Day with a Difference - March 09, 2006

Today's Inspirational Quote:

Never, never, never give up. - Winston Churchill

Eye-Opening Ways to Boost Self-Confidence!

* Don't ever put yourself down: Remember that you're a human beingwith flaws just like everyone else. Look at your weaknesses honestly, butwithout exaggerating them
* Work on your weaknesses one at a time: As you make progress in areasyou want to change you'll slowly gain the kind of confidence that lasts.
* Never stop trying -- everybody fails from time to time: Theimportant thing is to pick yourself up, brush yourself off and start allover again...and to learn from your failures.
* Choose a role model: If you admire President Reagan's warm friendlyway of speaking, try to develop a similar style. It's important to rememberthat you can't be completely like your role model -- just try to emulatecharacter traits you admire most.
* Paint a pleasant picture of yourself in your mind: If you have areport to deliver in front of a group for example, make a mental image ofyourself delivering it in an easy, confident manner.

Expand your knowledge base

Interesting word origins: Murphy's Law

If anything can go wrong, it will. That is Murphy's Law. But who was Murphy?The standard story is that the term was coined in 1949. The Murphy inquestion is Captain Ed Murphy, a development engineer assigned to ColonelJ.P. Stapp's research on the rocket sleds that tested the limits of humanendurance to acceleration and decelaration at Muroc Field, California (laterrenamed Edwards AFB). Murphy was referring to a particular technician, whohad wired a piece of equipment incorrectly when he remarked, "if there isany way to do things wrong, he will." A few weeks later in a pressconference, Stapp credited his program's safety record to planning forMurphy's Law. The rest was history.

Have a memorable day!
Priya