The Law of Attraction + The Law Of Action

Dear Friends,

Do you remember that first spark of hope you felt when you watched The Secret? I clearly remember the desire that filled my heart, knowing that - Yes, I can make my dreams come true - FINALLY!

But how many of you soon saw that hope dwindle into frustration? How many of you (and be honest now) started muttering things like:

- "It seems to work for other people, but I just can't get it right."

- "I'm frustrated that sometimes I can get it to work, but sometimes I can't. What's the trick?"

- "Why am I having so much trouble?"

- "I think the universe is against me."

- "I'm trying very, VERY hard but still nothing is happening!"

Don't worry, you're not alone. About 97% of people also couldn't make the Law of Attraction work for them the first time round.

Think about it, just like anything else, you have to practice many times before you see success. A child doesn't learn to walk without falling over a couple of times.

But in practice, everything is easier said and done. When you're frustrated, it's hard to stay positive; it's especially hard to stay positive when the evidence all around you is screams negativity like the unstable economy or senseless acts of violence.

And do you know what happens when you fail to stay positive? That's right - you start attracting negative things in to your life.

So how can you make the Law of Attraction work for you - without getting frustrated? How do those who successfully implement the Law of Attraction do it with such confidence and finesse?

Well, here are three quick tips so you will never feel frustrated or tired of begging from the universe, because you know how to start manifesting like a pro.

1. Allow Yourself To Receive

Just like a lost child who approaches a police officer and asks, "Excuse me Sir, can you tell me how to go to the post office? Can you? Can you? Can you? Can you? Can you?" Well, if the child goes on and on asking, the police officer can't even give an answer, right?

Well, it's the same thing with your mind. If the only thing your mind is doing is transmit, transmit, transmit, the universe -- which is trying to respond -- can't give you a single thing because you're not allowing yourself to receive!

So, have the confidence in yourself and stop exhausting yourself by running around person to person begging for riches, and then wondering why nobody is dropping a penny in your cup (Hint: It's because you're running away too fast for them before they can even reach for their wallets).

Just think of your desires and leave it out there, go away, and trust that your cup will be filled with gold coins (or whatever it is you asked for) when the time is right.

2. Be Patient With Yourself

Receiving takes time.

Sadly, many people give up just a couple of steps before the finish line because they've decided that if it's not working by now, it's never going to work at all. Worse still are those who throw in more and more energy because they think that with more resources, the results will come faster.

This is like expecting 9 mothers to conceive and deliver a baby in 1 month. You also can't bake cookies in half the time by doubling the temperature. You'll incinerate those cookies to ashes!

In simple terms: Everything in this world has a natural development time, and this fact will not change no matter what resources you throw at it.

So relax and be patient. Remember that you too, as part of the universe, are also governed by the laws of the universe, and you cannot change the natural development time.

If you remember this, you will less likely work yourself up into frustration, or worse, push yourself into a downward spiral of negativity.

3. Support and Educate Yourself

Like the child who is learning how to walk, you need support. You also need to guidance on how to do it, and also the role models to look up to.

Many people give up because they think that "The Secret" is the "be all and end all" solution. Well, it's NOT. "The Secret" is just a small portion. It was never intended, and has never been, the whole answer.

Coming to the conclusion that the Law of Attraction doesn't work when all you ever did to educate yourself was watch "The Secret" 19 times (without looking at changing the habits of other areas of your life) is like coming to the conclusion that exercising is not an effective way to lose weight because all you did is run on the treadmill for 2 hours a day (but you're still stuffing yourself with fried foods and cheesecakes).

So seek and be hungry for new knowledge. Also, make an effort to be amongst people or communities where you can support each other, learn from each other and also share new knowledge that you have found.

While the Law of Attraction is not an overnight delivery service, it will indeed deliver, if you do your part too!

Thanks for spending 3 minutes with me.....
the best is yet to be!

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, CSSN, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

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Who I Am & What I Believe Our Relationship Is All About.

Dear Friends,

With Valentine's Day drawing near, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you to know who I am and what I believe our relationship is all about.

I have a set of 'Guiding Principles' by which I would like to conduct my life and have a relationship with you.

I hold my 'Guiding Principles' as a very important part of my daily experience.

