Word-Of-the-Week #671: Intuition
June 15, 2017 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on Word-Of-the-Week #671: Intuition
Intuition – a gut feeling of knowing without ever having any idea why you know it.
Have you ever had a feeling that you knew something but didn’t know how or why? Do you have the courage to follow your heart and your intuition?
This is the follow up to “How To Be Successful In Life: 13 Tips From The World’s Most Successful People.” Kara Heissman has seen over the years how the quality of people’s lives are reduced by their inability to find solutions for certain difficulties in their lives.
There are a lot of tips and strategies out there on how to be successful in life, but I am still a firm believer that there is no better way to succeed than to follow that footsteps of those who have already done so. Here are her other 7 success tips from some of the world’s most successful and renowned people:
7. Avoid conflicts.
From Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of America: “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
8. Don’t be afraid of introducing new ideas.
From Mark Twain, Famed Author: “A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” 
9. Believe in your capacity to succeed.
From Walter Disney, Founder of Walt Disney Company: “If you can dream it, you can do it.”
10. Always maintain a positive mental attitude.
From Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of America: “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
11. Don’t let discouragement stop you from pressing on.
From Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of America: “Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”
12. Be willing to work hard.
From JC Penny, Founder of JC Penney Inc.: “Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.”
13. Be brave enough to follow your intuition.
From Steve Jobs, Co-founder of Apple Inc.: “Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
This week’s focus is on intuition. How often have you had a gut feeling but not sure how or why? How often has it served you well? How would it feel to not question and just follow your gut feelings?
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FUN-travel: Islay, Scotland – Fèis Ìle – Day 2
June 12, 2017 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Islay, Scotland – Fèis Ìle – Day 2
- Lucky us…get a ride from Canadians staying here…
…you can’t drink those darn taxi fares!
Smokies
1st stop – Ardbeg Feis Day – £5 gets a souvenir glass…
…filled with the dram of your choice…
and a smokie…
…whole smoked mackerel…YUM!
2nd stop – Lagavulin…just a one mile walk…
…along lovely stream…
…with asphalted path…
…and busier than expected…
…thought everyone would be next door at Ardbeg.
3rd stop – Laphroaig…just 1.5 miles more
…down same winding path…
…next to stream.
- Chris joined the Friends of Laphroaig…
…we own a square foot of Islay…
…and the best part…
…we collect rent…
…a dram of the finest as they say…
…plus a mini bottle to go…
…such a deal!
4th stop – Port Ellen – just ¾ of a mile…but more hilly…
…so it feels farther…pick up bus back to Bowmore…a steal at £5.50!
FUN-fact – Rumor has it Irish monks first introduced the art of distillation to Islay, during the early fourteenth century. Fertile for growing barley, called bere in the old days, with excellent pure water sources and plenty of peat, the island had everything in favour to distill whisky.
Word-Of-the-Week #670: Succeed
June 8, 2017 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on Word-Of-the-Week #670: Succeed
Succeed – to accomplish something desired or intended.
How many times have you accomplished something you desired or intended? How comfortable are you setting BIG lofty goals? How well do you handle failure – freeze up or keep going?
Kara Heissman has seen over the years how the quality of people’s lives are reduced by their inability to find solutions for certain difficulties in their lives. The next 2 WOW’s feature “How To Be Successful In Life: 13 Tips From The World’s Most Successful People.”
“No matter how old you are, where you’re from or what you do for a living, we all share something in common—a desire to be successful. Each person’s definition of success is different, however, as some may define success as being a loving and faithful spouse or a caring and responsible parent, while most people would equate success with wealth, fame, and power.
We all want to achieve success so we could live a comfortable life—have financial freedom, drive a nice car, and live in a beautiful house. However, although success can be achieved, it does not come easy.
There are a lot of tips and strategies out there on how to be successful in life, but I am still a firm believer that there is no better way to succeed than to follow that footsteps of those who have already done so. Here are her first 6 success tips from some of the world’s most successful and renowned people:
1. Think big.
From Michelangelo Buonarroti, Great Renaissance Artist: “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
2. Find what you love to do and do it.
From Oprah Winfrey, Media Mogul: “You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job and not be paid for it.”
3. Learn how to balance life.
From Phil Knight, CEO of Nike Inc.: “There is an immutable conflict at work in life and in business, a constant battle between peace and chaos. Neither can be mastered, but both can be influenced. How you go about that is the key to success.”
4. Do not be afraid of failure.
From Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motors: “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
5. Have an unwavering resolution to succeed.
From Colonel Sanders, Founder of KFC: “I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.”
6. Be a man of action.
From Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Genius:“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
This week’s focus is helping you to succeed. Do you love the life you have created? Are you able to keep your work and home life balanced? Are you waiting for things to happen or are you making things happen? Will you do whatever it takes to succeed?
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FUN-travel: Islay, Scotland – Fèis Ìle
June 8, 2017 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Islay, Scotland – Fèis Ìle
- Feis Ile = The Islay Festival of Music and Malt…
…and our whole reason…
…for coming to the UK!
- Today is Bunnahabhain Distillery Festival Day
My Wee Little Drams
- 11 am – Manager & Senior Blenders Dram Tasting
- 4 pm – Wee little nap time
7:30 pm – Global Whisky Auctions...
…Tasting of 7…
…“Old, Rare and interesting Islay Drams”…
…some still available…
…some gone but not forgotten…
…and some that might be very unique indeed.
FUN-fact – Whisky tasting is a whole lot like wine tasting…
…swirl, smell, sip, swallow.
- And how does it taste? …soft & subtle…or strong?… smoky, spicy, salty, sweet?
More FF – My favorites today are the ones…
…finished in the sherry & red wine casks…
…takes the edge off and more smooth.
FUN-travel: Deganwy, Wales to Paisley, Scotland
June 7, 2017 by Susan Clarke · Comments Off on FUN-travel: Deganwy, Wales to Paisley, Scotland
- Had flight out of Cardiff…
…in totally opposite direction…
…of where we’re headed…
…would have taken longer 3 hours longer.
- So instead…
…one train change near Manchester to…
…really, really, REALLY NICE Virgin Train…
…first class is the only way to go!
… then one more change to Paisley…
…town closest to Glasgow Airport…
- Fleecy flocks of sheep…
…soon to be sheared…
…dot the landscape…
…of rolling grass covered hills.
- Zig-zagging stone walls…
…criss-cross the hills & dales…
…of the farms & fields…
…and the occasional narrow stone foot bridge…
…cross little winding streams.
Fun-facts – The symbol of Wales is a dragon and it’s believed the Welsh kings of Aberffraw first adopted the dragon in the early fifth century in order to symbolize their power and authority after the Romans withdrew from Britain.
Ian, Stuart, Me & David
Downtown Paisley
- Good News…
…Ashtree House Hotel…
…only 500 yards from station.
- Bad News…
…rain with strong winds
… a cab takes longer due to…
….all those cute narrow one way streets!
- Happy Hour …
…The Bull Inn…
…oldest pub in Paisley…
…and lovely chap at the bar…
…Ian buys us a beer.
FUN-fact – Stuart the bartender has been to San Diego & San Francisco.and we can actually understand his accent.
More FF – They use sheep’s wool as a “green” insulation when remodeling historic homes.
