Snap Out of IT!

You 
can't 
wake a person

who 
is pretending
to be asleep.

~ Navajo Proverb

Be what you pretend to be...

The greatest way 

to live with honor in this world 

is to be what we pretend to be. 

-Socrates

Violated by SILENCE..?

"Truth is not only violated by falsehood; 

it may be equally 

outraged by silence".

~Henri-Frédéric Amiel

(27 September 1821 – 11 May 1881)

The Bystander Effect:

What Is the Bystander Effect?

What can we do to change it?

Learn the answers here - 

http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/bystander-effect

Psychologists, John Darley and Bibb Latané,

 coined the

phrase "Bystander Effect" to describe the 

 psychological

phenomenon.  Read their case study, 

published in 1968, in 

the Journal of Personality and Social 

Psychology. 

 For a more indepth look, visit here:  http://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/darley/pdfs/Group%20Inhibition.pdf

What can you do to help?  
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Discover Wisdom. Enjoy the journey!

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves 

after a journey 

that no one can take for us 

or spare us.” 

~Marcel Proust

Your character describes who you are to others...

“Winning is a habit.  Watch your thoughts, they become your beliefs.  Watch your beliefs, they become your words.  Watch your words, they become your actions.  Watch your actions, they become your habits.  Watch your habits, they become your character.” 

~Vince Lombardi

The Early Years-

Lombardi was born in Brooklyn to Enrico "Harry" Lombardi and Matilda "Mattie" Izzo on June 11, 1913.  Harry's mother and father, Vincenzo and Michelina emigrated from Salerno, Italy. Mattie's father and mother, Anthony and Loretta, emigrated from an area several miles east of Salerno. Henry had three siblings and Matilda had twelve siblings. Vince would be the oldest of five children, Madeleine, Harold, Claire, and Joe. The entire Lombardi and Izzo clan settled in Sheepshead Bay.

Matilda's father, Anthony, opened up a barber shop in Sheepshead Bay prior to the turn of the century. At about the time of Lombardi's birth, Harry, and his brother, Eddie, opened a butcher shop in the Meatpacking District. Throughout the Great Depression, Harry's shop did well and his family prospered.  Lombardi grew up in an ethnically diverse, middle-class neighborhood. 

 To read more about this inspiring man, please visit:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Lombardi

A TRUTH MISUNDERSTOOD!

“ There is no worse lie than 

a truth misunderstood 

by those who hear it. ”

~ William James
(1842-1910)

William James was an original thinker in and between the disciplines of physiology, psychology and philosophy. His twelve-hundred page masterwork, The Principles of Psychology (1890), is a rich blend of physiology, psychology, philosophy, and personal reflection that has given us such ideas as “the stream of thought” and the baby's impression of the world “as one great blooming, buzzing confusion”

NEVER EXPLAIN!

Never explain. 

Your friends do not need it 

and your enemies will not believe it anyway. 

~Elbert Hubbard

(1856 - 1915)

On May 7, 1915 -  Alice and Elbert Hubbard perish after their ship, the RMS Lusitania, is torpedoed by the Germans and sinks off the coast of Ireland.

Watch video's, view pictures, and read more about this interesting man:  http://www.pbs.org/wned/elbert-hubbard/index.php

What People Say vs. What People Do...

The older I get 

the less I listen to what people say 

and the more I look at what they do. 

~ Andrew Carnegie

FULL-TIME PHILANTHROPIST

When Carnegie retired from business in 1901, he set about in earnest to distribute his fortune. In addition to libraries, he provided hundreds of church organs to local communities.  Carnegie's wealth helped to establish numerous colleges, schools, nonprofit organizations and associations both in his adopted country, as well as in Scotland and throughout the globe. His most significant contribution, both in terms of money and in terms of enduring influence, was the establishment of several endowed trusts or institutions bearing his name.

By the time of his death in 1919, Andrew Carnegie had given away about $350 million, but the legacy of his generosity continues to unfold in the work of the trusts and institutions that he endowed.

Very interesting read!  Please continue to enjoy here:  http://carnegie.org/about-us/foundation-history/about-andrew-carnegie/

Be Who You Are Because...

“Be who you are 
and say what you feel, 
because 
those who mind don’t matter, 
and 
those who matter don’t mind.” 
-Dr. Seuss



Memory...

Memory is a complicated thing,

a relative of truth,

but not it's twin.

~Barbara Kingsolver

Virtue...

Virtue, 

like art, 

constantly deals with what is hard to do, 

and the harder the task the better the success.

~Aristotle

An exerpt from Wikipedia:
Virtue is a behavior showing a high moral standard and is a pattern of thought and behavior based on high moral standards. Virtues can be placed into a broader context of values. Each individual has a core of underlying values that contribute to his or her system of beliefs, ideas and/or opinions (see value in semiotics). Integrity in the application of a value ensures its continuity and this continuity separates a value from beliefs, opinion and ideas. In this context, a value (e.g., Truth or Equality or Creed) is the core from which we operate or react. Societies have values that are shared among many of the participants in that culture. An individual's values typically are largely, but not entirely, in agreement with his or her culture's values.
Individual virtues can be grouped into one of four categories of values:

• Ethics (virtue - vice, good - evil, moral - immoral - amoral, right - wrong)
• Aesthetics (unbalanced, pleasing)
• Doctrinal (political, ideological, religious or social beliefs and values)
• Innate/inborn

Eternal Truths...

We live in the present,

we dream in the future,

but we learn eternal truths

from the past.

~Unknown