Since you and I are now entering into a relationship where I serve as your advisor, guide and teacher, I believe it is important you know where I am coming from.

Especially since you are taking advice from me.
It is important you know what my 'Guiding Principals' are.

As you become more familiar with my work and you feel more comfortable communicating with me, I would invite you to email me your thoughts on what guides you in your life.

Here are my beliefs that guide my life and can also guide our new relationship.

Being An Advisor Is For Life

I believe you are seeking advice and counsel that will best serve your life. Therefore, I conduct myself as your Trusted Advisor for life, rather than as writer, author, speaker and trainer who is sending you emails or blogging.

I believe you read my blog for my energy, my insight, my wisdom and my advice. I do not take that role lightly. I am honored that I can contribute at this important level in your life.

I believe that only when I provide you with what you need and have earned your trust, then and only then, will you invest your time and attend my live events.

Connecting With The Heart Is Essential

I believe that the only way genuine communication can be given is when it comes from love.

Love is the best-kept secret of all.

I seek to come from the ‘heart’, which means I really care about you and I am willing to set aside my own agenda for you.

I will share things about my life with you.

You will get to know where my heart is and when you are comfortable, I invite you to share with me where your heart is.

I would love to know who you are and how I can best serve you through my daily writing.

Close Relationships Are Best

I believe that relationship bonding is how I best create lifelong relationships.

When I bond with you, you will then tell me everything I need to know to be successful inside our relationship.

However, if I just serve you as another reader of my blog, you will stick around as long as it is convenient, but will feel no loyalty. Therefore, with Jeffrey's Journal I choose to create a good, strong bond with you and remain professional.

Great Decisions Are Values Based

I believe that my decisions are easy when my values are clear.

Therefore, I will do my best to get clear on my values before I give you advice and insight.

I have experience in my 15+ years of coaching that when I focus on my values I gain clarity, which gives me certainty, which ultimately provides me with the trust that I need to take action.

Speaking The Truth, I Become Trustworthy

I believe you have a hierarchy of trust within every relationship you’re in.

Therefore, for you to trust me, I have to extend myself by being available, by volunteering information, by sharing my personal experiences, and by making connections with my experiences and aspirations of you.

I believe that trusting you encourages you to trust me; distrusting you makes you lose confidence in me.

Building Competencies And Wisdom Is Crucial

I believe that when I combine my competency with common sense, good judgment, and lots of experience, I know you get my best expertise.

Therefore, I am constantly building on my core competencies and my inner wisdom, becoming a lifelong learner, so I can better serve you with daily insight and wisdom to help you become more referable.

These principles have been tested and challenged and continually prove to create enjoyable, healthful businesses and joyful personal lives.

In closing

Everyday I read this a passage from Marian Williamson's book, “Return To Love”.

Each time I read it, it inspires me to be the highest version of myself. I now share with you a copy and invite you to pass it on.

Play Big

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be—brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to manifest the glory of that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

~Marian Williamson

I look forward to writing to you daily for as long as you find value. I invite your questions and comments and will respond to each one of them in the timeliest manner possible.

Go For It

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, CSSN, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

What Is Love?

Dear Friends,

In this Valentine’s month, if you find yourself wondering about the meaning of love, just do what the experts did – ask a group of four- to eight-year-olds:

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth. Billy, age four

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other. Karl, age five

Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired. Terri, age four

Love is when my Mommy makes coffee for my Daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. Danny, age seven

Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss. Emily, age eight

When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you. Karen, age seven

Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby, age seven

Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day. Noelle, age seven

Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken. Elaine, age five

Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford. Chris, age seven

Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day. Mary Ann, age four

You really shouldn’t say “I love you” unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. Jessica, age eight

What is Love, to you?

Happy Valentine's Day

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

Are You Facing a Setback?

Dear Friends,

Are You Facing a Setback?

Setbacks are a part of life. The next time you’re facing a setback, here are a few stories about people who used a setback as a set-up for a comeback:

Lucille Ball: She began studying to become an actress in 1927 and was told by the head instructor of the John Murray Anderson Drama School, “Try any other profession. Any other profession.”

Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds: In 1959, a Universal Pictures executive dismissed them at the same meeting with the following statements. To Burt Reynolds: “You have no talent.” To Clint Eastwood: “You have a chip on your tooth, your Adam’s apple sticks out too far, and you talk too slow.”

Alexander Graham Bell: When he invented the telephone in 1876, it didn’t ring off the hook with calls from potential backers. After making a demonstration call, President Rutherford Hayes said, “That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?”

Chester Carlson: In the 1940s, this young inventor took his idea to 20 corporations, including some of the biggest in the country. They all turned him down. In 1947 – after seven long years of rejections – he finally got a tiny company in Rochester, NY, the Haloid Company, to purchase the rights to his electrostatic paper-copying process. Haloid became Xerox corporation, and both it and Carlson became very rich.

Abraham Lincoln: He entered the Blackhawk War (1831-1832) as a captain. By the end of the war, he had been demoted to the rank of private.

J.K. Rowling: Author of the Harry Potter series, Joanne was an aspiring writer and single mother living on welfare with her young daughter in an unheated, mice-infested flat. Her first book was rejected by 12 publishers before the world met Harry Potter in 1997.

And then there was the young man who submitted a paper to his Yale University management professor, and got this response: “The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C,’ the idea must be feasible.” The young man was Fred Smith, his paper proposed reliable overnight delivery service, and Fred went on to found FedEx Corp.

Failure is not falling down, but staying down!

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Stanton
Your Trusted Advisor For Life

P.S. Have you experienced a recent setback or are you facing one now? Please email me at feedback@jeffreysjournal.com

What’s Between You and Your Goal?

Dear Friends,

What’s Between You and Your Goal?

Do you know how to keep your eye on your goal – even when you can’t see it?

Florence Chadwick was an ace swimmer. She set a world record in 1950 when she swam across the English Channel from France in 10 hours and 20 minutes. The following year, she swam from England to France and made history as the first woman to swim the channel from both shores.

But in 1952, Florence learned a powerful lesson when she decided to swim the 26 miles between Catalina Island and Palos Verdes, California. The water was frigid that day and sharks trailed her. But these factors didn’t diminish Florence’s resolve; something else did.

After 15 hours of swimming in rough waters, there was no sign of the coastline – there was no sign of anything because fog had shrouded the area. With her goal out of sight, Florence lost the desire to continue and climbed aboard an escort boat, not realizing that she was less than half a mile from shore.

When asked why she decided to stop, she explained, “It was the fog. If I could have seen land, I could have finished. But when you can’t see your goal, you lose all sense of progress and you begin to give up.”

This setback was a set-up for a comeback, however. A few months later, Florence made another attempt to swim the same waters. The same thick fog set in, but this time she kept an image of the shoreline in her mind. And with her goal clearly “in sight,” Florence swam into a new world’s record.

Something to remember when shark-infested, rough waters are between you and your goal – or at least, it seems that way!

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, CSSN, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047


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Do You “Spring Back”?

Dear Friends,

You’re probably familiar with the phrase, “Spring forward, Fall back,” in terms of Daylight Saving Time. But there’s also a time when it’s good to “spring back” – that is, to be resilient. The dictionary defines resilient as “springing back; rebounding; recovering readily from illness, adversity, or the like.” Here are some tips on how to master the skill of being resilient and springing back as you navigate through our ever-changing world:

Learn from experience. Resilient people reflect on what happens to them – good and bad – so they can move forward without illusion.

Accept setbacks and losses. You’ve got to face the reality of what happens in order to get past it.

Recognize emotions. Resilient people don’t hide from their feelings. They identify what they’re feeling and express their emotions appropriately.

Keep time in perspective. Past, present, and future are separate. Don’t mix them up by letting what’s in the past determine your choices in the here and now.

Think creatively and flexibly. Find new ways to solve problems and face challenges.

Take care of yourself. Resilience is based on good physical and mental health. Get enough rest, eat sensibly, and spend time with people who support you.

Ask for help. Resilient people don’t try to do everything themselves. Accept that you’ll need to ask others for assistance, and learn how to do this graciously and effectively.

The dictionary also defines resilient as “returning to the original form after being bent, compressed or stretched.” Lots of that going on these days!

