Sumner Davenport
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Specialist Web Accessibility; Speaker; Best Selling Author; Mindfulness Facilitator Expert
Sumner Davenport Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Web Accessibility; Developing a Healthy Relationship with Stress; Self worthiness; Bounce Back Expert; Mindfulness; Meditation
- Best Sellers
- STRESS OUT, show stress who's the boss; Stress Out for Cats, Dogs & their People; The "G" Spot = The Ecstasy of Life Through Gratitude; It Works with Simple Keys; Solve the Entrepreneur Puzzle; How to Bring Your Desires & Ideals Into Reality; Meditation, Many Choices
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Equal Rights; Business Owner, Philanthropist
- Affiliation
- Sumner M. Davenport & Assoc.; Self Investment Publishing Company; Thank and Grow Richer
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I have been described in the press as a real life example of an impassioned visionary. I began my career at age nine when I opened my first lemonade stand and a backyard carnival. Throughout my childhood I was inspired by the successful business folks I met. I used this early education as a foundation when I started my first of many unique and interesting entrepreneurial ventures at age 19.
I have changed my career direction several times over my lifetime which led to my presentations on bouncing back and adjusting to change.
As an advocate for equal access for those with disabilities, both in physical environments and digital platforms, such as websites, I speak at legal and disability conferences and web design workshops. I educate on Web Accessibility for businesses and train web designers how to do it correctly.
As a best selling author I am quoted often. One of my quotes was voted to be included in the Top Healthy Thoughts of 2007.
I work with select charitable organizations that assist young people with their career options and those that are inclusive and support equal rights for the disabled.
Sumner M. Davenport
Specialist Web Accessibility; Speaker; Mindfulness Facilitator; Philantrophist
Owned by a loving rescue dog, named Tigger and his cat named Merlin and his companion named Lily.
www.SumnerDavenport.com
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Tips to help you handle Holiday Stress
On top of your regular deadlines, traffic, decisions and relationships, you now have more with holiday deadlines, gifts to buy, events to attend, shopping, traffic and more people who are getting on your nerves....... Sometimes all you need is a reminder, a quick tip you can do to relieve stress, other times you need a coach or counselor when the stress is more than you can handle by yourself. These 10 items are quick reminders of easy things you can do now, to shift your stress energy and go back to enjoying your holiday time.
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No More New Years Resolutions
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The Value of Your Time
At a conference this year, I heard many self employed and small business owners lamenting how hard they were working, yet not gaining any new business growth or profit. In today’s business environment many emerging entrepreneurs mistakenly attempt to wear all the hats when running their business. Instead of hiring someone to conduct some of the work for them, they mistakenly believe that they are saving money by doing everything themselves.
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Is That the Truth?
Earlier this year, a client expressed excitement that Oprah, the woman who has everything, was going to admit that even she couldn’t lose weight and keep it off. I didn’t know what Oprah was going to say during her January show about her weight and living her best life. I only know what is true – right now - in my life, or in some cases my clients’ lives. I can relate to a client struggling with weight loss.
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You Will Change
When you start to focus on what you desire – YOU WILL CHANGE! “Things do not change; we change.“~ Henry David Thoreau ~ As you start to focus on what you desire – your behaviors will begin to change. And as you begin to reach your goals and receive your desires – you will change. If your desire is to have more money, and you focus on having that, you will change – you will find yourself behaving with more ease of spending as your money increases. You will begin to think and act with more confidence that you will continue to receive the money you desire and deserve.
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Congruence and Gratitude
“You can tell a person, not by what they say they are gratitude for, but how they respect what they claim to be grateful for.”rn~ Mrs. Donna Priscott~ My mother was of my greatest examples on how to live life with honesty and integrity. This quote was one of her favorite sayings. Long after her passing, I remember every time she said it to me. She wanted me to learn that people don’t just see what I say, they learn who I am by how my actions match my words.
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Premature Cognitive Commitments - Limiting Oneself
"Common sense is a collection of prejudices acquired by age 18."rn~ Albert Einstein ~ We all have a number of premature cognitive commitments, often referred to as common sense, opinions, and erroneously as facts, which were created in childhood. These early beliefs about reality actually shape our perception and subsequent experiences. Where did you get yours? Most of us adopted our opinions from parents, teachers, media, friends and religious leaders.
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Fitting In or Having the Life You Desire
A few years ago in a conversation with a friend, she asked how I was as I was moving through a problem that had come into my life. I replied that I was focusing on solutions.
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Laughter is the Best Medicine
My grandfather was one of the most positive influences in my life as a small child. I shared the most special times with him before he passed on before my eleventh birthday. He believed that Laughter is always the best medicine. My Grandfather was diagnosed with cancer and heart disease and spent his last few weeks in a small bedroom with an oxygen tank. Next to his bed on the floor, a stack as tall as me was issues of Readers Digest magazine.
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What Are Your Personal Values?
A person's got to have a code, a creed to live by. ~ John Wayne ~ In general, personal values evolve from circumstances with the exte al world and these can change over time. For many generations, most of us learned our values - sometimes referred to as morals, from parents, teachers and religious leaders. Family, country, generation, experience, historical environment and your perception of all of these, may also have an influence on the values you adopted. As we participated in life, the influence over our choice of values may have changed.
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Same Message - Many Messengers
Everywhere you turn today, you see the headline: How to get what you want in life”, “how to succeed at anything, “how to live the life of your dreams” “how to use the Law of Attraction, “the Secret” and on and on. Many teachers are delivering the same message in books, seminars and throughout the media. Countless people continue to flock to events and purchase numerous books in search of the answer to their burning question, “how can I change my life?” The message is not new-age as some will assert; it is ageless.
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Sumner Davenport
Specialist Web Accessibility; Consultant; Inclusion & Diversity Advocate; Bounce-back Expert
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Self Investment Publishing Company
SELF INVESTMENT PUBLISHING is a boutique and niche publisher. We also offer design, editing, marketing and publishing services to new authors, as well as joint venture with selected charities.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Sumner Davenport
SUMNER'S INSPIRATIONS:
"Sometimes the dues we pay to maintain integrity are pretty high, but the ultimate cost of moral compromise is so much higher." (Inspiration by Michael Josephson, Institute of Ethics)
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death". ~ Robert Fulghum ~
What you don't oppose, you approve." ~ Viktor Frankl ~
”People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." ~ Author Unknown
"When you grow and rise above the masses, you will always become a target. Just as the flower grows above the grass, it becomes a target for the nourishment of the rays of sunshine, it also becomes a target to be cut down."
”The investments we make in ourselves, will always deliver the most profitable returns. (tm)"
”Never fear having your ideas stolen. Your creative idea is an image you are painting like a picture on a canvas, they may "steal" your idea, however they cannot steal your paints."
”Struggle ends where commitment begins." (voted to be included in the Top 10 Healthy Thoughts of 2007)
"Living your life through Gratitude, is seeing that the world would be missing something very valuable if you were not in it”
"Your 'Self” was created in the image and likeness of your Creator. How can you believe that your 'Self' needs to be or can be improved? Self improvement is contradictory to your creation."
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