THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY! By David Cooper www.DavidCooper.com
a message from David Cooper - America's Income Trainer
"YOUR Power In PERSISTENCE !"
Hello. I am David Cooper. Would you like to spend the next 90 seconds hearing how happiness and success comes to those who persist? To paraphrase Calvin Coolidge ‘Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not. Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not. The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence. The slogan press on has and always will solve the problems of the human race.’ Perhaps you will enjoy the definition of a pro that I created and use in my sales training seminars and management consulting. The pro is the person who has all the hassles, obstacles and disappointing frustrations that everyone else has, yet continues to persist, does the job and makes it look easy! Don’t you deserve to build the reputation to be a person who will persist when all others quit?! www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper - America's Income Trainer
"The Value In Genuine Encouragement!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Would you like to hear a method to use to promote your character and good reputation? Each of us, no matter how humble our situation, had at least a small circle of friends who are influenced, consciously or unconsciously, by our ideas, our example, our character. Daily in our contacts with them we are influencing them whether we realize it or not. A word of encouragement from us, at just the right moment, may even alter the life of someone who looks up to us to an extent we do not even realize. Some people try to put everyone around them down www.DavidCooper.com
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"Overcoming Adversity To Even GREATER ACHIEVEMENT !"
Hello! I am David Cooper. How often are you going merrily about your own business and someone hurts your feelings? Would you like to memorize 5 words that can help protect your feelings in the future? They are… “Release it and Press on”. Repeat them again… “Release it and Press on. The next time someone says or does something intentionally or unintentionally that hurts your feelings immediately say to yourself Release it and Press on. As I fly across America constantly to do motivational speeches and sales technique seminars, I see so many people who are mentally trained but emotionally unprepared for success. Medical associations’ say that the number one disease is heart disease. I believe that is true medically and I believe it is just as true emotionally. Often I have seminar attendees memorize the following: ‘When I learn to control my emotions and my daily activity I will control my happiness and state of mind.’ Wouldn’t it be good to have the following thought on a 3X5 card… “Success is not a destination it is a journey. For only those who are continuing to progress and achieve are a success!”. www.DavidCooper.com
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"YOUR Character-Driven Life !"
Hello! I am David Cooper. William Jennings Bryan said, “Don’t speak off the top of your head. Speak from the bottom of your heart.” As I travel all across America I urge my audiences from the bottom of my heart to concentrate of their individual strengths. It is so important to look for the positive characteristics in our own personalities. I spend considerable time on old fashion values and character building. Until I create or find a better definition for character I suppose I will continue to use one I heard form a very good speaker friend in Phoenix, Arizona Cavett Robert. Cavett is the founder of the National Speakers Association. Cavett says, “Character is the ability to pursue a worthy goal long after the mood in which is was made has left you.” Have you ever considered that your reputation is the logo of your character? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper - America's Income Trainer
"YOUR Fastest Way To SELF-CONFIDENCE !"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Self confidence is quickest achieved through a series of short term successes. Would you like to develop daily habits that could significantly increase your income? In his book, ‘Psycho Cybernetics’ Dr Maxwell Maltz states that it takes 21 days to build a new good habit or break an old bad habit. When greater self confidence is desired by a person with whom I am consulting I usually encourage them to read ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ by Dr Norman Vincent Peale and ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’ by Dr David Schwartz. I emphasize the tremendous importance of setting aside 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the evening for 21 days to read each of these books. It’s so important to practice the fundamental skills of success. I always say, “Persist with practice. Practice develops competence and competence creates confidence!” www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper - America's Income Trainer
"Building A Better You!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Would you like to have an honest workable solution in times of depression? First of all realize this, “Depression usually occurs when a person has temporarily lost sight of their blessings”. To build a consistently positive outlook on life, accentuate the positives and eliminate the negatives in your relationships with others. Categorize important areas in your life. Such as professional and family. In each category list at least 10 – 15 good points and limit the bad points to not more than 5. by writing the list you’ve made a strong start. Read the list each day for a significant improvement in your daily happiness. And remember my favorite poem.
