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[unklekraker]

someone sent me this quote 11 years ago...just passing the torch

Originally Posted by 01slowbox

let us know (and give me some direction in life haha)

“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”

The Key to Long-Term Success
By: Brian Tracy

Successful people have been studied in depth for more than 100 years. They have been interviewed extensively to determine what it is they do and how they think that enables them to accomplish so much more than the average person.

In this Newsletter, you learn the most important single factor of long-term success and how you can build it into your personality and your attitude. You learn how to virtually guarantee yourself a great future.

The Harvard Discovery on Success
In 1970, sociologist Dr. Edward Banfield of Harvard University wrote a book entitled The Unheavenly City. He described one of the most profound studies on success and priority setting ever conducted.

Banfield’s goal was to find out how and why some people became financially independent during the course of their working lifetimes. He started off convinced that the answer to this question would be found in factors such as family background, education, intelligence, influential contacts, or some other concrete factor. What he finally discovered was that the major reason for success in life was a particular attitude of mind.



-Simplify Your Life


Do you sometimes feel that you have too little time and too much to do? Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with all the demands of work, pressures of home, and the complexities of modern life? Now, you can learn how to simplify your life and get complete control over your time.




Develop Long Time Perspective
Banfield called this attitude “long time perspective.” He said that men and women who were the most successful in life and the most likely to move up economically were those who took the future into consideration with every decision they made in the present. He found that the longer the period of time a person took into consideration while planning and acting, the more likely it was that he would achieve greatly during his career.

For example, one of the reasons your family doctor is among the most respected people in America is because he or she has invested many years of hard work and study to finally earn the right to practice medicine. After university courses, internship, residency and practical training, a doctor may be more than 30 years old before he or she is capable of earning a good living. But from that point onward, these men and women are some of the most respected and most successful professional people in any society. They had long time perspectives.

Measure the Potential Future Impact
The key to success in setting priorities is having a long time perspective. You can tell how important something is today by measuring its potential future impact on your life.

For example, if you come home from work at night and choose to play with your children or spend time with your spouse, rather than watch TV or read the paper, you have a long time perspective. You know that investing time in the health and happiness of your children and your spouse is a very valuable, high-priority use of time. The potential future impact of quality time with your family is very high.

If you take additional courses in the evening to upgrade your skills and make yourself more valuable to your employer, you’re acting with a long time perspective. Learning something practical and useful can have a long-term effect on your career.

Practice Delayed Gratification
Economists say that the inability to delay gratification-that is, the natural tendency of individuals to spend everything they earn plus a little bit more, and the mind-set of doing what is fun, easy and enjoyable-is the primary cause of economic and personal failure in life. On the other hand, disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem and personal satisfaction.

The long term comes soon enough, and every sacrifice that you make today will be rewarded with compound interest in the great future that lies ahead for you.

Action Exercises
Here are three steps you can take immediately to put these ideas into action.

First, think long-term. Sit down today and write out a description of your ideal life ten and twenty years into the future. This automatically develops longer-time perspective.

Second, look at everything you do in terms of its long-term potential impact on your life. Do more things that have greater long-term value to you.

Third, develop the habit of delaying gratification in small things, small expenditures, small pleasures, so that you can enjoy greater rewards and greater satisfaction in the future.

[SigmaPi]

I am a Captain in the U.S. Air Force working in space operations. I didn't streach for my Boxster but I did finance for a majority of it. I also collect watches however, my collection consists of vintage Omega's, Tissot's and some newer Oris's and Glycine's. Brietling's are a tad bit busy for me and no one who is actually a pilot would use one. An E6B would be much more practical and cheaper. So while I do collect watches, they are well within my means.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by SigmaPi

I am a Captain in the U.S. Air Force working in space operations. I didn't streach for my Boxster but I did finance for a majority of it. I also collect watches however, my collection consists of vintage Omega's, Tissot's and some newer Oris's and Glycine's. Brietling's are a tad bit busy for me and no one who is actually a pilot would use one. An E6B would be much more practical and cheaper. So while I do collect watches, they are well within my means.

Hi,

In my youth, I was a Fleet Aviator (F4 Phantom B and N variants) and lots of the older guys sported Breitlings, mostly Navitimers. Of couse as a jg, or LT., I couldn't afford one.

But, the USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels, RAF Red Arrows, and the Italian Frecce Tricolori all wear the Breitling Aerospace (albeit with a proprietary Face).

I ended my Navy Career as a LT. Cmdr., MOS 7595, based at the Naval Flight Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, and did so with a Breitling Cosmonaute on my wrist, and I wasn't the only one, so I would have to respectfully disagree. Breitlings are highly regarded in the flying community.

I don't dispute that the E6B is a fine instrument either, but it wasn't around in my time...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Rail26]

MN,
The reason they wear those is because they are FREE! For those of us that are still fleet aviators, there is no way I could justify buying a 5k watch unless you all start paying a lot more taxes! I am sporting a very fine Ironman by Timex complete with a rubber band.

In the world of Flight management computers, GPS, etc...there is only one reason a pilot wears a big watch, and in this forum, drives a Porsche. It is the most important rule of aviators around the world...Rule #1: Always look good. Even if your airplane is on fire and missing a wing....make that the most spectacular crash and go out with a bang!

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

In my youth, I was a Fleet Aviator (F4 Phantom B and N variants) and lots of the older guys sported Breitlings, mostly Navitimers. Of couse as a jg, or LT., I couldn't afford one.

But, the USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels, RAF Red Arrows, and the Italian Frecce Tricolori all wear the Breitling Aerospace (albeit with a proprietary Face).

I ended my Navy Career as a LT. Cmdr., MOS 7595, based at the Naval Flight Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, and did so with a Breitling Cosmonaute on my wrist, and I wasn't the only one, so I would have to respectfully disagree. Breitlings are highly regarded in the flying community.

