FORCES FORM FUTURE

As I began to study my life and the lives of successful people ahead of me, I discovered a number of forces at work that create the life we live. Once I identify the forces that got me where I am, I can use those forces to my advantage to form my future. Here are a few that I found:Force of Beliefs Changing your belief system can change your life. You can have something right in your heart, but wrong in your mind and no amount of good intentions or right motives will compensate for self-sabotaging beliefs. Do you think you got the short end of the stick?? Do you believe you have insurmountable adversity?? Do you wonder whether you are a chump or a champ?? Do you believe that you are strong or weak??
**** Remember this: your most dominant beliefs always win. So choose to believe good things about yourself and your future.

Force of Relationships Going anywhere substantial is impossible alone. For instance, when I board an airplane to take me to another city, there are teams of people who are involved in my journey. There are members of the security team who keep me safe. There are the pilots I trust to be competent and qualified to get me to my destination. There are the flight attendants, who make the journey comfortable and more enjoyable. This team helps me get to where I want to go. My journey is better, safer and complete because of these people. In the same way, your life's journey will involve people connections.
**** Evaluate the relationships in your life, taking the initiative to surround yourself with people who will help you get to the places of your highest potential.

Force of Habits Great people have great habits. The power of our success or failure is in what we do repeatedly. One does not become a coffee drinker because he or she drank one cup of coffee, or a smoker because he or she smoked one cigarette, or a generous person because of one gift given. We improve our lives when we change our habits. Don't put all your energy into getting rid of bad habits. Instead, focus on developing good habits to replace the bad ones. For example, giving compliments breaks the habit of being critical, eating healthy foods breaks the yearning for unhealthy foods, and paying attention to time breaks the habit of being late.
**** Put your energy into developing good habits.

Force of Words More than a sound, words are a creative force. They have the power to bring encouragement, blessing, healing and wisdom or hurt, shame and discouragement. Words change the course of history. The words of Abraham Lincoln and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pointed us toward the goals of justice and equality, and Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death'' speech connected with his countrymen and rallied them to victory in the Revolutionary War. Words have the power to bless or curse the future. The people you influence are counting on you to speak words of life, truth and hope.
**** Think about this: how would your life be different if your words were more positive, uplifting and encouraging ??
This is what I love about the future: We can do something about it. These are just a few of the factors that impact our life. We don't have to feel powerless, pessimistic or anxious about what lies ahead. I believe we can partner with God to live the best lives He has called us to. It is never too late to decide that you're going to take ownership of the choices you make in life.
Our greatest power is our power to choose.

Someone is in your life for a REASON

People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON . . . It is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON . . .Because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. ~Author Unknown

 

Hungry Hungry Hippos and the World of Business

Let's stop and think about this:  Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.

It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better be running.

Something to think about.

Like it or not that's the way nature works

AND

like these HUNGREY HIPPOS that's the way the world of business works.

BELIEFS & MINDSETS

What we believe about ourselves as adults often originates in childhood. From the moment we are born our subconscious mind is receiving and storing data that shapes our behavior throughout our life. By the time we are six years old, our personalities and life views are formed based on information we have internalized from our parents, teachers, friends, neighbors, churches, TV, the movies, the media, and literally everything around us. Since children's immature minds are unable to separate fact from fiction at such a young age, all incoming information is absorbed and accepted as truth. This often results in totally erroneous and illogical beliefs that manifest as self defeating attitudes and behavior in adulthood. These old stored beliefs are what determine the limits of what we can achieve, how we behave and how we react to every new situation. Our lives are literally a direct mirror of what we think and believe . What do you see? 
What do you want to see?