=================  Get It Done -- Inspirational Messages  =================          
                        by  M.D. Smith  --  Huntsville, AL
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A DALE CARNEGIE COURSE (C) warm-up saying I learned in 1965 was......

"I KNOW MEN IN THE RANKS.....WHO ARE GONNA STAY IN THE RANKS !

     WHY ?        I'LL TELL YOU WHY !       

IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE........ 

THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE ABILITY TO........

(pause...then very loudly shout...)

        G E T  T H I N G S  D O N E !  "

That is what this program is all about. It is to show you things that 

will help you to GET THINGS DONE!  Now, it won't work, unless you 

plan to work.


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       "THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF GOING FORWARD, BUT
        THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY OF STANDING STILL."

                              Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Certainly one of the best ways to get things done, is to get into 

motion.  Perhaps the way of going forward may need altering in the steps

ahead, but it is certain to accomplish more than waiting....and waiting

...and waiting! 

The worst kind of failure is never trying. Directions as outlined in 

the twenty evaluations will help you stay on track. Start and stay 

committed to...

             ..........GET-IT-DONE!

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               Artur Rubinstein on his 84th birthday said:


"As long as we have what we have inside, the capacity to love, to 

work, to hear music, to see a flower, to look at the world as it is, 

nothing can stop us from being happy...but one thing you must take 

seriously. You must get rid of the IFs of life. Many people tell you,

`I would be happy...IF I had a certain job, of IF I were better looking,

or IF a certain person would marry me.' There isn't any such thing. 

You must live your life unconditionally... without the IFs."

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       "THE WORLD IS BLESSED MOST BY MEN WHO DO THINGS,
        AND NOT BY THOSE WHO MERELY TALK ABOUT THEM."

                                            James Oliver


For the most part, the people in this world who are remembered are the

ones who get things done. Yes, they certainly make their share of 

mistakes. But it is not the mistakes that we are remembered for. The 

actions we take can be changed or altered if the results turn out 

poorly. But to take no action at all is sure to accomplish one thing...

.NOTHING! Yes, things will still happen and if mistakes are made, you 

likely won't get the blame, but neither will you ever get the credit...

or the joy of accomplishment.

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"The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in."

                                   LORD CHESTERFIELD


"Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance
 but to do what lies clearly at hand."

                                        THOMAS CARLYLE


"Happiness is activity."

                             ARISTOTLE

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                  THREE GREAT QUOTES....'NUFF SAID!"

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                          SUCCESS THROUGH GIVING AND ACTION


"Success is not rare -- it is common. Very few miss a measure of it. 

It is not a matter of luck, or contesting -- for certainly no success 

can come from preventing the success of another. It is a matter of 

adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service 

needed by others. There is no other possible success. But most people 

think of it in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms 

of giving."

                                                 HENRY FORD
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To be successful, you have to give a lot. You have to give your time to 
those you supervise. Help them become successful, and you are a success 
as a manager. When we delegate more responsibility to others and help 
them succeed in the new areas, we are helping build people. It also 
ultimately gives us more time to accomplish even more important things. 
Succeed through giving.

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                    GET * ACTION * FROM YOUR COMMUNICATIONS

General Billy Mitchell, father of the United States Air Forces, found 
that when his orders were not followed, it was usually because they 
WERE NOT UNDERSTOOD. "I always kept an officer at my headquarters to 
whom I read all the orders," he said. "If he could understand them, 
anybody could.  He was not particularly bright, but was one of my 
most useful officers for that reason."


Often we fail to get the desired action with subordinates because it is
not clear what they are to do...and they are afraid to admit it or 
`THINK' they know what to do. Make your instructions `goof-proof' and 
then get feedback from a person LEAST likely to understand the 
instructions.  Now you are most likely to get the desired action....
just like General Mitchell.


           MAKE SURE YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE CLEAR AND 
           TESTED BEFORE YOU START!

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