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, CSSN, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047


One of the fastest ways to build a successful referral based business is by training. Now, with me, I like to invest significant time immersing myself in training, while some people prefer to take it in bite-size chunks. Whatever your preference is, now is the best time to contact me.

If you have found this tip useful, please share it with any friends, family, colleagues and associates who you think will be interested. Feel free to print it (with credit and subscription information) and continue to enjoy the tips. I am always grateful for any comments, criticisms or other feedback that you may have. Please send them to feedback@jeffreysjournal.com

http://www.yourprofessionaldevelopment.com
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Travel Tips: the Art of Packing

Dear Friends,

I don't need to tell you that I travel a lot both on business & pleasure, because you already know that. As I pack today for yet another trip, I thought I would share some of my packing tips with you....

With airlines increasing fees for checked and even carry-on baggage, mastering the art of
packing has never been more important for today's smart travelers. The following tips will
help you pack smarter and arrive with everything you need.

Prepare for Success
The first step for the smart packer is to turn on the computer. That's right, don't do anything
until you first visit the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) website for its latest list
of prohibited items. You can be the best packer in the world, but it won't matter if the items in
your luggage are not TSA-approved. While you're there, be sure to take a look at
TSA-approved locks as well, and avoid further delays.

Check with Your Airline
While you're online, visit your airline's website for the latest luggage restrictions. After all, before you can make the most of your luggage space, you have to know exactly what you're working with: the maximum number, weight, and size of both carry-on and checked bags.

The 4-1-1 on the 3-1-1
Start with toiletries, and be sure to follow the TSA's "3-1-1 Rule." According to this rule, liquids and gels of three ounces or less must be packed in a one-quart-sized resealable plastic bag, with one bag per person. Pack this bag in a separate, side compartment to limit any messy accidents and to make it easy for inspection if necessary.


Have a Game Plan
Think about what you're going to be doing and what you're going to need and bring only what is necessary. Color coordinate your wardrobe by mixing and matching garments from a single color palette. Remember, you can always dress things up or down with the right accessories.

Start Packing!
Wear your bulkiest shoes and pack any others first in your bag. Be sure to utilize the space within your shoes – socks and other pliable items – and then wrap your shoes in shoe bags.

Roll or bundle similar garments to help organize and minimize space. For example, start with a shirt or jacket and lay it out flat on your bed with its arms flat. Then add a similar garment on top but inverted between tissue paper. Fold all arms in and carefully roll. Do the same for pants or other items. Do not pack garments in plastic bags and alternate bundles in flat layers.

For some large or odd-sized items, like golf clubs or surf boards, shipping might be cheaper and safer than bringing them along. If you do choose to ship any luggage, be sure to let the hotel know beforehand. Note the date of arrival clearly on the package and indicate that you are a guest. This will ensure prompt service once your bags arrive.

That's it, you're all packed and ready to go. Have a great trip. And when you get back, give us a call and let us know of any other packing tips we should add to our list.

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, CSSN, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies

Dear Friends,

Happy 4th Of July...
I haven't read the Declaration Of Independence since grammar school, so today I decide to give it a read. It's amazing that this great document was written so long ago. I would like to suggest that you also read this inspirational writing and remember why we celebrate today.

The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain [George III] is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained, and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the meantime exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For protecting them by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms. Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren.

We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare.

That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown,

and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved;

and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce,

and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

The signers of the Declaration represented the new States as follows:
New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton

Massachusetts:
John Hancock, Samual Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry

Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery

Connecticut:
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott

New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris

New Jersey:
Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark

Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross

Delaware:
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean

Maryland:
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton

Virginia:
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton

North Carolina:
William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn

South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton

Georgia:
Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton



Have A Great And Safe Holiday

Jeffrey

What is Patriotism?

Dear Friends,

July 1 is Canada Day, often referred to as “Canada’s Birthday,” and Canada’s main patriotic holiday. July 4 is Independence Day in the U.S., and the United States’ main patriotic holiday.

The celebrations in both countries have their similarities and differences, with “patriotism” as the uniting link. But what is “patriotism”? Dictionary.com defines “patriotism” as “devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country.” Here are some other definitions:

Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson

A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. – George William Curtis

We on this continent should never forget that men first crossed the Atlantic not to find soil for their ploughs but to secure liberty for their souls. – Robert J. McCracken

Patriotism is easy to understand; it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge

Do not regard the critics as questionable patriots. What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo? – Unknown

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. – Abraham Lincoln

A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works. – Bill Vaughan

What’s your definition of patriotism?

