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Scott count me in! Let me know how I can help you spread the TGIM message - it’s long, long overdue….Great Job! –Dave

Scott — I just finished listening to Obama’s Closing Argument speech from yesterday in Canton, Ohio — and then I clicked on your Tweet just seconds later. Two very inspiring, motivating, hopeful, enthusiastic speeches all at once. Wow! What a start to my day!

Sure, I signed up — and now I’m off to Stumble it — and Re-Tweet it to make sure you get your 2,000.

Peace — and great video, Scott.

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Scott!
You are absolutely right! ‘They’ are all around me. I am going to forward your video to my staff
and hope that they will be inspired to make a change. Love TGIM!!!!!!!!

Thank you for being you! This world needs more positive people like you. Hopefully I can achieve more positive attitudes and share them with others. I love each and every one of your videos and share them with all my friends. One of my motto’s is “TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE”. I refuse to be around negative people who steal my serenity and energy. Even a smile to someone unknown could make all the difference in their day. Keep up the good work and never allow any one to steal your peace. JoAnna

I think Scott is right on the money. I was laughing and agreeing with him at the same time. I’m forawrding this to all my friends!

GREAT VIDEO. I’ve passed this on to others, looking for inspiration in how to live.

This is awesome! It made me stop and think, by golly, you are so right!
I would love to share this with all my friends.

Scott- Your message is great and one that I want to spread to my friends and family! I had often called Mondays my Positive Growth Days - but I only did it because I did not want to start my work week on the day that others felt was negative - so I just took the day off. (I am in business for myself, so I could make this choice) Instead, I decided to work on what I love to do on Mondays- connecting with people I work with to make a positive impact on their businesses! So now I am starting my work-week on a positive note, and I still am having a Positive Growth Day without taking the day off.

Hi Scott ..

Really I enjoyed. Many many many thanks.

Regards,
Hasan

I’ve been working with young children for 34 years. I’ve had years where I went with the flow and attached my enthusiasm to the day of the week. I “choose” to no longer do that. I “choose” to make memories and a positive impact on those around me. I’m counting on you to help keep me inspired!

VERY TRUE STUFF !!great movie Hollis

I watched a movie called the secret some time ago
It makes you think positive..make bad things good.
Make the good things great!
Thanks for your movies Scott
Dan

Thanks for this, Scott. It’s sometimes difficult to swim against the current, but I’m making that change in my life in a variety of ways. This has me fired up to keep going and do it bigger!

Watching this dialogue reafirms what I do every morning. I ask myself am I going to have a good day or ar a bad day. There is only one answer and I chose a good day. I follow that answer all day long. Hopefully people will follow where you lead Scott. Positive people help the world go round.

Scott, I really think you’re right, I have been dreading Mondays ever since I began this job on Wall Street and right now everyone is in a panic about the economy and who will be the next president. It’s really important to stay positive and be greatful for the day each and every day and take it one day at a time. This is all anyone can do. Thank you for your positive e mails over the years too, it’s great to be reminded!!!!

I am the one who goes around with the “Happy Monday!” (or whatever the day of the week, no matter where I am; the store or on the phone. My hope is that it will rub off and be caught, like some contagion. So far, so good. People do get “caught” by surprise and appropriatly respond.

Amen Scott!!! I try to get people to believe that Monday’s are the best days…I tend to be considered …to happy! Go figure. I believe in TGIM!

We can’t change the past, we aren’t promised the future, today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. It is a gift from God.

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This video was very timely. I work for a large company that just changed local management and of course, they feel moved to change everything that was in place and working well. Nothing was broken, but someone felt the need to fix it anyway. Now we are into overtime and costs have risen. Anyone with any experience and advice is ignored. Makes it hard to be positive. So….. I’m looking forward to what you have to say in your coming videos. Life is so much more than our jobs. However, it is tough to go to a job I used to love, that barely resembles it’s old self. Thanks for whatever you have that may help.

Fantastic video Scott. Your inspiritional words are what gets me through my day.

Wow! Someone who has the same vision I do. I have been at my job for 8 years and I still LOVE coming to work everyday and meeting every challenge thrown my way. Nice job Scott, count me in for the TGIM and maybe we can change some of those folks who count the minutes for Friday to arrive.

Scott,

Thank you for being positive first thing in the morning. I have been working at my job for 10 years and I still love it. I thank god every morning when I wake up, as life is very short and I like to make the best of it. Does not matter what day it is, it is a beautiful day because I get to experience it.

