You are the man who used to boast
That you'd achieve the uttermost,
Some day.
You merely wished a show,
To demonstrate how much you know
And prove the distance you can go.....
Another year we've just passed through.
What new ideas came to you?
How many big things did you do?
Time.....left twelve fresh months in your care
How many of them did you share
With opportunity and dare
Again where you so often missed?
We do not find you on the list of Makers Good.
Explain, the fact!
Ah no, 'twas not the chance you lacked!
As usual-you failed to act!
Herbert Kauffman
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
My Creed by Dean Alfange
Read this earlier and it got me thinking about todays society. What if we all decided to apply this in our lives.
I do not choose to be a common man or woman. It is my right to be uncommon-if I can.
I seek opportunity-not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk-to dream and build-to fail and succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to be guaranteed existence-the thrill of fulfillment to the calm state of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence-nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master-nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid-to think and act for myself-enjoy the benefits of my creations and to face the world boldly, and say-This I have done.
I do not choose to be a common man or woman. It is my right to be uncommon-if I can.
I seek opportunity-not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take the calculated risk-to dream and build-to fail and succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to be guaranteed existence-the thrill of fulfillment to the calm state of Utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence-nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master-nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid-to think and act for myself-enjoy the benefits of my creations and to face the world boldly, and say-This I have done.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Making a difference one living room at a time
These last couple of weeks have been some of the most amazing in my life. I just experienced one of the best weekends with Team ever! So excited to see the pre-launch of our new industry, L.I.F.E., finally be announced. Living Intentionally For Excellence will no doubt grow into one of the greatest personal development companies in the world.
The Lord has opened my eyes in sooooooooooooo many ways as I continue to work with people. Building a business you would never really expect the impact you will have in the lives of others as you are sitting at their kitchen table scratching out some principles you have learned. I've recently had the great opportunity to start working and watching Bill grow in ways I never imagined. In the past month through the association with Team and listening to an awesome system he has re-committed his life to Christ, spending more time with his wife and kids, kicked a few bad habits and even cancelled cable! Now I know most who read this won't understand cable and I won't even begin to explain all those details but one amazing decision that has changed his life in 2 short weeks. What a victory it is for me sitting front row watching him grow into the man he was called to be.
Another awesome victory has been watching the Lord speak to my sister, and she's starting to realize it. Chris Brady served the Lord in a big way with his sermon on Sunday and many answered prayers came to life that day. I can't even begin to describe the feeling in my heart when I heard her say she was going to start seeking more information in the Faith category of her 8F's.
Not sure where exactly I was going with the blog but my heart is just so filled with joy as I continue to go out into different living rooms every night to see where I can make a difference in a new strangers life. I honestly don't know how more people don't do what I do. This is the most amazing feeling in the world. I'm looking forward to another great week and as always I'm looking forward to the growth of all these individuals as they begin their journey to a better L.I.F.E.
Proverbs 13:20
The Lord has opened my eyes in sooooooooooooo many ways as I continue to work with people. Building a business you would never really expect the impact you will have in the lives of others as you are sitting at their kitchen table scratching out some principles you have learned. I've recently had the great opportunity to start working and watching Bill grow in ways I never imagined. In the past month through the association with Team and listening to an awesome system he has re-committed his life to Christ, spending more time with his wife and kids, kicked a few bad habits and even cancelled cable! Now I know most who read this won't understand cable and I won't even begin to explain all those details but one amazing decision that has changed his life in 2 short weeks. What a victory it is for me sitting front row watching him grow into the man he was called to be.
Another awesome victory has been watching the Lord speak to my sister, and she's starting to realize it. Chris Brady served the Lord in a big way with his sermon on Sunday and many answered prayers came to life that day. I can't even begin to describe the feeling in my heart when I heard her say she was going to start seeking more information in the Faith category of her 8F's.
