Habit #7 – Sharpen the Saw
You could be a very hard worker, but you may be trying to cut down a tree using a dull saw. You are in a hurry, so there is no time to sharpen your saw. Meanwhile, somebody else is not working so hard, yet is able to cut down a tree in less time and with less effort than you can, because they took the time to sharpen their saw first.
Did you ever notice that many times you have your best ideas in the morning rather than the afternoon? That may be because in the morning your mind is fresh (sharpened) from a good night’s sleep, while in the afternoon your mind may be a bit cluttered (dulled) from all the things that have happened to you that day.
Over time, if you spend most of your time focusing on only one area of your life, your mind can become like a dull saw. To sharpen it, take more time for other areas of your life, whether they be physical, mental, spiritual, or recreational.
If you need more time in the physical area, take up a sports program, an exercise program, or bike riding, or jogging. What this can do for you is to flood your body’s system with endorphins, a body chemical which really makes you feel good. This also flushes blood through your brain at a faster rate, which helps you think more clearly.
If you need more time in the mental area, read more books and watch less TV, unless the TV shows are educational in nature. Libraries are full of things where you can learn something new every day, or learn a lot more about what you think you already know.
If you need more time in the spiritual area, find a quiet place where you can let your mind relax gradually. Picture a lake whose waves slowly get smaller and smaller until it is as smooth as glass. Then talk to your Creator, and thank Him for all the fantastic things that He has created, all the small details of plant life, animal life, human life, and any other area that could not have happened by accident.
If you can, take trips to see what other areas of the country are like. Sometimes you need to get away from it all, and when that’s over, you might find you appreciate how nice it is to be back home.
Give compliments to others as often as you can, because every time you do, you are sharpening their saws also.
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Habit #6 - Synergize
Celebrate Our Differences
Should everyone feel the same way about things? No, of course not. We all have a free will to have our own opinions and make our own choices.
This is why "synergy" works. Synergy means a combination of ideas adds up to better ideas because many new and better ideas come from piggy-backing onto someone else’s ideas. In math terms, this can mean 1 + 1 is more than 2.
Differences can create opportunities for synergy (as long as they are positive, not negative), so we must not criticize our differences, instead we must value them and celebrate them. Life would be boring if everyone had the same opinion about everything.
Valuing differences does not mean we have to approve or agree with differences, but it does mean that we should respect differences and view them as opportunities for learning. The differing opinions of others and their viewpoints, perspectives, talents, and knowledge are valuable gifts for seeking solutions. These differences enable you to discover and produce things together that you would not have been able to do by yourself.
People’s differences can be appreciated much the same as the different colors of the fall season, each radiant and different, and all are beautiful creations from God.
Look at the different skills needed for a basketball team. Some players are small and can’t get rebounds but are very good dribblers, others are big and good at rebounding but can’t shoot or dribble. Others are in between, average at rebounding or dribbling, but are very good shooters. A good team needs all these skills. The same is true for other sports and other types of teams that have nothing to do with sports. Can a team of plumbers build a house, or do you also need electricians, carpenters, painters, and other types of skills? Look for the good in people and work together in a spirit of teamwork and cooperation.
The strength of any society is its diversity, or differences, of talents and knowledge. Accepting our differences and working together makes life most enjoyable and is the only path to peace.
Celebrate Our Differences
Should everyone feel the same way about things? No, of course not. We all have a free will to have our own opinions and make our own choices.
This is why "synergy" works. Synergy means a combination of ideas adds up to better ideas because many new and better ideas come from piggy-backing onto someone else’s ideas. In math terms, this can mean 1 + 1 is more than 2.
Differences can create opportunities for synergy (as long as they are positive, not negative), so we must not criticize our differences, instead we must value them and celebrate them. Life would be boring if everyone had the same opinion about everything.
Valuing differences does not mean we have to approve or agree with differences, but it does mean that we should respect differences and view them as opportunities for learning. The differing opinions of others and their viewpoints, perspectives, talents, and knowledge are valuable gifts for seeking solutions. These differences enable you to discover and produce things together that you would not have been able to do by yourself.
People’s differences can be appreciated much the same as the different colors of the fall season, each radiant and different, and all are beautiful creations from God.
