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What is Attitude.. With Some Help From John Maxwell

6/7/2022

I found a great reminder about the importance of our attitude & I wanted to share it with you. This came from "The Daily Reader" from Dr. John Maxwell. This is something that I have on my Kindle app on my phone and I try to start out each day before I leave my house, along with a few sips of morning coffee. It gets my day going in a great direction.

Here is the entry from April 27:

Attitude is something that shows up in all aspects of our lives, from our words and actions to even our body language and non-verbal expressions. Many times people like to try and mask those negative attitudes and try and get people to buy the fake positive ones. The problem is, those fake ones usually get found out - eventually by others, but right away from ourselves. We can only fake ourselves out for so long.

One of the biggest truths for attitude is that it is either our "best friend or our worst enemy". The key for this one is that its totally up to us to decide which one of the two it will be. It is also our "librarian of our past", and it is also the "speaker of our present." The biggest one of all is that it is the "prophet of our future." That is something we can't get away from. It's a guarantee for sure that they will show up, even if we don't want to admit any of these parts. The sooner we connect to these points - the better off we will be.

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Make Your Somedays Turn Into Your Everyday

7/25/2016

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“Make your somedays turn into your everyday”—John Addison

I’ve has a lot of somedays. Especially recently it seems. Lot’s going on around me, and most of it is self-created. The distractions have gotten in the way of my somedays. When I saw this quote, I knew I needed to see it and let it sink in, since it was obviously just meant for me. ;-)

I have been spending a large portion of most of these summer days just putting things off since I’ve been doing other things. Since we got our new puppy, things have been a little crazy or maybe I should say different around our house. This is our first dog – ever! My wife and I did not grow up with dogs at all in our lives. Our daughter has been begging for one ever since I can remember. Well, after a combined 140 years of not owning a dog (our ages combined for our family of 4), we got one in June.

It sure makes life more interesting, that’s for sure. I’ve always been against getting a dog because of the money and the time involved. I guess I had to look at it differently since there is more to life than just the things I’ve been focused in on. This takes the focus off of me and puts it onto something else that depends on me. It is something bigger than just myself. We as a family get to rally around and be a part of something that we all can do together and Kirby helps to bring us together more than we realized we could be. He’s a difference maker with me and my family from the first time we saw him.

But, like I said – there have been distractions. I’ve been the one getting up with him every morning early and we have connected because of it. So there are things that I have not been able to work on or spend time on that I really want to do. Throughout the day as well, it’s been up to me to take care of him and do the things that have to be done. I’ve tried not to complain as I’m grateful that I have the time to be able to help him and our family out with this important investment. It’s taken me awhile to realize that I simply need to re-allocate my time a little bit. The time I have is more valuable now as this is a repeated lesson throughout my life that I needed to be reminded of. I think it’s a lesson for everyone else too.

My somedays have to be brought into being todays. My wife and I watched a news story the other night about a wealthy guy who was attending all of these different sporting events at the age of I think 55. He had the means to do it and he said that he had a lot more yesterdays than he had tomorrows left in his life. My wife and I looked at each other. We know that is true and a very good statement to think about and then do something about. Actually looking at the fact that we did get our first dog helped us with this thought too. I’ve heard this lesson brought up many times in my life. It’s time to really take my somedays and make them part of my todays.

So as I get back into my blog postings, my podcasts, starting my book(s), my leadership lessons, classes and workshops, getting ready for another basketball season, another school year and to keep learning all I can about taking care of a dog – along with helping my family to realize that this statement is for them too, it’s time for my todays to connect with my somedays. How about you?

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Our Biggest Obstacle Is Ourselves

10/31/2015

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“No one limits your growth but you. If you want to earn more, learn more.” -- Tom Hopkins

Today, there is so much information out there to learn about, that it’s really overwhelming. But the truth is that there is more ways of learning new ideas and skills today than ever before. It really comes down to us and whether we want to learn new things in order to become more valuable.

We are usually the ones that get in our own way in life more than others. No one limits our own growth but us. I just saw the quote about the biggest obstacle we have to overcome is the six inches between our ears, which rings with more truth every time I see it. That’s one for the ages for sure, meaning the younger we realize this is truth, the better our lives will be.

I am constantly sharing with my students and my own kids, to become a person of value throughout life. Become valuable to others and you will always have opportunities for things that will help you make a living and to build a life. Remember, do you want to just make a living? Or do you want to build a life of significance and meaning?

In today’s world there seems to be much more of the blame game going on when it comes time to point out who’s at fault for the problems and difficulties in our lives. There is some truth of course that some people’s choices and decisions, do indeed affect us. A very important thought though is that we do not have to continue to let that happen. We do have the power and ability to learn new things and skills that can make us not have to just accept what those other people do and let it affect us and our futures.

This goes a long as a big connector piece to another (of many) big themes of mine. Find things in life that you have passion for and follow them. Whatever we choose to make a living at, make sure your heart is part of the equation as to why you are doing it. This will give a lot more ways of learning more when it comes to making yourself more valuable. Always remember that creating a life of significance is something that may not be easy, but worthwhile things throughout life seldom are easy. If they were easy, everyone would be doing them.

So, as we find ourselves at the end of October, 2015; what are some ways that you can expand your ability to grow and become more valuable? Don’t wait until New Years to make some changes, find some things now.

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What is Attitude.. With Some Help From John Maxwell

Make Your Somedays Turn Into Your Everyday

Our Biggest Obstacle Is Ourselves

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