Quotes
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker.
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” —Mahatma Gandhi.
“Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.” —Mother Teresa.
“Do one thing every day that scares you.”—Elenor Roosevelt.
“Well done is better than well said.” —Benjamin Franklin.
“Negative Thoughts Won’t Feed My Family.”—Teronie J. Donaldson (Yep, that's me, cool, right?)
Notes/Observations
Watch out for your comfort zones. Sometimes, the comfort is so alluring that we fight to stay there. If you stay there too long, it becomes a rut, and the only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
Articles
The Triad of Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight. Utilizing these three will make you a formidable leader.
In Their Own Words. The Importance of autobiographies and memoirs and why you should read them.
Watched
Book of the Week
“The Power of Giving” by Azim Jamal and Harvey McKinnon
This practical and visionary guide helps you discover that the more you give, the more you have.
My takeaways:
“We may be one person in the world. But we may be the world to one person.”
The positive impact of giving remains long after we die, as we live on in the memories and good feelings of our friends, family, and community. All else is forgotten.
When you give without expecting a return, you reap even more benefits.
Giving can reduce your fears because giving promotes social connections, which provide you with greater security.
The best way to confront your fears is to begin the process of making a difference. The root causes of “dangers” are often the result of social problems that have been ignored.
Most people only use a tiny portion of their potential and may never find their true gift or calling in life. They never find a worthwhile cause to support, a cause that means something to them and makes a difference in their lives. But things change when you give to others or give yourself to meaningful causes. You expect more of yourself. You discover new feelings of self-worth.
To find yourself, lose yourself in the service of others.
My favorite quote from the book.
Rumi, a thirteenth-century Persian mystic, told of a man who walked past a beggar and asked, “Why, God, do you not do something for these people?” God replied, “I did do something. I made you.”
Strategy
The Power of Declarations.
Make your declaration known and make them plain as day.
Declaration creates a commitment. In creating a commitment, you create a possibility for yourself and something you now must move towards.
This is powerful, especially in terms of the words you use. The difference between “will” and “want” has power behind it.
Want is a wish, and Will is a declaration.
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind via declarations.
Question
What are your life declarations? (Goals, health, wealth, etc.)