Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
September 29 2012 Ashley Bernard
This message will feature a quote from the page of my friend Ashley Bernard, www.facebook.com/ashley.bernard?ref=ts. Not much time today, but I think the following words are relevant to everyone, as each attempts to live a quality life:
"There are moments in your life that make you and sets the course of who you're going to be. Sometimes they're little, subtle moments. Sometimes, they're big moments you never saw coming. No one asks for their life to change, but it does. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you are."
Time passes and that is beyond our control, but our actions or refusal to act on various events or changes is what writes your life. That’s what the quote tells me, and since this is my soap box I can say what I want. Whether you read it, believe it, put it to use, or not is entirely up to you. I am not trying to shape or mold your beliefs or actions, but I merely express my opinions. If you are affected greatly or not please let me know.
Ashley Bernard is an incredible Ohioan, born and raised, and maybe one of her greatest assets is that she went to The Ohio State University. Since that is also my Alma mater too I feel comfortable. She likes to celebrate her birthday for weeks rather than a day, likes playing cards, and enjoys having a good time. I would like to share a laugh with her sometime.
Yet still there is another reason why I featured her in this group message. Aside from her awesome quote put a few paragraphs earlier her profile she said her past has brought her to where she is today and I wouldn't change a thing. I coincide with that statement, and I feel that is the perspective everyone should have.
Furthermore she states her belief that everything happens for a reason. Since I am a speaker/author and those principles dominate my daily happenings, and the fact that Ashley is ambitious and strives to be a better person together make me strongly feel that she would enjoy and find beneficial my book.
Thanks everyone for being my friend and/or joining my group. Ashley and all, my eight+ years of adding or deleting segments, as well as further editing and picture selection, has finally produced a product. To purchase my self-help book, “The Rest is Up to You,” in paperback copy go here: https://www.createspace.com/3877051. It’s also on Amazon (search complete title.) Otherwise signed copies can be obtained directly from me. If you choose the signed copy option please send me a private message at, matt@mattschroeder.org and details will be exchanged. To acquire my motivational and inspirational book in digital format see the Kindle, eBook version at, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008A0DI3S.
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"Failure only increases your chances for success at your next attempt."
~Matt~
www.mattschroeder.org
Saturday, July 21, 2012
URGENT
My eight years of adding or deleting segments, as well as further editing and picture selection, has finally produced a product. To purchase my self-help book, “The Rest is Up to You,” in paperback copy go here: https://www.createspace.com/3877051. It’s also on Amazon (search complete title.) Otherwise signed copies can be obtained directly from me. To acquire my motivational and inspirational book in digital format see the Kindle, eBook version at, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008A0DI3S.
It has been awhile I know but I have been busy with book promotion. In fact, I am doing a book signing and short presentation:
PUTNAM COUNTY DISTRICT LIBRARY PRESENTS AN
INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND LOCAL AUTHOR
MATT SCHROEDER
OF COLUMBUS GROVE, OHIO
BOOK SIGNING & AUTHOR VISIT
OTTAWA LOCATION
AUGUST 6 @ 6:00
BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR PURCHASE AND SIGNING
Putnam County District Library Ottawa Location
136 Putnam Parkway, Ottawa, Ohio 45875
419-523-3747 www.mypcdl.org
I am excited and look forward to seeing you there. If you cannot make it please contact me at matt@mattschroeder.org and we'll exchange address swhere you can send $12 for the book + $3 to ship in the U.S. ($15 total) & I'll send you a book anywhere in the 48 mainland U.S. Other places have dfferent postage and handling charges. Thank you.
Monday, April 16, 2012
4.16.2012 Holly Shelley Renee MT
I apologize for not sending a group message lately. I have been extremely busy working on my self-help/autobiography book. The fruits of eight years of typing, editing, typing, editing and typing some more, followed by more editing and still more that yet needs done are getting ripe. They will likely be ready to harvest within a month. Meaning I am getting extremely close to being done, but it will probably be late summer or early fall before my manuscript will be self published and copies had that can be purchased. Once I get my work published I’ll be able impact lives to a greater extent. Thanks go out to a variety of people who acted as crutches for me along the way. The important thing to note is how being determined, always with a published work in mind, while dealing with a hand that slightly tremors has helped me continue through it all. Stay tuned in the weeks to come to learn more about my book and progress.
