Happy New Year!!

Smiles are always in fashion

This is my sister and a few of her kids and I simply love this picture. It made me so happy just looking at it. Can you look at this picture and not smile...I didn't think so. 😀 

Step Up

“The only thing that’s gonna make you happy, my friend, in this year or any other, is to step up.” Tony Robbins

The time to have a map

“The time to have the map is before you enter the woods.” Brendon Burchard

Face to the sunshine

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow." Helen Keller

Burning desire for success

When your burning desire for success is greater than your deepest fear of failure, you can create anything in your life!

Lack of direction not time is the problem

“Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days.” Zig Ziglar

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Stop being afraid of what could go wrong

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.

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Never quit trying

"You're never a loser until you quit trying." Mike Ditka

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Gratitude brings joy and happiness

My daughter Cessilee and I made this quote together. She found the awesome picture and then we selected the quote together and started designing. Since it is Thanksgiving this week, I thought it was fitting to help bring some more gratitude into our lives. Spend just an extra 5 mins daily on your knees in prayer or in your journal expressing the gratitude that you feel in your heart.

You are doomed if you don't try

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. Beverly Sills

The person who is certain

The person who is certain is most close to learning, most vulnerable to dogma, and most likely to be blindsided and overtaken by innovators.” Brendon Burchard 

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Outwork Them

“If you can’t play them, outwork them.” Ben Hogan

Learn to Sail Your Shop

“I’m not afraid of the storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.” Louisa May Alcott

Don't cling to a mistake

Don't cling to a mistake just because you spent a lot of time making it.

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Honor the Struggle

Anything worth having in life requires hard work. Acknowledge that, roll up your sleeves, and then get to work. This is the path of growth and success. So, struggle on!!

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Everything Changes

This is a very powerful quote. There is a falsehood that we oftentimes buy into that kills progression. This falsehood, is that we have to be perfect or have everything in place before moving forward. Although we should do our best, we also must be courageous and move forward without everything in place. And as this quote points out, the reality is that tomorrow brings change that we have to adjust and adapt to anyway. Therefore, if we are trying to be perfect first, then progression will not happen because you will be constantly changing to adjust for the change. Let's be courageous and just move forward. 

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

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Change Your People

Growth Summit live was off the hook. During a VIP dinner, Ethan Willis said, “if your can’t change your people, change your people.” Sometimes even though it is difficult and hard, the best thing to do is to let that employee or employees go. Ultimately, it is not serving them or the company to keep them employed. Set them free.

Comparison- thief of joy

"Comparison is the thief of joy." I love this picture because all four are identical and yet the one on the right has compared himself to the others and has found a way to be angry and lost all joy in the process. Let us retain our joy by not comparing ourselves to others.

Read full article using this quote: http://spiritualcrusade.blogspot.com/2017/10/value-beyond-measure-by-joy-d-jones.html

Feed your focus

Put God First

this is a great reminder that we must put God first and then everything else will work out for our good.

Hold your ground

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Be the change

Blessings in disguise

If we allow them to, our trials can help us to grow and develop in ways not possible without them. Stay strong and stay the course.

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Expect great things of yourself

Put all limiting beliefs or fears in their right place

I find the concept of evil thoughts or limiting beliefs very interesting. The source of all evil, limiting beliefs, and fears come from Satan and his minions. The interesting thing is that we would not take success tips from a begger or how to be a good citizen from someone behind bars, and yet we find ourselves listening to the evil one whose fate is sealed and who is miserable forever. His only purpose is to try and get us to join him. 

We are smarter than that, let us put Satan and all those who listen to him in their places and let all limiting beliefs and fears fall off our backs like water off the ducks back. 

Test of a great man or woman

I love this quote. Humility is such a powerful characteristic. Let us all strive to embody more humility.

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Some things are only learned in a storm

Next home run

How you show up

Integrity

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Protect your inner peace

This is a crazy world we live in and we must protect our inner peace from outside forces. As I coach clients I continue to be amazed at the long term impact even one negative word or action from youth or even just the past can have on an individual. As a youth we don't really know better, but as adults we do and we can take immediate actions to counter the effect of a negative word or action said or done to us. Just like this rock and it's pool inside, very little of the outside craziness gets in. We too must be more diligent in filtering the outside craziness and protecting our inner peace.

Don't let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

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Step into our own truth and power

Doubt - Delay - Division

I believe we have three great enemies that prevent us from advancing our lives, from actualizing our potential, from living our dreams. Doubt, Delay, and Division.

In Brendon's words:

How to Overcome Doubt, Delay, and Division

All these things — doubt, delay, and division — can be overcome we just have to learn to recognize them. The first step is always awareness.

• What have you been doubting in your life that’s preventing you from moving ahead?
• What have you been delaying in your life that’s preventing you from moving ahead?
• How have you been perceiving other people that have been preventing you from developing relationships and moving ahead?

When you start to see these things you can break through. But it’s only within that deep desire within yourself to have faith, to take action, to become your highest self and overcome the very things that are limiting you. That’s what makes us great. That’s the great shine of becoming a mature, conscious human being.

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Let truth rule

What you become by achieving your goals

The focus should be on becoming. The caterpillar can simply be free or it can become a butterfly. Lets us enjoy the journey of becoming.

Faith is the strength the world needs

What a powerful quote! Helen Keller was amazing and she did not let the fact that she was deaf to stop her. 

"She was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame in 1971 and was one of twelve inaugural inductees to the Alabama Writers Hall of Fame on June 8, 2015. Keller proved to the world that deaf people could all learn to communicate and that they could survive in the hearing world. She also taught that deaf people are capable of doing things that hearing people can do. One of the most famous deaf people in history, she is an idol to many deaf people in the world." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller

She used her faith to see and interact with the world and thus miracles were seen all throughout her life. Likewise, let us walk by faith and we too will see miracles in our lives. 

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Be the reason someone smiles today

Laughter and smiles are contagious, so be the reason someone smiles today. 😀

Seems impossible until done

Isn't this true? Our human minds tend to require the "seeing is believing" concept. Look at the 4 minute mile, it was first achieved in 1954 by Roger Bannister and now it is the standard for male runners. Let us not wait for a Roger Bannister to come along and show us how it is done, let us just believe in ourselves and make our dreams a reality.

God is my strength

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In my prayer this morning, I was asking for strength and the thought came to me that if I demonstrate faith in Him, I can be strong, because He strengthens me. I knew right then and there that I wanted to make a quote out of that. I had selected this photo earlier and now I found a great saying to put with it. 😀

I have been wanting to get in shape but my nemesis is food, I just love it. After my prayer, I realized it was not a matter of seer willpower, but rather I can use my faith in Him and he will take it upon Himself, so it is a faith thing instead. This was a very empowering thought and I got excited for my journey of faith and health.

Focus on what you can do

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Do not fail to plan your life

A True Master