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A memory from many years ago came back the other day when I was in Washington, D.C., doing a series of seminars.
I went by the NBC Studios, WRC Television, on Nebraska Avenue, in the northern part of the District. I wanted to share with you what happened there in 1966, when I was 19 years old.
My family had immigrated from Israel in 1956. Ten years after that, when I had just graduated from high school, I was very patriotic. I wanted to come to Washington, see the nation’s Capitol, and meet the congressmen and senators from my state of Oklahoma.
I had worked in a small radio station outside of Tulsa during June and July in that summer of 1966 and that was the money I used to travel to Washington.
I wasn’t old enough to rent a car, so I rented a moped to get around the Capitol. Can you imagine riding around Washington in a moped? It was a lot of fun.
So, I rode my moped up to WRC Television, the NBC station in Washington. I wanted to meet a certain broadcaster that worked there. I parked my moped outside the door of the station and told the receptionist: “I’ve come all the way from Oklahoma to meet _______.”
She obviously saw my mode of transportation and may have felt sorry for me. She said, “Wait just a moment.” She walked down the hall, came back a couple of minutes later, and said: “Follow me.”
So, I followed her and we went down the hall into a big studio. The gentleman I wanted to meet was just concluding his nationwide broadcast. As he finished, he came over to us and the receptionist spoke with him for a moment.
He then came over to me and said, “I understand you’ve come all the way from Oklahoma to meet me.” I said, “Yes, I have and I am honored.” He suggested we go down to his office.
As we walked that way, there was a glass partition. Right behind the glass there was a man sitting at a desk. He said, “That man will be famous one day.” That man was Willard Scott.
We went down to the gentleman’s office and I will never forget the fact that he spent 45 minutes talking with me and making me feel important. That gentleman was David Brinkley of the Huntley-Brinkley Report, the NBC Nightly News program that was the top evening newscast in the nation in the 60′s.
When David Brinkley passed away I was so sad because I will never forget how he was to me in 1966 in Washington, D.C. By the way, on his office door he had a sign that read: “The Brinkley-Huntley Report”. I thought that was so funny.
The point here is: What can you and I do to make someone feel important? Everyone wants to feel important. David Brinkley made me feel important when I was 19 years old and I will never forget it.
We all have 4 initials on our forehead: MMFI. Those stand for Make Me Feel Important.
What kind of good feelings can we broadcast to make someone else feel important today?
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A Feel Important Affirmation
I make other people feel important.
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My Journey to Jerusalem
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The other day, when I was somewhere on the East Coast, about to do a speaking engagement, I thought about setting goals. What if one of my goals – whether I’m a history buff, or a very religious person – what if one of my goals was to visit Jerusalem.
Let’s say that was one of my goals. And let’s say that I could just snap my fingers and suddenly be there? That’s exactly what I did that morning, just to see what might happen.
Shortly thereafter I found myself in Jerusalem. But, wait a minute. I was born in Israel. The Jerusalem I found myself in that day didn’t look like the Jerusalem I was used to.
The Jerusalem I was used to had a lot of historical and religious sites. Many of the buildings in the city were built out of the golden stone that is found in the nearby quarries. That’s what the real Jerusalem in Israel looks like. I was born there. I know.
But where was I? Wait a minute. I found myself in Jerusalem, Rhode Island. A beautiful fishing village in the southern edge of the state named Jerusalem.
Now what was wrong with my goal that day? I said I wanted to go to Jerusalem. But I wasn’t specific enough. I didn’t say which one. I didn’t realize that there was more than one. But there are.
Isn’t this a lesson about life? We set goals but we’re not specific. People say, “I want to be rich. I want to have a nice home.” They don’t write down specific details about the goal and then they get whatever the universe throws at them.
So, if you have a goal, write it down in specific details and you could end up at the right location as opposed to the wrong one. I did get to Jerusalem that day, but not the one I was looking for.
I want to make sure you get to the one you’re looking for.
I hope to see you Wednesday morning on Lifetime Television on The Balancing Act, 7-8 a.m. Easter and Pacific time. For speaking events, I can be reached at 619-723-3007.
You are special. You are unique. You are destined for greatness. You are a Champion!
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A Specific Goal Affirmation
I write down very specific goals for my future
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