Please develop big personal goals and work, work, work to achieve them, because more often than not repeated trials and relentless effort will lead to much deserved successes even when the original goal isn’t reached! On to this week’s quotes:
Falling down is a part of life; getting back up is living.
Whether you are down even before the day of your birth, tragedy strikes putting you there, or you fail the test, score worse than your opponent, or are less productive on the job it makes no difference. Any instance or circumstance, not just those listed work for that quote if read carefully. It doesn’t matter what it is. Life is about hypothetically picking oneself up and moving forward. My new friend Holly is aware of this, has practiced, and is practicing this method. Sometimes twitter can be cloudy and hard to weed through, but here is an example of something meaningful I found.
A strong and positive attitude creates more miracles than any other thing because life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it!
Coming from somebody who has experienced a miracle, which helped me emphasize this in my scenario, it is hoped that you will accept this as fact. Another new acquaintance, Shelley Johnson (www.shelleyjohnson.net) knows this, too. She speaks and helps people, too. If you are a female and currently attend St. Mary’s middle school you will be graced with her presence on May 16. We have many similarities, and our personalities are the same on the Briggs-Stratton scale. Lol it’s amazing how that came up. It seems rather inevitable that we will cross paths as it nearly occurred this past weekend.
“Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.”
I definitely am not that fond of patience or so I thought. That was my initial thought, because I defined it as passively waiting or laziness. Lazy is not a good Characteristic of me. Any passively waiting done by me is mandated. Like when you can’t talk or walk nor comprehend at all but rather wait on your ability to improve that is only lazy when you do nothing. When one works hard to improve, repetition becomes habit, and you are not afraid to break a sweat (literally or figuratively) in your effort that is being patient. According to the better definition this quote displays, staying on the attack aiming to reach the goal is patience. Therefore I am a very patient person!
Speaking on waiting, I can’t wait (well I can but it’s difficult) for Renee Kelch to call me today/tonight about my presentation at Witness Night in Ottoville. I just don’t like waiting, but the prospective of helping many people in one evening at Ottoville is enticing. To say the least I am thrilled and excited!
In closing this week I have an interesting tidbit for you:
Keep smiling, and one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
MT… I pray that you have a safe, successful time wherever you are!
Thank you so much for being my friend. If you suggest your friends for me that would really be great. Can you also please invite your friends to join my Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Please develop big personal goals and work, work, work to achieve them, because more often than not repeated trials and relentless effort will lead to much deserved successes even when the original goal isn’t reached! On to this week’s quotes:
Falling down is a part of life; getting back up is living.
Whether you are down even before the day of your birth, tragedy strikes putting you there, or you fail the test, score worse than your opponent, or are less productive on the job it makes no difference. Any instance or circumstance, not just those listed work for that quote if read carefully. It doesn’t matter what it is. Life is about hypothetically picking oneself up and moving forward. My new friend Holly is aware of this, has practiced, and is practicing this method. Sometimes twitter can be cloudy and hard to weed through, but here is an example of something meaningful I found.
A strong and positive attitude creates more miracles than any other thing because life is 10% how you make it and 90% how you take it!
Coming from somebody who has experienced a miracle, which helped me emphasize this in my scenario, it is hoped that you will accept this as fact. Another new acquaintance, Shelley Johnson (www.shelleyjohnson.net) knows this, too. She speaks and helps people, too. If you are a female and currently attend St. Mary’s middle school you will be graced with her presence on May 16. We have many similarities, and our personalities are the same on the Briggs-Stratton scale. Lol it’s amazing how that came up. It seems rather inevitable that we will cross paths as it nearly occurred this past weekend.
“Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.”
I definitely am not that fond of patience or so I thought. That was my initial thought, because I defined it as passively waiting or laziness. Lazy is not a good Characteristic of me. Any passively waiting done by me is mandated. Like when you can’t talk or walk nor comprehend at all but rather wait on your ability to improve that is only lazy when you do nothing. When one works hard to improve, repetition becomes habit, and you are not afraid to break a sweat (literally or figuratively) in your effort that is being patient. According to the better definition this quote displays, staying on the attack aiming to reach the goal is patience. Therefore I am a very patient person!
