1. You cant change the weather,and you cant change people, unfortunately. L E E S I L B E R

2. I invented its not you, its me.GEORGE COSTANZA 3. MY STORYHow I Walk The Talk 4. Dont worry honey, we will bene as long as you still havethat rare blood type. W H A T I S A I D T O M Y W I F E 5. 245 6. The Winning Weight245 - 75 = 170 7. I used to rock and roll all nightand every day. Then it was everyother day. Now Im lucky if I cannd an hour to get funky.H O M E R S I M P S O N 8. BOOK REPORTSum up Socrates Life In Four Lines.1. Socrates lived a long time ago.2. Socrates was very smart.3. Socrates gave long speeches.4. His friends poisoned him.* Give shorter talks. 9. I feel there is nothing moreartistic than to love people.V I N C E N T V A N G O G H 10. TOUGHWhat do Southwest, Apple, Google, and FedEx all have in common? 11. In times like these we needstrong leaders with new ideasand solid solutions. L E E S I L B E R 12. Since everyone here is with CMAA,lets just simplify and assume youare all excellent leaders. L E E S I L B E R 13. Be the change you wantto see in the world. G A N D H I 14. If I want to change the world,I must rst change my world. G R A H A M N A S H 15. LEAD MEWhat can a club manager do to inspire others? 16. When we get too busy its easy to overlook the obvious. L E E S I L B E R 17. The problem today is, theres notime to think. We need to forceourselves to disconnect to reconnect with what matters most.L E E S I L B ER 18. The message being sent today isWe dont care about you.U S A T O D A Y 19. How can this happen? 20. The more you care,the better you are.L E E S I L B E R 21. Rally around a common goal and stay focused on it Find solutions instead of complain about problems Create win/win/win propositions 22. A focused philosophy that alldecisions are based on is thefoundation you build on. L E E S I L B E R 23. Tampa Bay Rays 24. 9=8Nine men playing hard and playing together for anentire season will get one of the eight playoff spots. The Rays went from last to rst place in one year. They made the playoffs . . . and World Series.J O E M A D D O N 25. Quick Quiz Who thinks they can recite the entire mission statement of their club or company word for word? 26. We have what it takes to take what youve got.I N T E R N A L R EV E N U E S E R V I C E 27. Get the ock out of here. B I R D R E M O V A L S E R V I C E 28. TWITTERIn 140 characters summarize your clubs philosophy. 29. The trouble with so many of us is we underestimate thepower of simplicity.R O B E R T S T U B E R G 30. I have adream . . . 31. Its our job to make everyimportant aspect of the customerexperience a little bit better. J E F F B E Z O S 32. The common thread with thecompanies on this list is you can summarize their philosophy onsuccess in one sentence. L E E S I L B E R 33. WORD UPNow summarize your philosophy in three words. 34. Dont wish it were easier, wish you were better.J I M R O H N 35. Believe and Achieve Must believe in their club. Must believe their club is better than the competition. Must believe their club makes a difference. Must make employees believe these same things. 36. THE BEST What we do best is . . . 37. Will to Win Want to be better than before. Want to be better than other clubs in the region. Want to be the best. 38. 10,000 hours are required toachieve the level of mastery to become a world-class expert. M A L C O L M G L A D W E L L 39. Beware the lollipop ofmediocrity. Lick it once and youll suck forever. B R I A N W I L S O N 40. Football is a game of inches, and to win a team must move the chains. Each player must win his individual battle. 41. Pick battles big enough to matter,small enough to win.J O N A T H O N K O Z O 42. A small amount of extra effort inbusiness and in life is the difference between good and great. 43. People say we have 18 albumsthat all sound the same. Thats not true . . . we have 19 albums that all sound the same. A N G U S Y O U N G 44. NEXT UPMy focus for 2011 will be . . . 45. 1FOCUS ON GOALS 46. Your future is whatever youmake itmake it a great one. D R E M M I T T B R O W N 47. Write your goals in pen,put your plans in pencil.J O H N B O N J O V I 48. Life doesnt imitate art, it imitates bad television. W O O D Y A L L E N 49. Vision StatementsTime traveling to the future 50. Peoples fear of the unknownleads to a lack of condenceand a fear of the future.T H E B I G I D E A 51. People dont appreciate whatthey have until its gone.T H E B I G I D E A 52. People waste a lot of time and energy on things that arent important and dont matter. T H E B I G I D E A 53. Friends dont let friends buy junk.B A Z O O K A J O E 54. Maybe we should all make a things not-to-do list.L E E S I L B E R 55. Your money or your life?You dont pay for things withmoney, you pay for them with your life.V I C K I R O B I N 56. 2SEEK SOLUTIONS 57. Butt-ShapingShoes 58. If life gives you limes, make margaritas. J IMM Y B U F F E T T 59. Minds are like parachutes;they only function when theyare open.J A M E S D E W A R 60. If at rst the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. A L B E R T E I N S T E I N 61. The Wild Idea Club By Lee Silber 62. Ideas gone wild. 63. ANSWERSTo get good answers, you have to question things. 