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Hi Folks,
Let's use little real life level discussion to define some lesser obvious "Success" stories. Like the old "Happiness is..." cartoons, let's do a series of "Success is..." statements. Please keep them short (one liners if possible) and please only include 1 per post and 1 per day. (i.e. I'd love to have you regularly contribute to this post any time you have a small human level success to share). I'll start it off!
PS: If we get a lot of great ones we may use them in a book project we're working on.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
Giving a positive emotional boost to a friend who doesn't expect it.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
Seeing family and friends you love look happy.
John
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Success comes from doing what you choose and doing it well.
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Success comes when you least expect it, after tedious hours of hard work.
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Success, real success is being truly happy with what you don't have!
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Success is waking up in the morning 
http://www.soundclick.com/louistwinn"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
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Success is smiling with your heart when your mouth can't.
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Success is
watching tragedy after tragedy on the 11 O'clock news and sleeping peacefully, because your life is in order.
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Success is...
the smiles on your kids' faces when you come home from a long day at work.
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Success is good health,if you are healthy,you are wealthy.
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Success is a 7 letter word for "Look what I can do!".
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Success is not burning the cookies. Ben
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Success is realizing that we all come into this world with everything, but as we grow we become distracted by believing that the stuff the other man has will bring us some greater happiness.
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Success is learning to want what is good for you.
You've got to know your limitations. I don't know what your limitations are. I found out what mine were when I was twelve. I found out that there weren't too many limitations, if I did it my way. -Johnny Cash It's only music. -niteshift Mike Dunbar Music
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Success is... getting a room full of 250 strangers (who came to see somebody else) happily and lustily singing along with one of YOUR songs.
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Success is; Win or lose, knowing you gave it 100%
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Success is waking up every day ready to do music again.
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Success is...
Having a terrible fight with your spouse, discussing it with much difficulty, recognizing something you can improve or change within your own behavior, doing so, and moving on, closer than ever before.
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Success is being able to spend your time doing things you are passionate about.
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success is realizing you have everything you really need right with you at all times
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If freedom is just another word for nothing “left to lose” then success is just another word for “nothing left to do”
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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Sucess: Doing a good job and having a good time doing it.
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Sucess is making something out of nothing...that gives joy to others as well as yourself..a song...
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Success is being aware of your faults;
finding the courage, integrity,
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Rock On!
~C~
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Success is realizing you may not be able to change the world but that you can change YOUR world...and doing it.
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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I USED to define a "Successful Person" as Someone who could take a Month Off Work & Not go Bankrupt.
I've thought Further on the Subject, thanks to this Post:
Success means you can start out Dead-Broke in the Morning, & Have Enough Talent & Chutzpah to be able to Feed Yourself All-Day, Stay Outta Jail, AND get a Dry Place to Sleep Tonight. (Anything Beyond THAT is just "Great Luck", or "God's Gift", depending on Your Religious Views.)
Success ISN'T Contentment....(look at all the Multi-Millionaires who're still hard-at-work!) It's kinda like a Limbo-Bar that you raise HIGHER all the time as ya Measure Your Progress & Expectations.
JMO, natch, & yep, Keep-or-Sweepit!
Big Hugs,
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Success is a wound that gets infected and swollen and fills up with pus and needs to be lanced...no, wait...that's an abscess.
Nevermind.
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Success is...the absence of failure
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Success is...
A day where I have: shined my sink, made my bed, kissed all the boo-boos, listened to my teenagers' current angst, cooked a nice meal for my husband, and get to fall asleep content.
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Success is when all the kiddies get to go outside during school to run off their energy...oops wait....that's recess!
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S Somehow (while) U undergoing C crisis C comes (an) E external S supernatural S strength
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Success is having it all, losing it all, and then realizing you only lost the "things" that you didn't need anyway.
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Success is being the kind of friend you'd want to have.
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Success is...
Having the courage to do the right thing in face of pressure to do the wrong thing.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
Letting love soak through your skin to water your selfish soul.
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Success is having the trust and confidence of others.
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword never had an editor.
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Success is.....
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Success is telling me she would like another pancake please.
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Lyle...that is so sweet...I so get that.
Success to me is watching my daughter, who has Cerebral Palsy, cross a stage, using her walker, reaching her hand out to receive her Bachelors degree at a state university.
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Working on problems with band mates, without making it a problem.
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Success is owning Park Place, landing on Boardwalk and having enough green, pink, yellow and white money to buy it!
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Success is seeing your children grow into fine young adults.
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Success is the opposite of defeat (da feet). Thank goodness because if it was the opposite of "da foot" Mike Dunbar would really be in trouble!
