Some people actually go through life worried about trivial stuff that really doesn’t matter.
Priorities, priorities, we must have correct ones. First, priority is to recognize who our Shepherd is and let Him lead us. “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” Nurture and love your family, life is too short to get caught up in silly drama with family members; forgiveness is the key and unconditional love is necessary. Friends--chose them well; some are for a season, some are for a lifetime, but don't get caught up in the trivialities of differences that impact a worthwhile friendship. Jobs and careers, are gravy, don't spend too much time on them the return is more short lived where as God, family and friends last a lifetime.
“Character, not circumstance, makes the person.” — Booker T. Washington
I speak with a lot of people, who seem to want to throw in the towel, stop fighting, and simply just give up in this game called life. My response to them is stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities. The only way you fail is if you stop fighting and give up. Stay in the race and press toward your bright future. Perseverance is being steady persistence in a course of action or purpose in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. There is one thing that you can take to the bank; you can expect to encounter problems when trying to accomplish something good. Successful people don't let obstacles or disappointments get in their way.
“If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.”
What is the purpose of patience? It is the tool of life that teaches us to live and learn to wait for what we may want, desire, or aspire to do and be. Patience is also something that we must all learn to develop as we go through life’s process. We must use this very powerful tool called patience to help us mature in courage, strength, love, peace, understanding, and actions. My personal testimony is a direct reflection of these 3P’s. Over the last decade God has blessed my family and I to experience the better part of my thirty-three years on this earth. During this time I have learned that there is absolutely nothing that my father in Heaven will not grant me education, finance, faith, a loving family, divine relationships, great health, life abundantly, and building a legacy for generations to come. The process can be the most rewarding or the most difficult thing that you encounter in your life. My attitude and receptiveness to Godly instruction is what determined how pleasurable the process became. For every vision that God has shown me I have had to exercise the 3P’s. It has become yet another key to my success.
Be blessed and inspired…
Live LIFE!!! One nugget at a time…
INSPIRING, DEVELOPING, AND MOTIVATING OTHERS TO "GET THE BEST OUT OF LIFE."
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
ESTABLISHING YOUR GOALS
Starting this week off with a bang! Make a change by “repositioning your thinking”
Last week we discussed setting expectations and I told you that by doing so it would cause you to change and shift your thinking, behavior, and ultimately your performance. This week I want to challenge you to establish your goals and take responsibility for your life by actively pursuing them.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie
What are the top 10 goals in your life? To get a high paying job? To be debt free? To own a home? To start your own business? To be wealthy? To be healthy? To lose weight? To be in a healthy relationship? To earn a degree? To be right with God?
A goal is defined as the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end. The purpose of establishing a goal is to pursue and ultimately achieve it. A goal is not a New Year’s resolution! Hundreds of people every year make their resolutions with no intent to accomplish them. Many people try to treat goals the same way and are disappointed as they continue to go thru the same cycle over and over again. It’s insane to expect results without putting forth the effort to receive them.
Please don’t misunderstand me; I have set many goals in my years that seemed to never come to pass. Why was it so difficult to get certain things accomplished? After careful review of my actions, I realized my failures were simply because of the approach I was using to accomplish my goals. Then I begin to evaluate all of my successes and victories over the years and that’s when it finally clicked. My formula for anything that I have ever achieved was to Think it! See it! Write it! Work it!
Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant’s into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it - ink it!
As a soldier in the Army, my mindset has always been about getting it (the mission) done. When they told me it was not possible, I set goals an achieved it! I progressed thru the military ranks from E-1 to E-6 in less than six years. When I was told that it couldn’t happen for me, I set goals an achieved it! I became a warrant officer with less than seven years of service. This is not to brag or to boast of anything that I have done because all I did was listen when my father spoke, talked when He told me to speak, and executed when He gave me instructions. Think = strategize, See = visualize, Write = conceptualize, Work = productivity. One of the first things you must do when establishing your goals is to reposition your mind by taking an active approach. Here are a few points to consider:
1.Define your goal. How do you plan to reach it?
2.Set a timetable. When do you want to accomplish it?
3.Monitor your progress. How well are you moving toward it?
4.Be accountable and responsible for moving ahead. What safeguards will keep you on track?
5.Anticipate problems. What will you do if you hit a roadblock?
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. David J. Schwartz
Live LIFE!!! One nugget at a time…
Last week we discussed setting expectations and I told you that by doing so it would cause you to change and shift your thinking, behavior, and ultimately your performance. This week I want to challenge you to establish your goals and take responsibility for your life by actively pursuing them.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie
What are the top 10 goals in your life? To get a high paying job? To be debt free? To own a home? To start your own business? To be wealthy? To be healthy? To lose weight? To be in a healthy relationship? To earn a degree? To be right with God?
A goal is defined as the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end. The purpose of establishing a goal is to pursue and ultimately achieve it. A goal is not a New Year’s resolution! Hundreds of people every year make their resolutions with no intent to accomplish them. Many people try to treat goals the same way and are disappointed as they continue to go thru the same cycle over and over again. It’s insane to expect results without putting forth the effort to receive them.
Please don’t misunderstand me; I have set many goals in my years that seemed to never come to pass. Why was it so difficult to get certain things accomplished? After careful review of my actions, I realized my failures were simply because of the approach I was using to accomplish my goals. Then I begin to evaluate all of my successes and victories over the years and that’s when it finally clicked. My formula for anything that I have ever achieved was to Think it! See it! Write it! Work it!
Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant’s into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don't just think it - ink it!
