less than 10 seconds that will make you a better person, enhance your self-image and improve the quality of your life.

1. Make it a point to say the words ”I love you” to the people in your home every single day.
2. Offer a friendly authentic smile- a great smile radiates warmth, puts people at ease and makes you likable.
3. Make comfortable eye contact- your eyes send messages; establishing and maintaining eye contact with people demonstrates confidence, respect, and genuine interest.... READ MORE

Are you content with your FAILURE?

AGE 7 Worked to support family after they were FORCED OUT

of their home.

AGE 9 Mother DIED.

AGE 22 FAILED in business.

AGE 23 DEFEATED for legislature and couldn’t get into law

School.

AGE 24 Declared BANKRUPT and spent 17 years paying off debt

owned to friends.

AGE 25 DEFEATED for legislature again.

AGE 26 While engaged to be married sweetheart DIED and

heart was broken.

AGE 27 Had a nervous BREAKDOWN and spent the next six

months in bed.

AGE 29 DEFEATED in becoming the speaker of the state

legislature.

AGE 31 DEFEATED in becoming elector.

AGE 34 DEFEATED for congress.

AGE 37 DEFEATED for congress again.

AGE 39 DEFEATED for congress yet again.

AGE 40 DEFEATED for the job of land officer in his home state.

AGE 45 DEFEATED for senate.

AGE 47 DEFEATED for vice-president -got less than 100 votes.

AGE 49 DEFEATED for senate again.

AGE 51 ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

My Great Concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ~ Abraham Lincoln

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