One good tip

Let's say you're greedy. You want more than most, more than you deserve, heck, you want it all. You can mine the web for all sorts of good ideas and quotes and motivational everything. Check your Facebook page - I bet if you're like me, you have plenty of people that present nice quotes, overlaid on beautiful pictures that grab your attention. Some are long text paragraphs that contain "...Continue Reading" in gray text - inviting you to scroll and read even more of the inspirational story or advice. There are websites dedicated to giving you "feel good" ideas and email subscriptions that will deliver awesome funny messages each morning. All good by me.

I find they are fun to look at, repost, retweet or regurgitate to Instagram. When I think about their impact, however, I ask myself, "How many of these stick?" How many can I or will I act on? Besides the feel good sensation or the "what if" moment, do we really get anything from the social media and smartphone blitz of suggestions and ideas? For me, not many live long past the "oooh and ahhh" point of reading them. I save the best ones I see in the "Glimpses" section of this blog. I'm finding that the most useable and profound ideas I get each day are still coming from people. Face to face, in person is how I get my best ACTIONABLE tips. If it's a new website to visit, a bit of info from one of our franchisees on something they're experiencing or a story of something gone right, that's my best source. There are plenty of nice ideas floating around online. They cram for my attention at every turn. I'm still most pleased and affected by the advice and tips I get from people. I don't need a website full of quotes every day. Have you ever been in that position where you hear 10 jokes and really only remember one? That's what happens here. So closely linked to the "get your best ideas from people" is the piece that says one good tip, just one a day, would be fantastic. This is success. This works. Get yours!