Sincerely,

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton
Your Trusted Advisor For Life

Who’s Packing Your Parachute?

Dear Friends:

I would like to introduce you to one of my heroes Charles Plumb (Former Navy Fighter Pilot - P.O.W. & One of Today's Top 10 Professional Speakers) and share one of his stories with you today, his story is so great I just have to pass it on to the people I care about. Here it is:

Charles Plumb was a U.S. Navy jet pilot in Vietnam. After 75 combat missions his plane was destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Plumb ejected and parachuted into enemy hands. He was captured and spent six years in a communist Vietnamese
prison. He survived the ordeal and now lectures on lessons learned from that experience.

One day, when Plumb and his wife were sitting in a restaurant, a man at another table came up and said, “You’re Plumb! You flew jet fighters in Vietnam from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. You were shot down!”

“How in the world did you know that?” asked Plumb.

“I packed your parachute,” the man replied. Plumb gasped in surprise and gratitude.
The man pumped his hand and said, “I guess it worked!” Plumb assured him, “It sure did. If your chute hadn’t worked, I wouldn’t be here today.”

Plumb couldn’t sleep that night, thinking about that man. Plumb says, “I kept wondering what he might have looked like in a Navy uniform: a white hat, a bib in the back, and bell-bottom trousers. I wonder how many times I might have
seen him and not even said ‘Good morning, how are you?’ or anything because, you see, I was a fighter pilot and he was just a sailor.”

Plumb thought of the many hours the sailor had spent at a long wooden table in the bowels of the ship, carefully weaving the shrouds and folding the silks of each chute, holding in his hands each time the fate of someone he didn’t know.

Now, Plumb asks his audience, “Who’s packing your parachute?” Everyone has someone who provides what they need to make it through the day. Plumb also points out that he needed many kinds of parachutes when his plane was shot down over enemy territory — his physical parachute, his mental parachute, his emotional parachute and his spiritual parachute. He called on all these supports before reaching safety.

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important. We may fail to say hello, please or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.

I’m sending you this as my way of thanking you for your part in packing my parachute!!!

On Your Team
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
Jeffrey Scott Stanton

PS: If you’d like a copy of this story to send to a friend, family member or anyone who helps “pack your parachute,” just e-mail me at feedback@yourprofessionaldevelopment.com and I’ll e-mail a copy back to you.

Seeing Without Eyes...

Dear Friends,

Your mind is an incredibly versatile learning machine.
You are constantly learning whether you know it or not, because your unconscious is always learning isn't it...
I recently saw a remarkable video clip. The kid in the video had his eye removed when he was two years old due to cancer.
The amazing fact is this boy learned to 'see' using echo location, rather like bats do, utilizing sound. In the clip you get to see him playing soccer, skating down a street and playing video games!

Best Video of the Year - Blind Kid Uses Sound to See - video powered by Metacafe

I hope you found that inspiring.
Just imagine, if a person can achieve that, what obstacles can you overcome and how many new learnings can you attain?
What else is possible?
What is your mind really capable of ?
What is stopping you from achieving what you want?

On YourTeam
Jeffrey Scott Stanton

Window Wisdom

Dear Friends,

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they’re eating breakfast, the wife looks out the window and sees her neighbor hanging the wash on a line in the backyard.

“That laundry isn’t very clean,” she said to her husband. “Our neighbor doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor hung her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

After about a month, the young woman looked out the window and was surprised to see a nice, clean wash on her neighbor’s line.

She said to her husband, “Look! She’s learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her?”

The husband said, “Honey, I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”

How’s the view from your windows?

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton
347-466-3047

What Can We Learn from Baseball?

Dear Friends,

What Can We Learn from Baseball?

Here’s a great story about baseball – and perspective:

A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat. “I’m the greatest hitter in the world,” he announced. Then he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed.

“Strike one!” he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and said again, “I’m the greatest hitter in the world!” He tossed the ball into the air. When it came down he swung again and missed. “Strike two!” he cried.