Look at the different skills needed for a basketball team. Some players are small and can’t get rebounds but are very good dribblers, others are big and good at rebounding but can’t shoot or dribble. Others are in between, average at rebounding or dribbling, but are very good shooters. A good team needs all these skills. The same is true for other sports and other types of teams that have nothing to do with sports. Can a team of plumbers build a house, or do you also need electricians, carpenters, painters, and other types of skills? Look for the good in people and work together in a spirit of teamwork and cooperation.
The strength of any society is its diversity, or differences, of talents and knowledge. Accepting our differences and working together makes life most enjoyable and is the only path to peace.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Habit #5 – Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Many times, people cannot understand why nobody seems to understand them. Also, they cannot understand why the opinions of other people are not the same as theirs. Meanwhile, those other people are saying the same thing about you.
We all live under different circumstances. Different things happen to different people all the time, and these things form our opinions in different directions, little by little.
It has been said not to judge other people until you have walked a mile in their shoes. If you could do that, you might find that if you were faced with the same circumstances that they were faced with, you might also have some of the same opinions they do.
For example, you might wonder why the new kid in school is so unsociable. Unless you try to understand, you might never know that the kid had just lost a family member in a car crash, or some other unfortunate event has affected them.
Emotions can be just like a bank account. The bank account gets stronger with deposits, and weaker by withdrawals. Whenever you say or do something nice for someone, you are making a deposit into their emotional bank account. If that account is strong enough, it will be able to survive a few of your mistakes (withdrawals), but if that account is weak, one more withdrawal might empty it. At that point you have lost a friend. Always think of ways to make everyone’s emotional bank account stronger and stronger, so it will be able to survive occasional withdrawals, because they will sometimes happen.
Nobody is perfect, everyone makes occasional mistakes. You can choose to look for the good in people, or look for the bad, because they are both there.
Give people a break. If you are always catching people doing something wrong, you may be making too many withdrawals. Instead catch them doing something right, and compliment them for it. That’s a deposit!
If you want to be understood, do you think your chances would be better with a person having a weak emotional bank account, or a person having a stronger one?
Think of receiving understanding from others, or respect, compliments, kindness, favors, etc. as golden eggs from a golden goose. If you do or say something harmful, you may be killing the goose, and that means you will not be getting any more of these golden eggs.
That is why you must be very careful about how you say things. Is it better to tell a person "you messed up" or "I see an opportunity for improvement"? Is it better to say "You look like the first day of spring", or "You look like the last day of a long hard winter"? How about "When I gaze into your eyes, the hands of time stand still", or "You’ve got a face that could stop a clock"?
Many times, people cannot understand why nobody seems to understand them. Also, they cannot understand why the opinions of other people are not the same as theirs. Meanwhile, those other people are saying the same thing about you.
We all live under different circumstances. Different things happen to different people all the time, and these things form our opinions in different directions, little by little.
It has been said not to judge other people until you have walked a mile in their shoes. If you could do that, you might find that if you were faced with the same circumstances that they were faced with, you might also have some of the same opinions they do.
For example, you might wonder why the new kid in school is so unsociable. Unless you try to understand, you might never know that the kid had just lost a family member in a car crash, or some other unfortunate event has affected them.
Emotions can be just like a bank account. The bank account gets stronger with deposits, and weaker by withdrawals. Whenever you say or do something nice for someone, you are making a deposit into their emotional bank account. If that account is strong enough, it will be able to survive a few of your mistakes (withdrawals), but if that account is weak, one more withdrawal might empty it. At that point you have lost a friend. Always think of ways to make everyone’s emotional bank account stronger and stronger, so it will be able to survive occasional withdrawals, because they will sometimes happen.
Nobody is perfect, everyone makes occasional mistakes. You can choose to look for the good in people, or look for the bad, because they are both there.
Give people a break. If you are always catching people doing something wrong, you may be making too many withdrawals. Instead catch them doing something right, and compliment them for it. That’s a deposit!
If you want to be understood, do you think your chances would be better with a person having a weak emotional bank account, or a person having a stronger one?
Think of receiving understanding from others, or respect, compliments, kindness, favors, etc. as golden eggs from a golden goose. If you do or say something harmful, you may be killing the goose, and that means you will not be getting any more of these golden eggs.
That is why you must be very careful about how you say things. Is it better to tell a person "you messed up" or "I see an opportunity for improvement"? Is it better to say "You look like the first day of spring", or "You look like the last day of a long hard winter"? How about "When I gaze into your eyes, the hands of time stand still", or "You’ve got a face that could stop a clock"?
