<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042</id><updated>2012-02-16T15:47:33.956-06:00</updated><category term='motivation'/><category term='self help'/><category term='parents'/><category term='passion'/><category term='lessons'/><category term='basketball'/><category term='youth sports'/><category term='new'/><category term='goals'/><category term='moovin4ward'/><category term='management'/><category term='focus'/><category term='time'/><category term='accomplishment'/><category term='life'/><title type='text'>Moovin4ward Presentations</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ms. Shae</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TC36VZlqlUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JmHcaj8IBU0/S220/TOL+pic+2.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-5558487832983967008</id><published>2010-12-17T23:03:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2010-12-17T23:03:24.563-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Webinars, Web Conferences and Online Meetings hosted by Myers-Tech: Sharon Myers | InstantPresenter.com</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.instantpresenter.com/myerstech"&gt;Webinars, Web Conferences and Online Meetings hosted by Myers-Tech: Sharon Myers | InstantPresenter.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-5558487832983967008?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.instantpresenter.com/myerstech' title='Webinars, Web Conferences and Online Meetings hosted by Myers-Tech: Sharon Myers | InstantPresenter.com'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/5558487832983967008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/12/webinars-web-conferences-and-online.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/5558487832983967008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/5558487832983967008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/12/webinars-web-conferences-and-online.html' title='Webinars, Web Conferences and Online Meetings hosted by Myers-Tech: Sharon Myers | InstantPresenter.com'/><author><name>The Speaker Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04465800795005307409</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/TIAym-c-5FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Zm4IQW1KIOs/S220/IMG_9975.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-2564045873238494684</id><published>2010-10-15T09:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T09:04:36.393-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark "The Speakerman" Wiggins - Shake the Haters</title><content type='html'>&lt;object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/cQrIoEgTFGQ/hqdefault.jpg)"  width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQrIoEgTFGQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cQrIoEgTFGQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-2564045873238494684?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/2564045873238494684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/10/mark-speakerman-wiggins-shake-haters.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/2564045873238494684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/2564045873238494684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/10/mark-speakerman-wiggins-shake-haters.html' title='Mark &quot;The Speakerman&quot; Wiggins - Shake the Haters'/><author><name>The Speaker Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04465800795005307409</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/TIAym-c-5FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Zm4IQW1KIOs/S220/IMG_9975.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-1859324700315547135</id><published>2010-09-16T12:06:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T12:11:46.881-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='focus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='management'/><title type='text'>Try Something New to Save Time!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TJJPglS5eeI/AAAAAAAAACA/Q9f8x_dGknA/s1600/Watching+Clock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TJJPglS5eeI/AAAAAAAAACA/Q9f8x_dGknA/s320/Watching+Clock.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Your time is important. So you want to do all that you can to use it wisely, because once it's gone, it's gone. So here's a bright idea... try something new using your technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Seriously! Try reading the instruction manual for your smartphone--which, by the way, you purchased to help you be more organized. Or... how about actually visiting the manufacturer's web site of your smartphone to find new software updates and releases that may further your productivity. &amp;nbsp;I'm almost certain that you will find several time management applications already on your phone that you didn't know were there and/or have ever used.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I had my Blackberry two years before I realized that I can actually go online and upgrade all the software to look and feel like the brand new blackberry that a friend had just purchased. Keep in mind that the body of your phone may get old and rusty, but the computer software it uses is upgradeable. More importantly, those tasks that used to take 3 steps now only took one. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Here's another time saving technical thought... sync all of your calendars! When you are managing multiple calendars (phone, computer, desk) and having to re-enter data from one to the other, you're wasting &lt;strong&gt;more&lt;/strong&gt; of your valuable time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;There are lots of great ways to save some of your valuable time for more useful occasions, look for new ways--using technology-- to help you save.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-1859324700315547135?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/1859324700315547135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/try-something-new.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/1859324700315547135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/1859324700315547135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/try-something-new.html' title='Try Something New to Save Time!'