To me we need to grasp every day and make it the most important day to us and enjoy it to the fullest

Hello Scott

Great video, very energising and oh so true..

If you (we) can help more people to enjoy what they have to do anyway, find the flow and live in the moment then it’s a great thing, a mission of value.

Mike

I have always been a “morning” person. It matters not what day of the week it is, I simply wake up starting the day out with a smile and hopeful for the best. However, recently I realize being hopeful isn’t enough… it’s more about expecting the best of the day. I make a choice each day to be happy and to share it with others, however that may be. Choosing to be positive and happy does make a difference, for yourself and for others. We can make positive changes in our country… in our world! I see a lot of positive comments here… I believe we can expect MORE than 1 percent!

Scott - great video. this is a philosophy that i have preached all of my life. i am retired disabled but i don’t let that get me down. happiness is an inside job. you’re only as happy as you let your self be. life is too short for anger and sadness. it is such a waste of time. keep up the good work

Wayne

Loved the video, love your emails, love the thought of TGIM. It is the same around my work place and I am ready to lead the way for change. Glad to be included. WE ROCK!!!

Excellent video/site/message Scott! I’ve signed up for your newsletter, posted the site to my Facebook profile and added it as a link on my blog.

Thanks for doing this Scott. It’s all good.

Bob

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Wonderful message…I live by this.. I truly believe attitude is EVERYTHING.. I care for my son who was in a car accident when he was 26 yrs old…that was 14 yrs ago..he cannot care for himself at all…so when a person think they are having it rough..just think of the millions of people around the world that are having a very bad life..not just a bad day…BE HAPPY and KIND
to everyone

I love it! I have always loved Mondays, mainly because the Markets were closed over the weekends. Then I discovered that Forex (Currencies) trade 24 hours from Sunday afternoon to Friday afternoon. Either way I love it! Let’s Make Some Money!

Great video,Scott! Someone once said that sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light! Your communications do that for me, Scott! Joy is everywhere and it is only when I refuse to see it that it appears to be absent from my life. THE JOY OF THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH! My prayer is that we may all come to live in a world where everyone is blessed by the presence of everyone else… May we all come to know just how beautiful such a world can be! Thanks for all you do, Scott, and God bless you!

i try to say some thing positive to people that i greet during the day… it’s fun to watch their reaction… a little spark of light, even if only for a breif moment, can make a difference in someone’s day…

give someone a chance to change their day… it will come back ten fold… and you may need that spark some day…

spread the love…

drew

You are absolutely correct! We need to “feed” on the positive if we are to make a difference in life! Why life in gloom and doom when it is much easier to live in optimism!!!

I’m way too busy to even know which day it is half of the time. I think if people keep busy most of the time they won’t notice if it’s a Monday, hump day or Friday. Sometimes I feel like I don’t have enough hours in the day to want to wish them away.

Happy Monday, Happy Tuesday, Happy Wednesday, Happy Thursday and Happy Friday are my daily greetings to co-workers on each of the respective days. They are all used to me by now and repeat the greeting back to me.
I also love my job - it’s almost like being home except I don’t wear my pajamas to work. hahah

Happy Tuesday,
Melissa

Hey Scott,

I guess I’ve always been weird because I’ve always LOVED Mondays.
For me it’s like a grand opportunity to “start over.” It’s like God
says, “Okay, here’s another week for you…another opportunity
to accomplish something. But then, I’ve always loved my work.
I am retired now, but still free-lancing, because a day without
work is a sad day. I am 71 years old and still loving my job. I
am a writer/editor, and I still edit manuscripts. What a wonderful
life.

Hi Scott,

Great Video, the only thing I would add is that you do not have to be in a job you love you may be bidding your time untill you find that job…however you can still be happy and help to bring happiness to others

Warm Regards

Dave

Hi Scott:

I have been getting your videos for several years now. You are my kind of people. No matter the day, month or year, I am a postive person and can only see the good in people… until they show me the uglies. Thanks for the blog. Nice to know I am not alone in my happy, rosey world.

I’m in, Scott. And thank you for the invitation. I hope we become the 99% and the others become the 1%

Scott-
You’ve really caught my interest! I don’t want to be a day of the week watcher, but it is such an easy habit to fall into. I’m looking forward to changing my point of view.

Thanks for prompting me to reconsider.

Holy Cow Scott,

Did you ever hit the nail right on the head!Everyday where I work it is this same old thing. I have become very jaded and this was an inspiration to me. It is like everyone wants to take your happniess away because they are miserable. I have been applying elsewhere because I feel that my office is in a rut of hopelessness. I am not hopeless but hopeful and your video “woke” me up! Thank you!