Not sure where exactly I was going with the blog but my heart is just so filled with joy as I continue to go out into different living rooms every night to see where I can make a difference in a new strangers life. I honestly don't know how more people don't do what I do. This is the most amazing feeling in the world. I'm looking forward to another great week and as always I'm looking forward to the growth of all these individuals as they begin their journey to a better L.I.F.E.
Proverbs 13:20
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Become OTHERS focused
I read a short article about this earlier today and it finally dawned on me how true it was. Zig Ziglar said help enough other people get what they want and you'll have everything you want.
So many of us look at success in one category, money. Although some success does have money, I'm talking how much you keep not how much you make, ultimately I believe true success at least in my life is when I balance the 8F's that are taught in Team (Faith, Family, Finance, Fitness, Friends, Fun, Following and Freedom).
There was a point in my life where the only success I cared about was the finance part. Recently as my heart has been opened have I become aware of all these other areas. Chris Brady said that by helping others get what they want you receive so much more. You receive their thanks and gratitude, adulation and respect, friendship and loyalty, comfort and presence. Just by being the "raiser" of others you have raised yourself.
I am finding that statement so true lately as I've been receiving text after text from people thanking me for helping them or simply believing in them. I can't even begin to explain the joy that comes over your heart knowing the simple little things you did are making the biggest impacts of those around you.
God has been teaching me so much through L.I.F.E. and the 8F's. I am so excited for what He has planned through Team and the direction we are going. I strongly encourage that whatever it is you decide to do ALWAYS put others before you, it will fulfill your heart in more ways than you can imagine.
So many of us look at success in one category, money. Although some success does have money, I'm talking how much you keep not how much you make, ultimately I believe true success at least in my life is when I balance the 8F's that are taught in Team (Faith, Family, Finance, Fitness, Friends, Fun, Following and Freedom).
There was a point in my life where the only success I cared about was the finance part. Recently as my heart has been opened have I become aware of all these other areas. Chris Brady said that by helping others get what they want you receive so much more. You receive their thanks and gratitude, adulation and respect, friendship and loyalty, comfort and presence. Just by being the "raiser" of others you have raised yourself.
I am finding that statement so true lately as I've been receiving text after text from people thanking me for helping them or simply believing in them. I can't even begin to explain the joy that comes over your heart knowing the simple little things you did are making the biggest impacts of those around you.
God has been teaching me so much through L.I.F.E. and the 8F's. I am so excited for what He has planned through Team and the direction we are going. I strongly encourage that whatever it is you decide to do ALWAYS put others before you, it will fulfill your heart in more ways than you can imagine.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Living Intentially For Excellence
I'm not even sure how to start this blog but so much has been going through my mind over the last few days. God has been so good to me lately and I'll never truly understand why. I kinda wanna build on the blog I posted a few weeks ago about personal growth.
Its amazing when you get to see the journey of those around you who are taking that path of growth seriously. You have to shut off so much of what's going on around you (TV, radio, news, gossip etc) for you to maximize on your potential. Now I'm not suggesting ignore everyone but remember, crap in crap out. So you have to really guard what goes in your mind and also you have to make sure what you are feeding your mind is great and feed it often.
Most people know I work with a Leadership Development Community known as Team. The system we have set up through seminars, cds and books is by far one of the best educational systems I have seen. I have learned more over the last couple of years through Team than all my other years combined.
What is most amazing and rewarding though to me is watching friends and family grow and change right in front of you. For example my sister has been taking the education more serious over the course of a few months and listening to the things and changes she is putting in her life the last couple of weeks are amazing. Someone gave me a pat on the back for being that example and I just shake my head, cause it wasn't me, all I said to her was find a way to get the material. She did and now I just sit back and laugh, and wonder who is this woman I used to know as my sister?!
Another friend who we will call Lisa ;) Having a conversation with her the other day over the difference she can feel in her life after a short period of a year of being plugged into the right organization. The growth in her life, becoming closer to God and figuring out her life's purpose have been some things I have seen in her. Oh and can't forget the way her attitude has changed over the year as well!
