Growing to your potential and Steering a Course

Hiya Friends--

This blog entry has nothing to do with campus events or deadlines. It is purely an entry that I hope promotes self examination. I know there are times in life where we all get off course, don't know what to do, are easily swayed by peer pressure-- it happens to us all. How we handle our actions, is what determines our ultimate success. Everyday I read my John C. Maxwell, The Daily Maxweel Reader to help me stay in the straight and narrow leadership path I enjoy so much being on. I find that his words can reach multiple levels-- from work, to personal life, dreams and set backs. To deciding on which college to attend, what major to choose-- or later in life, how to handle situations that come at you. Enjoy.

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Steer a Course

If you could go anywhere, where would you like to go? Not in terms of vacations, but in your life. Your answer to that question does a lot to determine whether or not you are successful. You see, we're all on a journey, whether we know it or not. We are traveling inevitably toward the ends of our lives. So the real question for us is whether we're going to select and steer a course for it, or allow ourselves to be swept along the tide, letting others determine where we'll end up. The choice is entirely up to us.

What specific destination are you steering your life toward??

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Growing to your potential

Novelist H.G. Wells held that wealth, notoriety, place, and power are no measures of success whatsoever. The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have been and what we have become. In other words, success comes as the result of growing to our potential.

It's been said that our potential is God's gift to us, and what we do with it is our gift to him. But at the same time, our potential is probably our greatest untapped resource. Henry Ford observed, "There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do."

We have nearly limitless potential, yet too few ever try to reach it. Why? The answer lies in this: We can do ANYTHING, but we can't do EVERYTHING. Many people let everyone around them decide their agenda in life. As a result, they never really dedicate themselves the THEIR purpose in life. They become the jack-of-all-trades, master of none-- rather than a jack-of-all-trades, focused on one.

If that descrives you more than you'd like, you're probably ready to take steps to make a change. There are four principles to put you on the road to growing toward your potential:

1. Concentrate on one main goal.
2. Concentrate on continual improvement.
3. Forget the past
4. Focus on the future.

When you know your purpose in life and are growing to reach your maximum potential, you're well on your way to being a success...

Final thought**

Are you focused on the one trade that will set you apart??

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I hope you all have a wonderful week-- and remember, be legendary in your own way!

Happy New Year

Hello my loyal readers--

I hope everyone had a wonderful and adventurous Holiday Break! I am back in the office after a 2 week break and am looking forward to speaking with you, answering questions and also having you come in for a visit.

I know I have talked a lot about the new Harre Student Union opening, but alas, it is finally open! Yesterday I walked around the union and heard The Killers, some Jack Johnson and some other awesome music playing through the piped stereo system. It definitely created a fun atmosphere for everyone.

Have you given any thought to your New Years Resolution?? Remember, January 15th is the deadline to let me know your resolution if you want to be eligible for a prize.

I'm off to review more files! Have a wonderful day... and remember, be legendary in your own way!