Speaking on waiting, I can’t wait (well I can but it’s difficult) for Renee Kelch to call me today/tonight about my presentation at Witness Night in Ottoville. I just don’t like waiting, but the prospective of helping many people in one evening at Ottoville is enticing. To say the least I am thrilled and excited!
In closing this week I have an interesting tidbit for you:
Keep smiling, and one day life will get tired of upsetting you.
MT… I pray that you have a safe, successful time wherever you are!
Thank you so much for being my friend. If you suggest your friends for me that would really be great. Can you also please invite your friends to join my Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
1.24.2012 Kaila Beth Lance John
What or who do I have a great respect for? The deep feeling I have is for doctors, nurses, or any employee or volunteer in the medical field. Featured this week is a friend that works in Interventional Radiology at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Kaila Recker, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12460231&sk=wall works in that department, and maybe more importantly she studied Pre-med at The Ohio State University and lives nearby. I might be a bit partial towards people who went to my alma mater, but Kaila went high school at Ottawa Glandorf which takes merely ten minutes northward of my HS, Columbus Grove. Before I get too far here is an ad slogan liked and found on her page:
"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly.
AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES."
-NIKE ad
Many Nike ads are motivational and are pertinent to many individuals, and this one requires a little thought but is no different. In essence it touches the point of not listening to naysayers who mistakenly think they know what you cannot do. Only an individual knows what they can/cannot do, and even you cannot be sure without relentlessly pushing forward or trying to complete whatever you are attempting. Before talking more about Kaila Recker, I see it necessary to let you know why you have not seen me post any messages to this group in awhile.
The best way I think I can improve peoples’ lives is through writing a self help/autobiographical book. Swapping many email messages back and forth with a professional editor is being done, and I cannot type that well. Therefore it seems rather insignificant to say it is very time consuming. Within a month from now I plan to have the manuscript complete. I need help with finding a publisher and marketer for my work. If none are found and suggestions aren’t emailed to me away from Facebook at matt@mattschroeder.org, I have not ruled out self publishing, but right now that is a last resort. Last resorts often become reality and should not be dismissed as options.
Okay Miss Recker also worked at The Ohio State University Medical Center, obviously I’m fond of that place, but many people like Beth Schnipke (www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=30120498) are too. Beth is a therapist at Atrium Medical Center in Franklin, Ohio although she is from Delphos.
Let’s not get sidetracked there was another quote on Kaila Recker’s pace that seemed essential to share:
"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell."
-Lance Armstrong
That’s an interesting saying but I’m not so sure we can all learn from kids ignoring odds, because young children (we’re all children but I mean one or two year olds) do not have the ability to ignore percentages; they have no ability to recognize these. Regardless of what you may think of Mr. Armstrong, what he says makes sense.
The fact that Kaila’s profile contains these quotes, and her profession in general, makes her someone I’d like to meet. My last quote is one of my personal favorites:
"Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality."
John W. Gardner
When a feeling sorrow is had for and by you, that’s a slippery slope and it impedes progress.
I need to get busy on my book and I likely wont get to another message for several weeks, but I will be back. In the meantime please add your friends to this group and share this message.
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
The Rest is Up To You
"All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly.
AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES."
-NIKE ad
Many Nike ads are motivational and are pertinent to many individuals, and this one requires a little thought but is no different. In essence it touches the point of not listening to naysayers who mistakenly think they know what you cannot do. Only an individual knows what they can/cannot do, and even you cannot be sure without relentlessly pushing forward or trying to complete whatever you are attempting. Before talking more about Kaila Recker, I see it necessary to let you know why you have not seen me post any messages to this group in awhile.
The best way I think I can improve peoples’ lives is through writing a self help/autobiographical book. Swapping many email messages back and forth with a professional editor is being done, and I cannot type that well. Therefore it seems rather insignificant to say it is very time consuming. Within a month from now I plan to have the manuscript complete. I need help with finding a publisher and marketer for my work. If none are found and suggestions aren’t emailed to me away from Facebook at matt@mattschroeder.org, I have not ruled out self publishing, but right now that is a last resort. Last resorts often become reality and should not be dismissed as options.
Okay Miss Recker also worked at The Ohio State University Medical Center, obviously I’m fond of that place, but many people like Beth Schnipke (www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=30120498) are too. Beth is a therapist at Atrium Medical Center in Franklin, Ohio although she is from Delphos.