Scott,
Thank You!!!! I am a wife, mother, full time college student,as well a participant and/or member of several community programs.
I am in contact with people of all ages and walks of life who often seek advise. Instead I leave them with food for thought. Such as… If you see nine ducks in row failing at the same thing why would you want to be duck number ten??? Real change only happens when you step outside of the box, the key is you have to first take a step…therefore leading by not our only words but actions as well.
Again I say thank you!!

Inspite of the fact that my husband is rushing like a trainwreck headlong into retirement, I’m not ready. I’m with you on this … in spite of the fact that I received this on Tuesday morning.

Scott,
Great concept. In my life I have never gone to “work”. I have always found things I love to do and people pay me for it! That includes being a plumber, flight engineer, university lecturer, case manager for MR/DD clients and a production company owner. Everyday is FUNDAY for me. Let’s get to it.

Awesome!

Scott,
Could not agree with you more. At this time when we fear what might happen to our country if a person like Barak Hussein Obama could become the President of a country I hold very dear, Ineed to see a brighter side no matter the day of the week. I have always been a very positive person but this has upset me beyond words. I was raised by a mother that taught all seven of her children to treat “Everyday as if it were a picnic and everynight a Party”!! I hope to be able to live that way again! THanks

Well said……..I’m looking forward to being part of this group!!

I have been working over 40 years and everyday has been a good day for me. If everyone in the country would have that positive attitude about work, think how happy and satisfied everyone would be.

Scott,
I totally agree. To often we go through life only working to earn a check and not enjoy the job that we are doing. I do love my job and look forward coming to work and trying to make a change. Good Luck with your inspiring video!

Scott, Thank you! I worked in HR for years and have experienced exactly what you talked of in the video. I no longer work HR as the stress of working around angry, fearful people got to me. Today, however is another story. I have learned that joy and peace comes from within and I will not allow another to take that from me. We can all do greater work with joy in our hearts.

Scott, I was one of those people who dreaded Monday. Since I was diagnosed with breast cancer in July, I now give thanks for being alive every day of the week, for having a job, a home, wonderful friends and family. Thanks for the inspiration.

Hi Scott,

Nice to “meet” you on your video! I work many 12 hour Monday shifts, and could totally relate to what you had to say. We recently went through a huge transition at work. I thank God that our new manager is not tolerating staff with negative attitudes, and directing them to resources that will improve their lives, or encourage them to seek a new direction that will be a better choice for them. It has made a such a difference in our moral at work. I hope to add to that by sharing some TGIM input from you! Diane

GREAT VIDEO. I’ve passed this on to others, looking for inspiration in how to live.

At 82 years young,married 51years to the same wonderful woman,I have and always will (LORD WILLING ) live every day as a GIFT from GOD,and that is what it is ,A present,that’s why we call it the present.I enjoy each day and try to make others have an enjoyable day as well. Life is too short and death is too permanent.Live happy
,live and enjoy life.Grumpy is NOT an option.Have a great and BLESSED day….Sarge

Thanks, Scott, for inspiring us to be happy and joyful and positive.
I like every day of the week and want to be a part of a group of others who do also.
It was fun to finally see your face.

Scott:

How right you are!

I have always been a person who looks at the glass as being “half full.”

If anyone wants to know just how much I love my job, every day of the week, let me just say this:

After 40 years as a legal assistant, 4 years ago I retired to enjoy life. Well, bordeom set in and today I work part-time, again as a legal assistant, and STILL LOVE MY JOB!

First of all, I have a job (a part time job in my field of work being something that was very difficult to find in the small town in which I live)! Too many people complain of dire circumstances, but do not make the effort to change the circumstances. I had to take the bull by the horns and do something - and I did.

Second is the fact that Mondays simply bring new challenges and the chance to resolve the ones from the week before - all in helping people, my true ambition.

Thank Goodness it’s Monday!!!!!

Jean

HAPPY MONDAY!

I’m all about being optimistic and positive, so the whole message was right-on with me.
Thanks and Happy Every Day!

Scott, this is so true! Also tired of hearing the comment “same old, same old” You’re a breathe of fresh air my dear! TGFS…no…no…not “Thank God for Saturday”…it’s Thank God for Scott!!!

Danielle

I thought I was alone, I guess there are a few more out there who love their jobs and the day of the week makes no difference.