The boy then paused a moment to examine his bat and ball carefully. He spit on his hands and rubbed them together. He straightened his cap and said once more, “I’m the greatest hitter in the world!” Again he tossed the ball up in the air and swung at it. He missed. “Strike Three!”

“Wow!” he exclaimed. “I’m the greatest pitcher in the world!”

Either way – he’s right. Isn’t perspective a wonderful thing?

Sincerely,
On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

Shall We Celebrate Spring?

Dear Friends,

Today is the the first day of spring, but as writer Henry Van Dyke put it, “The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month!” Here are some more quotes, in celebration of spring:

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. – Reginald Heber.

I will always plant a large garden in the spring. Who can resist the feelings of hope and joy that one gets from participating in nature’s rebirth? – Edward Giobbi

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. – Doug Larson

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. – W. Earl Hall

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come. – Robert Schuller

My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather. – Loire Hartwould

If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. – Anne Bradstreet

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. – Hal Borland

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: When it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. – Charles Dickens

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” – Robin Williams

Wishing you all the joys that spring can bring.

Sincerely,

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

P.S. What do you like most about spring? Please email me at feedback@jeffreysjournal.com or call me at 347-466-3047

Those Canny Canines!

Dear Friends,

If dogs were teachers, here’s what we’d learn:

• When a loved one comes home, always run to greet them.
• Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
• Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
• When it’s in your best interest, practice obedience.
• Let others know when they’ve invaded your territory.
• Take naps. Stretch before rising. Run, romp, and play daily.
• Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
• Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
• On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.
• On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
• When you’re happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
• No matter how often you’re scolded, don’t buy into the guilt thing and pout – run right back and make friends.
• Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
• Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you’ve had enough.
• Be loyal.
• Never pretend to be something you’re not.
• If what you want lies buried, keep digging until you find it.
• When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by, and nuzzle them gently.

Come to think of it – dogs are great teachers!

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

Small changes, change your ways. Quantum leaps, change your paradigms.

Dear Friends,

One of my favorite books of all time is "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Dr. Stephen R. Covey. Dr. Covey's book sometimes takes a few times to read before fully grasping what he is talking about but once you do, you will be fully awakened into a world of success.

One of the first topics that he covers in his books is paradigms. A paradigm is basically the lens that we look through when we view the world. He maintains that if you want to make small changes in your life, change your ways. But if you want to make "quantum leaps" as he calls them toward a more enriched life, change your paradigms.

He tells a story about getting on a quiet train one Sunday morning. Some people are asleep, others are reading the paper, and some are chatting softly. All of a sudden, the door opens and a man gets on the train with his kids. The kids are extremely obnoxious; running around screaming and yelling. Dr. Covey and a few others on the train can't help but to look over at the man to see if he is going to discipline them in some way, shape or form.

The man however, is just sitting there staring into space with a blank look on his face; almost oblivious to the way the children are behaving. After a few more minutes of the disturbance and the man's lack of action to do anything about it, Dr. Covey felt obliged to say a few words to the man.

He asked him if he was going to do anything about the obnoxious behavior and began pointing out exactly how erratic the children were in fact acting.

The man looked over at the children and then looked over at Dr. Covey and said "you're right, they are acting obnoxious but after all, they did just come from the hospital where their mother passed away a few hours ago."

Shocked and then instantly embarrassed, Dr. Covey's feelings immediately changed from the need to instruct the man to the need to console him and show him empathy for his loss.

What had happened was Dr. Covey's paradigm changed. The situation remained exactly the same. The train was still silent. The children were still disrupting everyone and the man was still doing nothing about it. What changed was the lens that Dr. Covey was viewing these events through.

The point is this. Many times people can look at the same thing and see different things. The reason for this is that we all the see the world through a different paradigm.

People who preserve their health by eating the right foods and exercising see their health through a different paradigm than those who do not. The funny thing is that many people who do not preserve their health actually want to because they are unhappy with themselves but they simply cannot because their paradigms won't allow them to.

The same goes for any other area of one's life including building wealth. Most people I know want to be financially independent. They have big dreams but they still wind up having to work for a paycheck for the rest of their lives.