Let’s not get sidetracked there was another quote on Kaila Recker’s pace that seemed essential to share:
"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell."
-Lance Armstrong
That’s an interesting saying but I’m not so sure we can all learn from kids ignoring odds, because young children (we’re all children but I mean one or two year olds) do not have the ability to ignore percentages; they have no ability to recognize these. Regardless of what you may think of Mr. Armstrong, what he says makes sense.
The fact that Kaila’s profile contains these quotes, and her profession in general, makes her someone I’d like to meet. My last quote is one of my personal favorites:
"Self-pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality."
John W. Gardner
When a feeling sorrow is had for and by you, that’s a slippery slope and it impedes progress.
I need to get busy on my book and I likely wont get to another message for several weeks, but I will be back. In the meantime please add your friends to this group and share this message.
~Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
The Rest is Up To You
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
11.16.2011 Woody Chelsea Danielle Vince
I want to say really quick that a few week’s ago I made an erroneous assumption regarding Joe Paterno. Joe is/was viewed as a God to some PA people, and I even said that I thought he was a good coach. The key word, “was” is past tense if you notice. I don’t care how legendary he is, there is no excuse to look the other way when such heinous crimes are reported to you. Maybe Coach Paterno was part of the cover-up. We may never know. State College football program is a mess, and rumors/allegations make Ohio State’s payments and tattoo scandal look like minor infractions.
Sara Reynolds, twitter.com/#!/Buckeyefan17, happens to have some good quotes that represent some Ohio State Buckeye success:
“I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end”. -Woody Hayes
I have to believe that he is right, that is what I believe, and in the end everything works out. Why is that? Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and I’ll tell mine in this group; whether you oppose or coincide with my ideas is up to you. God has the master plan for our lives, and everything turns out perfect in His eyes. I believe it all is contingent on us putting forth our best effort, and that means we never stop trying in life.
Mr. Hayes was fired himself for giving the opposing team’s player a knuckle sandwich during a game. His episode was on television though, and everybody else could see it. The coaching pedestal is often one that falls trap to the ‘Sports Machine.’ Meaning some coaches put sports above God and family. In my life my top priorities are God and family/friends. Those of you who know me away from Facebook understand that sports play a huge role in my life, but I keep athletics in perspective. I feel being competitive in nature definitely makes a well rounded person, athletics are an easy example, but challenges that you set for yourself can be just as effective. In other words you don’t need to be a ball player to maintain a competitive spirit, and no matter your mental or physical inadequacies you can thrive on competition Another quote, as this week’s message has plenty:
“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.”
I got this quote from my Dayton living friend, Chelsea (www.facebook.com/chelsea.e.donson.) Also her Facebook profile says she works as a server, at Roosters and attends Wright State University. I know several who go or went to that institution. The people you meet are affected by your interaction with them. Please remember that; you can change their reactions for a bit or for the long haul.
“The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments.
Learn to let go of the past, and recognize that every day won't be sunny.
And when you find yourself lost in the darkness of despair, remember, it's only in the black of the night that you see the stars, and those stars lead you back home.” ~ Danielle
Danielle Nicole as she is known as on Facebook, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503147521, lives in Lima, and the quote is kind of lengthy but relevant. Don’t live in anger because of failures, know that it happens, and see the good, make adjustments to the bad, and know that even in the darkest days trying your best will get you to where you want to be.
For me when I was in the hospital after I awoke from my coma (5.5 months in total) all I ever wanted to do was get home, I took Dad’s advice and did what the therapists told me, and after what seemed liked an eternity to me (actually a repetitive recovery considering my condition) I did come home. The same is true for outpatient therapy; all I wanted was for it to be over, but when I couldn’t talk clearly, move my body as it needed to be moved, or function so I could live normally it was tough but accepted that I could not be done. I listened to what therapists told me, like Dad said, and eventually ended outpatient rehab. Let’s get back to the quotes:
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
Vince Lombardi
This quote comes from the page of a recent friend named Erin Mash, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1421250019 from Jackson Center. Every one of us needs to dig down and find your own will to succeed. My will to improve or wanting you to experience success means nothing; you have to believe that for yourself, but hopefully what I have to say or telling my experiences will help you apply things in your life.