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Success is: found in some strange places... but worth looking for!
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Success is... hitting the high notes
http://www.soundclick.com/louistwinn"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." Thoreau
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Success is a state of mind.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be,
he must be. -- Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist
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Success is dying at peace with yourself.
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Success is taking one step and then another...
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Success is...
atoning for your foibles and mistakes, getting the affairs of your life in order and being at peace with yourself at the end of your life.
(Motivated by the death today of Ike Turner)
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
Defeating the fear of failure and having fun in the long run.
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Success is
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Success and happiness are different. I am happy. If I become successful, I only pray that I will remain happy.
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Success is right around the corner.
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Success is just a seven letter word...
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This is success ![[Linked Image]](http://a149.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/103/l_94130044c9228187567c10b60c51e31c.jpg)
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Success is the temporary contented sigh you sometimes get to enjoy in the space between a job well done and your next job, which has no guarantee of being done well.
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Don't forget that famous Woody Allen quote which may be more true than funny: Eighty percent of success is showing up!"
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
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Success is...giving 'til it hurts...and realizing it didn't.
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Success is knowing I have done my best at whatever I attempt.
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that's VERY true Kristi
If you THINK you are successful...then you are!!!
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Success is when your teenager has been driving for an entire year and hasn't had a fender bender, speeding ticket or even a scratch on your/his/her car.......no wait.....that's a miracle!
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Success is the joy felt when the world makes a change for the better and people are uplifted as a result.
"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Paul McCartney
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Answering a "Who's that?" knock at the door and having a band member unexpectantly show up the night before playing out to go over some things.
*Going on Brian's first post that it's the daily successes he wants to hear about.
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Success is...
measured by the sparkle in your baby's/family's/friend's eyes.
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Success is:
Performing your original music and seeing peoples mouths as they sing along because they know & like your songs! What a high!!!
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Success is: Finally, letting your family and the world know who you really are and what your passion is in life...and having them take you seriously. http://www.soundclick.com/janicehopkins
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Success is...
That relief you feel when you deliver a finished product that you're happy with and at least one other person recognizes it as a great job.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success for the one year old is when they take those first few steps and although they can't communicate w/language, their wide eyes and beaming smile radiate enough to say it all!
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Success is having your teacher read out loud, to the class, your essay as an example of how an essay should be written.(Although embarrassing)
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Success is being a soft place for loved ones to fall.
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Success is.....a word that means different things to different people....you define your own success, there's is no cookie cutter for it.........
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Did somebody say cookies?
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For Ben..... Success is.....Famous Amos..... Did somebody say cookies?
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Success is Dr. Seuss,
And his incessant rhyming words,
So many are his rhymes,
One may view him as absurd.
Although his rhymes are many,
And they never seem to cease,
He's made quite a handsome penny,
On every rhyme released.
So here's to Dr. Seuss,
Who excels at planting seeds,
In the nurturing of rhyming,
For both young and old indeed.
Raise a toast to Dr. Seuss,
A perfect picture of success,
He lives and breathes to find more rhymes,
For it's a crime should he rhyme less!
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Success is...
that time at night when you realise you made it thru another day
and that tomorrow you get another chance to get it right or to at least make a diffence.
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Success is:
Making it out of the mall today in one piece.
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Success is when everything in your life is integrated even if it isn't where you believe it should be.
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Success is finding the perfect gift for someone you love.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is JPF,
It started with a man,
A man who had a dream,
Who followed with a plan.
The man is Brian Whitney,
Who took a seed and planted,
I hope we never take,
This website here for granted.
I'm sure it wasn't easy,
With storms he had to weather,
It's because of Brian's passion,
That we're all in this together! Thank you Brian!
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Success is having someone cry, smile and/or laugh in the appropriate places while listening to your song.
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Success is...
Playing in a tiny room for 20 people and them reacting to us as if a concert.
Not since the initial JPF Hatboro, PA showcase did I feel a crowd respond of such love and happiness.
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Success is joining a band that can play a small room with 20 people and make it sound like it was a concert.
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Success is realizing you COULD quit working TODAY, Sell it ALL Off, & go Fishin' for the Rest of Your Life...(But that's only if you DON'T wanna Stay-Married)--
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Success
is getting little boys to keep their socks on during the winter---not to mention keeping all of them laundered, matched and inside the house when not being worn (their socks that is).
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Success is deciding to do something, and then doing it.
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Success is WANTING to go to work in the morning.
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Success for the teenager is getting that driver's license and have Dad say "son here's the keys"!
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Success is being honest with yourself.
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Success should be measured by how far you have come from where you began.