64. FINE FORDUMPINGGARBAGE 65. Is there a better way to do this?T H E K E Y Q U E S T I O N 66. Quick Questions Isnt Disneyland a people trap operated by a mouse? If Mr. Brady was an architect, why did he design a house with only one bathroom for nine people? If corn oil is made from corn, vegetable oil from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? 67. My dad. 68. Good Idea. 69. Bad Idea. 70. Really? 71. Relax. My old man is a televisionrepairman, hes got this ultimate set of tools. I can x it.J E F F S P I C O L I 72. Who invented the telephone? Who invented the light bulb? Who invented the assembly line? Who invented the Post It Note? Who invented the iPhone? 73. The best way to get a goodidea is to get a lot of ideas.L I N U S P A U L I N G 74. BUGSWhat bugs you? 75. Decide to do something about what bugs you. Get a few caring people together to brainstorm. Pick one problem to address and focus on solutions. Work it through to make it a win/win. Pitch it and/or put it into practice. Repeat the process as needed. 76. FUTUREWhat will your members needs be in the future? 77. An idea that is developed andput into action is more important than an idea thatexists only as an idea.B U D D H A 78. 3THINK WIN / WIN 79. Most employees are beyondbusy and dont really carewhat you have to say.L E E S I L B E R 80. Connect the dots between whatyou want and how it benets theother person. Thats win/win.L E E S I L B E R 81. Passionate people. ZAPPOS = $10 BILLION / TEN YEARS 82. You can have everythingyou want if you will just helpenough other people getwhat they want. Z I G Z I G L A R 83. HAPPY NOW?What really makes your people happy? 84. Our study showed happy peopleare much more productive.F A S T C O M P A N Y 85. Happiness is Really aFour-Letter Word A = _________________________ B = _________________________ C = _________________________ D = _________________________ 86. You spend a lot of your life atwork. It both sucks and blowswhen you dont enjoy it.L E E S I L B E R 87. Relativity. 88. Do what you love and the money will follow. M A R S H A S I N E T A R 89. All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be. P I N K F L O Y D 90. Its a Brees Its all about setting priorities and having the discipline to say no to the things that keep you from reaching your goal. Every day I have to get better, because if Im not, Im getting worseand thats not an option. I like to lead by example. I am the rst to arrive at the complex and the last to leavenobody works harder than I do. 91. Every person that buys intoyour idea does so by changingit to his ideaeven if it looks alot like your idea.T O M P E T E R S 92. The easier something is to do,the more likely you will do it. S T E V E N C O V E Y 93. Simplify. To avoid cuttingyourself when slicing vegetables, have someone else hold them. U N K N O W N 94. CLEARLYDo your people know what you expect from them? 95. My wife said she wanted something shiny that went from0 - 150 in 3 seconds. I bought hera bathroom scale . . .A N D T H E N T H E F I G H T S T AR T ED 96. Test chicken. 97. NASA scientists built a gun tolaunch four-pound chickens atmaximum velocity to testwindshield strength.T R U E S T O R Y 98. British engineers asked to use the gun to conduct their own tests.When their windshields shattered,they turned to NASA for answers. T R U E S T O R Y P A R T I I 99. Defrost the chickens. N A S A R E S P O N S E 100. Explain what you wantand show them the way. 101. If you cant measure it,you cant manage it. U N K N O W N 102. Dont criticize, condemn, or complain Dont sweat the small stuff Do the right thing 103. A leader is a dealer in hope. N A P O L E O N 104. GREATLEADERSA leader is . . . 105. Lead By Example CharacterCaring, compassionate, supportive, trustworthy CompetenceDecisive, prepared, knowledgeable, connected 106. A leader leads by example,whether he intends to or not. U N K N O W N 107. Leaders Throughout History Churchill Lombardi Ghandi Mandela Lincoln Roosevelt 108. To every teacher who said Iwouldnt amount to anything,I have only one thing to say . . .good call. J O N S T E W A R T 109. 1DONT CRITICIZE 110. Dont criticize, condemn,or complain.D A L E C A R N E G I E 111. Walk a mile in their shoes. 112. You have to decide if you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.R A N D Y P A U S C H 113. MY NAME IS What do you want to be known for? 114. Im so miserable without you, its almost like having you here.S T E P H E N B I S H O P 115. If you have to swallow a frog, dont stare at it too long. M A R K T W A I N 116. YODADo or not do . . . 117. I can do anything your husbandcan dobut Ill do it now. A D F O R A H A N D Y M A N S E R V I C E 118. You cant wait for inspiration, youhave to go after it with a club. J A C K L O N D O N 119. If your actions inspire others todream more, learn more, domore, and become more,you are a leader. U N K N O W N 120. JUST DO ITWhat is something you have been putting off? 121. If you can do something inunder a minute, just do it.L E E S I L B E R 122. Do the best you can withwhat you have.L E E S I L B E R 123. Break things down so they only take ve seconds to start and ve minutes to complete. L E E S I L B E R 124. 