Tag: Ballroom Dancing
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01 1-5-18 Champions!
No 01 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, January 5, 2018 Champions! “Champions talk success. Champions know that success is inevitable; That there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. They know that the best way to forecast the future is to create it.” Michael Gelb “A Champion Team will…
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No 51 12-22-17 “I Love the Holidays”
No 51 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, December 22, 2017 I Love the Holidays! We put up our Christmas tree Thanksgiving Day. Sent out our cards the next day. We knew that we would dance almost every day from then to Christmas Eve. Guess what? The days have been glorious. We…
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No 44 The Road to Happiness 11-3-17
#44 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, November 3, 2017 The Road to Happiness “The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it, put your whole soul into it — every bit of energy…
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No 42 10-20-17 Enter to Learn – Go Forth to Serve!
No 42 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, October 20, 2017 Enter to Learn – Go Forth to Serve! -Tom Murdock – Arthur Murray International At a recent Fall Forum staff awards and training weekend for Arthur Murray Dance Centers, Tom Murdock opened our great weekend with the above words.…
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No 39 9-29-17 Until One Is Committed!
No 39 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 29, 1956 Until one is Committed! “Until one is committed, there is always hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one element of truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid…
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How to make pressure work in your favor!
No 38 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, September 22, 1956 How to make pressure work in your favor! Some ideas on making stress work in the positive for you! Inside Influences Have a positive optimistic outlook Have an anchor of faith or spirituality Always be motivated Take action – be…
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No 33 “Patience is passion tamed.” 8-18-17
No 33 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 18, 2017 “Patience is passion tamed.” – Lyman Abbott (1835 – 1922) American Congregationalist theologian For many years I never had patience. I was a ‘millennial’ in the 70’s. I wanted everything in my dancing to come to me on the first try and…
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No 32 8-11-17 What is Creativity?
Photo is my lovely mom, J. Clair Woodbury. No 32 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, August 4, 2017 What is Creativity? “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.”- Mary Lou Cook (1918) American educator Are you a risk taker? I never thought I was.…
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No 30 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 28, 2017 Burn the Ships! In 1519, Captain Hernán Cortés landed in Veracruz. When they landed the Captain ordered his men to burn the ships. That order did not make sense to his men. Cortes knew that the only way to keep himself…
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No 28 Nothing will take the place of persistence 7-14-17
No 28 Changing Lives through Dancing By David Earl Woodbury Friday, July 14, 2017 “Nothing will take the place of persistence” “I want to remind you that success in life is based on hard slogging. There will be periods when discouragement is great and upsetting, and the antidote for this is calmness and fortitude and…