“I will walk tall among men and they will know me not, for today I am a new man, with a new life.” -Og Mandino’s The Greatest Salesman in the World

I have been working on a very important project lately. That project is me. I have been reading more and getting rid of old bad habits by replacing them with new good habits. I am proud of the progress I am making. As I grow into the person that I see myself as I have noticed that some people seem uncomfortable with the personal changes I have made. I will admit that I am a little more outspoken and confident than I have been in the past.

I recently attended an event where there were quite a bit of family members were gathered. While at the event I engaged in conversation with friends and family that have known me my entire life. They all noticed the personal growth that I have made. That made me feel good to receive confirmation that my growth is noticeable to others. Some liked the growth that I have made and wanted to converse to see how they could make changes for themselves while others were not as enthusiastic about my personal growth.

We all should be on a journey of personal growth each and every day. We must become aware of our habits and take note of which habits help us and which habits hurt us. Once we have our habits separated into a good and a bad list, it is our duty to eliminate the bad list by replacing them with more good habits that will propel us in our journey of personal growth. When we are on our journey our closest friends and family may become distant because of some of their habits that are not aligned with our new good habits. And this is completely fine. We don’t love them any less than we did before. We just have to limit our time with them to prevent ourselves from slipping back into some of our old bad habits that they may still be partaking in.

 

I had a conversation with my mother recently. She told me that my niece, who turned six yesterday, (Happy Birthday Jessie, Uncle loves you) was struggling with her reading. I asked if she could be dyslexic. And this is what sparked this thought today.

Do you know how people call each other dogs? People say it in both friendly and not so friendly ways depending on 1. Who they are talking to and/or what situation the person is encountering.

Example 1: Friends greet one another by saying, “What’s up, dog? How have you been?”

Example 2: There is a conflict between two strangers then one stranger warns the other by saying, “Dog, your messing with the wrong one today!”

Let me get to the point, now that you have context. If you didn’t before.

Dog in reverse spells God. God is the creator of everything. We were made in the image and likeness of God. That means all the power that God possesses we possess. Because we are made by God, God is always present with us and in us.

If I want to be like anybody, I want to be like God. So, when you see me and say, “What’s up dog?” I will thank you for recognizing the God in me and return the return the love.

Focus on positive choices that move you closer to your dream. Make a conscious and deliberate effort to do at least one thing everyday that represents the highest and the best in you. Keep in mind, this is going to be your greatest year ever!

Do not allow yourself or anyone else to sabotage you. Stay on track. Refuse to lower your guard or to be pulled off course. Keep the main thing the main thing. Honor yourself by keeping your word to yourself. Everything matters. It is your time to achieve your dream. You have the POWER! You have GREATNESS within you!

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This guy explains how we can choose to let the troubled waters cleanse us instead of drown us. It is a very short video and I hope that you find value and keeps your flame for change lit.

You were born to win. Use your energy to find solutions instead of blaming yourself or others. Let go of your excuses and don’t give yourself a pass. Take responsibility and ownership for your life. You are greater than your circumstances. You have the power to put your life in a different position.
Remind yourself that you are intelligent, talented and greater than anything that you have gone through! Tell yourself..”It is time to make a change!” Move forward with faith, confidence and firm determination to live your dream because it is your destiny. The world is waiting for you. You have something special. You have GREATNESS within you!!

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Christopher Gimmer explains how Snappa.io, the easiest graphic design tool you’ll ever use, has garnered over 40,000 sign-ups since the beta launched last July, and how he uses analytics tools to identify the influencers he should reach out to for content marketing.

Every interaction is an exchange of energy, ideas, and experiences. We have to be open to share our positive experiences and ideas with other as well as be open to receive the positive ideas and experiences of others. Being open to this natural flow allows us to attract exactly what we desire and seek. If we prevent the flow of energy exchanged when we interact with others we will cut off our receiving because we have stopped giving. When we give with positive intentions we will reap positive gifts in return. When we give from our hearts, with love we increase the power of giving which will have us receiving abundantly more than what we gave. On the other hand, when we give reluctantly will never produce increase. The reason being, no power was put into the giving. Positive thoughts will attract abundance to our lives and to the lives of those we direct positive thoughts toward. People will return positive thoughts toward us and that is where abundance is received. The material expression of abundance are thoughts manifested. The more people we give to small or large, the more people there are for us to receive from small and large. We also have to be mindful that if we are negative we will receive negative. Lets try to be more positive than negative so that the abundance that we receive is positive.

We have powerful mental abilities. We have to become aware of them and put them to use. We all have the ability to predict our own futures. We have things we want to accomplish or things we want to get. At the time we want them, we see ourselves having those things. When we see ourselves in the possession of the things we desire before we physically possess them, we are setting events in motion that will have us possessing all of our desires. This is exactly what it takes to predict our futures. Our futures are the manifestation of our thoughts. Everything that exists today became to be because of the thoughts or ideas of someone or something. We must use our thoughts and ideas to construct the life that we want to live. If we organize our thoughts we are able to make what we want happen. This is the amazing power that everyone has been gifted with. Once we become conscious this power, everything around us changes because we have been changed from the inside out. Start using your power to predict your future now and live the life that you have always desired. Your desires are closer than you have ever realized.

Anything is possible. When we realize that we have the power to make things happen things start to happen. We begin with something small and as our confidence grows, we start to do bigger things. We all have the potential to do great things. We have to be conscious of this fact and live up to our full potential.  When we are living to our full potential, we are able to attract the things that we desire. We become like magnets and draw the people, situations, and other things that support our desires. The first thing we must do to harness and put our potential to work is to have intentional thoughts of what we want, and knowing exactly what we want. When we know what we want and we focus our thoughts on it intentionally we are giving off vibrations that will start to return to us tenfold. This is because thoughts are things that do not exist physically but can be manifest into the physical in time. The length of time that it takes a thought to become a physical thing varies. We cannot give up thinking about the things that we want if we truly want what our thoughts to become real.