A Moment For You™ Issue 1

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"Be Who You Were Called to Be!"

"Moments"
In This Issue:


•	Welcome to our first issue!

•	Beth's "Brain Food"

•	Quote This!

•	Trivia for today

•	News You can Use

•	Today's chuckle

Other Links:


•	Need a speaker?

•	Send us your ideas!

•	Get your own copy of Beth's Newsletter

Welcome to our first issue!
Welcome to my first newsletter! Iąm glad you joined us. We are a work in progress, so any feedback and/or tips would be greatly appreciated. Enjoy! Beth

Beth's Brain Food:

Be Who You Were Called to Be!
I have a friend with a heart-stopping voice. You know the type. You go to a Karaoke lounge and most people ignore the singers. When my friend starts to sing, everyone stops talking and looks for the source of the voice. And there in the corner is this Elvis voice coming out of a stocky Japanese guy in an aloha shirt.

He sang in the Hawaii Opera Theatre several times. I could always pick out his rich baritone voice. One day his voice teacher encouraged him to compete in Hawaii Stars - a singing contest held every week in Honolulu. He sang what she told him to sing. He lost.

I was reminded of that when I saw a Little Richard special on TV. Richard was singing a ballad that he mangled terribly. They switched him to rock'n'roll and his true talent emerged. Imagine Little Richard singing a ballad! That is like Sinatra singing rap. I'm sure ol' blue eyes could... but it would be dumb.

And that is the reason my friend didn't win the competition. He was singing the wrong song. With the right song...

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Quote This!
"Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers."

-Socrates (470-390 B.C)

Trivia for today:
We've come a long way- baby… 100 years ago the cost of a first class stamp was 2˘. The Wright brothers made their first flight at Kitty Hawk, NC. The first transcontinental trip by automobile was made from San Francisco to New York. It took 52 days! The average white male born in 1903 could expect to live to 48. The average white female to age 51. The average non-white male would live to age 33 and the average non-white female to age 35.

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News You can Use
Save money on energy bills!!! Do you have your Freezer and Refrigerator temperatures set correctly? According to APS (Arizona's Electric Utility) your freezer should be set between 0 and 5 degrees and your refrigerator should be set between 37 and 40 degrees. While you are at it, your water heater's best setting is 120 (which will match our outside temperatures over the summer in Phoenix!)

Today's Chuckle
To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half- empty.
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

A Thank you!

A huge debt of thanks to our web-designer, Walrus Studios. If you haven't seen my new web site design, stop by and check it out. You can contact the creative designer here. They've done a great job on the site and on details like this newsletter design. Please give them a look!

Need a Speaker?
Call Motivational Keynote Speaker, Beth Terry! Beth's inspirational, down-to earth style, practical message and sense of humor have earned her high marks with meeting planners and seminar attendees alike. As a motivational keynote speaker, she is well known for her dynamic style and for the uplifting, encouraging and inspirational stories she uses to make messages stick. Visit Beth's web site!

Send us your ideas!
Every organization has issues they struggle to solve! Some issues are big, some are small. Have you had an experience in your organization that you would like Beth's advice on? We would love to hear your stories! Please send us an email here.

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