Baltimore Stallions (Coulda been the Hippos!)

I don't remember the Colts moving away in the dark of night on Mayflower moving vans.
(Why?  Well... I was four.)
But I know it happened.

Did it affect me?
Not so much at that point.

In fact, I wasn't really into football of any kind until I married Big Frog.
(And not just because one week after I was married, the Ravens became SuperBowl champions.)
(But it doesn't hurt.)

I do remember the excitement of football coming back to Baltimore.

But the Ravens (which are my boys!) weren't the first.
Before there were Ravens, there was the CFL (Canadian Football League) in Baltimore.

Interesting oral history of the Baltimore Stallions available at The Baltimore Sun: Baltimore's Forgotten Champions.

I remember the naming competition.  And I remember (of all things!) that if we had the Baltimore Hippos, we could "Hipp...O!" in the National Anthem, much like we do at Orioles games.
(There's no "O" in Ravens.  But that has never ever stopped a Baltimoron.)

Anyways, read the oral history.  You'll be glad you did.

That's Key! Safford Star School (the last of its kind!)

Company 2yr commitment to regional cross-hierarchy conferences; we're the guinea pigs (cuz we always get the biggest #s & most enthusiasm when they have regional events): Philadelphia Area Leadership Schools (PAL school)

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"Of the Year" at different levels:

Make a difference, do it fast. ~Faith Brown

What happened in the past doesn't matter. ~Reese Kagal

Are you glad to be alive today? ~Jeff Lathrop

What do I do with this gift? ~Jeff Lathrop

If your life ended today, what would your legacy be? Fortunately, you're still here, so you get the chance to make it count. ~Granville Goldsmith

Change your fear: not fear of talking to people (ttp) but fear that if don't talk to that person, that person will be the next Safford or Lavin or ___ and I'll see them at convention and recognize them from my past and they're getting promoted to RVP and I didn't talk to you. ~Jackie Ashford.

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Anthony Hines:

Problem of sabotage - convincing self to take a step back.

Problem of complacency.

Get out of a rut by doing something!! take steps in the right direction - the moment you start doing it it becomes a way of life - a good groove.

Already on a paradigm but it's a broken paradigm and you've made it a way of life.

Frustrated to see others' success and wanting it but not doing.

Stop wanting it and start doing it.

Take more action.

A baby doesn't think to self "I really wanna walk I really wanna walk I really wanna walk"; baby gets up and does it!

Without activity you can accomplish nothing.

Are you frustrated with your business and want it to be more? Do you have 16 interviews and 16 kitchen table appointments scheduled for this week? Well that's why you're frustrated.

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Ben Sheppard

Find something that gets you out of bed in the morning that you want to get after. Something bigger than you, something that captures your heart.

Everything in your business that you think is uncomfortable, that's what you need to do to get better.

The stuff I hate doing is what's gonna help me get big. The stuff that's easy for me is going to keep me small.

Stop worrying about your upline and take resp for how many downlines you have.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ~Thomas Edison

Be FREE!

Getting unstuck
Breaking the chains.
Getting free.
Running like the wind!

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Rapunzel - getting out of tower song (Also I've got a dream)

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Really Rosie
What did 5yo me believe I could do? ANYTHING!


"Really Rosie"

I'm really Rosie
And I'm Rosie Real
You better believe me
I'm a great big deal!

BELIEVE ME!

I'm a star from afar
Off the golden coast
Beat the drum! Make that toast!
To Rosie the Most!

BELIEVE ME!

I can sing
Tea for Two and Two for Tea
I can act
To be or not to be
I can tap
Across the Tappan Zee
Hey, can't you see?
I'm terrific at everything!
No star shines so bright as me - Rosie!

BELIEVE ME!

I'm Really Rosie
I'm Rosie Real
I'm Really Rosie

BELIEVE ME!

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Hip issues Joel 2

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Joyce Meyer - Everyday Life Daily Devotional - day 101

God Can Raise the Lazaruses in Your Life

Remember when Jesus visited Mary and Martha after their brother Lazarus had been dead for four days? When He finally arrived, Martha said, "Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died" (John 11:21 AMP).

Martha was clearly in a state of despair. Then, "Jesus said to her, 'Your brother shall rise again.' Martha replied, 'I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day'" (vv. 23-24). I don't think she really understood what Jesus was saying. She was looking toward a future possibility, not a present reality. She didn't really expect things to change.

A lot of us are like Martha, stuck in our troubles, not realizing that God can turn things around. But Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, and He can raise the 'Lazaruses' in your life.

Don't lose hope. You might be hurting now, but out of every disaster, God can bring a new beginning. Believe in God, and watch Him show His glory in your life.

Prayer Starter: Lord, I know that You will work every situation for Your glory. Instead of getting caught up in my problems, I believe that You can raise the 'Lazaruses' in my life.

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That's key! Jimmy 2014 kickoff - Maniac Millionaires in Training

Live the stories you want to tell.

Richie Falcone:

• If you thought about overrides every day, every day you'd get an override.
• Use company credibility -- a huge company, that gives us a chance! That doesn't happen in corporate.
• We get paid to handle adversity in the business more than product.
  We get paid to make people happy.
• Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. -John Maxwell
• A shot is not shot if you don't take a shot.

• What's possible?
• Understand the chance we have.
• The bigger you win, the bigger our story is.
• It ain't over until I win. -Rodney Jackson

Life is like a hockey game -- and it'd be pretty easy, except there's a goalie. The goalie's game it to keep you out of the goal.
In Primerica, there's no goalie.
But when you see someone who discourages/disparages, it's a goalie. Chargebacks, etc, that's a goalie in the net. Commits but no guests, goalies.
Went from no goalies to a crowd of goalies.
Learning to handle nos
Managing the self-talk

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• Checkers: You move, they move. You move, they move. If they don't move, don't get mad at them but don't spend time with them. If you spend too much time with them, you don't want to move.
• Mentals: there's gonna be SOMEBODY THERE tonight who wants what we do.
• If you sell ppl on a great life every day, you start to believe your life is great.
• If you're not dreaming about this bus, it doesn't eat you up yet. -Joe Ensor, quoted by Gina Penn

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What is stopping me and what do i need to do to get past it?

Where there is no vision the people perish. (Prov 29:18)
Where there is vision, the people flourish. -Bob Safford

It's slippery out there!

Be a careful penguin -- it's slippery out there!

Penguins being penguins
Source: wimp.com

Big Frog: "I watched it twice..."

"...it was funny both times."


HoCo represent! Ellicott City man's commercial a finalist for $1M SuperBowl contest

Wind Farm driving tour

Saw these on our trip to WV -- made me wonder just how close to them we could get. Plans for next time.
Windmills, green energy, real estate, and a driving tour route.
Take my Trip scenic route.
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