All or nothing

Sunday was All or Nothing Day and I was planning on doing this post on Monday, but I got too busy with business presentations and I missed it.

An interesting simile (or is it metaphor?) is boiling water, which is what Michele Reynolds talked about in her "Together We Can" mentoring call on that day.

Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit...at 211 degrees it's just hot water, but when it boils it creates steam and as we all learned in our history classes about the Industrial Revolution, steam can do lots of work for us if we harness it.

However, I like working with Celsius because then water boils at 100 degrees and it's easy to convert that to percent. If we heat water to 99% of it's boiling point it's just hot water but when we get it to 100% we get steam. All or nothing!

It's the same thing with us. If we don't give something our all, we usually don't get the results we want. You need to make a commitment. Darren Hardy, the publisher of Success magazine, tells the story about cliff divers in Acapulco. Until they've made the commitment of actually jumping off the cliff, they're not all in.

Decide what it is that you want to accomplish and then give it 100% of your effort. If you do, then nothing can stop you!

Interesting days

Today - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/father-in-law-day/  My father-in-law is no longer with us, and my kids haven't gotten married yet, so I don't have one and I'm not one, yet! If you have a father-in-law, treat him to lunch. If you don't know where to take him, it's https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chili-dog-day/ I'm getting mine right after I finish this post. Then for dessert, I think I'll celebrate https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/cheesecake-day/. And I'll cap off the day by re-reading "Hanging Out for a Living" by my friend, Mark Herdering since it's also  https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/paperback-book-day/.  Mark's book is available directly from his site above, Amazon or the SendOutCards gift shop

Tomorrow - If I happen to find myself in an elevator tomorrow, I'll celebrate https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/talk-in-an-elevator-day/. It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/system-administrator-appreciation-day/ Take your sysadmin to lunch! It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/world-ranger-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/uncommon-instrument-awareness-day/ Such as Mr. Spock's ka'athyra

Next Thursday - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/fresh-breath-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/wiggle-your-toes-day/ Maybe I'll have a breath mint while wiggling my toes at the beach. It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/root-beer-float-day/

Free Root Beer Floats at A&W. For a good cause!

August 30 - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/toasted-marshmallow-day/ It's been quite a while since I've had those! It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/international-whale-shark-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/holistic-pet-day/ Don't forget to take care of your pet whale shark! And let's forget https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/pony-express-day/ or https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/slinky-day/ The Pony Express only lasted about 18 months but I don't think a Slinky lasted that long before it got all tangled up