| May 2006 In this issue... A BE NICE Story Monthly Audio Message People Profile Corporate Corner Do Something! Quote of the Month And on BeNiceOrElse.com: Featured Article How to Be Nice in Your Community Past Newsletters April 2006 Find Your Own Path March 2006 Motivate Yourself and Others February 2006 Let Your Inner Beauty Shine January 2006 Teamwork 2005 Archives 2004 Archives And from the BeNiceOrElse Audio Archives:  Catherine Ryan HydeGive Back The author of Pay It Forward has inspired people around the world. Listen to her powerful message. Send this newsletter to everyone you know or mean people will track you down! (Or Else!) identifies the factors that keep people from being nice — and how to overcome them. Learn More Testimonials Buy the Book Quantity Pricing Attention We’d love to hear your comments, suggestions, and stories! Send them to editor@
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COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY
 Hi Everyone,This month’s newsletter focuses on community responsibility. I define a community as two or more people who come together for a common purpose, and I believe everyone in the community has a responsibility to each other and to the larger community in which we all live. Community responsibility can be large, involving people who don’t even know each other and who come from all over the country, like the 4,000 Future Professionals from Paul Mitchell Schools who raised over $332,000 for the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation and the Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation. Or it can be just one person who steps forward and provides long-term contribution, like Harry Comp, Hackensack, New Jersey’s Distinguished Citizen of the Year. You’ll meet all these people and more in this month’s newsletter. Not sure you have what it takes to make a contribution? Listen to this month’s Audio Message with Nathaniel Mathis and learn how to become what you think about most. Thanks for helping me live my fantasy of spreading this BE NICE message and giving nice people a voice! XOXO, Winn Be Nice In Just One Minute Podcasts!  Terrific tips to be a better person and a stronger leader to those around you. by Winn Claybaugh CLICK HERE TO LISTEN A BE NICE Story Do you have a BE NICE story to share? Send it to editor@BeNiceOrElse.com. If it appears in the newsletter, you’ll receive a BE NICE T-shirt and CD!
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Monthly Audio Message
 Nathaniel Mathis has done it all: high school dropout, college graduate, barber, hairstylist, entrepreneur, recording artist, author, inventor, community activist, motivational speaker, and five-time marathon runner. The owner of Nat the Bush Doctor’s Beauty Center in Maryland, he introduced the Afro to this country. His skill as a barber/stylist has been recognized with numerous awards, including an honorary doctorate through the National Beauty Culturists’ League and an autobiographical sketch in the Who’s Who publication, International Leaders in Achievement. Nat was the first African American to compete on the U.S. men’s hair team in the World Hair Olympics and the first African American to win a gold medal at the First Cairo International Hairdressing Festival. The Nathaniel Mathis Collection of Barbering and Beauty Culture is a permanent part of the National Museum of American History’s Division of Cultural History. Nat is active in community affairs and gives motivational speeches throughout the Washington, D.C. area. He is particularly interested in mentoring young people and helping them accomplish their goals in life. “The whole concept is to live, to learn, to love, and to leave a legacy,” he says. Not sure you have what it takes to make a significant contribution? Listen to this month’s audio message with Nathaniel Mathis and learn how to create balance, tap into your strengths, and leave a lasting legacy.If you enjoyed this month’s audio message, you’ll love our MASTERS Audio Club. CLICK HERE for more information. People Profile  From saving a drowning man to coaching Little League baseball, Harry R. Comp Jr. has been practicing community responsibility his whole life. “I love people,” he says. “My philosophy is be nice and say yes.” In recognition of Harry’s numerous contributions, New Jersey’s Greater Hackensack Chamber of Commerce recently named him Distinguished Citizen of the Year.Harry exemplifies the BE NICE philosophy and the Golden Rules I practice in my companies and wrote about in my book. As the Chamber of Council’s director and past president, Harry was instrumental in forming a business improvement district for Main Street, Hackensack. The street had gone from being “the best retail mile in America” to a dormant retail strip for 30 years. Following Golden Rule number 8 (“Go to the decision maker with any apparently unsolvable challenges”), Harry invited the mayor to a Chamber of Commerce breakfast to brainstorm ideas for revitalizing Main Street. “Four years later,” Harry proudly explains, “you can’t even buy property there. The area is coming back.” Harry serves on the Economic Development Commission; the Environment and Transportation Board of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey; and the Tri-Community Crime Stoppers, which rewards citizens for reporting crimes. He is also co-owner, with his sister Penny, of the Parisian Beauty Academy – A Paul Mitchell Partner School. “Our school is out in the community every week,” Harry says. The students and staff provide models, hair, and makeup for Project Graduation, a fashion show and silent auction that benefits the local high school. They donate hairstyling and manicures to a senior citizens care center at least once a month, and they’ve raised more than $44,000 for Magic of Memories, the Paul Mitchell Schools fundraiser that benefits the Andrew Gomez Dream Foundation and Leeza Gibbons Memory Foundation.  When asked why he does what he does, Harry simply and modestly replies, “People need help, I’m there.” He proved that recently at a Paul Mitchell The School owner’s summit, when he was one of 40 people who volunteered to have his head shaved in support of our colleague and good friend Kate Caussey. (You might remember Kate from last month; she’s my “emotional fluffer-upper” and she’s battling breast cancer.)Corporate Corner JUST SAY YES! Over the past 20 years, my companies and our wonderful staffs have chosen to get involved in all sorts of different causes and charities, including AIDS, breast cancer research, mental health, homelessness, firefighters, battered women, abused children, the elderly, the 9/11 tragedy, leukemia, and more. Were these all causes and charities that I chose? Well, some of them were, but the majority of our philanthropic pursuits were the causes and charities that individual staff members were passionate about.  When you ask your staff what they care about, and then you join their cause and help them make a difference, you’ll cultivate better relationships and sustain a healthier work culture than you’ve ever seen before. How do you find out what causes are important to your staff? You ask them! Just because an organization doesn’t fall under your radar doesn’t mean you can’t say yes. Give your staff an opportunity to get involved with things outside your four walls. It might not be the charity you’re most passionate about, but if your team members choose it, why not just say yes? CLICK HERE to download a poster of all the charities my wonderful staff and Future Professionals at Paul Mitchell Schools have chosen to support. Do Something! PUT YOUR NICENESS ON DISPLAY  NEW! Now you can download BE NICE posters for your home or office. Have them printed at your nearby copy shop, and put them on display. What a great way to send a strong message about who you are, which will help build the community within your four walls and eventually inspire the community outside your walls. Click on any or all of the links below and share your BE NICE message with your family, friends, clients, and employees. Bitch-Buddy Contract Gathering Guidelines Golden Rules Guiding Principles Quote of the Month “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead 
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