Let's face it. Every now and then we all have a day that we wish we could start over.
It just seems like there is nothing that will go right and we look forward to the next day when we can see a clean slate again.
I had a day that wasn't the worst yesterday, but it certainly wasn't one of my best days.
If you have ever had some type of financial emergency come up, you know the comfort that can come from having savings.
It may not take away all the pain of the situation, but it does ease your mind to have some reserves for a tough time.
Until recently, I understood the importance of storing financially for "rainy days", but I didn't understand how it could benefit my creative activities such as writing.
This will probably be the shortest blog post I'll ever write.
I hope to make a point. The point is simply taking SOME action is better than NONE.
I had the opportunity to write a very long blog post today, but does the length matter as much as the message?
We should never neglect the small steps that we can take because we think they are insignificant.
Write something. Launch something. Teach something. Record something. Build something. Give something.
Take the small steps and they will build into something bigger.
That's it. Just do it!
There are two times that can be a major source of tension for parents with young children.
If you fit into that category, listen up. If you don't fit into that category and you may some day or you know someone who is in the category, listen for them.
The first time that I'm referring to is meal time. Meal time can be an all out battle when you're dealing with a toddler, or two, or three, or …yeah, I've been blessed with more.
I can't say that I've figured out the meal time part of the equation yet, but I believe we have a few keys to help with the other time…bed time.
I have a confession to make. Ready for it? Ok, here goes….
I'm not perfect.
I have in fact made mistakes (hundreds, thousands, I would venture to say tens of thousands) during the course of my thirty years on the Earth. Though I wish I could say that I learned from all of the mistakes, that statement wouldn't be accurate.
The lessons that I have learned have helped me gain wisdom in some areas of life and in many cases, I have passed these lessons on to others.
If you look at the amount of information that floats around every day, it is easy to understand why there is such a sense of overload.
There are millions of blog posts being written on millions of blogs every day.
There are probably millions of videos being created and being posted each day (in fact I heard Cliff Ravenscraft say 72 hrs per minute uploaded to YouTube).
If you know me personally or have been reading my blog for any amount of time, you probably know that I love to read books by inspirational people and entrepreneurs.
I also love to listen to podcasts and watch videos from successful people.
Success stories amaze me and there is one thing that sticks out to me in most cases. Successful people believe they can be successful.
We all know the saying, "Practice Makes Perfect". Perhaps you have heard a variation of this phrase as I have too – "Perfect Practice Makes Perfect".
I don't want to get into which is more appropriate or more correct, but the bottom line is we tend to get better at things when we spend time practicing them.
Since I have become a student of successful entrepreneurs, writers, ministry leaders, and businesspeople, one phrase that I have heard over and over again is "Leaders are Readers and Readers are Leaders".
It makes lots of sense to me.
I'll be the first to admit, with so much technology and gadgets at our disposal, it can be very hard to stay focused these days. You can start out with the best of intentions, but if you don't take intentional action, you are likely to be distracted.
I have attempted to write this post 5-7 times, but each time I started, I wound up getting distracted by something else and then getting away from it.
