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...Make Time To THINK—Like a Scout!!!

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2-8-13    
Boca Raton, FL 

Some Lessons I've Learned from the Boy Scouts

I learned the Boy Scout Law ("A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful...")—held enormous power. I learned that the Scout motto ("Be Prepared") and slogan ("Do a good turn daily") were pretty good ideas to take seriously throughout life.

I learned the incredible rush that comes from starting a fire with nothing but a hunk of rock and pieces of tiny twigs and leaves when you're cold and hungry and wondering what the heck you were doing outside with nothing to eat except hot dogs and a cans of beans. 

I learned how to stand straight and not laugh inappropriately and how to tie not just a square knot but a sheepshank, too. I learned that woodworking and carving were hard but, like any other skill, if you practiced it long enough, you could get pretty good at it.

I learned how to show up on time, or better yet, 10 minutes early. I learned how to dress carefully and how to shine my shoes... 

...Boy Scout Oath, Law, Motto and Slogan and the Outdoor Code

Boy Scout Oath or Promise

On my honor, I will do my best 
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; 
To help other people at all times; 
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.

Note that the Boy Scout Oath has traditionally been considered to have three promises. Those three promises are delineated by the semicolons in the Oath, which divide it into three clauses. The three promises of the Scout Oath are, therefore:

Duty to God and country,
Duty to other people, and
Duty to self

DUTY TO GOD AND COUNTRY: Your family and religious leaders teach you to know and serve God. By following these teachings, you do your duty to God.

Men and women of the past worked to make America great, and many gave their lives for their country. By being a good family member and a good citizen, by working for your country's good and obeying its laws, you do your duty to your country. Obeying the Scout Law means living by its 12 points.

DUTY TO OTHER PEOPLE: Many people need help. A cheery smile and a helping hand make life easier for others. By doing a Good Turn daily and helping when you're needed, you prove yourself a Scout and do your part to make this a better world.

DUTY TO SELF: Keeping yourself physically strong means taking care of your body. Eat the right foods and build your strength. Staying mentally awake means learn all you can, be curious, and ask questions. Being morally straight means to live your life with honesty, to be clean in your speech and actions, and to be a person of strong character.

Boy Scout Law

A Scout is:

Trustworthy,
Loyal,
Helpful,
Friendly,
Courteous,
Kind,
Obedient,
Cheerful,
Thrifty,
Brave,
Clean,
and Reverent.

Boy Scout Motto

Be Prepared!

Boy Scout Slogan

Do a Good Turn Daily!

The Outdoor Code

As an American, I will do my best to—

Be clean in my outdoor manners
Be careful with fire
Be considerate in the outdoors, and
Be conservation minded.

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-Robin Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari 

"It's not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching, it is what the books will get out of you that will Bultimately change your life"

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...Make Time To THINK...

Enterprise

"Human beings have the remarkable ability to turn nothing into something. They can turn weeds into gardens and pennies into fortunes.

Enterprise is better than ease.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

Enterprise is the hope of our future.

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

We all know a variety of ways to make a living. What's even more fascinating is figuring out ways to make a fortune." 

-Jim Rohn

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Man's Best Friend


"Some people think that a dog or a horse is a man’s best friend, but they are mistaken. I am. And who am I?  I am a book. It is true that there are some dogs who love their masters, and who would die for them; but sometimes even loyal dogs have been known to “bite the hand that feeds them.” Horses are wonderful creatures, too. Many have been known to “die in their tracks” for their owners: And that’s the trouble with horses—they die. You die too, but I don’t. I can live until the “end of time.”  I am the essence of immortality: I am both the child of today and the parent of tomorrow. I am constantly renewing my existence. While faithful dogs and loyal horses have been known to resent abuse, I don’t. While there is a limit to patience in dogs and horses, I am immune to such things. You may hurt me but that doesn’t change my attitude towards you. I remain steadfast and unswerving under all circumstances, and, Oh! How some people abuse me."

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Accountability

By Craig Ballantyne

Did you know that the #1 thing that stops people from accomplishing their goals is their lack of accountability?

Without accountability, you're highly vulnerable, easily distracted, and if not corrected, you'll quickly become competitive toast.

Consider this question...

What would happen if I were to follow you with a camera crew 24 hours a day 7 days a week for the first 100 days of 2013 while you went after your goals?

I bet 3 things would happen....

You would START doing the things you say you need to do.

You would STOP doing the things you know you shouldn't be doing

You would MAKE monumental performance gains and have the best year of your life.

How is this possible? Through the power of accountability.

Accountability serves to protect your character, as well as your credibility, and more importantly, it helps you to accomplish all of your goals.

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Maslow created a Hierarchy of Needs; a pyramid with five levels.

"...a musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a poet must write.”...
 
Psychologists study mental processes and behavior.  Most early psychologists studied people who had problems, but Abraham Maslow (born 1908 – died 1970) studied people who were satisfied with their lives.  Maslow decided that people want to be happy and loving, but often there are particular needs that keep people from happiness.
Maslow believed most people want more than they have.  Once a person meets their most basic needs, they develop higher needs. Maslow said, “As one desire is satisfied, another pops up in its place.”  
Maslow created a Hierachy of Needs; a pyramid with five levels.  Maslow argued that once the lower level of needs were met, people develop higher levels until they reach a stage he called “self-actualization.”  
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs includes these five levels:
• Physiological needs.  Biological necessities such as food, water, and oxygen.  These needs are the strongest because a person would die if they were not met.
• Safety needs. People feel unsafe during emergencies, or times of disorder like rioting.  Children more commonly do not have this need met when they feel afraid.
• Love and belonging needs.  The need to escape loneliness and alienation, to give and receive love, and a have sense of belonging.  These needs are usually met within a family.
• Esteem needs.  The need to feel valuable, to have self-respect and the respect of others.  If a person does not fulfill their esteem needs, they feel inferior, weak, helpless, and worthless.
• Self-actualization needs.  Maslow taught that a very small group of people reach a level called self-actualization, where all of their needs are met.  Maslow described self-actualization as a person’s finding their “calling.”  He said, “a musician must make music, an artist must paint, and a poet must write.”
 
Many people confuse self-actualization with fame or fortune, but often this is not the case.  While wealthy or celebrated people might reach self-actualization, many people who have reached the highest level of happiness are unknown beyond their circle of family and friends.
According to Maslow’s theory, civilization developed because people wanted more and sought to improve their circumstances.  Once people met their physiological needs and feet safe, they began to develop a culture and an advanced civilization.

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