Daily Positive Points are weekday messages delivered directly to your inbox.  They all contain a message for the day along with a supporting inspirational quote.  A short video is added to every one of Friday’s message.  The Daily Positive Points were created in February 2008 and delivered for free for over 3 years now.  Starting in January of 2011, they are now a subscription item as part of the premium membership content.

5/11/11
This Week’s Message
Mistakes are inevitable.  It is what we do with them after we make them that define our successes or something less desirable.  One way to deal with mistakes is to be totally honest with others about them and don’t be so hard on ourselves when we make them.  This simple rule has personally worked for me and propelled me to heights I never imagined.

This Week’s Quote
“Success Intelligence includes the wisdom to avoid making unnecessary mistakes and also the courage to accept the necessary education when mistakes are made.  Mistakes are not “good” per se, but everyone can learn to make good use of them.  Hence, a good relationship is one in which both parties are good at honest apologies, genuine forgiveness, and a willingness to learn from mistakes.”  Success Intelligence(Robert Holden, psychologist, author, and broadcaster, who works in the field of positive psychology and well-being)

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5/2/11
This Week’s Message
Stop. Think. Learn. Ask yourself “what if” instead of “why.”  When we do this, we discover the beauty and grace of a mind filled with potential instead of one filled limits.

This Week’s Quote
““The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein 

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4/25/11

This Week’s Message
Stop. Think. Learn. Ask yourself “what if” instead of “why.”  When we do this, we discover the beauty and grace of a mind filled with potential instead of one filled limits.

This Week’s Quote
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” Albert Einstein

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4/19/11

This Week’s Message
It’s simple.  It really is.  To experience success and happiness in achieving a personal goal or achievement, you first have to dream up a goal.  Always remember this: first you think it, and then you do it. 

This Week’s Quote
“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.” Abdul Kalam (President of India, b.1931)

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4/12/11
This Week’s Message

Take a chance. Take the leap. You are protected. Failure does not exist, only learning and success. What can you do but make progress toward your dreams?

This Week’s Quote
“It’s the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance.
It’s the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance”
from “The Rose” by Bette Midler and Amanda McBroom

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4/5/11
This Week’s Message
be an instrument of peace.  When something comes up today that is a little frustrating, remember today’s message; be an instrument of peace.  Choose peace over any negative emotion and then radiate your sweetness for everyone to experience today.  Man, you are some kind of SA-WEET!

This Week’s Quote
“”A man of knowledge chooses a path with a heart and follows it and then he looks and rejoices and laughs and then he sees and knows.” Carlos Casteneda (Author, 1925-1998)

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3/30/11
This Week’s Message
There is nothing sweeter than taking time to stop and smell the roses. Slow down and see all the beauty around you. Breathe in the life-giving air and feel your body come alive.

This Week’s Quote
“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces.  Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to it’s fullest potential and fight for your dreams.” Ashley Smith

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3/23/11
This Week’s Message
our goal is not to solve world peace but to discover the peace within each of us.  Then we can set our sights on more lofty goals.

This Week’s Quote
“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.”  Thomas Kempis (Catholic monk and author, 1380-1471)

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3/16/11
This Week’s Message
It is important to set our goals as high as possible.  The higher, the better.  When we do this, we allow the universe to supply what we need at just the right time.  We may not achieve all of these goals, but just think of the celebration when we do!

This Week’s Quote
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo (Italian sculptor, painter, architect & poet, considered the creator of the Renaissance, 1475-1564)

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3/9/11
This Week’s Message
Sometimes we have limiting beliefs about how things are the way they are.  When we are younger, we often believe we have all the answers to everything.  However, when we accept that we can learn from others,  our minds open to new possibilities.

This Week’s Quote
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

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3/2/11
This Week’s Message
Relax and take a deep breath. Don’t take life so serious. Don’t take your own opinions and beliefs so seriously either. For what we believed with unconditional certainty yesterday only proves to be untruths tomorrow.  Check out this awesome video.

This Week’s Quote
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.” Chuang Tzu (The most significant of China’s early interpreters of Taoism, 389-286 BC)

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2/23/11
This Week’s Message:
CE-LE-BRATE good times, come on!  (Let’s celebrate!) You have officially been given permission to scream out loud, YEA Baby, YEA!  right now!  What?  You have got to be kidding me!  Is that the best you can do?  Let’s try it again!  YEA Baby, YEA!  That’s much better.  You’ve got your groove back.  Feels good, huh?

This Week’s Quote
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” by Mark Twain

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2/16/11
This Week’s Message
When I was a teenager, someone taught me the phrase Fake it ‘til you make it.  Sometimes, if you get the body to do what you want, the mind will follow.  You’ll DO it, and then you’ll FEEL it.  Simple, huh?

This Week’s Quote
“Some days there won’t be a song in your heart.  Sing anyway.”  ~ Emory Austin)

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2/9/11
This Week’s Message
Once you put your goals into motion, new thoughts, ideas and positive energy starts spreading like wildfires.  The key is to do at least one thing toward your goals, TODAY.

This Week’s Quote
“From a little spark bursts a mighty flame.” Dante Alighieri (Italian poet of the Middle Ages.  He is known for his work, The Divine Comedy, of which the part Inferno is most widely known, 1265-1321)

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2/2/11
This Week’s Message
There is a blessing in every challenge you face.  When you fight and curse them, you block the flow of positive energy they are offering.  If instead you find the blessing that they contain, you are rewarded with healing, positive and supportive energy.  Bill, don’t be a fighter, be a “blesser”!

This Week’s Quote
“Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.” Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (Swiss-American psychiatrist and author  1926-2004)

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01/25/11
This Week’s Message
Bill, imagine sitting on a beach with a nice cool breeze in your face.  You see a huge cargo ship on the horizon, but this is no ordinary ship.  This ship contains everything you could ever desire in your lifetime.  The only problem is that ship doesn’t know where to deliver your “goods.”  For it to dock near you, all you have to do is to focus on your goals, think positive thoughts, trust your gut, and take decisive action every day.  Bill, I think I see the ship turning and heading your way.
 
This Week’s Quote
“The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)

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01/19/11
This Week’s Message:
Take time to breathe.  At least 5 times today take deep, lung-filling breaths of fresh air.  Breathe in peace, while exhaling stress and anxiety.  With each breath, imagine the SWEET aroma of success filling every cell of your body.

This Week’s Quote
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.” Swedish Proverb

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01/12/11
This Week’s Message:
It is during the times when we feel that our backs are up against the wall that we are closest to achieving success beyond our wildest imagination.  We must stay the course and use our intuition as our GPS guiding device.  So, your destination, please?
 
This Week’s Quote
“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” Napoleon Hill (American author, 1883-1970)

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 01/05/11
This Week’s Message:
It’s simple.  It really is.  To experience success and happiness in achieving a personal goal or achievement, you first have to dream up a goal.  Always remember this: first you think it, and then you do it.  Click here to catch Friday’s video. 

This Week’s Quote:
“A ship in harbor is safe – but that is not what ships are for.” – John A. Shedd

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12/29/10
This Week’s Message
Take a risk.  Risk failing, risk being laughed at, risk getting in hot water, and risk being hurt or scared.  Know that you were created to create.  Open yourself to the possibility!

This Week’s Quote
“A ship in harbor is safe – but that is not what ships are for.” – John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic

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