Do you have an attitude problem? When we think of attitude, we tend to think of having a negative attitude, however, we always have an attitude. It’s just a matter of what type it is. How would you describe your attitude? Or, maybe a better assessment would be how others describe your attitude. Another way of looking at your attitude would be to consider your energy. What type of energy exudes from you? This energy is stemming from your attitude. How do others feel in your presence? How do you impact those around you? Our attitude most certainly affects us, but it also significantly affects others. Having an attitude problem…
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LIFE & WORK: Adjusting to New Seasons
One of the top reasons that we find ourselves stressed in life is due to our inability to identify our current season. Life is seasonal and continually changing, therefore, we must be continually adjusting to new seasons. Adjusting to new seasons will require us to be able to discern the season we find ourselves in. Taking the time to identify our current season, will empower us to make any necessary adjustments that need to be made. This awareness requires reflection, prayer, and quiet time. There are some season changes that we can anticipate, such as becoming a newlywed, a new parent, or an entrepreneur. There are other seasons, however, that…
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Attack Your Week: 5 TIPS
I don’t think we fully realize the importance of a week. We tend to focus on either the big picture or the day-to-day, but I want you to look at your week a little differently. I encourage you to begin to attack your week. Attack Your Week I believe if we begin to really assess our progress in life, or lack of it, we must begin to focus in on the week. Often, our week is what will get us. I’m encouraging you to adjust your perspective on the week for various reasons: Our time at work is broken down by the week. We tend to reset each week, with…
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Hold Yourself Accountable
Do you hold yourself accountable? Most of us struggle with this, which is why we often fail to keep our word or achieve our goals. I’m definitely a proponent of support groups, coaching, and accountability partners; yet, I also advocate that we grow in the ability to hold ourselves accountable. Why are you unable to hold yourself accountable? This is the key question. Being honest about our current state is the only way to move forward in true growth, leading to real results. We often fail to ask ourselves these key questions because deep down we already know the answer, yet we’re not quite ready to face it. I get…
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LIFE & WORK: Stop Adding New Goals
Setting goals is not always the problem. A lot of the time, our follow through on goals is the problem. Out of frustration at our results, due to the lack of follow through, we often resort to adding new goals. This is not the answer, however. Stop adding new goals, and start focusing in on the follow through of your current goals. Stop adding new goals. I get it. Sometimes it’s hard to nail down the root of the issue. While scrolling on Pinterest today, the book title “The Mountain Is You”, caught my attention. What if the issue standing between us and accomplishing our goals is us? Not the…
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SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE & WORK
Would you say you live a simple life? I think most of us would laugh at that question. Nowadays, there is more to do than ever, while it seems that time is also moving faster than ever. What do you do when it feels that you’re going nowhere fast? I encourage you to simplify your life & work. Simplicity doesn’t necessarily relate to what you’re doing, but rather how you’re doing it. We mustn’t exchange simplicity for complex in the name of progress. We can, and should, aim to progress in life while keeping things simple. Simplicity breeds true progress, while chaos and overload breed stress. We live in a…
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How To Keep Moving Forward in Life: 5 Tips
One of the things that I think we all try to figure out is how to keep moving forward in life. We fight to figure out what we want, then we wrestle with figuring out how to make it happen. We know we want to move forward in life, but we just can’t crack the code on how to make it happen. How To Keep Moving Forward in Life: 5 Tips 1. Quiet Time. There is no way that I would’ve made the progress that I’ve made in life up to this point, without my quiet time. I truly, truly value quiet time. Most everything worth value has come to…
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Dealing with Anxiety: 5 TIPS
Statistics show us how real of an issue anxiety is. These times, filled with so much uncertainty and unfamiliarity, tend to really fuel anxiety. We have to know that as followers of Christ, there is a solution to anxiety. We must learn how to deal with it, by responding to it in a faith-filled, Godly way. Dealing with Anxiety: 5 TIPS 1. Determine the source. We must get to the root of the anxiety. Why is it there? Why am I feeling like this? Don’t let your feelings have the final say. Instead, consider them the starting point. Take the time to identify how you’re feeling and then focus in…
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WORK: Excel In Any Environment
Do you know that you have the ability to excel in any work environment? So often, instead of rising to the occasion at work, we lay down and allow various work challenges & situations to dominate us. WORK: Excel In Any Environment The first key to excelling at work is to deal with you. Let me repeat: Deal with you. Challenges at work, just like challenges in any area of life, are simply revealing the true you. Challenges show us where we’re at. The key to excelling is to face what we’re shown, work on it, and get better at it. Lately, a saying that’s been on my heart is…
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Free to Work: 5 TIPS
Are you free to work? One thing I recall realizing while still in my teens was that distractions limit effectiveness at work. I vividly remember working in a call center, unable to concentrate on work because of drama that was going on in my life. It was then that I remember beginning to focus on limiting distractions so I could be free to work. Work is a significant portion of our lives, and as we follow Christ and grow in understanding our life’s purpose, our work should align with our purpose. Not pursuing your life purpose is a sure way to live life working unfulfilled and unhappy. What kind of…