I felt like that while I was part of corporate America. Then I quit and started my own company(s) and began to enjoy life. Today I’m retired but still working through the Internet. TGIM!! Everyday is exciting!

I’m In!!!!!
loved the video

Scott this was a good piece——-everyday has always been a great day for me—loved my family—-loved my work——liked to be out doors——liked other people——-always looked forward to tomorrow.

Great ! finally Happiness is on it’s way. TGWHS (TG we have Scott :-). All the best.

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Very very good thought!!!

Scott you are an inspiration to us all. You have a way of finding the missing pieces that float through our heads, then putting them all together into words. Everyday you wake up should be a day you are thankful for. I am in Emergency Services Management and can tell you from experience, some day you will not wake up. So if you are not doing something you love everyday…even Mondays….do something else! Try this exercise-Look in the mirror every morning, smile and say “Good Morning Sunshine!” See the face you will show other’s first.

I had your positive enjoyment at work and it was killed… In a matter of 3 years every speck of positivity was drained out of my head, I went from happy to dragging myself out of bed, off to work, then cried on the way home, walked in the door and took it out on the kids for not having a clean house when I got home. I just had to give up a good paying job and to out in search of a happy workplace. Changed jobs, started with a renewed positivity, with the power of God I worked every day to infect my co-workers with positive, motivated happiness. A few months ago, I got laid off and the staff still email or call me crying from the return of the negativity and tell me that they now are looking else ware to find the dream job – that perfect job.
My story is a happy one; I have just started with a financial company who’s mission statement is ‘No family left behind’ and everyone is positive and enjoy helping families – with the current economic situation, it is wonderful to help a family and have them tell you how great it is to work with an entire company of positive, motivated agents, some are even shocked. I actually go to bed Sunday night excited about my next day – Monday morning. Chant – ‘I turn negative thoughts into positive ones whenever they occur. I feel good. I feel fine. I feel this way all the time!’

Outstanding Video!!! I too had that experience when I worked at a big software company - all the Negative Nellie water cooler talk. Yikes - as a sales guy who was on the phone for 6 of my 8 hours a day, I couldn’t afford all that negative attitude - and besides, I’m a happy positive guy.

So, I decided to change people’s perspective. Here’s what I came up with and started using over and over and over….

Marvelous Monday
Tremendous Tuesday
Wonderful Wednesday
Terrific Thursday
Fabulous Friday
Super Saturday
Satisfying Sunday

I also started saying: “Happy Monday!” to everyone at work. Everyone. To everyone - they would ask why and I would say - Hey, it’s a great day to be alive and I’ve got 5 full exciting days to achieve my goals.

To this day, 5 years later, I still have friends from that company who will say Happy Monday!

Keep it real, keep it going!

Jonathan Logan
Portland, Oregon
http://www.betterworldmortgage.com

Scott, you are so contagious. Not here in the toxic soup where I am employed though. In this job that I love, a place where I have been for quite a number of years. A place where needy newcomers rule. I wish I had someone with workplace ethics and workplace etiquette to speak with, can you make that happen? It won’t change things here but it will allow me to vent. Thanks for your site….It’s Monday…..

Talk to some folks that work in retail and find they don’t know what day of the week it is, and have to check the work schedule to even see what TIME to report to work… it makes what is enjoyable hard to plan, and family events, vacations, (meals) etc. have to be planned three weeks in advance…. even creativity. It’s a little funny, but weekends still hold value and people who work M-F,9-5 still have to go shopping sometime. “Create something everyday” has been my light. and that means I have to learn new things, too. Keep up the good work, Scott.

An electrifying, exhilarating and motivating video that almost made me run screaming with joy in the isles of the office.

Almost…

One day in the near future, I will make that run!

You got me!

…nice video…when some asks me how is my day …my reply is always ” happy and blessed” …by these two words i have changed numerous attitudes around me…for i believe in the basic principle of life that people want to be in the vicinity of happy and positive people and i not only say it but i mean when i say that i am happy and blessed … tc…harry

Thanks Scott,

Just finished a 10 week study group on The New Earth and recently read The Power of Now. These two books are helping me live in the now and enjoy whatever am I am doing.

Frank

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Very Cool! I’m in!

Scott,
As always - a quality product! I’ve been a fan of yours ever since I first started getting your inspirational videos, and you seem to know what I’m thinking 80% of the time. This new effort is right on the money! I hope to retire in 5-6 years (at the ripe old age of 60, after finishing raising our grandson), and I’d like to do it with a much better attitude than I have today. Thanks!

