I want to challenge you today about something important!
My good friend Dan Miller encouraged me 14 years ago to turn off the news. I said, "there's no way I will turn off the news! I won't appear to be an upstanding citizen-somebody who's informed!"
But looking back now, I can't thank him enough for encouraging me to do that and I promise you I've had a lot better moments as a result of not having watched the news and I haven't missed anything! I want to extend the challenge. Try it for 30 days. I promise you, it will change your life!
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You have to get out of your comfort zone when you’re dealing with anybody. Those people are no more special or different than you. And let me give you a little tip, those people want you to approach them. Who would they be without you? They would be nothing without your fanfare. They would be nothing without you buying their products. Those people would be absolutely nothing. And I want to encourage you to get outside of your comfort zone. Go up and meet those people!
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Character,
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Success,
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Priorities,
Tips,
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Move Forward,
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Crossroads,
Encouragement,
Lift Someone Up,
Be An Encouragement,
Leadership,
Communication,
Determination,
Advice,
Influence,
Authenticity,
Attitude,
Mission
Choose what you talk about with your family, choose what you talk about in your community and in your business. We can elect to do better. Take a leaders approach. Take the attitude that you can do better. We can get up and we can move forward. Don't succumb to all this craziness in the world and pick yourself up and move on.
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Masterminds,
Balance,
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Persistent,
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Development,
Burden,
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Wisdom,
Encourage,
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Lift Someone Up,
Be An Encouragement,
Leadership,
Guide,
Determination,
Perseverance,
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Influence,
Attitude
How do you handle subscriptions? Do you loan your subscriptions to other people? Or Do you share it with someone else? Or are you the person who wants all the benefits but does not want to pay for the subscription?
Here's the litmus test, would you like this kind of activity be done to you? If you do such - over a small amount of money, I wonder what would you do over a thousand dollars? Or tens of thousands of dollars?
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Finances,
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Priorities,
Integrity,
Discipline,
Clarity,
Reputation,
Burden,
Decisions,
Crossroads,
Wisdom,
Encourage,
Encouragement,
Influence,
Authenticity
Some of you guys, my heart goes out for you today because you're dealing with children that you have a broken relationship with. You don't have any ties, any connections.
Here's what I want you to do today. Reach out to those kids today with maybe a word of encouragement, maybe a hug on them, love on them. Tell them that you love them. I am not saying condone what they've done. We have a lot of kids out there that are knuckleheads that have done the wrong thing. They've made bad decisions. But let me remind you of something. You made some bad decisions yourself as a child, as a teenager, as a young adult.
Don't hold them to a standard that you're not willing to adhere to yourself when you were a younger kid. Let's show some grace. Be the bigger person. What I am saying is there is nothing that they would do that would separate my love and willingness to go out and pursue them. Maybe you need to say "Hey I don't agree with what you're doing but I want you to know that I will spend my last quarter helping you if you're willing to change." Don't love your passbook more than you do your kid. You got to love them back to you not beat them into submission.
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Family,
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Priorities,
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Parenting,
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Move Forward,
Discipline,
Clarity,
Development,
Decisions,
Crossroads,
Wisdom,
Be The Light,
Encourage,
Encouragement,
Lift Someone Up,
Be An Encouragement,
Be Happy,
Leadership,
Father,
Father Figure,
Guide,
Communication,
Influence,
Authenticity,
Attitude