What do we often look at, the opportunities or the obstacles that stand in the way. Is anything worth having free? Is there any since of accomplishment when you don’t have to work for it. Is the journey what makes the trip worthwhile?
Could you win if you couldn’t lose? Is there and gain if nothings risked? Is it really an opportunity if there are no obstacles? No it’s a gift that will soon be forgotten because there is nothing vested in it.
Obstacles are lessons that make opportunities cherished. That’s what stretches the mind to think outside of the box and discover new ways and methods to accomplish the task at hand. When the why get strong enough the how will figure its self out.
If you got it right on the first try would you have learned anything? Do you learn from winning or from loosing? If it’s easy do you really get anything out of it?
Even though I don’t have the answer on how I’m going to overcome the obstacles I face I know that if I don’t continue trying something new the obstacle is not just going to go away. What are you going to try today?
28 August 2009
26 August 2009
What is your time worth?
I didn’t ask what you get paid an hour. I said what is your time worth? Can you put a dollar amount on it? Does it become more valuable as you get older? When your younger you can afford to sleep all day, but as you get up in years you’re up at the crack of dawn and you go, go, go until you are so tired the as soon as you sit down you fall asleep and its only noon.
What do you have to show for the time spent? Where do you spent the most time? 90% spend the most time at work where you trade your time for money and satisfaction. You might get more of one than the other. Which one goes further or is more valuable?
If you live pay check to pay check will the day ever come that you can cut back on the hours you work and do what you really want to do. NO! So why do we do it to ourselves? Live on less now so you can live more latter!
What do you have to show for the time spent? Where do you spent the most time? 90% spend the most time at work where you trade your time for money and satisfaction. You might get more of one than the other. Which one goes further or is more valuable?
If you live pay check to pay check will the day ever come that you can cut back on the hours you work and do what you really want to do. NO! So why do we do it to ourselves? Live on less now so you can live more latter!
24 August 2009
Anticipation
Do you remember the ketchup commercial? It was about the wait and just how good you knew it was going to taste. How about the anticipation of the first day of school or fist day on the job? Does anybody really like that feeling?
I have 3 weeks until I start my new job and word on the street is the working environment isn’t good. Seems to be some leadership and management issues. Or would that be opportunities, even though I don’t know what I’ll be doing it will be in the leadership management department. I consider that one of my strengths but I also know that I am going to have to establish myself before I can make an impact.
So is anticipation a good thing or not? Here is an answer we hear a lot today, It is what it is! It depend what you make of it, can lead to worry and could cause you to do some forward planning on how you want to establish yourself. Really depends on your perspective!
I have 3 weeks until I start my new job and word on the street is the working environment isn’t good. Seems to be some leadership and management issues. Or would that be opportunities, even though I don’t know what I’ll be doing it will be in the leadership management department. I consider that one of my strengths but I also know that I am going to have to establish myself before I can make an impact.
So is anticipation a good thing or not? Here is an answer we hear a lot today, It is what it is! It depend what you make of it, can lead to worry and could cause you to do some forward planning on how you want to establish yourself. Really depends on your perspective!
18 August 2009
Best Gift
Best Gift
I had a nice talk with one of my daughters this weekend and we discussed the best gift a parent could ever give a child. No, it wasn’t the new wii fit or Nintendo III, it’s actually much cheaper than that, and you know I’m cheep. The best gift you can give is their independence.
The most valuable lesson you can teach your children is how to get along without you. How to think for themselves, rationalize between choices they want to make. Let them make mistake while you are still there to help them get through it. Those are the best lessons.
Teach them to cook and clean up after themselves. Let them do their own shopping for what they want to cook, give them a budget on how much they can spend and how to choose between brands and quantity versus value. Give them the money and let them pay; make them order for the family when you go out to eat. My kids can feed a family of 4 on $10.
I’ve never been one to buy them the latest things but I think I have given them the greatest gift. I can’t wait to see what they are going to do with the gift.
I had a nice talk with one of my daughters this weekend and we discussed the best gift a parent could ever give a child. No, it wasn’t the new wii fit or Nintendo III, it’s actually much cheaper than that, and you know I’m cheep. The best gift you can give is their independence.
The most valuable lesson you can teach your children is how to get along without you. How to think for themselves, rationalize between choices they want to make. Let them make mistake while you are still there to help them get through it. Those are the best lessons.
Teach them to cook and clean up after themselves. Let them do their own shopping for what they want to cook, give them a budget on how much they can spend and how to choose between brands and quantity versus value. Give them the money and let them pay; make them order for the family when you go out to eat. My kids can feed a family of 4 on $10.
I’ve never been one to buy them the latest things but I think I have given them the greatest gift. I can’t wait to see what they are going to do with the gift.
17 August 2009
Wise words
Very fortunate to meet with my toastmasters mentor, Bobby Williams this weekend. He had some great insight for me that you will buy in a book from me some day. Don’t you love it when someone just turns the light on for you and you clearly see it in a different light? The best thing is its free you just have to seek out a mentor.
Ok so here is the gem. We have been studying the miracle of 3’s in public speaking. You always make 3 points and 3 supporting details to each point lasting 5 to 7 min. that’s the toastmaster way. Now taking it to the next level of being a effective speaker who can hold their attention for 45 min to an hour.
The key to not losing them is to build and move, revisit and tie together then build and move again. Build in blocks of 3, cement with stories and humor. Work in the 5 to 7 min blocks with 2 to 3 min review and tie together before you add on.
Use a hook or catch phrase and have them repeat it after each segment. This will drive it home and this is the first thing they will recall about the speech.
Ok so here is the gem. We have been studying the miracle of 3’s in public speaking. You always make 3 points and 3 supporting details to each point lasting 5 to 7 min. that’s the toastmaster way. Now taking it to the next level of being a effective speaker who can hold their attention for 45 min to an hour.
The key to not losing them is to build and move, revisit and tie together then build and move again. Build in blocks of 3, cement with stories and humor. Work in the 5 to 7 min blocks with 2 to 3 min review and tie together before you add on.
Use a hook or catch phrase and have them repeat it after each segment. This will drive it home and this is the first thing they will recall about the speech.
02 August 2009
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