Hi guys/ladies,
The past few weeks have been crazy busy. Good crazy is always welcome in my world.
One thing that I have been thinking about lately, more like meditating on, is how important it is to watch over your goals and dreams, especially in the early stages.
Parents will easily understand this concept. Just like they had to do with their babies, they need to watch over their dreams. You have to be careful who you confide in and who you entrust with your dreams.
I came to realize that when you are just in the planning stage or “just thinking about it” stage, people are more then willing to support you but as soon as there seems to be some kind of progress (meaning that you are on your way to achieve that goal), everything changes.
People who use to cheer you on and tell you “Go for it”, all of the sudden they change. You get more discouraging comments from them then anything else.
My advice when you face this kind of situation is do not even waste time on it, just move on. More importantly, learn from that mistake and next time choose wisely who you share your goal with.
Many blessings,
Jephtée E.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Legacy
Once I’ve stumble upon this verse from Proverbs 13:22 “A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children...” and I once heard a preacher saying “if your grandfather and father have left you an inheritance, you wouldn’t be where you are today”. I think we can ALL agree it’s true. Unfortunately we cannot go back and change the past but what we can do is influence the future. We can make sure that our children and grandchildren will not be saying “if only my parents or grandparents left me an inheritance”.
For me I believe it goes way beyond just an inheritance. Each one of us should desire to leave a legacy. What is a legacy? A legacy is ALL you leave behind for the world to remember, so it’s more then money. It is how you want to be remembered when you are gone and what have you done to make this world a better place. A good legacy it is not something that is left by coincidence; it’s a choice we got to make and work at it every day by setting SMART goals to achieve it.
My question for you today: “Do the goals you set up for yourself reflect the legacy you want to leave behind?”
Let me share a piece that will help you start thinking about the legacy you want to leave behind.
Have a blessed week,
Jephtée E.
The Legacy You Leave
All You will leave behind for the world to remember is
Your Legacy, so ask yourself . . .
Will you have earned the respect of your peers
and the admiration of your critics?
Will you have acted humbly at the peak of success and
graceful in the face of defeat?
Will you have kept your childlike wonder and reveled in the
beauty of the world and the small miracles that each day brought?
Will you be remembered for how often you laughed and
brought smiles to the hearts of others?
Will small children and the elderly have been overjoyed to be around you?
Will others have trusted you with their inner most secrets?
Will you have forgiven and offered heartfelt apology?
Will you have looked for the very best, and
done your utmost to build worth, in others?
Will you have fed a hungry child or clothed a naked man
or given hope to a stranger in dire need?
Will you have left this world a better place by the life you have lived?
What Legacy will You Leave?
©2007 Rick Beneteau
All rights reserved.
For me I believe it goes way beyond just an inheritance. Each one of us should desire to leave a legacy. What is a legacy? A legacy is ALL you leave behind for the world to remember, so it’s more then money. It is how you want to be remembered when you are gone and what have you done to make this world a better place. A good legacy it is not something that is left by coincidence; it’s a choice we got to make and work at it every day by setting SMART goals to achieve it.
My question for you today: “Do the goals you set up for yourself reflect the legacy you want to leave behind?”
Let me share a piece that will help you start thinking about the legacy you want to leave behind.
Have a blessed week,
Jephtée E.
The Legacy You Leave
All You will leave behind for the world to remember is
Your Legacy, so ask yourself . . .
Will you have earned the respect of your peers
and the admiration of your critics?
Will you have acted humbly at the peak of success and
graceful in the face of defeat?
Will you have kept your childlike wonder and reveled in the
beauty of the world and the small miracles that each day brought?
Will you be remembered for how often you laughed and
brought smiles to the hearts of others?
Will small children and the elderly have been overjoyed to be around you?
Will others have trusted you with their inner most secrets?
Will you have forgiven and offered heartfelt apology?
Will you have looked for the very best, and
done your utmost to build worth, in others?
Will you have fed a hungry child or clothed a naked man
or given hope to a stranger in dire need?
Will you have left this world a better place by the life you have lived?
What Legacy will You Leave?
©2007 Rick Beneteau
All rights reserved.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Encouragement
Hi everyone,
Believe it or not, we are already in September; meaning that 9/12 = ¾ of the year 2008 has already passed.
This blog is just an encouragement to take the time to do a simple evaluation. Review your goals sheet and see which ones you haven’t accomplished yet.
I encourage each one of you to take the time to come up with a plan on how to make the most out of the remaining 3 months.
Remember persistence is key! It is not time to say “Oh well! The year is already over anyway. I might as well leave it for next year.” On the contrary, you should be saying to yourself “the year is almost over; I cannot start 2009 with the same goals. So I must push forward.”
Be persistent and determined.
All the blessings,
Jephtée E.
Believe it or not, we are already in September; meaning that 9/12 = ¾ of the year 2008 has already passed.
This blog is just an encouragement to take the time to do a simple evaluation. Review your goals sheet and see which ones you haven’t accomplished yet.
