Find Your Voice
Voice-a range of such sounds distinctive to one person, or to a type of person or animal: Her voice is commanding. The condition or effectiveness of the voice for speaking or singing: to be in poor voice.
*I need your help. My voice is very soothing and relaxing and may cause the person sitting next to you to fall asleep. Please wake them up when they begin to nod off. Thank You!
*I want to thank all Bay Area Californians. Silicon Valley helped me make the money I needed to find my Voice which is helping people around the globe. (Orphans Faith Home-Bishop Babu, etc.)
Successful-having succeeded in one’s endeavors, marked by a favorable outcome
Thinkers-a person who has a well-developed faculty for thinking, as a philosopher, theorist, or scholar
***Steps to finding Your Voice: (In no particular order)
*Volunteer: Find someone or some non-profit or not-for-profit organization to pour your expertise into. Someone somewhere needs you!
(Marc Benioff, CEO of salesforce.com once said, “Strange as it sounds, the best advice I ever received wasn’t about how to make money-but how to give it away.”)
-examples of volunteering… Meals on Wheels while in college, Missions around the world, Boys and Girls Clubs, clean teams in trashy areas.
*Take some risk: “Great Love and Great Achievements involve Great Risk”. –plaque on my wall.
*Become a Mentor-a trusted advisor. Jesus mentored 12 men and changed the world!
*Find a Mentor. “Your success or failure may hinge on your ability to connect with the right Mentor.”
*Don’t take No for an answer. “It’s never based on how you feel it’s an act of the will”
*Learn to receive. You cannot truly be a giver until you are an experienced receiver. If you do not received gifts from others you actually hinder their blessing.
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Who are the learned? They who practice what they know.” The Prophet Muhammad
“You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.” Buddha
“It is better for a person to do his own duty, even if imperfectly, than to do another’s duty well performed.” Hindu Scripture, Bhagavad Gita Passages
“Those who refuse to place limitations upon themselves will always succeed.” -Thurgood Marshall
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. Edison
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.” – Abraham Lincoln
(Quotes from Executive Level Mentality for students at Foothill College, Thurgood Marshall Etc.)
April 20, 2013