Then you have people that seem to do almost nothing and wind up rich. Is luck a factor? Perhaps.

But I think a more realistic description of why stuff like this happens has to do with the paradigms that wealthy people see the world through versus the ones poor people see the world through.

The sad fact is that no matter how many programs, tapes, cd's, courses, videos, affirmations, goal setting techniques, time management resources you use, if your paradigm is not set for
success and building wealth, you will either never achieve it or your results will be short lived.

When is now the best time for a paradigm shift.

I would like to offer you my expert experience that will guide you now to a paradigm shift. It's not a secret... I'm On Your Team.

Thanks for spending 3 minutes with me...
The best is yet to be!

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton
Your Trusted Advisor For Life

Related Topics: Stephen Covey

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What is Enough?

Dear Friends,

What is Enough?

There was once a stone cutter who was dissatisfied with himself and with his position in life. One day he passed a wealthy merchant’s house. Through the open gateway, he saw many fine possessions and important visitors. “How powerful that merchant must be!” thought the stone cutter. He became very envious and wished that he could be like the merchant.

To his great surprise, he suddenly, miraculously, became the merchant, enjoying more luxuries and power than he had ever imagined, but envied and detested by those less wealthy than himself. Soon a high official passed by, carried in a sedan chair, accompanied by attendants and escorted by soldiers beating gongs. Everyone, no matter how wealthy, had to bow low before the procession. “How powerful that official is!” he thought. “I wish that I could be a high official!”

Then he became the high official, carried everywhere in his embroidered sedan chair, feared and hated by the people all around. It was a hot summer day, so the official felt very uncomfortable in the heavy sedan chair. He looked up at the sun. It shone proudly in the sky, unaffected by his presence. “How powerful the sun is!” he thought. “I wish that I could be the sun!”

Then he became the sun, shining fiercely down on everyone, scorching the fields, cursed by the farmers and laborers. But a huge black cloud moved between him and the earth, so that his light could no longer shine on everything below. “How powerful that storm cloud is!” he thought. “I wish that I could be a cloud!”

Then he became the cloud, flooding the fields and villages, despised by everyone. But soon he found that he was being pushed away by some great force, and realized that it was the wind. “How powerful it is!” he thought. “I wish that I could be the wind!”

Then he became the wind, blowing tiles off the roofs of houses, uprooting trees, feared by all below him. But after awhile, he ran up against something that would not move, no matter how forcefully he blew against it – a huge, towering rock. “How powerful that rock is!” he thought. “I wish that I could be a rock!”

Then he became the rock, more powerful than anything else on earth. But as he stood there, he heard the sound of a hammer pounding a chisel into his hard surface, and felt himself being changed. “What could be more powerful than I, the rock?” he thought.

He looked down and far below him saw – a stone cutter.


Sincerely,
On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

P.S. Do you ever feel like the stone cutter?
Please email me at feedback@JeffreysJournal.com

The Cookie Lesson

Dear Friends,

I was recently told this story and I would like to share it with you today...

The Cookie Lesson

After a long, exhausting day, a woman was waiting for her flight in the boarding lounge of a busy airport. When an announcement was made that her flight was delayed, she decided to buy something to read. While she was in the airport shop she also purchased a package of cookies.

She returned to the boarding lounge and began reading. Beside the armrest of the chair where the package of cookies lay sat a man reading a magazine. When she took out the first cookie, the man took one also. She stared – he smiled – and both went back to their reading. She was irritated – “What nerve!” she thought – but said nothing. For each cookie she took, the man took one, too. Soon she’d gone from irritated to infuriated, but she didn’t want to cause a scene.

When only one cookie remained she thought, “What will he do now?” No sooner had she thought that, than the man took the last cookie, divided it in half, and, smiling, gave her one half. That was too much! She opened her mouth to reprimand him, but was interrupted by her flight being called. In a huff she took her book and her bags and stormed to the boarding gate.

After she sat down in her seat on the plane, she opened her purse and to her surprise, there was her package of cookies. Untouched and unopened. She was stunned – and embarrassed. All along, that man had been sharing his cookies with her – and with a smile.

Things aren’t always what they seem!

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

Who I Am & What I Believe Our Relationship Is All About.

