Every once in awhile, I can manage to pull together some really good random thoughts and I figured today I would share them with you. Theres no theme whatsoever, todayonly some random thoughts.

Random Thought #1Success is an Attitude. We should daily maintain the right kind of attitude to have the success we expect in life.

Random Thought #2Give of yourself; give of your time. Never forget our children spell love T-I-M-E! We should give our children every possible moment of our time. This is when we can teach, share, encourage, correct, and love.

Random Thought #3Live in the Moment. We cannot do anything about the yesterdays except learn from them. We cannot do anything about the future except prepare for it. The key is to live in the now.

Random Thought #4Count Your Blessings. Take the time to jot down your blessings in a little book that you can take with you everywhere you go. If you encounter rejection or frustration, pull our your book and count your blessings.

Random Thought #5Take Negatives and Turn them into Positives. Be creative and innovative and shift your thinking, taking the word "problem" out of your vocabulary. Replace it with the word "challenge". From now on, see every difficulty as a challenge to be overcome.

Random Thought #6Pay it Forward. There's a great movie by that name. If you have not seen it, you should. We will never know how many people we touch when we contribute to society in this way.

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Robert Prentice

Robert A. (Bob) Prentice is an entrepreneur, a motivational speaker, a corporate trainer, a business and marketing consultant, an author, and publisher, who began his career 25 years ago.On December 26, 1989, Professional Development Systems was established in Rapid City, South Dakota.

In 1998, Bob moved the business to Wessington, South Dakota, so his family could experience the benefits of living in a rural community. Since the birth of PDS, Bob has worked with literally hundreds of companies and organizations within a 15 state region, delivering highly motivational training sessions in Customer Service, Leadership, Sales, Total Quality Management, Team Building and more. Literally, thousands of people participate in Bob's training seminars each year.

A family man, Bob and Vicki, his wife of 28 years, have enjoyed the privilege of raising three children?two sons and a daughter?to adulthood. They also have an 11 year old daughter. Bob says he plays much more than he works, and when he works he goes to fun! Bob's friends call him Mr. Attitude.