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It appears that Nature often knocks individuals down with adversity in order to learn who among them will get up and make another fight!
~Napoleon Hill

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Positive Thinking Versus Positive Knowing

You always act in a matter consistent with your beliefs. The most important belief system you can build is a prosperity consciousness where you absolutely believe that you are going achieve your financial goals. We call this positive knowing versus positive thinking. Positive thinking can sometimes be wishing or hoping. But positive knowing is when you absolutely know that no matter what, you will be successful.

Sannibel Island Engagements

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“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.”
—Lucy Larcom (1824-1893); poet

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“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ”
—John F. Kennedy (1917-1963); thirty-fifth President of the United States

Remembering Summer

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“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
—Dr. Seuss (1904-1991), writer, cartoonist

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"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us." Thomas Paine

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"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
-- Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor

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"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."

-- Henry Kissinger, secretary of state

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"The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself."
-- Bo Bennett, Author

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"The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness."
-- Lee Iacocca, Auto Executive

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"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."
-- John D. Rockefeller

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"I don't believe in a fate that will fall on us no matter what we do. I do believe in a fate that will fall on us if we do nothing."
-- Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president

Strength Grows Out of Struggle

Strength Grows Out of Struggle

by Napoleon Hill

Struggle is a clever device through which Nature compels Humanity to develop, expand, and progress. Struggle is either an ordeal or a magnificent experience, depending on the attitude with which one approaches it. Success is impossible without it. Life, from birth to death, is literally an unbroken record of ever-increasing, unavoidable struggle. Our education is cumulative—we get it a little at a time from every experience we encounter. “Do the thing,” said Emerson, “and you shall have the power.” “Meet struggle and master it,” says Nature, “and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs. ”The strongest trees of the forests aren’t those most protected but those that must struggle against other trees—and surmount them—for survival. My grandfather was a wagon maker. In clearing his land for crops, he always left a few oaks standing in the open field where they were exposed to the full heat of the burning sun and the blasts of the wind. As a result, these trees were far tougher than average. It was the timber from them that he used for wagon wheels, bending them into arc-shaped segments without fear they would break. Struggle similarly toughens the human spirit for the buffeting of life. Most people go through life following the line of least resistance wherever a choice lies open to them. They fail to recognize that following the line of least resistance is what makes rivers crooked – and sometimes does the same for men. Once we understand the broad purpose of life we become reconciled to the circumstances which force us to struggle. As a result, we accept struggle for what it is – opportunity. The necessity for struggle forces us to move when we would otherwise stand still. And it leads us eventually to the full realization that success comes only through struggle. My first boss after I finished business college was Gen. Rufus A. Ayers, whose law business was so extensive that I often had to help him on nights and holidays. At the finish of each of these sessions, he always apologized for causing me to work overtime. But he added: “You’ve been a big help to me—but a bigger help to yourself through the experience you’ve gained this evening.” And I’ll never forget the answer I received when I once asked one of Henry Ford’s top aides for his formula for success. “I manage to get in the way of men like Mr. Ford,” he said, “and pray that when they want something done they’ll call on me.” By running to meet struggle, rather than trying to avoid it, you too can use it to help you learn, grow – and succeed.

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"I have failed over and over again in my life. And that's precisely why I succeed."
-- Michael Jordan, basketball player

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"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who sought and found out how to serve."
-- Albert Schweitzer, Humanitarian

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"Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities."
-- Napolean Hill, Motivational Writer

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Four Rules For Life: 1. Show up. 2. Pay attention. 3. Tell the truth. 4. Don't be attached to the results.

- Angeles Arrien

The Lake Superior Shark Myth!!

I realize the image of yours truly isn't very flattering, but the shark attacking my daughter is what is suppose to be seen. And "NO", there are no Lake Superior Sharks, but this was a fun photoshop image. My family and I are big sailors and love sailing our Big Lake (Superior). We also love creating images there with families and engagement couples, so If you are in the area-let us know in advance!!

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“A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.”

-Oscar Wilde

The Hendrickson Family

This is the Hendrickson family, which I've known since their 'oldest' was just 5-6 years old, right Trish? Anyway, this was this year's Holiday Portrait.

I haven't been very adept at putting my clients images online, but will make a consciuos effort to post more photographs..

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“To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.“
-Abraham Lincoln

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“At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in unity as he is, ever be put together a second time.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), scholar, writer, philosopher

The Dirkes Family

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"Let justice be done though the heavens should fall."

-John Adams

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"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."

-Sir Winston Churchill

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"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

-Benjamin Franklin

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"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."
-- David Rockefeller