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Habit #4 – Think Win-Win
In the animal kingdom, when faced with a problem (stimulus), the reaction (response) is an immediate decision to "fight or flight". This is a win or lose situation. We humans have been blessed with a step in between stimulus and response, and this step allows us to more carefully choose our response.
We can choose to do what the animals do (fight or flight), or we can figure out a better solution that is good for everyone, so nobody loses.
Whenever we have a problem or disagreement, it does not always mean that somebody has to win and somebody has to lose. For example, if two kids cannot go out until certain chores are done, instead of arguing whose turn it is to do the chores, they do them together, they get the chores done sooner that way, and both kids are able to go out sooner. You help me and I’ll help you. We both win.
It has been said that you can get anything you want in life, all you have to do is to help enough other people get what they want. Always be willing to help others first, even when you expect nothing in return at the moment. This gains respect for you, and later on you may be surprised how well people will want to cooperate with you.
If a kid wants a bigger allowance and the parent says no, is it wise to fight or go away? How can this be a win-win for both sides? This is where negotiations come in. What if the kid offers to do extra chores in exchange for a bigger allowance? Depending on the value of those chores to the parent, the parent just might agree to that. The parent wins by getting extra help with chores, and the kid wins by getting the bigger allowance. Win-Win. Business contracts are handled in much the same way.
Sometimes we are not sure what’s the right thing to do. When this happens, use the WWJD approach (What Would Jesus Do?). That doesn’t mean you have to create a miracle, but you could think of ways that you could make the situation better. This usually means to seek a peaceful solution. Love God, Love Your Neighbor. From that perspective, solutions are often easier to find.
In the animal kingdom, when faced with a problem (stimulus), the reaction (response) is an immediate decision to "fight or flight". This is a win or lose situation. We humans have been blessed with a step in between stimulus and response, and this step allows us to more carefully choose our response.
We can choose to do what the animals do (fight or flight), or we can figure out a better solution that is good for everyone, so nobody loses.
Whenever we have a problem or disagreement, it does not always mean that somebody has to win and somebody has to lose. For example, if two kids cannot go out until certain chores are done, instead of arguing whose turn it is to do the chores, they do them together, they get the chores done sooner that way, and both kids are able to go out sooner. You help me and I’ll help you. We both win.
It has been said that you can get anything you want in life, all you have to do is to help enough other people get what they want. Always be willing to help others first, even when you expect nothing in return at the moment. This gains respect for you, and later on you may be surprised how well people will want to cooperate with you.
If a kid wants a bigger allowance and the parent says no, is it wise to fight or go away? How can this be a win-win for both sides? This is where negotiations come in. What if the kid offers to do extra chores in exchange for a bigger allowance? Depending on the value of those chores to the parent, the parent just might agree to that. The parent wins by getting extra help with chores, and the kid wins by getting the bigger allowance. Win-Win. Business contracts are handled in much the same way.
Sometimes we are not sure what’s the right thing to do. When this happens, use the WWJD approach (What Would Jesus Do?). That doesn’t mean you have to create a miracle, but you could think of ways that you could make the situation better. This usually means to seek a peaceful solution. Love God, Love Your Neighbor. From that perspective, solutions are often easier to find.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Habit #3 – Put First Things First
Everything you do in life is a choice. Every choice has its consequences. Some consequences are good, and some are bad.
You could choose to spend your time on important things or unimportant things. The consequences of each are either achieving your goals or not achieving them.
Picture a fishbowl that is half full of pebbles. You are told to add 3 large rocks and make them fit into the fishbowl. Depending on the size of the rocks, you may not be able to make them fit.
Consider the small pebbles to be all the unimportant things that you spend your time on, and the large rocks to be the really important things. That means if you spend your time first on all the unimportant things, your time will be used up, and you will have no time left over for the really important things.
Therefore, the correct approach is to empty the fishbowl, put the large rocks in first, and then pour the pebbles in, and you will probably see that they all fit.
It is very important to identify what are the large rocks in your life. If you take care of the large rocks first, there will be plenty of time left over for the pebbles.
A man named Wilfredo Pareto once wondered why certain people of equal ability produced such different results. His findings are now famous and are used all over the world, known as the "Pareto Principle", also called the "80/20 Rule".
Pareto found that the relationship between effort and results were not linear. In other words, 80% of all results come from a certain 20% of all efforts.
