I am blessed to be involved with some phenomenal people, and I thank God everyday for that blessing. That being said I am also blessed by many mentors past an present through the power of reading. WOW! Thinking back over the last year of 2010 I can only imagine what I was like on December 15, 2009. Reading back to some of my journal entries, OUCH!
All through the aid of books, audios and association I have managed to unconsciously and consciously learn and grow. I have become a work in progress and have given up my know-it-all, show-it-all and owe-it-all perspective. I am humbled everyday by wisdom from Dale Carnegie, Frank Bettger, L Ron Hubbard, Les Giblin, Robert Kiyosaki amongst others.
What a blessing to have someone who has had such wonderful experience in their life to share it. It's not theory, it's results based teaching with philosophies and principles to add to your life immediately. It is also feels like those tricksters edit their books and then put them back on your shelf. Reading is the fundamental habit I have been developing and continue to develop. What an awesome habit to have.
Plug into whomever has and continues to generate the results you desire, living or dead.
I appreciate all of those wonderful people that have helped and influenced me throughout my life.
I am a humble student, and I am ready for the instructor...
God Bless
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Bringing faith back... It was once ours...
Sitting around tonight at a business launch brought me back to the days of creation. The elements to create a dynasty. Thank you to my mentor Nick, Chris and Mike for your inspiration.
To think back to the days of the dark basements, and hidden rooms where the Declaration of Independence was conceived and placed into ink on paper that came to be one of the most famous documents ever written. They drew a line in the sand and went "all in"! They didn't send a anonymous letter to the British Government saying "A certain someone", "To Whom it may concern". They sent a message that here was the line and cross it and we will strike back.
I am not trying to compare myself, or my fellow "business launchers" to the founding fathers of this country, but there was a certain feel to the room that made me recognize this meetings importance. Call it the hunch or gut feeling that I am trying to get more in touch with. There were four men in that room aspiring for greatness. To better their families for generations, to be in the history books, where my great, great, great grandson can look at that book and tell his friends, "That is the man who drew a line in the sand." "He was part of an organization that changed the face of the United States of America!"
It has been too long since I have felt the importance and the hop in my step to make a difference. It is time for me to stop thinking about Saturday night, and start grooming this society for generations to come. It is time to lead this country into the next economic time. STOP WHINING AND START WINNING!
When is the last time you stood for something? Is a Flat Screen TV from Wal-Mart and Friday Fish Fry the most important event of your week? What about the moment you pass by someone on the street that doesn't have a flat screen TV, do you look down upon them in shame and utter "get a job"? Abe Lincoln said summarizing 'Most men die from the neck up at 25, then wait until 65 to be buried.'
Are you that mighty to not at the very least offer a hand up to that son of God. They might not be homeless, they might have just given up on life. God sends you to them to show them a new way of life, a new direction, a way to give them a new label. Do you follow that hunch? Or do you go home and watch the television and say, "Ah, he'll figure it out".
I have been the man that walked by the person in need, stayed silent when I should have spoken. Laughed when I should have helped. No more...
To think back to the days of the dark basements, and hidden rooms where the Declaration of Independence was conceived and placed into ink on paper that came to be one of the most famous documents ever written. They drew a line in the sand and went "all in"! They didn't send a anonymous letter to the British Government saying "A certain someone", "To Whom it may concern". They sent a message that here was the line and cross it and we will strike back.
I am not trying to compare myself, or my fellow "business launchers" to the founding fathers of this country, but there was a certain feel to the room that made me recognize this meetings importance. Call it the hunch or gut feeling that I am trying to get more in touch with. There were four men in that room aspiring for greatness. To better their families for generations, to be in the history books, where my great, great, great grandson can look at that book and tell his friends, "That is the man who drew a line in the sand." "He was part of an organization that changed the face of the United States of America!"
It has been too long since I have felt the importance and the hop in my step to make a difference. It is time for me to stop thinking about Saturday night, and start grooming this society for generations to come. It is time to lead this country into the next economic time. STOP WHINING AND START WINNING!
When is the last time you stood for something? Is a Flat Screen TV from Wal-Mart and Friday Fish Fry the most important event of your week? What about the moment you pass by someone on the street that doesn't have a flat screen TV, do you look down upon them in shame and utter "get a job"? Abe Lincoln said summarizing 'Most men die from the neck up at 25, then wait until 65 to be buried.'
Are you that mighty to not at the very least offer a hand up to that son of God. They might not be homeless, they might have just given up on life. God sends you to them to show them a new way of life, a new direction, a way to give them a new label. Do you follow that hunch? Or do you go home and watch the television and say, "Ah, he'll figure it out".
