Excuses robbed me of an exciting, vibrant life of happiness and achievement. Excuses broke me down, justified my inaction and paved the way to true failure. (True failure is when you fail at something and give up, settle and stop growing.) I finally saw my excuses for what they are, a lie! Excuses are fear, laziness, lack of vision and lack of esteem. When I become truly aware of my thoughts and identified them, I began to let the self-defeating ones go. I now create my own future! You can expect three takeaways from this book that will drastically change your life if you choose to implement them: * You will have a heightened awareness of the thoughts coming in and out of your mind. * You will develop a security system, a mental shield against the disempowering thoughts. * You will have a wide variety of methods and rituals that will aid you on your journey towards achieving your goal and living a life both inspired and at peace.
For those who feel overwhelmed by endless to do lists and the stresses that come with daily life, here is an empowering guide to establishing healthy productivity habits so that it's easy (and fun!) to accomplish long-term goals. Brimming with simple-to-follow techniques, rituals, and exercises for accomplishing day-to-day tasks and making progress on bigger goals, Big Dreams, Daily Joys offers tips on how-to organize a productive day, overcome the urge to procrastinate, make space for creativity, and achieve a healthy work-life balance. For anyone who is tackling a creative project, running their own business, or simply trying to manage time more efficiently, this is the ultimate handbook to getting things done with clarity, joy, and positivity.
“God is Bigger than all your problems and the world’s problems combined” Whether we want to admit it or not, many of us are just too dramatic when it comes to talking about our challenges and troubles. We always discover after we have gone through the storms of life, that they weren’t that bad after all. We find that we worry ourselves to death for no reason. The Psalmist tells us in Psalms 121:1, “A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help,” (KJV). Where our focus goes, so goes our trust and confidence, thus if we are focusing on our problems instead of on God and the Promises of His Word, we will inevitably be discouraged when faced with adversity. This book is about doing better as we learn better concerning what it means to trust God and walk by faith. I know that we can conquer all the obstacles in our lives if we follow the example of King David, and look up at the Savior Jesus Christ and Heaven, and not at the mud and mire at our feet (our problems). “No matter how big your problems or the world’s problems, GOD IS INFINITELY BIGGER!” Along with talking about the awesomeness of God in this book, I also share my thoughts about His Grace and the meaning of Faith. Overall the crux of all the spiritual issues addressed herein, is the fact that life is much better when you have a personal relationship and awareness of God the Father and Christ the Savior.
“This book will help you own your calendar, block time for what matters most and reclaim your life.” —Paula Rizzo, author of Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You You want more time to spend with family, to achieve big goals, and to simply enjoy life. Yet, there seem to be more and more things competing for your time, and more distractions interrupting your day. Craig Jarrow has spent many years testing time management tactics, tools, and systems and written hundreds of articles on productivity, goals, and organization, Through it all he’s learned a simple truth: Time management should be easy, not complicated and unwieldy. And it shouldn’t take up more of your precious time than it gives back! Time Management Ninja offers 21 rules that will show you an easier and more effective way to take control of your time and manage your busy life. Follow these simple principles and get more done with less effort. It’s no-stress, uncomplicated time management that works. “Read this book, apply its rules, and you’ll find freedom.” —Hyrum Smith, bestselling author of Purposeful Retirement
The truth is that everyone wants to get successful, achieve dreams and goals, get freedom from fear and become the best version of themselves. But not everyone knows how. My question to you is do you know how? The mistake that most people make is thinking of success as a result of only one trait, habit or activity. Success is born when different traits like hard work, an attitude of gratitude, time-management, awareness about dreams, goals, and self-confidence are fused over time. Out of all the traits required for success, self-confidence plays the biggest part. Imagine that you become a person who is on the top of his field and is achieving his dreams. How would you feel? With no doubts great! Right! But it will not be possible if you do not take the required action to build unbeatable levels of self-confidence to become that person. This book lays forth the foundation which will enable you to become that person by helping you in building self-confidence. This book will help you to understand what self-confidence is and why it is an essential ingredient for success thus ultimately helping you in building it with a detailed exercise. Whether you are 8 or 80 this book is for you because it is never too late or early to start forging the ornament of self-confidence. Even if you already have self-confidence, this book will give you the extra push to be even more self-confident and achieve greater success!
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.
