Tag: Joel Rieck
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No 35 8-31-18 “Go out and do something kind for somebody”
“When you find yourself overpowered, as it were, by melancholy, the best way is to go out and do something kind for somebody.”
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No 34 8-24-18 “Doing the Right Thing” Changing Lives Through Dancing!
“I have the right to do anything I want, but is that always the right thing to do?” David Woodbury – Arthur Murray Professional In ballroom dancing, we have a concept on the dance floor called Floorcraft. This is how couples dance Quickstep, Tango, Paso Doble, and Cha Cha on a crowded floor. The rule…
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No 33 8-17-18 “Good friendships are fragile things”
“Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing.” – Randolph S. Bourne (1886 – 1918) American Writer After 42 years with Arthur Murray Dance Centers, I now have a lifetime of my dancing friends, and they are truly my family. These are precious and fragile relationships. All…
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No 32 8-10-18 “To Give Real Service”
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” – Donald A. Adams (1925) former president of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania When was the last time you had great service? At Arthur Murray, we practice the Cadillac Treatment with our…
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No 31 8-2-18 “Perseverance is a great element of success”
“Perseverance is a great element of Success” Henry Wadsworth Longefellow
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No 28 7-13-18 “The Greatest Test of Courage”
“The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.” – R.G. Ingersoll (1833 – 1899) American lawyer Do you like the rough times in life? I don’t. I can barely handle the great times in life with all their abundance and joy, much less loss, illness,…
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No 27 7-6-18 “Keeping your Memories”
“If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.” – Bob Dylan (1941) American songwriter, singer Living your dreams is not easy. It takes a lot of courage and pluck to turn a thought into an action that turns into a dream that becomes a reality. And dream has a way of…
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No 24 – 6-15-18 “Run the Great Risk”
“I run great risk of failing. It may be that I shall encounter ruin where I look for reputation and a career of honor. The chances are perhaps more in favor of ruin than of success. But, whatever may be the chances, I shall go on as long as any means of carrying on the…
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No 23 6-8-18 “Learn to be Brave and Patient”
“Learn to be Brave and Patient”
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No 22 6-1-18 “How to Become Quite a Person”
“Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.” Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist and professor of physics Ever think that you have messed up your life? Ever think that you have made a mistake so grave that you will never be able to recover? Has a wrong decision or a…