SUCCESS IS DETERMINED ON THE DRAWING BOARD

Your goals can only be reached through the vehicle of a plan. One in which you fervently believe, and upon which you will vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Having an intelligent plan is your first step to attaining success. With a plan, you know where you're going. You'll know what progress you're making. And you'll have a pretty good idea of when you can expect to arrive. Meticulous planning will enable everything you doto appear spontaneous to other people.
What do you want to achieve or avoid? The answers to these questions are your objectives. How do you go about achieving your desired results? The answer to this will be your strategy.
A good plan permits you to frame your life so thatat some time in the future fact and your dreams will meet. A good system shortens the road to a goal.

Joe Schroeder walking on "HOT" coals!

My Dear Friends Eric, Diane, Lou, and Carole

Get through it

When there's an obstacle directly in front of you, it can appear difficult, complicated and forbidding. Once you get past it though, you may wonder why you ever hesitated to take it on. Is there some challenge looming on your horizon that seems insurmountable? The good news is that it is not nearly as difficult as it first appears. Yet the only way you'll know for sure is to step right up and meet it face to face. Once you start to do that, you also start to grow stronger, and as you do, the challenge becomes more manageable. If you hide and cower in fear when confronted with a difficult situation, your response only makes the situation even more difficult. By making the choice to stride confidently forward, you raise yourself to a higher level of performance. As you work through the difficulties, your wisdom, strength and effectiveness grow to meet the demands of the situation. And all the time you'll be creating real, lasting value. Though the challenge looks big and forbidding, remember that it's well worth the effort to get to the other side. For when you get in the habit of seeking and working through challenge, you can go anywhere you choose.

YOUR LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT

The golden opportunity you are seeking lies within you. It's not in your environment. It's not in luck or chance, or in the help of others. It's all in you.
There are opportunities all around you. If the door of opportunity appears closed, you must knock on it, and keep on knocking on it until it opens.
You must become an opener of doors. You can develop your opportunities by applying persistence to your possibilities.
Success doesn't come to you. You must take action to be successful.