Therefore, perfectionists who insist on 100% results will have to give 80% more of their time to finish the final 20% of the results. This is not very efficient, and is also described in "The Law of Diminishing Returns", which says that once adequacy is achieved, the opportunity for further improvements may be there, but the benefit of further refinement is not always there. Those who ignore the 80/20 Rule are usually late getting things done, and they say there is never enough time to pursue more important goals.
In summary, the 80/20 Rule can allow you to do up to 5 times more things than the 100% rule, and all of them could be done with adequate results.
Another phrase that fits this concept is "Adequacy is sufficient, all else may be a poor use of time", another way of stating the law of diminishing returns, or extra effort with little extra benefit.
If you are not sure how important something is, ask yourself "What’s the worst thing that can happen if I do not do this?" If you cannot think of a good answer, it may not be worth doing. Instead, spend your time pursuing your most important goals.
Everything you do in life is a choice. Every choice has its consequences. Some consequences are good, and some are bad.
You could choose to spend your time on important things or unimportant things. The consequences of each are either achieving your goals or not achieving them.
Picture a fishbowl that is half full of pebbles. You are told to add 3 large rocks and make them fit into the fishbowl. Depending on the size of the rocks, you may not be able to make them fit.
Consider the small pebbles to be all the unimportant things that you spend your time on, and the large rocks to be the really important things. That means if you spend your time first on all the unimportant things, your time will be used up, and you will have no time left over for the really important things.
Therefore, the correct approach is to empty the fishbowl, put the large rocks in first, and then pour the pebbles in, and you will probably see that they all fit.
It is very important to identify what are the large rocks in your life. If you take care of the large rocks first, there will be plenty of time left over for the pebbles.
A man named Wilfredo Pareto once wondered why certain people of equal ability produced such different results. His findings are now famous and are used all over the world, known as the "Pareto Principle", also called the "80/20 Rule".
Pareto found that the relationship between effort and results were not linear. In other words, 80% of all results come from a certain 20% of all efforts.
Therefore, perfectionists who insist on 100% results will have to give 80% more of their time to finish the final 20% of the results. This is not very efficient, and is also described in "The Law of Diminishing Returns", which says that once adequacy is achieved, the opportunity for further improvements may be there, but the benefit of further refinement is not always there. Those who ignore the 80/20 Rule are usually late getting things done, and they say there is never enough time to pursue more important goals.
In summary, the 80/20 Rule can allow you to do up to 5 times more things than the 100% rule, and all of them could be done with adequate results.
Another phrase that fits this concept is "Adequacy is sufficient, all else may be a poor use of time", another way of stating the law of diminishing returns, or extra effort with little extra benefit.
If you are not sure how important something is, ask yourself "What’s the worst thing that can happen if I do not do this?" If you cannot think of a good answer, it may not be worth doing. Instead, spend your time pursuing your most important goals.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Read this every day for a week, morning and night, to ingrain it.
Habit #2 – Begin With the End in Mind
The ultimate goal is to get to Heaven. During your journey, you might as well enjoy the thrills of achieving other goals as well. Make a wish list and call them goals, and picture them to be at the top of a staircase. It might help to use the Gap Analysis method as a guide (here is where you are against here is where you would like to be).
Staircasing your goals means to break them up into smaller steps. You can’t jump to the top of the stairs all at once, so just take one step at a time (each step is called an objective). Make a list of all the steps (objectives) you will need to take to reach your goal, and keep moving. Never let a day go by without making progress on at least one small step. Put time limits on completing each step. If you do not use time limits, procrastination will get in your way.
Learn a lesson from the ant. If the ant wants to get from point A to point B, you could toss several objects in its way, and it will go over, under, around, or through these objects to get to point B. Sometimes the only way you can stop it is to kill it. If you keep moving toward your goal, you will most certainly get there as long as you keep moving.
Don’t give up your goal just because you have a temporary setback, or obstacle. If you desire your goal badly enough, just be like the ant and figure out a way around the obstacle and keep moving.
(The Law Of The Farm): When is the right time to take actions? Sometimes it is a mistake to wait. Learn a lesson from the farmer. If you want good crops, in the spring you must prepare the soil and plant seeds. In the summer you must water, fertilize, and weed. In the fall you must harvest when the time is right to avoid rot. Each step cannot wait. If any of these steps are missed or late or done poorly, the farmer will not get a good crop, and the entire year is wasted.