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Success is being able to look back with pride on where you've come from, to be able to view where you are with satisfaction, to know where you are going and to work at getting there with eager anticipation.
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Success is:
Having at least one person understand who you are and what you're trying to say.
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Success is...
Having friends who want to help you make a difference without making you different.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
Being woken up by a vicious panic attack, and having the adrenalin surge relieve a back spasm, to be able to walk right then!
Be careful what you wish for, (to be able to move again soon), as the solution could also be nasty to go through. But now? Thankful for the attack. Weird how that worked!
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Success is
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Success is knowing that you have made the world a better place by helping someone in need Emily
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Success is.....
Having two people in a row say....."Oh, I would have guessed you were SO much younger than that"...........YESSSS!!!!!
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Success is
Venison in the freezer
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Success is..
Venison in Bill's freezer and not in mine. = )
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is coming back from death and saving the free world in just twenty minutes. Thank you Jack Bauer!
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What you determine it to be.
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Success is being loved and respected.
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Success for the very young is when they tie their sneaker laces and proudly proclaim "look I did it all by meself"!
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Success, according to my two-year-old son, Nathan, was "making cookies in my heart for my brother"--who had been pounding on him in rough brother sibling rivalry all day, and even biting him hard enough to leave teeth marks.
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Success is knowing the difference between right and wrong and always choosing right.
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Success is being honest in an easily offended world
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wow Brian, great one----love it
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Success is...
Having friends who want to help you make a difference without making you different.
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Success is having a world class playwright whom you haven't seen in 20 years call and ask you to write the songs for his next play...which will be a musical.
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ooops...double post!! Sorry
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They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Oh Bobbie you lucky lady, how much fun that would be to write songs for a musical (libretto) I love writing in that style so if you ever need help/ideas or extra writers, I'd be glad to help. I notice in alot of musicals they write in a more freeform style sometimes using lots of rhymes. I have several lyrics in that genre. Have fun!!!!
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Success is...
getting yourself to excercise even when you really don't want to and it would be easy to skip it today.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is: appreciating everything that you have got.
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Success is a warm fuzzy feeling...
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Success is waking up without an alarm clock when you have to get up early for a long trip.
(see you all NEXT YEAR!! Have a terrific holiday season...be warm...be safe...be blessed!!
Bobbie
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Success goes hand in hand with failure on the Hollywood Blvd--
Celluoid Heroes --The Kinks.
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Sucess is...
making the decision to do the right thing.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success AND Happiness is when you over hear your 13 year old daughter say to her friend on the phone..."My mom doesn't let me do what ever I want because she cares about what happens to me".....YES!!!!!
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Success AND Happiness is when you over hear your 13 year old daughter say to her friend on the phone..."My mom doesn't let me do what ever I want because she cares about what happens to me".....YES!!!!! YES!YES!YES! Love them enough so that they know they are loved and they won't want to disappoint you. Good parenting.
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Success is passing along your creative gifts to a young person.
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Success is being happy with whatever you have accomplished or attained
being unhappy with that is failure
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Success is..
Having the opportunity to figure out many things of concern for something you love doing, and with people you love being around.
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Success is...
for better or worse, understanding that anything involving humans is likely to be small stuff.. and we all know you're not supposed to sweat the small stuff.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is completing what you started!
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for better or worse, understanding that anything involving humans is likely to be small stuff.. and we all know you're not supposed to sweat the small stuff. Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things.
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Two adolescent siblings leading out and performing together in the praise band started by their parents---two months after burying their Father.
Their mother says that she is no longer necessary. They run the praise team all by themselves.
(I had the honor of showing them how to do a home recording yesterday---enough to get them started anyway.)
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Success is...
Your six-year old offering to set the table for supper and making it look like a Holiday table all by himself.
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Success is...
getting off your butt and doing something every single day to bring you closer to a dream!
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Adopting an animal from a rescue group....rescuing a precious cat or dog...
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Success is the tears of joy in the eyes of an elderly relative when you take time from your busy schedule to visit them in the nursing home. Success is also the warm glow it gives you in return..to know that your remembrance meant so much.
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Success is drawing the smile of anyone sad.
Success is finding that behind that angry person is someone just like you.
Success is realizing the only thing between thinking and doing is will.
Success is realizing you are worthy of being loved.
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Success is the tears of joy in the eyes of an elderly relative when you take time from your busy schedule to visit them in the nursing home. Success is also the warm glow it gives you in return..to know that your remembrance meant so much. That hit me, as my mother was in rehab/nursing home, and before she saw me, I could sometimes see a bored, down look. Then she would see her only son and just beam! I would walk her around in her wheelchair, and play the Steinway baby grand piano for her. Other people wold tell her she is lucky to have a son that will play piano for her. She would just smile, and say, "he always played for me. The house was like a morgue when he moved out". So, I play for her as often as I can. She's home now, but no piano over there. I should get something to play there. You're post has me now thinking that. Thank you for your inspiring words. John
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Wow, Bobbie. So true.