Funny how now I'm working with a new young man and in the course of a couple weeks I've seen some major changes in him. Can't wait to see what He does through this young man in the days to come. I can go on and on about the countless lives I've seen changed and the difference I see us making in the communities across this country. I'm excited for the end of this month where we officially launch LIFE (Living Intentially For Excellence). Its hard to believe I actually make money doing this and that I get the opportunity to help others make money through LIFE.
Whatever your road may be and whatever God has called you to do, do it with excellence.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Its amazing when you get to see the journey of those around you who are taking that path of growth seriously. You have to shut off so much of what's going on around you (TV, radio, news, gossip etc) for you to maximize on your potential. Now I'm not suggesting ignore everyone but remember, crap in crap out. So you have to really guard what goes in your mind and also you have to make sure what you are feeding your mind is great and feed it often.
Most people know I work with a Leadership Development Community known as Team. The system we have set up through seminars, cds and books is by far one of the best educational systems I have seen. I have learned more over the last couple of years through Team than all my other years combined.
What is most amazing and rewarding though to me is watching friends and family grow and change right in front of you. For example my sister has been taking the education more serious over the course of a few months and listening to the things and changes she is putting in her life the last couple of weeks are amazing. Someone gave me a pat on the back for being that example and I just shake my head, cause it wasn't me, all I said to her was find a way to get the material. She did and now I just sit back and laugh, and wonder who is this woman I used to know as my sister?!
Another friend who we will call Lisa ;) Having a conversation with her the other day over the difference she can feel in her life after a short period of a year of being plugged into the right organization. The growth in her life, becoming closer to God and figuring out her life's purpose have been some things I have seen in her. Oh and can't forget the way her attitude has changed over the year as well!
Funny how now I'm working with a new young man and in the course of a couple weeks I've seen some major changes in him. Can't wait to see what He does through this young man in the days to come. I can go on and on about the countless lives I've seen changed and the difference I see us making in the communities across this country. I'm excited for the end of this month where we officially launch LIFE (Living Intentially For Excellence). Its hard to believe I actually make money doing this and that I get the opportunity to help others make money through LIFE.
Whatever your road may be and whatever God has called you to do, do it with excellence.
1 Corinthians 10:31
Friday, June 24, 2011
Improving in fitness
Its been a long battle getting this area of my life back on the track it used to be on. As most of you read from other blogs I got side tracked there for a couple of years and let a lot slip away. These past 6 months have been a real up and down battle in discipline for both exercise and eating.
My eating habits are improving in a huge way over the last couple of months. Now over the last 2 weeks I've been really disciplined. After hearing Mark and Jenn Paul speak a month ago about this subject it reminded me how important this area is! My weight is finally going in the right direction as well :)
Running is still off and on for me. Would love to be consistent once again. I still have that fear when I'm out there I'm going to somehow find another hole to step in or a loose stone that i'll roll my ankle on. But the good news I am out there doing it. Now the gym is amazing right now. My workouts are back the way it used to be a few short years ago. Seeing a lot of changes in my body. I'm back to having a solid figure and I'm loving it!
A lot of people are asking me what events I'm training for and my answer is nothing. I'm just enjoying this for now. I am looking at VA half marathon though and probably the Crim. Also I'm doing the Holland century bike ride in 3 weeks, which reminds me I should probably get the dust off my bike! I keep thinking about a few different events but right now God has me working in other areas and racing will have to take a backseat to His current plans for me :)
However I would love to encourage you to take this part of your life more serious. We seem to come up with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to many excuses as to why we can't. If you need workout time, take your scheduled TV time and put workouts in that time slot instead :) You won't regret it. When your body is operating and fuctioning properly because you have fed it well and worked out other areas in your life will greatly improve.