Dear Friends,

With Valentine's Day drawing near, I wanted to take this opportunity to let you to know who I am and what I believe our relationship is all about.

I have a set of 'Guiding Principles' by which I would like to conduct my life and have a relationship with you.

I hold my 'Guiding Principles' as a very important part of my daily experience.

Since you and I are now entering into a relationship where I serve as your advisor, guide and teacher, I believe it is important you know where I am coming from.

Especially since you are taking advice from me.
It is important you know what my 'Guiding Principals' are.

As you become more familiar with my work and you feel more comfortable communicating with me, I would invite you to email me your thoughts on what guides you in your life.

Here are my beliefs that guide my life and can also guide our new relationship.

Being An Advisor Is For Life

I believe you are seeking advice and counsel that will best serve your life. Therefore, I conduct myself as your Trusted Advisor for life, rather than as writer, author, speaker and trainer who is sending you emails or blogging daily.

I believe you read my blog for my energy, my insight, my wisdom and my advice. I do not take that role lightly. I am honored that I can contribute at this important level in your life.

I believe that only when I provide you with what you need and have earned your trust, then and only then, will you invest your time and attend my live events.

Connecting With The Heart Is Essential

I believe that the only way genuine communication can be given is when it comes from love.

Love is the best-kept secret of all.

I seek to come from the ‘heart’, which means I really care about you and I am willing to set aside my own agenda for you.

I will share things about my life with you.

You will get to know where my heart is and when you are comfortable, I invite you to share with me where your heart is.

I would love to know who you are and how I can best serve you through my daily writing.

Close Relationships Are Best

I believe that relationship bonding is how I best create lifelong relationships.

When I bond with you, you will then tell me everything I need to know to be successful inside our relationship.

However, if I just serve you as another reader of my blog, you will stick around as long as it is convenient, but will feel no loyalty. Therefore, with Jeffrey's Journal I choose to create a good, strong bond with you and remain professional.

Great Decisions Are Values Based

I believe that my decisions are easy when my values are clear.

Therefore, I will do my best to get clear on my values before I give you advice and insight.

I have experience in my 15+ years of coaching that when I focus on my values I gain clarity, which gives me certainty, which ultimately provides me with the trust that I need to take action.

Speaking The Truth, I Become Trustworthy

I believe you have a hierarchy of trust within every relationship you’re in.

Therefore, for you to trust me, I have to extend myself by being available, by volunteering information, by sharing my personal experiences, and by making connections with my experiences and aspirations of you.

I believe that trusting you encourages you to trust me; distrusting you makes you lose confidence in me.

Building Competencies And Wisdom Is Crucial

I believe that when I combine my competency with common sense, good judgment, and lots of experience, I know you get my best expertise.

Therefore, I am constantly building on my core competencies and my inner wisdom, becoming a lifelong learner, so I can better serve you with daily insight and wisdom to help you become more referable.

These principles have been tested and challenged and continually prove to create enjoyable, healthful businesses and joyful personal lives.

In closing

I read a passage from Marian Williamson's book, “Return To Love”.

Each time I read it, it inspires me to be the highest version of myself. I now share with you a copy and invite you to pass it on.

Play Big

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that frightens us.

We ask ourselves, who am I to be—brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.
There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.

We were born to manifest the glory of that is within us.
It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

~Marian Williamson

I look forward to writing to you daily for as long as you find value. I invite your questions and comments and will respond to each one of them in the timeliest manner possible.

Go For It

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047

What Is Love?

Dear Friends,

In this Valentine’s month, if you find yourself wondering about the meaning of love, just do what the experts did – ask a group of four- to eight-year-olds:

When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth. Billy, age four

Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other. Karl, age five

Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired. Terri, age four

Love is when my Mommy makes coffee for my Daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK. Danny, age seven

Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss. Emily, age eight

When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you. Karen, age seven

Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen. Bobby, age seven

Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day. Noelle, age seven

Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken. Elaine, age five

Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford. Chris, age seven

Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day. Mary Ann, age four

You really shouldn’t say “I love you” unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget. Jessica, age eight

What is Love, to you?

Happy Valentine's Day

On Your Team
Jeffrey Stanton ITI, CLC, CNE, WOW
Your Trusted Advisor For Life
347-466-3047