The Law Of The Farm can also be applied to learning, or getting good grades. You cannot neglect studies all year, and then expect to learn or get good grades by "cramming" the night before a test.
Make your own "Mission Statement" which tells the world a little bit about what kind of person you are and how you want to live your life. Here are some ideas, and you can add your own.
I am going to try…
…to make the world a better place
…to be a friend to those who need one
…to spread happiness
…to promote peace
…to ease someone’s burden
…to learn something new every day
…to be a little bit better at something every day
…to be a little bit smarter every day
…to let other people go first or ahead of me
…to help someone every day
…to make someone smile every day
…to get to Heaven, and help others get there
At first you might not understand the value of a Mission Statement, but when things go wrong and you are not sure what to do, look at your Mission Statement, it may help you get back on track.
Habit #2 – Begin With the End in Mind
The ultimate goal is to get to Heaven. During your journey, you might as well enjoy the thrills of achieving other goals as well. Make a wish list and call them goals, and picture them to be at the top of a staircase. It might help to use the Gap Analysis method as a guide (here is where you are against here is where you would like to be).
Staircasing your goals means to break them up into smaller steps. You can’t jump to the top of the stairs all at once, so just take one step at a time (each step is called an objective). Make a list of all the steps (objectives) you will need to take to reach your goal, and keep moving. Never let a day go by without making progress on at least one small step. Put time limits on completing each step. If you do not use time limits, procrastination will get in your way.
Learn a lesson from the ant. If the ant wants to get from point A to point B, you could toss several objects in its way, and it will go over, under, around, or through these objects to get to point B. Sometimes the only way you can stop it is to kill it. If you keep moving toward your goal, you will most certainly get there as long as you keep moving.
Don’t give up your goal just because you have a temporary setback, or obstacle. If you desire your goal badly enough, just be like the ant and figure out a way around the obstacle and keep moving.
(The Law Of The Farm): When is the right time to take actions? Sometimes it is a mistake to wait. Learn a lesson from the farmer. If you want good crops, in the spring you must prepare the soil and plant seeds. In the summer you must water, fertilize, and weed. In the fall you must harvest when the time is right to avoid rot. Each step cannot wait. If any of these steps are missed or late or done poorly, the farmer will not get a good crop, and the entire year is wasted.
The Law Of The Farm can also be applied to learning, or getting good grades. You cannot neglect studies all year, and then expect to learn or get good grades by "cramming" the night before a test.
Make your own "Mission Statement" which tells the world a little bit about what kind of person you are and how you want to live your life. Here are some ideas, and you can add your own.
I am going to try…
…to make the world a better place
…to be a friend to those who need one
…to spread happiness
…to promote peace
…to ease someone’s burden
…to learn something new every day
…to be a little bit better at something every day
…to be a little bit smarter every day
…to let other people go first or ahead of me
…to help someone every day
…to make someone smile every day
…to get to Heaven, and help others get there
At first you might not understand the value of a Mission Statement, but when things go wrong and you are not sure what to do, look at your Mission Statement, it may help you get back on track.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Not happy with your current life? Want to change it? Don’t know how? Here’s how.
Develop good habits and get rid of the old habits which hold you back. It will take some discipline on your part (explained at the end of this message), so your desire to change must be great enough to overcome those old habits.
Here is my interpretation of Stephen Covey’s masterpiece, 7 Habits Of Highly Successful People,
one habit at a time:
Habit #1 – Be Proactive (Jesus was very proactive, follow His example, WWJD)
Winners make things happen (proactive), losers let things happen (reactive).
Be a leader, or be led by others. Plan your time or others will plan it for you.
Be first to communicate with other people. Don’t wait for them to call you. Be polite to people, even if they are not polite to you. Give people a bargain, give them a little more than they expect.
Take chances. Get out of your "comfort zone". If you get too comfortable, you might stagnate, and life will become boring. Ships are safer in the harbor, but that’s not why they make ships. Airplanes are safer on the ground, but that’s not why they make airplanes.
Insanity is expecting things to change, while we continue to do things the same way all the time.
You cannot tell a stove to give you heat, and then you will give it fuel. There is not going to be any heat until you first provide the fuel.
You can get anything you want in life, all you have to do is to help enough other people to get what they want, because what goes around comes around.
Life is full of opportunities. Try them. Take risks. It is OK to fail. Thomas Edison failed over 1000 times in his experiments to create the first light bulb. Did he complain about each failure? No, instead he said "Good, now I know one more way that will not work".
