Every Action or Lack of One Affects Your Reputation
…and you have complete control over your actions Your reputation is the overall quality or character as seen or judged by others. It can be either good or bad. One’s character can be misperceived by false statements and hearsay. It is important to be careful about what you believe when it comes to other people’s […]
How Can I Stop Using Learning as a Form of Procrastination?
First Thing is to Determine When Too Much is Too Much I love learning! I want to be better than I am. I want to know more than I do now. I also want to learn how to build a great business that helps others find solutions for building their dreams. There is so much […]
Why It’s Important to Have Our Focus in the Right Place
The Beauty of a Mountain Top Experience is Outside of Ourselves I don’t know about you, but I find mountains to be some of the most beautiful things there is. What is it about these big rocks that make them so appealing? Maybe it is inherently part of who we are? I think being on […]
What Makes One Thing More Important Than Another?
How to Decide What’s Urgent, Important or Not Since the start of the new year, I’ve been working to find clarity in my prioritizing. I wrote about the value of time and how to decide where to spend it. I wrote about the importance of putting the big rocks in first and determining what makes […]
We Have a Responsibility to Be Who We’re Made to Be
Why It’s Important to Do “Whatever it Takes” We’ve all heard people respond to a request with… “whatever” and a roll of the eyes. This is especially popular with kids when they don’t understand why the request has any significance in their life. It was such a common response by one of my daughters that […]
What Makes One Rock More Important Than Another?
This is the Real Question When It Comes to Prioritization Last week I wrote about deciding what your big rocks are. The process of putting the big rocks in the jar first works great but, most of us are trying to squeeze in too big rocks. There is a limit to the number of rocks […]
Don’t Let Discouragement Stop You from Being Successful
It’s One of Satan’s Most Powerful Tools Life can be overwhelming if we let it. Most of us are trying to do more than there’s time for. Trying to get control of this runaway train can be discouraging. There is a story about Satan having a yard sale. He spread out all his favorite tools […]
Deciding What Your Big Rocks Are
What Should I do First? This past week as I was writing in my journal, I was considering what the day’s priorities were. What were the most important things to focus on today, if I’m going to achieve my goals? As I thought I wrote… What are the big rocks that I need to put […]
It All Comes Down to Belief
Do it Now or You Will Regret it Some of us procrastinate because it comes naturally. I’ve always struggled with waiting for perfection before taking action. Because I know this about myself, I’ve worked on it and improved over the years. It’s a constant battle and I still need to do better. In Pastor Lee’s […]
How to Decide If You Should Do Your Construction Project Yourself
Consider These 4 Points Before You Decide I met with a customer recently about finishing a project that had been started eight years ago…it’s still not done. They haven’t even been able to live there this entire time. Yes, it was an extensive project…for that matter it still is. They did most of the work […]