I’ll leave you with some words of wisdom that I got from a Facebook friend, which I see as pertinent to closing this week:
“Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy.”
That said, taking the easy route won’t mean much to you. Difficult tasks where you have to work to succeed are the rewarding ones. Taking candy from a baby is wrong, and practicing a tireless effort to achieve something is rewarding. The things that come easy are worthless and don’t bring gleam to your personality, but the opposite is true for something that requires effort.
Thank you so much for being my friend. If you suggest your friends for me that would really be great. Can you also please invite your friends to join my Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
Sara Reynolds, twitter.com/#!/Buckeyefan17, happens to have some good quotes that represent some Ohio State Buckeye success:
“I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end”. -Woody Hayes
I have to believe that he is right, that is what I believe, and in the end everything works out. Why is that? Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, and I’ll tell mine in this group; whether you oppose or coincide with my ideas is up to you. God has the master plan for our lives, and everything turns out perfect in His eyes. I believe it all is contingent on us putting forth our best effort, and that means we never stop trying in life.
Mr. Hayes was fired himself for giving the opposing team’s player a knuckle sandwich during a game. His episode was on television though, and everybody else could see it. The coaching pedestal is often one that falls trap to the ‘Sports Machine.’ Meaning some coaches put sports above God and family. In my life my top priorities are God and family/friends. Those of you who know me away from Facebook understand that sports play a huge role in my life, but I keep athletics in perspective. I feel being competitive in nature definitely makes a well rounded person, athletics are an easy example, but challenges that you set for yourself can be just as effective. In other words you don’t need to be a ball player to maintain a competitive spirit, and no matter your mental or physical inadequacies you can thrive on competition Another quote, as this week’s message has plenty:
“We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere.”
I got this quote from my Dayton living friend, Chelsea (www.facebook.com/chelsea.e.donson.) Also her Facebook profile says she works as a server, at Roosters and attends Wright State University. I know several who go or went to that institution. The people you meet are affected by your interaction with them. Please remember that; you can change their reactions for a bit or for the long haul.
“The important thing is not to be bitter over life's disappointments.
Learn to let go of the past, and recognize that every day won't be sunny.
And when you find yourself lost in the darkness of despair, remember, it's only in the black of the night that you see the stars, and those stars lead you back home.” ~ Danielle
Danielle Nicole as she is known as on Facebook, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=503147521, lives in Lima, and the quote is kind of lengthy but relevant. Don’t live in anger because of failures, know that it happens, and see the good, make adjustments to the bad, and know that even in the darkest days trying your best will get you to where you want to be.
For me when I was in the hospital after I awoke from my coma (5.5 months in total) all I ever wanted to do was get home, I took Dad’s advice and did what the therapists told me, and after what seemed liked an eternity to me (actually a repetitive recovery considering my condition) I did come home. The same is true for outpatient therapy; all I wanted was for it to be over, but when I couldn’t talk clearly, move my body as it needed to be moved, or function so I could live normally it was tough but accepted that I could not be done. I listened to what therapists told me, like Dad said, and eventually ended outpatient rehab. Let’s get back to the quotes:
“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”
Vince Lombardi
This quote comes from the page of a recent friend named Erin Mash, www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1421250019 from Jackson Center. Every one of us needs to dig down and find your own will to succeed. My will to improve or wanting you to experience success means nothing; you have to believe that for yourself, but hopefully what I have to say or telling my experiences will help you apply things in your life.
I’ll leave you with some words of wisdom that I got from a Facebook friend, which I see as pertinent to closing this week:
“Nothing in this world that is worth having comes easy.”
That said, taking the easy route won’t mean much to you. Difficult tasks where you have to work to succeed are the rewarding ones. Taking candy from a baby is wrong, and practicing a tireless effort to achieve something is rewarding. The things that come easy are worthless and don’t bring gleam to your personality, but the opposite is true for something that requires effort.
Thank you so much for being my friend. If you suggest your friends for me that would really be great. Can you also please invite your friends to join my Facebook group, "The Rest is Up to You” (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_46959448480?) Please share this message!
Matt~ Failure is the first step to success. Think about that one.
▒♥_______/)______./¯"""/')
▒♥¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯\)¯¯¯¯¯'\_„„„„\)
www.mattschroeder.org
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