/><author><name>Ms. Shae</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TC36VZlqlUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JmHcaj8IBU0/S220/TOL+pic+2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TJJPglS5eeI/AAAAAAAAACA/Q9f8x_dGknA/s72-c/Watching+Clock.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-6190686664712936880</id><published>2010-09-13T07:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-13T07:49:57.313-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Remember when you gave the answer to your parents.."because they said I should" Well who is they, they have too much power.. Take a Time out with The Coach and find out how to get the power back....Get off the Bench&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-4279111b53e67cf0" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v13.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4279111b53e67cf0%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1333382990%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6F13B031D4FA1A3BF6F721E4D711BD4D4F8E3CF2.3564EC46F0B42FF9B81092CE71DDD4EB8A4E6A7E%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4279111b53e67cf0%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DUycg2-2NmLGoxU_DecSi-zNM2cE&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v13.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D4279111b53e67cf0%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1333382990%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6F13B031D4FA1A3BF6F721E4D711BD4D4F8E3CF2.3564EC46F0B42FF9B81092CE71DDD4EB8A4E6A7E%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D4279111b53e67cf0%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DUycg2-2NmLGoxU_DecSi-zNM2cE&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-6190686664712936880?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/6190686664712936880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/remember-when-you-gave-answer-to-your.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/6190686664712936880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/6190686664712936880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/remember-when-you-gave-answer-to-your.html' title=''/><author><name>The Speaker Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04465800795005307409</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/TIAym-c-5FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Zm4IQW1KIOs/S220/IMG_9975.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-4572895093472494233</id><published>2010-09-07T00:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T00:04:36.392-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Achieving Athletic Excellence</title><content type='html'>&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TIXGlVWxO7I/AAAAAAAAABY/weHeHr4Vbk0/s1600/mwigg+athl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TIXGlVWxO7I/AAAAAAAAABY/weHeHr4Vbk0/s320/mwigg+athl.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Mark "The Speaker Man" Wiggins&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Almost 100 students will participate in the Achieving Athletic Excellence Conference to be held in Sterling, VA on September 25, 2010. The goal is to address some of the basic life skills needed for student-athletes to excel in their sport and their studies. The students will also hear valuable presentations to prepare them for college on the topics of NCAA Eligibility Requirements and SAT preparation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The featured speaker, Mark Wiggins, is a former student-athlete, University of Alabama-Huntsville Hall of Fame Basketball Player, Entrepreneur, Published Author, International Motivational Speaker, and now resident of Loudoun County for almost 20 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“The student‐athlete has to juggle two separate roles and two separate sets of responsibilities—all while discovering who they are as individuals beyond athletics,” says Wiggins. “This lifestyle can create pressures or stresses that many students are not aware exist. While the athlete may possess a few more tools in their tool box to deal with these issues, most have not be trained or taught how to use them outside of their sport.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students will be able to work with their peers from other schools to develop action plans for improving a positive athletic culture in the school system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Our main objective is for students to leave the conference with the fundamental information needed to transform from the student athlete of today into the future leader of tomorrow,” states Sharon A. Myers, Executive Director of Moovin4ward Presentations.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The event will be held at the Springhill Suites by Marriott hotel in Sterling, VA and is hosted by the MTXE Foundation and Moovin4ward Presentations.&lt;br /&gt;For more information, visit www.moovin4ward.com/athletic_excellence.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-4572895093472494233?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/4572895093472494233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/achieving-athletic-excellence.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/4572895093472494233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/4572895093472494233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/achieving-athletic-excellence.html' title='Achieving Athletic Excellence'/><author><name>Ms. Shae</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TC36VZlqlUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JmHcaj8IBU0/S220/TOL+pic+2.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TIXGlVWxO7I/AAAAAAAAABY/weHeHr4Vbk0/s72-c/mwigg+athl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-1941296540903895599</id><published>2010-09-02T18:27:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T23:28:41.360-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moovin4ward'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='basketball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='youth sports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lessons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='passion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Let's Go PEA....