Terri's Tuesday Tip of the Week - September 27th

There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who wonder what happened. – Mary Kay Ash

I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing. – Thomas Edison

Never mistake movement for action... a rocking horse moves; a race horse charges towards a goal. - Johnnie Dent Jr.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. - Jim Rohn

September 26, 1960…56 years ago Monday the historic first televised presidential debate occurred between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon.  I was reminded of this while watching the news as the various television stations were talking about the historic presidential debate between former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump.   Don’t worry I am not going to give my thoughts on presidential politics!  

This historic debate is important to me because I wrote my Senior Paper in college about the communication styles of the first televised presidential debate between Kennedy and Nixon.  From Time Magazine:  

“Nixon, pale and underweight from a recent hospitalization, appeared sickly and sweaty, while Kennedy appeared calm and confident. As the story goes, those who listened to the debate on the radio thought Nixon had won. But those listeners were in the minority. By 1960, 88% of American households had televisions — up from just 11% the decade before.”   

Discussing the impact that verbal and nonverbal communication had on this historic event was a Communication Major’s dream analysis.    

The September 26, 1960 Presidential Debate changed the election, changed elections going forward and changed my life! 

Forty-three (43) years after the debate, I wrote an analysis of the verbal and nonverbal communication of the debaters and that analysis planted the seed for a passion for politics.  Fast forward to September 26, 2016, Monday marked four (4) months that I have lived in Washington, DC.  One small seed planted, bloomed, and now I am living in the Nation’s Capitol!

Challenge: We have made it through 9 months of 2016 and are sprinting towards the end of the year.  How are you doing at accomplishing your goals?  Are there some that you still can/want to accomplish in 2016?  What can you do to help push yourself a little harder to cross the finish line? 

Remember that a small seed you plant in 2016 can change your life forever!

Don’t quit.  A wind from nowhere could turn it. – Johnnie Dent Jr.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. – Thomas Edison

Source

How the Nixon-Kennedy Debate Changed the World: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2021078,00.html