5 MINUTESName something productive you can do in 5 minutes. 125. Everyone wants to change theworld, but who has the time? So change your world. L E E S I L B E R 126. 2DONT SWEAT IT 127. WENIS is the skin on the end of your elbow. SHUVUNDAH is how people organize in a hurry. DIJON VU is the same mustard as before. 128. Do sweat the small stuff, but dont pet the sweaty stuff.T - S H I R T 129. IAMNOWHERE 130. Hanging onto resentment isletting someone you despise live rent-free in your head.A N N L A N D E R S 131. Whenever I feel blue, I startbreathing again. L E E S I L B E R 132. Before I was paralyzed therewere 10,000 things I could do. Now there are 9,000. I can either dwell on the1,000 Ive lost or the 9,000 I have left. W . M I T C H E L L 133. If you live every day as if itwere your last, one day youwill be right. S T E V E J O B S 134. LEGACYWhat will your legacy be? 135. PENN & TELLER Is this your card? RODNEY DANGERFIELD There goes the neighborhood. MEL BLANC Thats all folks. 136. I resolve to spend more time withmy three best friendsmy ve wood, seven iron, and putter.G E O R G E L O P E Z 137. 3DO THE RIGHT THING 138. Honesty may be the best policy,but by elimination, dishonesty is the second best policy.G E O R G E C A R L I N 139. Caring for our seniors is thegreatest responsibility we have.Those who have walked before us have given so much and made possible the life we all enjoy. J O H N H O E V E N 140. People, prot, planet.T R I P L E B O T T O M L I N E 141. No man is t to lead another that cannot command himself.W I L L I A M P E N N 142. YESEmpower your people to say Yes. 143. Understand what makes people tick and put them in a position to succeed based on their strengths Appreciate them for what they do well When all else fails, agree to disagree 144. Leadership is more aboutpeople skillsenabling others todo great things.L E E S I L B E R 145. 1UNDERSTAND THEM 146. A caffeinated worker is amotivated worker. That said, the employee of the month onceagain is Mr. Coffee. U N K N O W N 147. I exercise in the morning before mybrain gures out what Im up to. If there were a better way, I would have bought it. O P RA H 148. When you understand whyyour people do the things theydo, you can gure out the bestways to motivate them. L E E S I L B E R 149. Never miss a goodchance to shut up. W I L L R O G E R S 150. HELLO?Find 10 things in common in two minutes. 151. Studies show women are better communicators than men. To that I only have onething to say, Duh.C O N A N O B R I E N 152. Fun Fact The rst protective cup was used in hockey in 1874, and the rst helmet was worn in 1974. This means it took 100 years for men to gure out their brain is also important. 153. Women with a household incomeunder $50,000 are ten times more likely to wear thong underwear. U S A T O D A Y 154. Im not okay, youre not okay, and thats okay. D R . N A T A S H A J O S E F O W I T Z 155. Left is alright. 156. In your Right mind. 157. Get people in the right job . . .for them. L E E S I L B E R 158. 2APPRECIATE THEM 159. We often underestimate the power of the smallest act ofcaring which has the potential to turn a life around.L E O B U S C A G L I A 160. YOU ROCK! Who here really impresses you? 161. People dont care how much youknow, until they know how much you care . . . about them.Z I G Z I G L A R 162. Never believe a few caringpeople cant change the world. Thats all who ever have.M A R G A R E T M E A D 163. Hire good people and trust themto do the right thing.N O R D S T R O M 164. 3AGREE 2 DISAGREE 165. Keep the people who hate you away from the people who are undecided. C A S E Y S T E N G E L 166. The members who commandthe best service either have thelowest handicap or thehighest bar bill. U N K N O W N 167. Treat everyone like family. 168. Dick Vermeil With coach it was motivation by inspiration. Heconnected with you on a deeper level and you knew hecared about you as a person. We were more like a family than a team, and he was like a father gure. We would do anything for him.V I N C E P A P A L E 169. Dick Vermeil 170. Your employees are free agents.They can leave at any timeand will if you dont respect them.L E E S I L B E R 171. Make sure everybody counts andthey know that they count.L E E S I L B E R 172. People Respond to . . . Thanks and appreciation. Encouragement and trust. Inclusiveness and ownership. Recognition and praise. 173. The Golden Rule +Treat employees better than you treat yourself. B I G I D E A 174. Post a picture of your family to remind you to treat everyonewith respect.L E E S I L B E R 175. R = RESPECT 176. HUH?A quick review. 177. Gabrielle Giffords 178. Cut through all the reasons whysomething cant be done and pull people together to be successful. C O N G R E S S W O M A N G A B R I E L L E G I F F O R D S