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POPSProcess Capability: Inspirational Quotes from Astronauts The title of the blog post is called "Zooming in and Zooming Out." From a Process Engineering perspective, sometimes you're up to your eyeballs in minutia to figure out the solution to a problem. Other times, it is much better to be able to appreciate the "whole" of a situation to grasp the significance. It's rather like having the ability of "zooming in and zooming out" of focus. On our journey, we deal with our existence related to our situations and circumstances. However, the beautiful words of inspiration quoted here from various astronauts gives a whole new way to think about the process of life.
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POPSSuccess Happens by Choice Not Chance - Motivational Speaker, Blanche Williams
I just found Blanche Williams today. I like her life philosophy: "Success happens by choice, not chance." My business philosophy is the same, when helping people in my area with their online advertising. I say your Life's Work should never be taken for granted. Never give up. Choose to be great! "Become what you think you are". As it relates to a person's website, their business message online for the world to "see" and find their services, I say, "Your Business did not come about by chance. It was by deliberate design. Get your message heard and in front of those who need your services with "online design". Hence, my moniker "onlinedesign". I think all things that are great in this world are by design. I really don't think anything worthwhile is left to chance. You CAN become what you want to be. I love highlighting and Clipping people like Blanche Williams. Granted, she's a promoter. But the substance of what she promotes is inspiring and needed.
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POPSThey did not give up R. H. Macy failed seven times before his store in New York City caught on. When Bell telephone was struggling to get started, its owners offered all their rights to Western Union for $100,000. The offer was disdainfully rejected with the pronouncement, "What use could this company make of an electrical toy." Rocket scientist Robert Goddard found his ideas bitterly rejected by his scientific peers on the grounds that rocket propulsion would not work An expert said of Vince Lombardi: "He possesses minimal football knowledge and lacks motivation." Michael Jordan and Bob Cousy were each cut from their high school basketball teams. Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After Fred Astaire's first screen test, the memo from the testing director of MGM, dated 1933, read, "Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." When Lucille Ball began studying to be actress, she was to"Try any other profes