Posts Tagged ‘coaching’
Living Confined? Break Free Today!
Have you confined yourself, your family, your business because you are finding reasons, excuses or guilt for not taking action on your calling?
When I look around at all the people I have met and worked with over the years, I am truly amazed at the excuses we come up with for not being all we are called to be.
Yet I am more amazed, appalled really, at myself, for all of the many, many excuses that I have used to confine myself and my family over the years to a life short of what God has called me to do.
I have learned, and continue to be reminded daily, that each of us has the opportunity to achieve greatness through a greater faith, with greater action, by accepting that no matter where we have been, or what we have done, that God still loves us and wants us to find our calling, our passion, and to live our purpose of a greater relationship with him through a servant's heart.
This morning I was greatly moved by a very short video clip of Christopher Coleman, who was pronounced dead at birth.
Christopher is one of those people who can inspire others to move mountains because he has discovered that God made him perfectly in his image.
Christopher has also discovered that he can get out of his wheelchair to accomplish great things because of his faith, his determination and the Spirit that is within him by directing all of his energy to his calling.
Watch this video by just clicking the play button.
Today is the day of freedom! Break from your wheelchair as Christopher Coleman does. Watch this video twice. I promise it will be more clear the second time you listen.
I pray that you and I act on God's calling and blessings to us today to be all that we were made to be.
Be Courageous! Play to Win!
Your Best Year Yet in 90 days or Less
Recently I was challenged by a “friend” on Facebook to prove that I could help others improve their business or their life in 90 days or less. The challenge got me to really thinking about what this would mean to those who participate, and what it would mean to me and my family as well. Hey, I want to improve my family’s life as well.
Let’s pretend for a moment, that YOU are the person who accepts this challenge with me. What would that look like for you? Really, why would you want to improve your life or business?
* We would have to get really serious about where you are in life right now, today. We would have to record the areas in your life that you want to improve. We would have to really get transparent about the pains that you are dealing with and how to eliminate or greatly reduce those pressures. We would have to discover WHY you want to improve those specific areas of your life or business, and what it truly costs you not to achieve your desired results.
* After identifying the problem areas, and the reasons to leave that in the dust forever, we then have to identify what SPECIFIC OUTCOMES you MUST ACHIEVE. This is the area that says what your are committed to. This is the time that it requires you to BE COURAGEOUS! This is when you decide to “burn your ships” because there is no going back to the problems, pains, and excuses of the past.
* Next on our agenda: We would have to write out an ACTION PLAN and IMPLEMENT the steps that we identify that causes you to ENJOY the outcomes from your results. This will require further accountability each week, maybe each day. What good is a plan that is not written out, and what good is a plan that is written that is not followed. This is where the rubber meets the road. You either will be, do and have, or you will not. As YODA says, “Do or do not… there is no try.”
The hardest thing about this whole process is honesty. You have to become very honest with yourself. You have to really be honest with me as your coach that you are being accountable to your action plan.
So ask yourself this very important question: IS IT WORTH IT? ARE YOU WORTH IT? We both know the answer is YES!
I was reminded of this when looking at my own life for this challenge:
WHEN YOU COMMIT AND THEN IMPLEMENT TO THE DAILY ACTIONS OF IMPROVING YOUR LIFE BY IMPROVING THE VALUE YOU CREATE FOR AND WITH OTHERS, THEN YOU CANNOT FAIL.
Please accept this challenge with me ONLY WHEN YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE YOUR BEST YEAR YET! YOU ARE WORTH IT!
BE COURAGEOUS!
Life and Baseball is a Game of Inches
Congratulations to the Major League Baseball World Series Champions, the New York Yankees! Champions of 27 World Series! Wow!!
I have been a fan and student of the game of baseball since I was four years old. I have been fortunate to play for some outstanding coaches, and played with some great players. These days I have the unbelievable joy of coaching my sons and their friends in Little League baseball.
There are a many things that standout to me in baseball that have been great life lessons for me. I am listing a few for you as you play in your own world series each day in business and life. You are already in the major leagues of life and you are your own MVP(most valuable player) every day.
- Baseball/life is a game of inches whether you are running bases, fielding a ball, or covering the plate with a pitch or your bat. Manage those inches in advance, be efficient, get the first inch advantage.
- Baseball/life is a game where success is not an all time thing. You can make the Hall of Fame by being a successful hitter 4 out 10 at bats. Sometimes you have to keep fouling off pitches, but by all means, make sure you step up to the plate to take your swings.
- The more successful hitters in baseball/life visualize the pitch they are going to hit and where they will hit it, before they step into the batter’s box. They know what to expect.
- Becoming an expert at the little things, the fundamentals of the game is what makes the difference between the good players and the great ones. The great players make the routine plays.
- Practice is for working hard, testing your limits, pushing yourself so that the game time is easy and fun. You have to love to practice as much as you love the game.
- To be a great winner, you have to be able to lose with class, compliment your opponent, and prepare for the next meeting so you can learn from your defeat.
These lessons are powerful. There are many more that I have taken as notes in my life. May you use these lessons to achieve your status of MVP today.