Any joy one can bring to an elderly relative or friend is indeed a success. Nursing homes can be such sad places.
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Success is...
Feeling that rush of motivation surging through you after a long dormant time of non productivity...
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Bobbie, I know exactly what you mean. Every Saturday morning in the winter and about once a month in the summer a group of us Oak Park area musicians play at the Oak Park Arms which is an old folks' home. They have a great sitting room which is ideal for acoustic instruments and we have a regular fan base there of folks who absolutely love it when we come out to play for them. It really is my favorite place to play acoustically, and bringing happiness to the old folks is a great joy to me, as well.
We have been playing there for about three or four years, now and have seen a few of our favorite people come and go in that short time. Recently, a gentleman named Jimmy Burton passed away, but he loved coming in and listening to us. He was a jazz and pop singer from the 40's and early 50's and some of his recordings were put on a cd where we had a chance to listen to him. He was a fabulous singer, with a warm tenor voice.
We were there playing one time on the same day that a lady had just moved into the home that morning and she was terribly upset about having to leave her home and move into a managed care facility. Her aide brought her in to listen to us play. She was crying when she came in and thought her world was coming crashing down, but by the end of our performance she was smiling and becoming comforted to find that the facility was a really good place with people who really cared about the residents. She is a regular attendee now and she settled in nicely. I can't help but believe we helped in making the transition a little easier. I know this a long post for this topic, sorry, but I echo Bobbie's earlier post, so my paraphrasing her sentiment is:
Success is bringing joy to anyone, but especially the very young and the elderly.
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Thanks John, Iggy & Jack... I am glad that one touched you as well. I just got back to TN after driving up to MI to spend the holidays with my sister and her grown children and grandkids. We celebrated Christmas early...so my sis and I spent much of the Christmas week doing things we seem to usually put off...visiting those few remaining relatives from our parents' generation. We drove over to Muskegon to see our dad's baby sister who is now in a care center with the early stages of Alzheimers. Her devoted husband who is also in his late 80's drives over there daily to feed her and spend his whole day with her. She recognized us even though it has probably been 10-15 years since we last saw her. One of our cousins who lives not far away met us there. Our aunt would look at my cousin and say..."you sure look like Lois". And Lois would say..."that's because I am Lois". It breaks your heart to see what that disease does to folks. But our aunt and uncle were SO glad to see us and be able to spend a half a day catching up. Then on Christmas day..we went the other direction to spend the day with two elderly aunts of my sister's husband...both in their 90's. Both of them are still mentally sharp...but physically slipping a bit. Just knowing that we chose to spend our holiday with them meant so much. Our little remembrances were humble but they loved them all the same. One of the best evenings, however, was when we invited three elderly ladies who have been lifelong friends of our family, over for dinner. All of them are are in their late 70's to late 80's with grown children who live in distant places...and all of them were alone for the holidays. We knew that all of them had connections that they were not aware of...so it was TRULY fun to bring all those connections out into the open and let them bask in the joy of fond memories. One was a distant cousin of our dad's whose mother had been a rather famous minister when I was a small child. She was not aware that one of the other ladies had been a parishoner in her mother's church for several years. The other lady was the mother of my best male friend in HS. A beautiful woman even now...she has been the recipient of numerous proposals from male admirers whose spouses had passed away...including the father of one of the other ladies. All in all...it was the warmth of being able to help make others truly happy this holiday that was the highlight of my own. Too often we forget these older folks when it really does not take much to make them very happy. I know we all get busy...but family is SO important. It's hard for me to understand how their own children don't care enough to include their mothers in their holiday plans. I sure cannot judge anyone else, that's not my business...but for me, holidays are all about family. One evening, my sister and I invited all of our cousins over for an evening of playing table games and reminiscing. This time...we even remembered to turn on a tape recorder. Oh my...the stories some of them remembered!! LOL I never did all that stuff!! LOL Well, maybe I did.  Sorry to go on...but this year really reminded me that giving of one's time is often the very best gift of all. Jack...I can just imagine how much happiness you and the other musicians bring to those folks at the Oaks. Bless you!! Happy Holiday Hugs, Bobbie
They'll tell you success in the music biz is all about who you know...but the truth is...it's about who knows you. Gallup 'n Dawg Music
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Success is....
Being able to take a night off now and then and do nothing but play video games and not feel guilty about it the next day. = )
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Sucess is...
