#MakeItHappenMonday

People who make it happen have mental toughness. There are certain characteristics that are evident in those who don't wait for things to happen but go out there and make things happen. And if you want to get real brainy about the whole thing there is a test you can take to calculate your metal toughness quotient. It's called MTQ48 and you can read all about it here and request a free test.

I have a really hard time being mentally tough. For some things it's a piece of cake but for most things - the things that really matter - I wimp out. I am weak. Fortunately for people like me there's help! Maybe you need some refreshers on mental toughness as well? If so check out this whole site dedicated to helping people increase their mental toughness so they can be people who make things happen.

So today for #MakeItHappenMonday my challenge to myself, and you, is to evaluate and increase your mental toughness so we can become people who make things happen.

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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