The American prison system has grown tenfold since the 1970s, but crime rates in the United States have not decreased. This doesn't surprise Michael J. Lynch, a critical criminologist, who argues that our oversized prison system is a product of our consumer culture, the public's inaccurate beliefs about controlling crime, and the government's criminalizing of the poor. While deterrence and incapacitation theories suggest that imprisoning more criminals and punishing them leads to a reduction in crime, case studies, such as one focusing on the New York City jail system between 1993 and 2003, show that a reduction in crime is unrelated to the size of jail populations. Although we are locking away more people, Lynch explains that we are not targeting the worst offenders. Prison populations are comprised of the poor, and many are incarcerated for relatively minor robberies and violence. America's prison expansion focused on this group to the exclusion of corporate and white collar offenders who create hazardous workplace and environmental conditions that lead to deaths and injuries, and enormous economic crimes. If America truly wants to reduce crime, Lynch urges readers to rethink cultural values that equate bigger with better.
BUTS. We all have them. And we lug them around like a bag of bricks, building walls to keep away failure and hurt. \"But I'm too busy.\" \"But I'm unqualified.\" \"But what if I fail?\" Our But's have become TOO BIG and they're killing our success. We've become a society unable and unwilling to use our God-given talents to follow our dreams and true calling. But... there is good news. As senior pastor of one of the fastest growing churches in America, author Travis Hearn has watched people struggle against self-doubt, past failures, and unfair circumstances. Hearn shows that while we all face troubling times, our attitude dictates whether setbacks contribute to our larger BUTS, or if we will trust in the Lord and follow His plan for our lives. In Your But's Too Big, Hearn targets your excuses, using Scripture and biblical principles to strip your fears away. This book will help you trim down 10 of the biggest excuse-making Buts common to our culture today. Hearn provides practical and powerful inspiration and motivation to help whittle away those big buts and live a no-excuse life for Christ!
Well Done provides any business leader insights on how to strive for excellence in building their business and ordering their life. Although the phrase “Well Done” has a noble connotation to it, many business leaders, including Ken Gosnell, have a difficult time describing and defining what those words look like in the life of a business that is led by a person of faith. In Well Done, Ken describes the twelve biblical business principles that can help any leader who desires to grow their business and its Kingdom impact. These principles help to create a strategic roadmap for leaders to hear the words “Well Done” at the end of their journey. Every leader deserves to hear the words Well Done. Life is too short, and business is too difficult to work throughout life and miss what matters most.
Are you truly happy with where you are at in your life right now? Can you say that you have accomplished everything that you wanted to? Is there a big dream that keeps tapping you on the shoulder waiting to be realised? If you're like most people, then you know that chasing big dreams seems so out of reach - that is until now! This is the book that will help you to get to where you really want to be in your life, which will change the path of your life in a dramatic way. "Dream bigger than you ever thought possible, then go and live than dream" is a book written by somebody just like you who decided that big dreams were going to become a reality. This is a book about a man that climbed his Mount Everest - so not your run-of-the-mill type of dream after all! This book is also a guide and Dominic shares his real-life stories every step of the way allowing you to follow his formula to make your dreams come true. You will walk through every step of the journey with him, and it's a really amazing story. This isn't just fiction though, this is real life, and therefore you are going to find this so relatable. His story likely emulates something that you have been feeling in your own life. His story is your story - and therefore will motivate you and inspire you in ways that you can't imagine possible. You see how the author struggled with and conquered a fear of heights to make his biggest dream come true. What you will also see though is that he learns a lot about himself, and therefore begins to embrace the journey just as much as the destination. It helps you to see that anything is possible - and this comes from the point of view of somebody who is relatable and could very well be you. At a time where so many of us have big dreams but are afraid to chase them, this book is the perfect solution. This shows you that chasing after your dream can transform your life in a truly amazing way. Your dreams may be bigger or smaller, you may be afraid to upset the comfort of the world that you live in, and there are probably a million reasons you can come up with as to why this isn't possible. This book will show you that those excuses can't and shouldn't hold you back any longer.You will see the author, Dominic Renshaw, travel through this very personal journey. You will see him overcome his fear of heights and conquer other climbing ventures. It's not just a tale of mountain climbing though - it's a metaphor for everything that is possible in life. If he can overcome all that held him back and make this journey realistic and successful, then you can apply the same to your life.This is a book composed of life lessons and inspiring stories. It will teach you that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and work for it. You're going to need a plan, determination, and a positive attitude - but your dreams are within your reach if you can put this all to work for you. This book will push you to do big things and to prove to yourself that you are capable of anything. It will give you that drive and inner voice that you have always longed for, it will help you to prove to yourself what you are made of. Life changing. Inspiring. Entertaining. Motivational. This book is all these things and more, and if you want to find true and lasting happiness it is the book for you!