</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-c378e6dd712d2b5f" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dc378e6dd712d2b5f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1333382990%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D386DD280FE83024548A6129C75FAA5316D484326.2A3D2539EA28D7BD749DD222447B59D6B5AF4030%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dc378e6dd712d2b5f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dp-Iaj4X4Gy5haeh9eO3KwJgv2pA&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dc378e6dd712d2b5f%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1333382990%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D386DD280FE83024548A6129C75FAA5316D484326.2A3D2539EA28D7BD749DD222447B59D6B5AF4030%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dc378e6dd712d2b5f%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dp-Iaj4X4Gy5haeh9eO3KwJgv2pA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;great read on helping your young athlete is called&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Your-Game-Face-Kathy-Toon/dp/0982434103?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=moovin4wardp-20&amp;amp;link_code=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969" target="_blank"&gt;Get Your Game Face On!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=moovin4wardp-20&amp;amp;l=btl&amp;amp;camp=213689&amp;amp;creative=392969&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0982434103" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Kathy Toon. You can find it at &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/"&gt;http://www.amazon.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-1941296540903895599?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/1941296540903895599/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/lets-go-pea.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/1941296540903895599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/1941296540903895599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/09/lets-go-pea.html' title='Let&apos;s Go PEA....'/><author><name>The Speaker Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04465800795005307409</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/TIAym-c-5FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Zm4IQW1KIOs/S220/IMG_9975.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-3546550217846296441</id><published>2010-08-26T21:39:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-26T21:42:55.349-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moovin4ward'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accomplishment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='passion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Do You have Impact?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/THcl7fALkiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/o8FU2mX8tqM/s1600/KK%27s+first+travel+award.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/THcl7fALkiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/o8FU2mX8tqM/s320/KK%27s+first+travel+award.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509914372975858210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is always the question of whether or not you make an impact. Meaning does what I do now, influence or figure in the equation of something when it takes its final form or as it take shape. A potter, who works with clay can see that the pressure from their hands and the rotation of the wheel can influence the outcome of the clay as it spins on the wheel. If the pressure is strong, it can collapse the object very quickly. However, if the pressure is just right, and the right amount of water is used with every rotation you can see subtle changes in the clay. This however takes time. Eventually the clay is formed to the liking of the potter. Or when a seed is planted it takes time for that seed to sprout. It does not just take putting the seed in the ground, or just watering or tilling the soil, or just sunlight and rain to make the seed grow into its full potential. We all know that potential is just unrealized energy right? But it’s a successful mixture of all those components that make the seed grow. So then, if you have a part in some ones life, then you have an impact. That impact can be negative, like too much pressure from the potter or positive, like the right about amount of rain. But either way, you have impact&lt;br /&gt;I received a call from a parent of one of the boys that played on my AAU basketball team, named Team Cager. He was very excited at the fact that his son got a letter from West Point expressing interest in him and wanted him to attend in the fall of 2008. I shared in his joy, that his son was being recruited. I asked was this the first recruitment letter, he said “no” but it was the first letter of any importance. I began to smile because I know the young man, and he came through my foundation. His father thank me and the foundation for being open to allowing his son to play basketball and focus on his school work, and because of that we had given an “assist” in this young man getting this letter. At that moment, I realized that I had an impact on some one’s life. I was not the total reason for his success, but again I was part of the equation that will figure into his success. Final thought, be aware that you are in an equation in peoples life. Whether you intend to or not, you will have an impact on the people in your circle. Why it not be that positive variable in that delicate formula of success and failure, encouragement, and discouragement. Understand, just like that growing seed or a plant, if one necessary element is out of balance the result can be fatal. Just like the right mixtures of elements can produce a wonderful blossoming flower for the world to enjoy. Having said all that I guess I answered the question. Do you have impact? Yes you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Speaker Man&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-3546550217846296441?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/3546550217846296441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/08/do-you-have-impact.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/3546550217846296441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/3546550217846296441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/08/do-you-have-impact.html' title='Do You have Impact?'