Get in shape and God bless :)
My eating habits are improving in a huge way over the last couple of months. Now over the last 2 weeks I've been really disciplined. After hearing Mark and Jenn Paul speak a month ago about this subject it reminded me how important this area is! My weight is finally going in the right direction as well :)
Running is still off and on for me. Would love to be consistent once again. I still have that fear when I'm out there I'm going to somehow find another hole to step in or a loose stone that i'll roll my ankle on. But the good news I am out there doing it. Now the gym is amazing right now. My workouts are back the way it used to be a few short years ago. Seeing a lot of changes in my body. I'm back to having a solid figure and I'm loving it!
A lot of people are asking me what events I'm training for and my answer is nothing. I'm just enjoying this for now. I am looking at VA half marathon though and probably the Crim. Also I'm doing the Holland century bike ride in 3 weeks, which reminds me I should probably get the dust off my bike! I keep thinking about a few different events but right now God has me working in other areas and racing will have to take a backseat to His current plans for me :)
However I would love to encourage you to take this part of your life more serious. We seem to come up with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to many excuses as to why we can't. If you need workout time, take your scheduled TV time and put workouts in that time slot instead :) You won't regret it. When your body is operating and fuctioning properly because you have fed it well and worked out other areas in your life will greatly improve.
Get in shape and God bless :)
Monday, June 6, 2011
Be on a continuous growth journey
I had a great conversation with my sister over the weekend. We were absolutely blown away once again by another Team seminar. Learning about LIFE and the 8F's has made a great change in my life and others around me.
Our conversation led to us talking about people we keep coming into contace with who don't seem to know there is a purpose for them. Or there are the ones who already think they know it all because they have a degree. They stopped learning when they got the degree but somehow in a rapidly changing society they still know it all :)
I strongly believe one of the biggest problems in our culture today is that we are not learning. Society seems to have us on a system to program us into believing their way is the only way or if you listen to us everything will just work out fine. Not sure how it is we fall for this kind of thing but it's a bit scary.
I think one of the most important things we can do to improve our country is to actually read more than we do. To many of us come home from work and turn on the boob tube, yes thats what I called it because it tends to numb our brains. Just look at all the so called reality tv, as my sister said how is that reality?
What would happen if we took all the money and time we spent on cable and TV programs and applied it to books on leadership, economics, history, finances and most important the Bible. You would see the real change in your country you so desire to see. But it comes down to us making the commitment to actually follow through on this and then educate others to do the same.
Now I'm not saying don't enjoy life, after all I love sports and watching sports. My world just doesn't revolve around the home team making the playoffs, now if they do thats always great, but what if our main focus in life was to actually be on a continuous growth journey. I pray that when my life ends they find me with a book and that those around me can say that I improved who I was everyday.
Our conversation led to us talking about people we keep coming into contace with who don't seem to know there is a purpose for them. Or there are the ones who already think they know it all because they have a degree. They stopped learning when they got the degree but somehow in a rapidly changing society they still know it all :)
I strongly believe one of the biggest problems in our culture today is that we are not learning. Society seems to have us on a system to program us into believing their way is the only way or if you listen to us everything will just work out fine. Not sure how it is we fall for this kind of thing but it's a bit scary.
I think one of the most important things we can do to improve our country is to actually read more than we do. To many of us come home from work and turn on the boob tube, yes thats what I called it because it tends to numb our brains. Just look at all the so called reality tv, as my sister said how is that reality?
What would happen if we took all the money and time we spent on cable and TV programs and applied it to books on leadership, economics, history, finances and most important the Bible. You would see the real change in your country you so desire to see. But it comes down to us making the commitment to actually follow through on this and then educate others to do the same.
Now I'm not saying don't enjoy life, after all I love sports and watching sports. My world just doesn't revolve around the home team making the playoffs, now if they do thats always great, but what if our main focus in life was to actually be on a continuous growth journey. I pray that when my life ends they find me with a book and that those around me can say that I improved who I was everyday.
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