I have been the man that walked by the person in need, stayed silent when I should have spoken. Laughed when I should have helped. No more...
Monday, November 15, 2010
Moving forward... God Honors commitment...
Times can get tough, and when you are down on the ground being kicked, it seems like another person is always willing to help kick you while you are down. Life is rough, but it doesn't have to be.
When all feels like it is hopeless, and then a bill collector calls and tells you, "you are worthless". Man life just doesn't feel like living anymore. It has gotten so hard that you may have to sacrifice more than ever before for your dream. It feels easier to give up and say, "I never really wanted to be out of debt anyway", or "It is just too hard to do that, I want my job back."
All I have to say is: "NEVER GIVE UP!!!" As I was reading the Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki this morning this line jumped out at me. "Rich Dad said, you can quit at anytime, why quit now?"
That sentence has sparked a new life inside of me, new hope for others. Don't quit! If you do quit, you quit to what? The US Dept of Labor, 45 year plan?
Live your dreams, God will find a way to get you through it. Pray and make him a partner in your life.
Thank you.
When all feels like it is hopeless, and then a bill collector calls and tells you, "you are worthless". Man life just doesn't feel like living anymore. It has gotten so hard that you may have to sacrifice more than ever before for your dream. It feels easier to give up and say, "I never really wanted to be out of debt anyway", or "It is just too hard to do that, I want my job back."
All I have to say is: "NEVER GIVE UP!!!" As I was reading the Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki this morning this line jumped out at me. "Rich Dad said, you can quit at anytime, why quit now?"
That sentence has sparked a new life inside of me, new hope for others. Don't quit! If you do quit, you quit to what? The US Dept of Labor, 45 year plan?
Live your dreams, God will find a way to get you through it. Pray and make him a partner in your life.
Thank you.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Questions as you begin the journey....
This is my first blog post. Thank you to the inspiration of God, my wife and my mentors, I am starting a blog.
I want the blog to be about you, the reader. I do not have any original ideas, just ideas that have shaped and developed my life over the last 32 years. I have been all over this great country, Canada and Mexico. I love this land, I love to travel. What do you love to do? Where do you want to go? Have you ever left the state, city that you grew up in? Have you dared to travel the unknown roads of other states, countries?
Does just thinking about travel make you excited? Does it make you nauseous?
What do you want out of this life? This is the only shot you have... Do you want to be chasing the almighty dollar, watching the big screen play someone else's dreams? Believe in the fact that one guy has 20 women who want to marry him? What are you doing today? What is your spouse doing today? What are you doing to make a difference today? Who's life are you impacting?
Although these questions may not be important to you, yet. When you begin to exit the "Rat Race" of thinking and begin to see that you only get a limited time in this planet, it really starts to alter your thinking toward a lot of things.
Think about those things now. What do you want to be? A better wife/husband, cook, son/daughter, man/woman, thinker, marketer, teacher, chiropractor? It's your choice everyday when you wake up.
Or you can stay busy, as Thoreau said .."Its not enough to be busy, so to are the ants..."
Do you love you? Love your neighbor as thyself... If you don't love yourself, how do you give love to others?
Get busy loving yourself and others...
I want the blog to be about you, the reader. I do not have any original ideas, just ideas that have shaped and developed my life over the last 32 years. I have been all over this great country, Canada and Mexico. I love this land, I love to travel. What do you love to do? Where do you want to go? Have you ever left the state, city that you grew up in? Have you dared to travel the unknown roads of other states, countries?
Does just thinking about travel make you excited? Does it make you nauseous?
What do you want out of this life? This is the only shot you have... Do you want to be chasing the almighty dollar, watching the big screen play someone else's dreams? Believe in the fact that one guy has 20 women who want to marry him? What are you doing today? What is your spouse doing today? What are you doing to make a difference today? Who's life are you impacting?
Although these questions may not be important to you, yet. When you begin to exit the "Rat Race" of thinking and begin to see that you only get a limited time in this planet, it really starts to alter your thinking toward a lot of things.
Think about those things now. What do you want to be? A better wife/husband, cook, son/daughter, man/woman, thinker, marketer, teacher, chiropractor? It's your choice everyday when you wake up.
Or you can stay busy, as Thoreau said .."Its not enough to be busy, so to are the ants..."
Do you love you? Love your neighbor as thyself... If you don't love yourself, how do you give love to others?
Get busy loving yourself and others...
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