“God said build a better world. And I said how?
The world is such a cold dark place, so complicated now.
I'm so young and helpless, there’s nothing I can do.
But God in his infinite wisdom said…. to build a better world - build a better you! www.DavidCooper.com
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"LIVING Life To The Fullest !"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Are you happy to be alive on this beautiful day? You have only 24 precious hours in this day. Use them or lose them. Time can not be saved, it is ticking away right now. As you shower in the morning the time is ticking away. As you brush your teeth, hair, time ticks away. It can not be stopped. The race is on. You are being timed right now. Realize that now before the time stops ticking for you and no one even knew you were in the race. Minutes are precious. They are the building blocks of hours. Which are the stuff days are made up of. Days quickly turn into months. Months soon become years. And years make a lifetime. But it all starts with the minutes. Waste enough minutes and you could waste a lifetime. Successful people appreciate their minutes. Live each of your minutes as though you had to pay $10 for each of them. Wouldn’t you like to get your monies worth? www.DavidCooper.com
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"Believe It TO Achieve It !"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Have you ever noticed that everything always comes back to what you believe? In order to thrive with the least amount of frustration and disappointments you have to be firmly convinced that everything always works out for the best. Say that right now. Everything always works out for the best. Again. If you believe it, it will…every time. You have to believe in yourself. Believe in your future. Believe in your goals. In my seminars three of the most important things I always say… first of all believe, dream and take action!!! Believe that you are an exceptional person. Dream a big dream. And take action to implement your beliefs and dreams. Didn’t the greatest teacher in the world say it best? If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes! www.DavidCooper.com
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"Attitude REALLY Is EVERYTHING !!!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Isn’t it fun to feel excited about something? How long has it been since you felt that childlike joy of excitement? Perhaps you feel to mature to start acting excited. Perhaps you feel like you will draw too much attention to yourself if you start acting enthusiastically. Surely you are not so old and dull that you can not get excited any more. Don’t get that old. Never get overly mature. When you get to serious you lose the real joy of living. If you aren’t excited about your past or your present get enthused about the rest of your life. Become the person you are secretly aching to become! Let that little seed of excitement in you grow. Feed it and it will become stronger until it takes over. Recently in Dallas during a Dallas, Texas seminar, one of the most enthusiastic people was a 77 year old grandmother. A top sales leader in her field. She brought to life that old saying: ‘act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic’!!! Did you know that there’s a world of truth in the law of association? Have you ever realized how much you are influenced and affected by those that you associate with? Be an achiever…a live wire!!! And associate with your own kind. Hang aroung the loosers, the lazy, the complainers, and you will become one of them. Don’t ignore the negative. But don’t saturate yourself with it. Choose your friends with care. Don’t allow weeds in your happy health mind garden, for they will soon choke out the beauty whether you realize it or not! Show your associates that you are a doer. Let this be your challenge. Run while others are walking. You may inspire others to put out even more. In other words, don’t let anyone put out the fire in you. Remember, birds of a feather really do flock together! Wouldn’t you love to be the one that others want to emulate? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
"A Quitter Never Wins ... and A WINNER NEVER QUITS!!!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Does your life ever seem like one predicament after another? Harriet Beecher Stow advised ‘When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you could not hold on a minute longer. Never give up then, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn.’ The tide always has and always will turn. You can depend on that. So hold on till the tide does turn, knowing that it will. To run towards your goal is not enough you must keep running. That is the only way to ever reach your goal. In your life you are a part of many races to many different goals. Most of your fellow runners are early quitters. But they serve a useful purpose. They expose the weaknesses in a project. Take the initial risk. And point to the way for victory to those with persistence. Have you ever heard of anyone who worked energetically and faithfully toward a goal without letting up and did not attain it? Not very many times. You know, by the time a quitter is through explaining why something can’t be done, the persister usually has already done it! Aren’t you glad that you have the ability to persist? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
"Motivation Without Education Leads To Frustration!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Thomas Huxley said that the great end of life is not knowledge, but action! The greatest sin against success is in not doing wrong, it’s in doing nothing. There is a powerful tendency to procrastinate. To forget. To lose interest. To get lazy. To get discouraged. To get rusty. There are often side interest which slow us down or get us off the track. With inactivity we soon loose confidence in our ability. We either lie down, sit down or fall down on the job. A little emotion injected into the heart and mind of man is a great motivator. A soldier might prepare himself for battle by reading war stories and thinking thoughts of heroism and patriotism. Remember this, ideas carry moods. We can change our mood by changing our ideas and imagination. Gather motivational material that will give you great thoughts and great ideas, and teach you how to motivate yourself. Wouldn’t you love to be self motivated? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