/><author><name>The Speaker Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04465800795005307409</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/TIAym-c-5FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Zm4IQW1KIOs/S220/IMG_9975.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/THcl7fALkiI/AAAAAAAAAAM/o8FU2mX8tqM/s72-c/KK%27s+first+travel+award.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-8820539422374981149</id><published>2010-08-25T11:54:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T14:27:21.701-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='passion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='focus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self help'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Have you lost your WHY?</title><content type='html'>The Fall is a time to reflect. So the question is, have you lost your WHY? You know the true reason why you do what you do... Sometimes we are so caught up in the "doing" of the thing that&amp;nbsp;we forget “why” we are doing it in the first place. Taking a step back to enjoy the fruits of your labor is a great time to recharge-readjust-and work harder. The old saying "do what you love and the money will follow" is true. Have you ever noticed that when you work in your passion, it is not work? You can go all day every day. 24-7. But when you don’t stop to look at history, the impact you have made, and the blessing it is to have the talent and skills you have, you start to take it for granted. At that point, it becomes a chore. Just ANOTHER to be done- on the- to do list. It happens to us all. Therefore, to battle that level of laziness, put a reflection day on your calendar so you can evaluate your game plan and make adjustments. Then get gassed up about what you’re doing, or change how you did it. But at all cost don’t lose your WHY. Because once it is gone, you will be asking yourself, what was I doing for such a long time and why was I doing it.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Speaker Man&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-8820539422374981149?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/8820539422374981149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/08/have-you-lost-your-why.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/8820539422374981149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/8820539422374981149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/08/have-you-lost-your-why.html' title='Have you lost your WHY?'/><author><name>The Speaker Man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04465800795005307409</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jxuERHH33tg/TIAym-c-5FI/AAAAAAAAAAY/Zm4IQW1KIOs/S220/IMG_9975.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-741048787370400042.post-6846867270233917325</id><published>2010-08-24T16:22:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-08-25T18:31:29.838-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moovin4ward'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='goals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lessons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='accomplishment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='focus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Get Back On Defense</title><content type='html'>Having played sports growing up and now enjoying the thrill of cheering for my children as they play, I have a tendency to illustrate life's lessons through sport analogies.&amp;nbsp; There was one that I repeated to myself on a regular basis after I started my business that I'd like to share and it's "Get Back On Defense!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is&amp;nbsp;instinctive to want to celebrate after you put the ball in the air and score a 2-pt jumper; even more exciting with a 3-pointer or a drive to the goal through several defenders to a score.&amp;nbsp; I can only imagine how I would celebrate actually dunking on someone (on a 8 ft goal&amp;nbsp;and not&amp;nbsp;a trash can).&amp;nbsp; The thrill of the moment sends you in the air for a high five or as guys do it, bump chest.&amp;nbsp; But you must realize that the game is still being played... IT'S NOT OVER til the final buzzer.&amp;nbsp; If you stop to have a party every time you score a couple of points, you can lose focus and lose the game because while you celebrate, your opponent is scoring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm saying this to say, as you progress towards your life's goals, you will undoubtedly hurdle an obstacle or two or three.&amp;nbsp; Acknowledge the victory, but KEEP MOOVIN4WARD!&amp;nbsp; Graduating from high school is a big, BIG deal.&amp;nbsp; But some enjoy it so much that they stop there, not realizing they are but half way, if that.&amp;nbsp; Others get excited about actually making it to college.&amp;nbsp; Maybe the goal was to be the first in the family to achieve that goal.&amp;nbsp; But many fail to stay the course and don't reach graduation because too much attention was on actually getting there and not on getting out.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By all means enjoy your milestone successes, but don't allow those successes to take you out of the game.&amp;nbsp; There are many more 3-pointers, drives, and maybe even an unanticipated dunk in your future.&amp;nbsp; Until the buzzer sounds, stay in the game.&amp;nbsp; Don't lose focus!&amp;nbsp; Hustle back down the court!&amp;nbsp; Get back on defense!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Sharon A. Myers&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/741048787370400042-6846867270233917325?l=moovin4ward.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/feeds/6846867270233917325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/08/get-back-on-defense.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/6846867270233917325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/741048787370400042/posts/default/6846867270233917325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://moovin4ward.blogspot.com/2010/08/get-back-on-defense.html' title='Get Back On Defense'/><author><name>Ms. Shae</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PEXeabtCHvU/TC36VZlqlUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/JmHcaj8IBU0/S220/TOL+pic+2.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
