Failure does not mean defeat Failure can be devastating. It often means the death of a dream and the realization of a nightmare. It’s so painful, some people spend their entire lives trying to avoid it. They see it as the Wicked Witch of the West, Darth Vader, and the Boogeyman all rolled up in […]
“You are a sponge. You are a mirror. To a large degree, you will absorb and then reflect the input of your surroundings.” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
Community transference is the transferring of one’s primary community, along with all its corresponding values and mores, to another community, with its alternative values. Ask almost anyone you meet about the origin of their values, and he will tell you that he is the author of his own life philosophy. Most people feel the reason […]
“It’s not so much a question of whether you will be programmed, but only how you will be programmed.” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
A number of years ago, as I was getting ready to self-publish my first book, I went to lunch with the president of a financial company who had booked me to speak at his company’s annual meeting. As we ate, we discussed my new book, Shattering the Glass Slipper, in which I debuted the concept […]
“Surround yourself with motivational, inspirational, positive material, and you will become a reflection of those things.” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
Choose your family dynamic There is a little Mexican restaurant near my house that has a great all-you-can-eat Sunday brunch bar. So, the other day, right after church, I took my wife and kids over to see how much damage we could to the owner’s bottom line. As we ate our lunch, I noticed the […]
“If you spent your whole life in prison, how would you know you were in prison?” Charles Marshall © 2013 Charles Marshall. Excerpt from The Seven Powers of Success
I love getting packages in the mail or from FedEx or UPS. Tell me you don’t feel the same way. You see the delivery truck pull up to your house and there’s just a touch more excitement in your life, isn’t there? And when the driver steps out of his vehicle with that box and […]
In this video I talk about what happens at Chick-fil-A when things go wrong. If it even halfway sorta kinda makes you smile, please give me a thumbs up and follow me for more humorous and motivational videos!