"Just Do It!!!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Success is largely determined by the quality of our motivational factor. Socrates one said, “He who will move the world must first move himself!” Solomon said, “With all thy getting, get understanding.” And someone who may have been even as wise as Solomon said, “With all thy getting, get going!” This kind of action required the ability to give ourselves a good kick from behind to get ourselves in motion. We know in detail every single thing we do to get ourselves where we want to go. We could all pass the high aptitude test and some particular thing. There is usually nothing wrong with the intelligence quotient of failures. The trouble with most of us is that we have just gone to sleep! When they have a high intelligence quotient, but a low motive quotient. our greatest fear should NOT be that life will someday come to an end, but rather that it will never really have a beginning. www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
" Nothing Happens Until Somebody Sells Something!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Did you know that all of us are sales people in one since of the word or another? Everybody is selling something! Himself and his talents, a product, a service, an idea or a way of life. The fact is no matter whether you live in a capitalistic society, a communistic society or on a remote island in the South Seas you are selling something every time you smile or open your mouth. This of course is not professional selling. A capitalistic society such as ours has to have a large number of professional sales people. Our economy is so finely tuned that the role of the sales person has progressively become more important and complex. In this era of mass production and scientific marketing, goods and services must be moved or we will have over production. So our entire economy is highly dependant on good salesmanship. To a great extent we owe our affluent way of life in the United States to the salespeople, past and present, who move the goods and services from producers to users. Because of the sales person the wheels of industry are kept turning, income is created and our standard of living flourished. Regardless of what you sell, doesn’t it make you proud to know what a vital role you play in society? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
"Get Your Head Right And Your HEART Will Follow!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Have you ever noticed that most prople are clinging on the lowers rungs on the ladder of success? Do you realize that a creative person is always busy recreating not only the things around him, but himself also? How often have we all seen two families living in circumstances as nearly alike as they possibly could be as far as home and income are concerned. Yet to enter one has been to pass into a clean and gracious home. While to enter the other has been to encounter untidiness and confusion. The difference is in the characters of the occupants. The same differences extend from dimensions of a home to the dimensions of a total environment. Each of us makes his world out of his own head. There is no reason on earth why anyone should accept the idea that we are condemned to be mediocre all of our lives. Clinging for dear life to the lowest rungs of the ladder of success. To accept that is to nail yourself to those low rungs. Inner power is at the command of all of us. The first step upward to discovering and realizing it is to make up our minds that nobody and nothing outside of ourselves is going to solve our problems for us. We can look to no one else to help us but ourselves. But we can look to ourselves with unlimited confidence. Isn’t it exciting to learn that you possess the ability to change the potential of your life? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
"The Power Of PRAISE And ENCOURAGEMENT!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Isn’t it true that each of us want to feel that others appreciate what we have made of ourselves? It takes a big person to praise someone else’s success instead of envying them. It has been said, ‘He who praises another enriches himself far more than he does the one praised.’ To praise is an investment in happiness. The poorest human being has something to give that the richest could not buy. Satisfaction of the spirit does not come from material possessions or from costly living. But from friendly human experiences. And this satisfaction has to be given- it can not be bought. Life would be much more exciting if each of us left a trail of little sparks of appreciation along the way. Sometimes a spark is all that’s needed to fire up the lagging enthusiasm of a person. And don’t we all feel a little warm glow inside when we are praising another? Good politics, you may say. But good living too. For after all isn’t having friends the basis of a happy life as well as successful politics? www.DavidCooper.com
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"ENJOYING Your BEST Life Now!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Do you deserve best out of life? George Bernard Shaw said, “Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not!” this is the spirit you should seek to plant in your heart. It’s the spirit of a winner. You know, there’s an old slogan that says always go first class. Well I believe that you should always think first class too!!! It is just as easy to think big as it is to think small. You can become no bigger, no better, no more prosperous than your biggest dream. Life isn’t going to give you more than you ask. Employment managers say that almost all job applicants apply for low paying jobs. Only a few apply for jobs paying better wages. And almost no one applies for the high salary jobs. Almost no one thinks big. Most top executives in this country are possessed with a dynamic determination. Every accomplishment was begun with determination. A determined person is one who has his mind made up and he knows where he is going and how he is going to get there. Banish the following phrases from your vocabulary: I want to, I ought to, I need to, I believe I should. Replace them with: I WILL!!!!! Isn’t it time that you believe in your dreams? www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper – America’s Income Trainer
"HAPPINESS As A Way Of Life!"
