Duncan Nugget #108: Smarter than the Average Bear

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"I'm smarter than the average bear!"

For weeks, every since he saw the Yogi Bear movie, my son, Mekhi, has been running around saying that quote. It makes him LOL. And he's making me LOL. But he also brought to mind a nugget I wrote a few years ago:

You can't build an extraordinary life with ordinary effort.

Think about it.

Yogi was talking about more than brains. He was talking about effort. In order to get what he wanted, Yogi put in waaaaay more effort than your average bear.

In order to have more than the average bear...uh...person has, you must DO more than the average person does. (But keep it legal!)

High achievement and lasting fulfillment are the results of extraordinary effort. So, be smart enough and disciplined enough to put forth extraordinary effort. The pay-off is huge.

Million-Dollar Question:

Are you smarter than the average bear?

National Mentoring Month: Be a Mentor

It's not too late to do some more good during National Mentoring Month
http://www.nationalmentoringmonth.org/

Dress Code

So, what are they saying? You gotta be naked?! lol

The Spitting Image

(revised from the Al Duncan Archives 2006)

As I travel around the country speaking and mentoring there is a question that continuously comes up.

“What’s wrong with these young people today?”

Grrr... That question drives me bonkers!

The same thing that’s wrong with the adults is the same thing that’s wrong with young people: detrimental values. Think about it.

Duncan Nugget #189

Young people are a reflection of adult values.

You might be thinking:

"But what about their peers?"

“Hey, I don’t wear my pants hanging off of my butt.”

“My hair isn’t pink and green.”

“My clothes aren’t so tight that it looks like I painted them on me.”

True, but…

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Give Back Day - Volunteering on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Allstate)

This is cool. In honor of MLK Day Allstate helps you find volunteer opportunities and highlights Give Back Day Heroes. It's all about service.

Give Back Day Volunteering on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Remember...

Duncan Nugget #18:

"Exceptional service to others is the path to greatness."

Work Ethic and The Magic Number 10,000

Keep in mind that work ethic is a vital key to goal achievement. Whatever you do requires a great deal of effort to master. In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell writes about research that shows that it takes 10,000 hours to master something. In that case, you better love what you want to master. It’s a lot of work, but it shouldn't be too much work.

There's a common expression that goes something like this: "Love it so much that you would do it for free, but do so well that they pay you!"


(Excerpt from Get ALL Fired Up! About Living Your Dreams - Excuse #19)