Motivation and Inspiration

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By Terry Orr

What gets your juices flowing?

What motivates you?

Who inspires you?

“My model for business is The Beatles.  They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That’s how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” ~ Steve Jobs

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We all have dreams – though few of us have the determination to make them happen.

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We need to break free of those bad habits, those restraints that keep us from moving forward.

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I believe we all have unlimited potential to accomplish great things in life – the key may be who helps to influence us or what opportunities unveil themselves to us or that we might see.

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 The game of golf has always intrigued me - very little is physical - it is the mental aspects that sets one apart for the crowd.  

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This is especially true in life - and focusing on the important things in life are key.

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As the late Dr. Stephen R. Covey wrote - be sure your ladder of success is in the right place.

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Cream Puff Day

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By Chef Diane

Thirty four years ago I got a super shooter for Christmas.  It was wonderful, and looking through the recipe book I pictured all kinds of delicious treats I could make for my family. The first recipe that caught my eye was for Éclairs.  Well I had to make them, they sounded so exotic, and French!  As it turned out...that is the only thing I used that super shooter for, and now I make them without it.

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The cream puffs I make is the same recipe for Éclairs, the only difference is a cream puff is just a smaller version, almost bite sized.   According to punchbowl.com, Cream puffs  made their debut in the United States in 1880. However, the first cream puff originated in Europe sometime during the 1540's when Catherine de Medici's pastry chef created the baked puffed shells for Catherine’s husband, Henry II of France.

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Below is my recipe and since today is cream puff day, why not try to make this easy exotic dessert for your family.

Cream Puffs

Ingredients:

• 1 cup water
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup flour
• 4 eggs

Directions

Preheat oven to 425.  Boil water and butter until butter is melted.  Remove from heat and add flour.  Let cool then add eggs, one at a time.  Stir thoroughly after each egg until mixture is smooth and glassy.  After all the eggs have been stirred in....spoon the mixture onto a baking sheet, about a table spoon size dollop.  Bake at 425 for 15 minutes, then turn oven down to 325 for 30 minutes.   Remove from oven and cut in half.  Fill with cream and top with powdered sugar or chocolate glaze.  I normally make instant french vanilla pudding for my filling.  Chocolate glaze recipe is below, or you can use canned icing.

Chocolate Glaze

• 2 square of semi-sweet baking chocolate
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 TBS milk

Heat butter and chocolate until melted, stir in sugar and milk.  Drizzled over puffs quicky before it hardens.  Enjoy!

Happy New Year’s 2013

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By Diane Forrest

Well today is the beginning of a brand new year!  The old man of 2012 has retired and been replaced by the baby new year.  Today is a fresh start for everyone.  A chance to forget about all the problems and disappointments of 2012, and plan a bright and prosperous 2013.  Some people make a new year's resolution.  Things such as losing weight, quitting a bad habit, spending more time with family and things like that.  I used to make them too, however, they would be forgotten in a few days, and so I'm not gonna start the new year with a disappointment.

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Today is a day to reflect on things you did in 2012, and things that you can do better in 2013.  You have a clean slate!!

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One of the things I thought about are the people we have lost, many of them made such impressions on our lives, and provided many good memories  I am grateful for the moments of happiness they provided me.  Some of the ones who passed away include:

Entertainers:

Etta James, Andy Griffith, Ernest Borgnine, Sherman Hemsley, Maurice Sendak, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Doc Watson, Richard Dawson, Nora Ephron, Phyllis Diller, Michael Clarke Duncan, Don Cornelius, Jan Berenstain, Ravi Shankar and Dave Brubeck.  Most recently Larry Haggman of Dallas, and Jack Klugman of the Odd Couple

Political figgures: George McGovern, Democrat presidential nominee who lost to Richard Nixon in a historic landslide, and ex-Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist. Others from the world of politics: Bill Janklow, Norodom Sihanouk, Charles "Chuck" Colson, Warren B. Rudman, Andrew Breitbart and Miguel de la Madrid.

Notable deaths include Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, Dick Clark, the oldest teenager, Whitney Houston, singer with a life full of controversy, and Joe Paterno, whose life was forgotten over the scandal surrounding him.

There were many headlines in 2012, the reelection of President Obama following the yearlong political campaign, the shootings in Colorado, and more recently in Sandy Hook, The Olympics and news of a pregnancy of the future king of England.

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I was talking with my friend whose aunt is having her 100th birthday.  She was born on January 1, so I started looking to see who else was born on January 1.  Some notable names popped up such as Paul Revere and Betsey Ross.  For a list of others click here: http://www.nndb.com/lists/518/000106200/

So, today, I am going to get out the new calendar that my aunt gives me each year for Christmas, throw away the old one, and clean off my desk and start fresh.   We at KISBYTO want to thank you for your loyal patronage, and your visits have exceeded our expectations at nearly half a million views.  We plan to continue to inform you and entertain you and provide you with fresh and new articles in the coming year, and we value your comments and suggestions.

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So now that we have started the year with a Bang....lets keep it going the rest of the year!