I’m sure many of you are feeling as I am quite stunned that the year is almost over and the festive season is just around the corner. Supermarket shelves are already laden with Christmas puddings, cakes, gifts and goodies.

For many, me included, 2012 has been an interesting year with highlights and lowlights. It has been a year of change, of challenges, of joy and sadness, of growth and most importantly of learning.

As my last newsletter for 2012, I would like to share my learnings with you in quotations.

      Ability is what you are capable of. Attitude determines how well you do it. - Lou Holtz

      You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings.

- Elizabeth Gilbert

      There are 2 primary choices in life – to accept conditions as they are or to accept the responsibility

for changing them. - Dennis Waitley

      Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough – we must do! - Johan von Goethe

      Life’s blows cannot break a person whose spirit is warmed at the fires of enthusiasm.

- Norman Vincent Peale

      Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves

will affect us. - Stephen Covey

      Do a little bit of good wherever you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm

the world. - Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu

      Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every moment with love, grace and gratitude.

- Unknown

      Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. - Victor Hugo

      We choose our joys and sorrows before we experience them. - Khalil Gibran

      I don’t know the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everyone. - Bill Cosby

      Love and kindness are never wasted. They bless the one who receives them and they bless

the giver. - Barbara de Angelis

      People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity no matter how

impressive their talents. - Andrew Carnegie

      It’s not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.

- Addison Walker

      Optimism – the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful even that which is ugly.

- Ambrose Pearce

      Nothing else can substitute for well chosen, well timed, sincere words of PRAISE. They are

absolutely free and worth a fortune. - Sam Walton

      Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions and as a result

they get better answers. - Anthony Robbins

      The room in your house you should spend the most time in is the room for improvement.

- Irene Gibbon

      The love of learning, the sequestered nooks and all the sweet serenity of books.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

      Live for today because tomorrow is promised to no-one. - Unknown

      To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination. - Cynthia Ozick

      People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims until

they develop a greater vision for their lives. - Stedman Graham

      He who knows others is learned, he who knows himself is wise. - Lao tze Tsung

      The end of that x tra mile is the spot where the rainbow ends, and that is where the pot of gold

is hidden. - Anon

      Life isn’t about finding yourself it’s about creating yourself. - George Bernard Shaw

      Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. - Christian Dior

In closing I trust you have been able to resonate with some of what I have shared about my learnings in 2012. May some of these be carried forward with you into the New Year.

I wish you and your loved ones a blessed and happy festive season. Furthermore may 2013 be a wonderful, interesting, successful and growth filled year for you all.

With warmest regards

Courses can also be designed to suit the client’s specific needs and requirements.
Contact details: Tel: +27 11 784 1839   Cell: +27 82 553 3581   Email: terryz@mweb.co.za   Website: www.tlz.co.za

To read past newsletters or see what training programs are available, visit www.tlz.co.za

~ Unsubscribe ~