Hello! I am David Cooper. Are you ever called an optimist as if it were a bad thing to be? Well, no one needs to be a Pollyanna, but I believe that we all need to strive to be doing optimist. By striving to remain in the best frame of mind possible and taking action to help our fellow man we avoid moaning over all the worlds’ ills by doing something we possible can about here at hand problems. You see, doing reflects faith and the worthiness of humanity and the hope of the future. And faith and optimism are very close friends. Be proud of being known as a doer. The world depends on those of you who are. Wouldn’t we agree that when a man has faith in his future something goes to work inside of him to help him to put his faith to work? The only was we can ensure our happiness is to train ourselves to be happy in spite of rather than because of what life does to us. Shouldn’t you be happy to be known as an optimist? www.DavidCooper.com
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"TODAY IS The First Day Of The Rest Of YOUR Life"
Hello! I am David Cooper. One morning, so the story goes, a farmer jumped out of bed after hearing the clock strike 17 times and he shouted to his wife, “Get up honey, it’s later than its ever been!!!” That’s how many feel about life. It’s later than its ever been. As far as success in life is concerned they feel that it is too late for them. They still have their dreams, but they dare not act upon them. Reject all thoughts about it being too late for you. Don’t say, it’s later than you think, but rather, it never will be this early again! Don’t reduce yourself to the level of a dog by saying “Aw, you cant teach an old dog new tricks’” You are not a dog! You are created in the image of God with a purpose in life. Don’t you think it’s about time you start acting more like it? A person must never convince himself or let anyone else convince himself that it is too late for him. Noah Webster didn’t let anyone tell him he was too old to write his monumental dictionary at age 70. Colonel Harlan Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken didn’t listen when others told him it was too late for him to start something new at age 60. If you want to, it may be possible for you to add your own success story here some day. No one grows old. You only are old when you stop growing. www.DavidCooper.com
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a message from David Cooper - America's Income Trainer
Communicate YOUR BEST With "YES-ANSWER" Questions!!!
Hello. I am David Cooper. Would you like to become a more effective communicator in all aspects of your life? To do so requires a high proficiency in the art of asking questions and listening. In our verbal communications there are basically two types of communications. Number one sentences. And number two questions. Sentences primarily dispense information about facts or ideas. Questions can solicit response to check comprehension of facts or ideas presented through sentences. I’ve stated for years in my seminars that if a presentation is given through only the use of sentences that one hour after the presentation is over those hearing the message will usually comprehend 30% or less. Whereas, when questions are frequently placed throughout the presentation comprehension percentages should triple. It’s not just what they hear that matters. It’s really how much they remember that counts. You’ve also noticed while you were talking to someone that their minds may seem to be wandering. Sometimes their mind takes a whole trip!! J Ask more questions. Listen to the answers. Wouldn’t you profit? www.DavidCooper.com
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I Hope You Enjoy These Thoughts For The Day. I have flown over 8,000,000 miles delivering Speeches and Income Training All Over The World
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