Jack’s Winning Words 5/22/14
“Sandwich every bit of criticism between two layers of praise.”  (Mary Kay Ash)  MKA, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, used the Golden Rule as a philosophy for running her business.  She rewarded her employees, too.  A friend of mine once drove a Mary Kay pink Cadillac.  MK asked each employee to visualize the customer as wearing a sign, “Make Me Feel Important.”  Try making someone feel important today.    ;-)  Jack 

FROM SHARIN' SHARON:  These are great WW. I have someone I'm having difficulty with but he has so many good qualities too, not going to let how he treats me sometimes obstruct the two layers of praise. Thank you for these WW!!!!====JACK:  One of life's daily challenges...How to turn something bad into something good.  In his humanness, Jesus had that challenge, too.

FROM PH IN MINNESOTA:  and add a lot of Mayo...====JACK:  People from Minnesota deserve to be proud of their Clinic.

FROM TARMART REV:  Good advice, Jack . . . ready now to set forth on that very mission!! Thank you, Sir!!====JACK:  Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work you go.

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  That should certainly work, but may be hard to do...One theologian I read, talked about the "Drum Major Instinct" in each of us. We want to be the one who is out in front, leading the band in a jazzy costume, twirling our batons....YES, we all want to feel IMPORTANT!!  I'm sure if we try, we can think of something positive to say, before the negative, and follow it up with another positive. Let me think....!====JACK:  There is controversy concerning this inscription on the MLK Jr Memorial in D.C....“I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.”  Some have said that it makes him come off as being arrogant, when in fact, he was a humble person, relatively speaking.  The theologian you referred to was probably writing for the benefit of those pastors who have a hard time knowing what it's like to sit in the pew.  One of my favorite pictures of Jesus shows him sitting in the front pew during the sermon........sleeping.

FROM TRIHARDER:  10 attaboys for each criticism.  The criticism is much louder and generally perceived as more sincere.====JACK:  I wonder if our "broken" political system exists, in part, because potential candidates don't want the criticism that comes with negative ads.  "All the dirt that's fit to print (or televise).

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  That's a tall order but it's the perfect way to handle people.
====JACK: The world record for the tallest sandwich is 50 feet.  Now, that's a tall order.