Sacrifice

"If Jesus Christ be God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be to great for me to make for Him." C.T.Studd

Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking

1. The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
2. Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
3. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
4. Begin in a friendly way.
5. Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately.
6. Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
7. Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
8. Try honestly to see things from the other person's point of view.
9. Be sympathetic with the other person's ideas and desires.
10. Appeal to the nobler motives.
11. Dramatize your ideas.
12. Throw down a challenge.
    
    

These are highlights from Dale Carnegie's book: "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

Six Ways to Make People Like You

1. Become genuinely interested in other people.
2. Smile
3. Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.
4. Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.
5. Talk in terms of the other person's interests.
6. Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely.

These are highlights from Dale Carnegie's book: "How to Win Friends and Influence People".

10 Success Laws

1. Always make your future bigger thank your past
• "Imagination is more important than knowledge"
2. Always make your learning greater than your experience
3. Always make your contribution greater than your reward
   
   
4. Always make your cause greater than your applause
5. Always make your gratitude greater than your success
6. Always make your enjoyment greater than your effort
7. Always make your cooperation greater than your status
   
   
8. Always make your confidence greater than your comfort
9. Always make your purpose greater than your money
   
   
10. Always make your questions bigger than your answers

This came from a talk done on a TEAM stage by Orrin Woodward. He got it out of a book of which i did not catch the name.



"Success never goes on sale. Success is always full-price. Go pay it." -Orrin Woodward

A Prayer Series III

Father, Please help me to focus on what it is that You want us to do. I believe that I have a dream worth fighting for, but I keep second-guessing myself and the team. Help me to get what I need to push through my fear that is keeping me from being the person that You have made me to be. Dream, Struggle, Victory! Help me to get the focus off of myself and onto others. When I'm ready, put the people in my group that will run with us toward the goal. You are an awesome God. Thank You for hearing my prayer.

Love,

Your son,

Ryan

My Beautiful Wife and I

This is a picture of my beautiful wife and I. She helps me every day to be all that I can be. I love her very much.