I don't dispute that the E6B is a fine instrument either, but it wasn't around in my time...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Perfectlap]

wow I must be the only one who doesn't get it when it comes to watches.
I admit I admire the look of GMT, Daytonna or Carrera Automatic Chrono but not at those prices! It goes against every investment instinct in my body to drop more than $300 on any luxury item, for me lady diff. story.

A woman once said "you think that way and yet you drive
such a facny car"? screeeeeeechhh..... WHOA! LADY!!!
"I drive a sports car not a fancy car. If I wanted one of those fancy cars to impress the ladies I would have gone for stupid four door Merc or BMW. There are very few sports cars today (allot of sporty looking cars for sure) but I have one of the few cars made for DRIVERS."
she looked at me like I was somekind of pyscho. She hit a nerve...

my fake chrono Breitling($50) that lasted me two years and got about 140 comments "ooooo wow nice watch" (I told every last one of them it was fake) succumbed to my mistreatment. I'm hesistantly considering this $500+ Tag F1. I'd rather find a nice second hand model if I can avoid spending that for someting somewhat stylish and durable. But somehow I like the idea of wearing a watch everyone thinks is worth thousands(the knock off not the Tag) but costs less than my Nike Shox. Those guys who make those nice watches are laughing all the way to the bank. Does it really cost Rolex and Tag Heur thousands of dollars to make those watches? How much have internal parts changed in the last 80 years? How much of a mark up does a tempermental Swiss watch really merit? Its almost analagous to Porsche cars.

[SigmaPi]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

In my youth, I was a Fleet Aviator (F4 Phantom B and N variants) and lots of the older guys sported Breitlings, mostly Navitimers. Of couse as a jg, or LT., I couldn't afford one.

But, the USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels, RAF Red Arrows, and the Italian Frecce Tricolori all wear the Breitling Aerospace (albeit with a proprietary Face).

I ended my Navy Career as a LT. Cmdr., MOS 7595, based at the Naval Flight Test Center, NAS Patuxent River, and did so with a Breitling Cosmonaute on my wrist, and I wasn't the only one, so I would have to respectfully disagree. Breitlings are highly regarded in the flying community.

I don't dispute that the E6B is a fine instrument either, but it wasn't around in my time...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Jim,

Thanks for the reply; I have been unable to confirm one way or the other if at least my Air Force folk wear them. I have always heard stories from folks that pilots in general, or the demo pilots received some sort of fancy watch. I can tell you it's not standard for regular Air Force pilots. Since our lawmakers in all their wisdom have decided to reduce our Air Force by 40,000 troops, it would be pretty irresponsible to keep handing out a multi-thousand dollar watch for which there is no need. Even if some do have one, I will bet my paycheck (small as it is) they don't use it for flight planning.

[Brucelee]

I like the idea of a good fake Rolex.

[Perfectlap]

^I nearly bought one, this 17 year old looking kid on street was selling one in a Rolex box, with papers,etc. saying it was hot from a very well known large scale operation nearby (I'll just say the word "corner" is in the retailer's name). He wanted to quickly unload it for a couple hundred dollars. Your typical NYC street hustler wearing lots of "bling" of his own. A $3K watch for $200?
Hmm....
I checked it out and it sure as hell did look real and the papers and box were all very convincing. Then I noticed we were standing next to some fountains and I told him to toss the watch into the fountain and stand near it while I went to the ATM to get the cash. He didn't go for it and smiled

Bruce, some one told me they bought a Rolex made up from orginal Rolex replacement parts. An unathorized Rolex if you will. Just as tempermental as the
the real McCoy. That's sort of a fake Bolex right?

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

I like the idea of a good fake Rolex.

Hi,

There's lots of them out there, Seiko, Pulsar and several other manufacturers make lookalikes which are so close, you sometimes need to take a 2nd look.

One thing I found funny, was back in the '80s, I saw some FBI Crime statistics, and for whatever year I was looking at, it listed 13,000 personal assaults nationwide to people wearing Rolex Watches which were stolen in the assault. There was an addendum which stated that some 9,000+ of these were knock-offs...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Brucelee]

One thing I found funny, was back in the '80s, I saw some FBI Crime statistics, and for whatever year I was looking at, it listed 13,000 personal assaults nationwide to people wearing Rolex Watches which were stolen in the assault. There was an addendum which stated that some 9,000+ of these were knock-offs..."

Too funny!

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by SigmaPi

Jim,

Thanks for the reply; I have been unable to confirm one way or the other if at least my Air Force folk wear them. I have always heard stories from folks that pilots in general, or the demo pilots received some sort of fancy watch. I can tell you it's not standard for regular Air Force pilots. Since our lawmakers in all their wisdom have decided to reduce our Air Force by 40,000 troops, it would be pretty irresponsible to keep handing out a multi-thousand dollar watch for which there is no need. Even if some do have one, I will bet my paycheck (small as it is) they don't use it for flight planning.

Hi,

Yea, most of the Flying Watch Manufacturers produce a Precision Team Commemorative, and they give these to the members of the Team, to validate it I suppose. Most of them however are sold to civilian wannabes. Breitling on the other hand, only produces these for the Teams, they sell the same watch to the public, but absent the proprietary face.

Back in the 80's, I was one of the Asst. Dirs. of the Chicago Air & Water Show, annually one of the biggest Airshows in the Country. As such, I got to attend the Pilot Socials, daily briefings, and even got a seat occaisionally in one of the few VIP hops they made available. I have often seen the Team members wearing these Breitling watches. The current one, the Aerospace, which I own, while an extremely good watch, makes a pretty lousy flight computer...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99