Life is full of mistakes. It is OK to make mistakes, because mistakes can be the best teachers. Learn something from every mistake, and try not to repeat the same mistakes.
The biggest mistake you could ever make is to be too afraid to try new things, because you will be missing out on all the exciting things the world has to offer. Never be afraid to ask questions.
You can’t hit a home run if you never go up to bat. If a .300 hitter is considered good, then it is OK to fail 7 out of 10 times.
Never give up. A big shot is a little shot who kept on shooting. Babe Ruth struck out more times than any other player. Is he known as a failure, or a great player?
To live is to achieve, to learn, to love. Make yourself available as a friend to others, and you will find that the world enjoys having you. Some people may not appreciate you, but that just means they do not know you well enough yet.
Learn something new every day, even if it’s only a small thing. Never be afraid to ask questions.
Even if you are on the right track, you still might get run over unless you keep moving.
Use your time wisely, don’t waste it. Time marches on and waits for nobody. Each new day is a gift from God. Some people are not granted this gift; if you don’t believe that, read the obituaries.
God wants you to succeed. Honor Him by doing your best at all times.
It has been said that if you read the same thing for 21 straight days, it will be ingrained in you. Now I do not know where the 21 days came from, and you can do that if you want to, but I figure 7 days is good enough for what this blog is all about, so I plan to post the next 6 habits one per weekend. Make it a habit and give yourself reminders (now) to read this once in the morning when you get up, and once in the evening just before you go to bed, and you will be on your way to forming habits that lead to a better life.
Develop good habits and get rid of the old habits which hold you back. It will take some discipline on your part (explained at the end of this message), so your desire to change must be great enough to overcome those old habits.
Here is my interpretation of Stephen Covey’s masterpiece, 7 Habits Of Highly Successful People,
one habit at a time:
Habit #1 – Be Proactive (Jesus was very proactive, follow His example, WWJD)
Winners make things happen (proactive), losers let things happen (reactive).
Be a leader, or be led by others. Plan your time or others will plan it for you.
Be first to communicate with other people. Don’t wait for them to call you. Be polite to people, even if they are not polite to you. Give people a bargain, give them a little more than they expect.
Take chances. Get out of your "comfort zone". If you get too comfortable, you might stagnate, and life will become boring. Ships are safer in the harbor, but that’s not why they make ships. Airplanes are safer on the ground, but that’s not why they make airplanes.
Insanity is expecting things to change, while we continue to do things the same way all the time.
You cannot tell a stove to give you heat, and then you will give it fuel. There is not going to be any heat until you first provide the fuel.
You can get anything you want in life, all you have to do is to help enough other people to get what they want, because what goes around comes around.
Life is full of opportunities. Try them. Take risks. It is OK to fail. Thomas Edison failed over 1000 times in his experiments to create the first light bulb. Did he complain about each failure? No, instead he said "Good, now I know one more way that will not work".
Life is full of mistakes. It is OK to make mistakes, because mistakes can be the best teachers. Learn something from every mistake, and try not to repeat the same mistakes.
The biggest mistake you could ever make is to be too afraid to try new things, because you will be missing out on all the exciting things the world has to offer. Never be afraid to ask questions.
You can’t hit a home run if you never go up to bat. If a .300 hitter is considered good, then it is OK to fail 7 out of 10 times.
Never give up. A big shot is a little shot who kept on shooting. Babe Ruth struck out more times than any other player. Is he known as a failure, or a great player?
To live is to achieve, to learn, to love. Make yourself available as a friend to others, and you will find that the world enjoys having you. Some people may not appreciate you, but that just means they do not know you well enough yet.
Learn something new every day, even if it’s only a small thing. Never be afraid to ask questions.
Even if you are on the right track, you still might get run over unless you keep moving.
Use your time wisely, don’t waste it. Time marches on and waits for nobody. Each new day is a gift from God. Some people are not granted this gift; if you don’t believe that, read the obituaries.
God wants you to succeed. Honor Him by doing your best at all times.
It has been said that if you read the same thing for 21 straight days, it will be ingrained in you. Now I do not know where the 21 days came from, and you can do that if you want to, but I figure 7 days is good enough for what this blog is all about, so I plan to post the next 6 habits one per weekend. Make it a habit and give yourself reminders (now) to read this once in the morning when you get up, and once in the evening just before you go to bed, and you will be on your way to forming habits that lead to a better life.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
