Ten 4 Five - Day Two

“Be the one who nurtures and builds. Be the one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart one who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them.” ― Marvin J. Ashton

Day two of my Ten4Five week where I am calling out those in my life who have made a difference to me, to many others and to simply say something nice about them. How is your Ten4Five challenge going?

Stay inspired my friends!

1. Pierluca Chiodelli

A robust and enthusiastic personality that exudes the best of what people should be. Your leadership is a constant thing for me to admire and emulate as my own career evolves.

2. Art Vasali

One of the smartest men I know when it comes to troubleshooting problems. The mentorship you provided to me and countless others remains the greatest learning experience I have ever had.

3. Siv Rintharamy

Even though you are my current manager, I am not sucking up to you. My career is evolving and your quiet, thoughtful leadership is teaching me the valuable lessons needed in this job.

4. Joe Bellone

There are many things I have learned from your leadership and the value of loyalty.

5. Doc Watson

A man true to your words and an early inspiration in my career. Your integrity and belief in others will always hold you up.

6. Jim McCarthy

Your enthusiasm for the job, for life and those around you is unparalleled.

7. Keith Snell

A friend that is one of the most knowledgeable, talented and actually quite funny people I know. I have learned and leaned on you in life, to that I am lucky to know one such as you.

8. David Moore

You are in my eyes a patient person who taught me the value of understanding the logic beneath the hyperbole of a situation. Your talents have taken you far and wide and continue to impact many others.

9. Dale Weaver

If I had to have a mentor showing me another version of a quiet demeanor when managing people, you are the one that I look to.

10. Gail Iskierka

My life has been filled with strong and smart women. You were the one that took a chance to hire me way back when and then provided the guidance needed to learn the job. Like many of the women in my life, each of you possess the skills, knowledge and determination to be a great success in life.

Ten 4 Five - Day One

“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”
― Mark Twain

This week I am going to take five days to say something nice about ten people each day. It is a challenge that helps remind us of the goodness that does surround each of us.

We can easily fall into complaint of others and even when we do say something nice, the words are unrememberable. So the challenge is to say something meaningful to ten people, each day, for five days. You can do this with the people you encounter each day, a long lost relative or in any fashion you wish to do so. I happen to blog and will do so here; the daily encounters I have will also be added encounters.

It will be tough to do but I know that each of you can. Do this often enough and it will become habit. Do this often enough and it will change their world and it will change your world. Stay inspired my friends.

Day One - let me start with family, where my heart truly resides.

1. Laura Primm

My wife, my friend, the one I love has a heart so big and true. You have an impact with every person you come in contact with such that they cannot help but be changed in a positive way. My life is constantly made better by your presence.

2. Joe Primm

Top line chef, health guru and compassionate person. Yes, you produce something great each and every day.

3. Jessica Campbell

Grit and determination are your greatness. Your perseverance will bring even greater things.

4. Dan Primm

Warrior and gentle father of Madilyn, those combined traits make you a great leader of men.

5. Sarra Everett

Essence of what others need; protection when vulnerable and a guide to the light they need.

6. Jon Primm

Pushing through physical hurdles to achieve what others only dream about; your career will shine bright.

7. Shirin Fletcher

Few words to describe the mountains you have achieved. Your greatness is only beginning.

8. Steve Primm

Your music, your passion, that talent is something to be shared with the world. The stage awaits you.

9. Pareesa Sarabi

People are simply better once you have been with them; your greatness is only beginning to take shape.

10. All the rest of my family

Such a large and supportive group of people. From my father, my siblings, to in-laws, the cousins, to nieces and nephews. Each of you help shape and influence the person I am and continue to be. Each of you are wonderfully talented, wonderfully compassionate and simply wonderful.

Ten 4 Five

This coming week.

Always Something Good

"When the seasons shift, even the subtle beginning, the scent of a promised change, I feel something stir inside me. Hopefulness? Gratitude? Openness? Whatever it is, it's welcome." - Kristin Armstrong

Did you feel it happen?

Was there a big shift in what you expected from yesterday to today?

This Friday morning, March 20, 2015, the March equinox occurred at 6:45 PM EDT. The equinox marks when the Sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator from the southern hemisphere to the northern. A seasonal change of winter to spring in the northern hemisphere and summer to fall in the southern hemisphere.

This natural change in the seasons always brings renewed excitement for those entering a spring and for those entering fall. Spring will mean planting of new dreams and fall is the harvest of those same dreams.

Either way, the natural order of the seasons means something good always awaits us.

Stay inspired my friends.