Today is going to be a difficult day. Well the last several years have been difficult but this time is for the good.This time unlike in a long time I’m fighting back or at least thinking about it. A fight that is long over due. I cant start at the beginning over 23 years ago a 240 lb,17 year old HS Defensive End suddenly diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease ( ESRD ). Instead I’ll begin with this morning.
My phone rings about 7 this morning, on the line is a long time friend of mine. She is going thru accepting the truth of watching a young vibrant young lady stricken with illness come home to die. Her anger with the hospitals, her family for planning the funeral even the young lady herself for picking out her burial garments has her fuming as she drives to work. As we talk she calms down. She ends the call with thanks I knew I could count on you.
Wow me? Some one counting on me seemed a distant rumor. When did it change? When did I Start to believe God would forsaken any of us much more me? When did futility set in to the point I forgot I fell down so there wasn’t any thought of getting up?
This is really hard to pin point, but I did start to realize the fact when reevaluating my “WHY?” in my business.Most of my life my “WHY?” has been simply “That’s What The F@&K I Do”. I can market anything, I at one point had web sites that emailed me every 2 minutes of purchases. Now I cant find a why except “WHY TRY?” I know Search Engine Optimization on my sleep yet I run half campaigns for myself and make half attempts to get clients.
I downloaded an audio call something like I know what to do, How come I’m not Doing It, last year and never listened to it. Has this disease really disabled me? Since when have I put more power in yesterday than faith in myself and tomorrow. I don’t know.
My Business partner Mark told me just last night if you cant find your “why” then go with your passion.Right now I’m friggin pissed( which can be seen as extremely passionate about an issue) that I allowed the devils minions pity, fear and even self loathing to consume my life. Today I say I rebuke you Lucifer.
I don’t know when all this happened but I do know today will be difficult and that’s a good thing.
“Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.” – Martha Graham
Definition Of Practice
Practice ? You Said Practice? ( in my Allen Iverson Voice). Yeah practice is the word for today. Our parents used to say practice makes perfect but we just thought practice makes a reason for us to have to do it again and again. I have come to understand that the fundamental problem in that view of practice is the value we put on the thing we are practicing. We must make a practice of doing things that matter. I never thought practicing conjugating verbs would ever benefit me so it was a chore but I find the practice of self-improvement absolutely necessary. As we practice improving ourselves, our community and family those things may never be perfect but will be headed towards perfection. We shouldn’t think of practice as a chore but as choosing a direction. Practicing at our stage can be summarized as actively pursuing a goal. A doctor always has a practice,never does it change. Why when a doctor deals with human live he must continually practice improve but we don’t give the same value to our own human existence?
For every finish-line tape a runner breaks — complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras — there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about. – Grete Waitz
To give yourself the best possible chance of playing to your potential, you must prepare for every eventuality. That means practice. – Seve Ballesteros
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. Anton Chekhov
Definition of Practice
“Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge” - Matthew Arnold
Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed. – Brian Tracy
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. – Thomas Merton
Balance and Composure
Poor people choose now. Rich people choose balance. -T. Harv Eker
Doing these Morning motivation posts have taught me a lot and I recommend it to you all. I have found that there are really only a few truths in life. We have hopes/dreams we take action then persevere and finally change. We go through those phases everyday most times several times a day.What separates any instance from being successful or unsuccessful is the way you balance it out and the focus you give to it.
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. – Brian Tracy
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. – John Locke
Balance and Composure
I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. – Zig Ziglar
Balance and Composure
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving” - Albert Einstein
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them. – Confucius
Change Makers
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. – Andy Warhol
Dang I’m getting old. I find myself set in my ways and looking at others cock-eyed when the change. Wow am I my father? I remember wanting to go to school by myself, yeah I was only six but latch key kids were in style then, and my father had a fit. All the other kids were walking together and i was the biggest out of them all, But my dad refused.My mom being the more progressive let me do it. I have my own businesses and I have no problem changing with the new Google rules but cold calling still is a thorn in my paw. My change for this week is to do at least 10 calls, Stay tuned !
“Unless you are prepared to give up something valuable you will never be able to truly change at all, because you’ll be forever in the control of things you can’t give up.” — Andy Law
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy. – W. Somerset Maugham
Change Makers
“Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up.” — James Belasco and Ralph Stayer
Change Makers
“People don’t resist change. They resist being changed!” — Peter Senge
A man is but the product of his thoughts; what he thinks, he becomes. – Mahatma Gandhi
Positive Thinking Blog
A friend of mine has a birthday today a.d I would like to wish her a very happy happy birthday with many more to come. Why do I mention her on post about positive thinking? Well last week she had a “bad feeling” about the weekend . She just knew something was going to happen to just ruin her birthday weekend, poor baby. She was right things did fall apart in a hurry from no baby sitter to female he said she said all the way to her friends standing her up. How the heck can you be positive about that? Well last week when she had these premonitions I said so what? If they fall down keep going, if more crap comes your way keep going this is your weekend you are going to come out on top. She took that advice so when the4 baby sitter backed out she already had a back up plan, when the he said she said began she ignored it and refused to indulge. Even when her friends stood her up she went out by herself and ended up having the time of her life. All this she attributes to repeating to herself this is my weekend , It will come out just fine. Now if we can all take that approach to our everyday lives.
There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. ~Robert Brault
Today is going to be a difficult day. Well the last several years have been difficult but this time is for the good.This time unlike in a long time I’m fighting back or at least thinking about it. A fight that is long over due. I cant start at the beginning over 23 years ago a 240 lb,17 year old HS Defensive End suddenly diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease ( ESRD ). Instead I’ll begin with this morning.