Being retired going back to school and being asked to join a frat.
I always wanted to hang out, wear a toga and drink beer all day...wait, I do that anyway...
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Flipping the big bird to the stagnatation dance from conformists and laughing when I find out all but the experts are on my side.
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A very simple definition of success is simply deciding to do something, and then going ahead and doing it.
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Success is learning how to love.
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Success is..
being willing to love again after losing.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is:
Stepping up to the plate in a Major League venue and just taking your swings. (for bass2x). Congrats James!
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Hey, thanks John.
For me it was intimidating, and having passed the trial by fire, am now equal parts relieved and proud. But not you - you were a real pro, man. Just walked up center stage, like you've been there all your life, sat down, waited for our cue, and proceeded to rip up all the tunes!
Hey, that's my musical brother out there, y'all!
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Success is having your faced licked and getting a "group hug" by the 41 animals you've rescued when you finally get to go home.
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Success is knowing where you've been, being where you are and believing in where you are going.
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Success is
If you work at what excites you it won't be a chore.
From the book "The 4 hour Work Week" by Tomothy Ferriss.
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Success is meaningful spelled backwards or forwards...
Of course, it doesn't make any sense backwards, but hey! they play records backwards, right?
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Hey, thanks John.
For me it was intimidating, and having passed the trial by fire, am now equal parts relieved and proud. But not you - you were a real pro, man. Just walked up center stage, like you've been there all your life, sat down, waited for our cue, and proceeded to rip up all the tunes!
Hey, that's my musical brother out there, y'all! Thanks back at ya! And, funny you said, "like you've been there all your life,,,etc. Funny, because in a strong way, it feels like I have been "there" all my life. Must be how farmers feel when they walk onto a bigger farm to do some work. It just felt the same as when people are there at clubs we play in. Just a lot more professional, a lot nicer, a lot bigger, and more sounds going on. Cooler too, for who the acts were to follow us. GREAT artists, huh? Remember too, I started playing in front of people in the second grade, (all teachers and all grades in that school, up to fourth grade,,(the BIG kids!). And for all the grades after, that involved music/talent shows, or just to be always playing something in music classes. Then on to high school, were I was in bands at all the dances throughout, lowly freshman on. And they were our real judgmental piers, at that age! 14 through 18. It just all felt comfortable. (except lugging my heavy keyboard bag around the half mile track to get back stage!) Man!!! And I didn't even need it!!! The stage manager and I had a good laugh about that, seeing I was about to go into full leg and back cramp arrest! Maybe that, and then hearing you tell of those players you had to play WITH, helped me focus not on the job at hand, which I already KNEW my parts in my sleep, like you, I'm sure. For whatever reason, come show time, You and I were calmly excited I guess. And for success?, as this thread is for,,,,We went out there and with passion, PLAYED MUSIC. By that alone, we were successful! Bring on all those venues!!! Love it! Can't wait for 2LT's concert in that town's version of The Kimmel!:) It's all the same in a way really, just different specifics. John
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Success is...
Knowing what you do is amazing even if no one else notices.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is watching someone you've helped as they experience their dream coming true. The joy they feel is such a beautiful gift.
"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Paul McCartney
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Great thread!
Success is doing something well simply for the joy of doing it.
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Success is...
Being patient enough to wait and getting your reward when you do.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
Standing at the top of the staircase, looking down and truly understanding why each step was necessary.
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Success is...
Doing the right thing whether anyone else notices it or not.
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Success is...
just around the corner.
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Success is
The Mortgage paid off. A new Corvette in the driveway. A month or two each year laying on the beach in Tahiti. Might as well throw in new Harley for good measure. A nice Boat would be nice.
Hearing three or four of my songs in rotation on all the Clear Channel stations.
What the heck....somebody had to say it.
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Success is liking music again after 25 years!
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success is used as bait by the parasites that pimp the truly talented, UNLESS the talented KEEP their own definition of success and hold it in perfect focus and never compromise the integrity of THEIR goals... I say, if it IS what you want then go for it, but realize that life is a trade off and you will allways sacrafice ONE thing to try to attain ANOTHER, so make sure what you are going after is worth what you are throwing away.. success is getting what you want without losing other things that you want to keep. your integrity, your humility, your health, your family, your freinds, whatever!
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Surely it's being in one loving relationship, for forty years.
And still have lots in common, with the person you love.
Success is also knowing when we are wrong, and doing something about it.
Lamorna,
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Success comes to those who dont realy want it, or dont constantly drip on about it.
All success has to be worked for, no one is gifted in every area
Success is realising our limitations.and concentrating on what we are good at
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