Inspire 21 Inspiring Words for the 21st Century

-- Author unknown In late spring and all summer, pesky ticks show their ugly heads. Here is a terrific and effective way to get them off you, your children and your pets. Give it a try! This helpful tip should be sent to anyone with children... or hunters with dogs... or anyone who steps outside in summer for that matter. A School Nurse has written the following information and details - and it really works! I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's sometime difficult to get to with tweezers; between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.

-- By Pete Barkelew, Inspire21.com founder These 30 "Positive Daily Affirmations" were created to help train the mind to eliminate many of the mental stumbling blocks people have in life and business. The idea is to read one each day of every month to help manage stress, deal with others and improve your outlook on life. Day 1: QUIT PROCRASTINATION Human beings tend to put things off, like menial tasks and chores. The easiest way to handle any task is to tackle it right away, without hesitation. Volumes have been written on the virtues of "ACT NOW!" I will eliminate a lot of my day-to-day aggravations and concerns by simply doing the things I'd normally put off immediately. Handle it once; get it out of the way. Day 2: QUIT TARDINESS

Published Sunday, May 30, 2010 LOWELL, Mass. - Roger Goodell sent 40 letters to the NFL office in New York City looking for a job in 1981. Forty rejections came back. But more letters to NFL headquarters followed, until one day a weary league executive invited him to "stop by when you're in the neighborhood." "I told him I was in the neighborhood," recalled Goodell, who then drove all night from Pittsburgh to New York City to apply for what was supposed to be a three-month internship. Twenty-five years later, Goodell was appointed to his dream job: commissioner of the National Football League.