I love it

Scott,

Right on!! Change will not come unless you want it. Hope you get more than 1% to sign up.

John L.

Hello Scott.

I really enjoy your regular videos and will
subscribe with a Biblicl quotation that I use
to motivate myself: “This is the DAY the Lord
hath made I will rejoice and be glad in it”.

Sounds great…. Definetly identifies downward thinking which effects everyone….. looking forward to hearing more.

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We get what we focus and think on. Negative thoughts create negative outcomes all around us. Positive thoughts bring positive outcomes. At least that is how it works for me. Great video! Thanks!

Peace and Love,
Josephine

Hi Scott, nice to receive this on a great Tuesday.

While in industrial sales, I visited a multitude of businesses and was amazed to discover that about 90-95% of those I met were unhappy with their job.
They stayed, and worked for lower wages, in exchange for the illusion of “security”!

Now a retiree, I volunteer at a charity for persons with Down syndrome, Autism, etc. where everyone, always, has great passion for their work, Mondays through Fridays and often on weekends! We ALL LOVE what we do… for others. Peace, and keep up your good work.

Staying at home unemployed and alone, has made me appreciate what working at a job I love, everyday, has to offer….people! I love getting up in the morning and having a place to go to, with people to see, to work with, to share time with. It’s great. I miss it.

Scott,
Your video was very timely for me. I have recently had the realization that I am always “waiting” for something to happen before I “_______.” Just fill in the blank, it could be, anything, maybe even Friday. It all amounts to not living in the present and enjoying the process. James Taylor’s song “The Secret of Life” says it all. The secret of life IS enjoying the passage of time. The truth is, it will pass wheteher you enjoy it or not. I don’t want to have lived the length of my life and not enjoyed the journey. Today might indeed be all we have, I don’t want to think I wished it away because it was Monday. Thanks for your inspiration, always just what I needed. Sincerely,
Cristie

I love my job and I look forward to coming to work each day and each week. I am 61 years old and I have been very blest. I do look forward to retirement but it is for new adventures, not because I am tired of my work. We have TT (Therapy Tuesday0 where we get together to celebrate friendships and to just enjoy sharing the good things in our life. Thank you for your message. I want to be one of your 2,000.

I felt TGIM for the 30 plus years while I worked. Due to a government downsize, I retired three years ago. THEN is when I developed the negative attitude. THEN I found a brain tumor in my front yard in May. Since then, every day is GREAT. I have the One Day at a Time Attitude. I’m signed up…loved your video, Scott. Keep ‘em coming! Marla from Arizona

Thank you very much for the video.

I am normally a very positive person but as I watched the video I saw how I was slipping into the dark side and realized that I have started saying “Its Monday!” or “Hurray, its Friday”

It is time to change that.

Thanks

John

I wish everyone could have such a positive attitude. Attitude makes all of the difference….and it really is a choice. The sad part is so many people think that it is not a choice. They don’t believe that they have control over their emotions and they blame others or circumstance for how they are feeling. The truth is it is always your choice how you respond to what life gives you. I am so glad that Scott is trying to help people see that happiness can be for everyone, IF they want it. Way to go Scott!

Thanks, Scott…I needed this one…Great to finally see you in person as well. Tired of getting by one day at a time…and then beating myself up for not being more grateful.

I am blessed. I love my profession, and love my employment. Coming to work is is not a job.
Life is good.

I loved your video.

I shared it with many.

You are absolutely right. Life is too short!

I am 70 years old and have always been a TGIM person. After being diagnosed with MS, I continued that in my retirement 10 years ago. In retirement, I completed a Ph.D., something that had been left undone in my life. I am now working on a book of poetry, a novel, a textbook and a few journal articles. Who knows what’s next? Congratulations on your TGIM initiative! May it grow and grow and grow.

I routinely whistle ,sing, or hum at work. People are always suprised, I tell them, God gives us the day, what we do with it is up to us.( I’m not a fanatic and have no relgious message) It’s true. In my work I sometimes am called in at all hours, I think as I’m driving in, what a gift to be able to help others, what a privelege. I don’t always remember, I need reminders my self, that is why your videos are helpful. I refuse to be happy only 2/7 ths of the week or a fraction of my life. Have a good day regardless of its name. Garry

I am 70 years old and have always been a TGIM person. After being diagnosed with MS, I continued that in my retirement 10 years ago. In retirement, I completed a Ph.D., something that had been left undone in my life. I am now working on a book of poetry, a novel, a textbook and a few journal articles. Who k