As a soldier in the Army, my mindset has always been about getting it (the mission) done. When they told me it was not possible, I set goals an achieved it! I progressed thru the military ranks from E-1 to E-6 in less than six years. When I was told that it couldn’t happen for me, I set goals an achieved it! I became a warrant officer with less than seven years of service. This is not to brag or to boast of anything that I have done because all I did was listen when my father spoke, talked when He told me to speak, and executed when He gave me instructions. Think = strategize, See = visualize, Write = conceptualize, Work = productivity. One of the first things you must do when establishing your goals is to reposition your mind by taking an active approach. Here are a few points to consider:
1.Define your goal. How do you plan to reach it?
2.Set a timetable. When do you want to accomplish it?
3.Monitor your progress. How well are you moving toward it?
4.Be accountable and responsible for moving ahead. What safeguards will keep you on track?
5.Anticipate problems. What will you do if you hit a roadblock?
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. David J. Schwartz
Live LIFE!!! One nugget at a time…
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
SETTING EXPECTATIONS
One of the key components to living an effective life is setting expectations. You have heard it before; people tend to rise to the occasion when a challenge or assignment is placed before them. What expectation are you setting for yourself?
Let’s consider a few things:
Who are you right now? How does this compare to who you desire to be? What can you do about it?
Most people are comfortable with simply going along with the flow of things in their life, but get upset when they see the organized and discipline succeed. I have learned that talking about what you want out of life is not going to get you there. I make it a practice now to limit the discussion and increase the actions to achieve the goals. Being passive is not a characteristic of the successful. Setting expectations will help you to prepare for the challenges of life.
Question: What are you doing to be successful? Have you prepared by setting goals?
Take a look at some of the great athletes in sport today like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Usain Bolt, Rafael Nadal, and Michael Phelps. Tiger Woods has 12 majors and 56 victories since 2000. Kobe Bryant is said to be considered as one of the greatest players in NBA history. Usain Bolt is the unquestioned king of the 100-meter sprint, and is also currently its world record holder. He ran the 100-meter in 9.69 seconds at the 2008 Olympics. Rafael Nadal won three Grand Slam events, 25 matches in a row on clay and hadn't dropped a set in the French Open in over two years. Michael Phelps rode a four-year individual winning streak, including his eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. All of these athletes have one thing in common they set goals/expectations and follow through.
Setting expectations cause you to change and shift your thinking, behavior, and ultimately your performance. It is imperative that you start off by mapping out a vision which is what you see for your life futuristically speaking. Create a vision and expectations worksheet that you can have with you at all times! All of your expectations should be parallel to this vision. Make sure that you are reviewing your vision and expectation on a regulatory basis. Rehearse it over and over again until it becomes second nature to you.
Hold yourself accountable to what you have placed in your V&E worksheet. Tell a friend or two about it so they can follow up with you and help keep you on track if you happen to go astray. If you want to be successful and you haven’t been then the first thing you must do is change your current habits and practices.
1. Challenge yourself to be different (Breaking out of the norm)
2. Write out your findings (Vision & Expectations worksheet)
3. Conduct frequent self assessments (Accountability)
4. Challenge yourself to stay the course (Sticking with it)
Live LIFE!!! One nugget at a time…
Let’s consider a few things:
Who are you right now? How does this compare to who you desire to be? What can you do about it?
Most people are comfortable with simply going along with the flow of things in their life, but get upset when they see the organized and discipline succeed. I have learned that talking about what you want out of life is not going to get you there. I make it a practice now to limit the discussion and increase the actions to achieve the goals. Being passive is not a characteristic of the successful. Setting expectations will help you to prepare for the challenges of life.
Question: What are you doing to be successful? Have you prepared by setting goals?
Take a look at some of the great athletes in sport today like Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant, Usain Bolt, Rafael Nadal, and Michael Phelps. Tiger Woods has 12 majors and 56 victories since 2000. Kobe Bryant is said to be considered as one of the greatest players in NBA history. Usain Bolt is the unquestioned king of the 100-meter sprint, and is also currently its world record holder. He ran the 100-meter in 9.69 seconds at the 2008 Olympics. Rafael Nadal won three Grand Slam events, 25 matches in a row on clay and hadn't dropped a set in the French Open in over two years. Michael Phelps rode a four-year individual winning streak, including his eight gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. All of these athletes have one thing in common they set goals/expectations and follow through.
Setting expectations cause you to change and shift your thinking, behavior, and ultimately your performance. It is imperative that you start off by mapping out a vision which is what you see for your life futuristically speaking. Create a vision and expectations worksheet that you can have with you at all times! All of your expectations should be parallel to this vision. Make sure that you are reviewing your vision and expectation on a regulatory basis. Rehearse it over and over again until it becomes second nature to you.
Hold yourself accountable to what you have placed in your V&E worksheet. Tell a friend or two about it so they can follow up with you and help keep you on track if you happen to go astray. If you want to be successful and you haven’t been then the first thing you must do is change your current habits and practices.
1. Challenge yourself to be different (Breaking out of the norm)
2. Write out your findings (Vision & Expectations worksheet)
3. Conduct frequent self assessments (Accountability)
4. Challenge yourself to stay the course (Sticking with it)
Live LIFE!!! One nugget at a time…
Friday, August 6, 2010
Expectation
Weekly Life Nugget
You must start if you expect to Finish
You must continue if you expect to Endure
You must fight if you expect to have Victory
The complete cycle begins with you.. Start, Continue, Fight!!!
You must start if you expect to Finish
You must continue if you expect to Endure
You must fight if you expect to have Victory
The complete cycle begins with you.. Start, Continue, Fight!!!
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Welcome!!!
Hi, I am V.A. Joseph and I wanted to welcome you to the start of the next stage of your life. Join me weekly for a golden nugget...
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