Swim Upstream

Only dead fish swim with the current. Every year, Rika and I watch the salmon swimming upstream at various rivers. We walk down to Hoy Creek and stand on the bridge to see them. We enjoy watching them leap and struggle and fight their way upstream. Their persistence, resilience, and strength are very motivating to watch.

Too many people like to run with the herd. Like the buffalo, whose eyes are on the sides of their heads, people look at what the mob does and follows it over the cliff. Winners look ahead. They are goal-oriented and determined to reach their objectives. When the crowd runs east, winners run west. The salmon swim hundreds of miles upstream against rugged rapids, preyed upon by hungry eagles and bears. They don’t stop until they die. The Fraser River is perhaps best knows as North America's greatest salmon river. We live 25 minutes away from this mighty river and in August, you can see the salmon on their way upstream.

Let’s get excited about our goals and be prepared, like the salmon, to pay the price for the achievement of our goals.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

Don't Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don't give up, though the pace seems slow -

You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than

It seems to a faint and faltering man,

Often the struggler has given up

When he might have captured the victor's cup.

And he learned too late, when the night slipped down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out -

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt -

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar;

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit -

It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

Author Unknown

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

DollarMakers Joint Venture Forum Member Jim Kennedy www.makingdollars.net kindly contributed this wisdom:

THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company.

Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are.

If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl.

But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.

A mirror reflects a mans face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.

The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate for the good and the bad.

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.

An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative

Thinking and negative acting people.

As you grow, your associates will change.
Some of your friends will not want you to go on.They will want you to stay where they are.

Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl.

Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.

Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider This: Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.

Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.
You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.
Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.

I am glad you decided to become part of this great DollarMakers group.
With you, I know I am in the right company
Let’s soar !