I encourage each one of you to take the time to come up with a plan on how to make the most out of the remaining 3 months.
Remember persistence is key! It is not time to say “Oh well! The year is already over anyway. I might as well leave it for next year.” On the contrary, you should be saying to yourself “the year is almost over; I cannot start 2009 with the same goals. So I must push forward.”
Be persistent and determined.
All the blessings,
Jephtée E.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mentorship
Today, I want to talk about the importance of mentorship because I believe it is a crucial piece of the puzzle when it comes to achieving your goals.
None of us can claim to know it all or to have all the answers. In a past article about knowledge, I have highlighted the need to educate yourself about whatever it is you want to achieve. The man idea is that you need to learn as much as possible about what you want to accomplish for you to be able to achieve it.
The issue is, we are all very busy and juggling various activities… education seems to be the last thing on our priority list. It is so easy to go a year without reading one single book. It seems that whenever something needs to be “put to later”, it’s always things that have to do with education and studies.
This is a fatal mistake. This will cost you, without a doubt, the achievement of your goals.
Now you should be asking yourself, how can I get as much knowledge as possible to move my goals forward with the limited amount of time I have?
Brian Tracy has the perfect answer for that. He wrote “No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.”
Basically what he is saying is to find yourself people who can mentor you and teach you what they know. There are people who have hands on experience about what you are trying to achieve, find them and emulate them until you know how to do it yourself.
I can personally testify that this principle work.
One of my goals last year was to find myself a very good mentor. Since I am so picky, it took me a whole year to achieve this goal. Matter of fact, when I wrote my first article it was one of the goals that I had yet to achieve. I found him mid-December. After my 1st conversation with him, I gather the nerve to ask him to mentor me (expecting a big no)… guess what? He said yes.
I cannot tell you how amazing it is to have another brain to pick in. I cannot tell you how much time it saves me in research and readings.
You will not know how beneficial this is until you give it a try. My hope is you will add that to your list of goals for this year. It may be the most important goal you’ve ever set for yourself.
This one goes out to my marvelous mentor. Thanks for your patience and kindness.
Jephtée E.
None of us can claim to know it all or to have all the answers. In a past article about knowledge, I have highlighted the need to educate yourself about whatever it is you want to achieve. The man idea is that you need to learn as much as possible about what you want to accomplish for you to be able to achieve it.
The issue is, we are all very busy and juggling various activities… education seems to be the last thing on our priority list. It is so easy to go a year without reading one single book. It seems that whenever something needs to be “put to later”, it’s always things that have to do with education and studies.
This is a fatal mistake. This will cost you, without a doubt, the achievement of your goals.
Now you should be asking yourself, how can I get as much knowledge as possible to move my goals forward with the limited amount of time I have?
Brian Tracy has the perfect answer for that. He wrote “No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.”
Basically what he is saying is to find yourself people who can mentor you and teach you what they know. There are people who have hands on experience about what you are trying to achieve, find them and emulate them until you know how to do it yourself.
I can personally testify that this principle work.
One of my goals last year was to find myself a very good mentor. Since I am so picky, it took me a whole year to achieve this goal. Matter of fact, when I wrote my first article it was one of the goals that I had yet to achieve. I found him mid-December. After my 1st conversation with him, I gather the nerve to ask him to mentor me (expecting a big no)… guess what? He said yes.
I cannot tell you how amazing it is to have another brain to pick in. I cannot tell you how much time it saves me in research and readings.
You will not know how beneficial this is until you give it a try. My hope is you will add that to your list of goals for this year. It may be the most important goal you’ve ever set for yourself.
This one goes out to my marvelous mentor. Thanks for your patience and kindness.
Jephtée E.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Live for the moment
Hi guys,
I read this 2-3 years ago and it stayed with me. Today I want to share it with you.
Have a great week.
Jephtée
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Inches by Rick Beneteau
It takes many inches to make a mile. We can only move by inches, one inch at a time.
It's when we look miles ahead and wonder "how are we going to get so far?" that we fail to move forward at all.
We can choose to live life fully focused on the moment at hand and live happily, making great progress, moving by inches.
Or, we can keep staring "in the rear view mirror", stuck with thoughts of what could have been, instead of what can now be.
Most important, we must always keep in mind that anytime we suffer a setback while moving forward, it will always be just a matter of inches, never miles..
I read this 2-3 years ago and it stayed with me. Today I want to share it with you.
Have a great week.
Jephtée
---------
Inches by Rick Beneteau
It takes many inches to make a mile. We can only move by inches, one inch at a time.
It's when we look miles ahead and wonder "how are we going to get so far?" that we fail to move forward at all.
We can choose to live life fully focused on the moment at hand and live happily, making great progress, moving by inches.
Or, we can keep staring "in the rear view mirror", stuck with thoughts of what could have been, instead of what can now be.
Most important, we must always keep in mind that anytime we suffer a setback while moving forward, it will always be just a matter of inches, never miles..
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