On this episode of The Wednesday Call, your hosts Terry Edwards and James Hill cover the topic of focus.
How do you trick yourself into staying focused? How do I stick to my calendar? How do I do what needs doing even when I don't feel like it or when I feel discouraged?
Anyone ever feel that way?
How did David slay Goliath? How did 300 Spartans win a war? How do you get things done?
You have to trick yourself sometimes! The first way you trick yourself into staying focused is by learning to give yourself the proper perspective on what we DO and not blow it all out of proportion!
Maybe you feel nervous, unsure, discouraged, etc. That doesn’t mean you let that stop you.
The bigger your destiny, dreams and goals, the more enemies you will face. Here’s the good news: your real enemy is your fear and discouragement level. Don’t let it get you.
The two big fears fall into two categories: fear of falling short and a fear of running out of something. You control what you do and where you go. Don’t shrink your dream to the size of your own personal interest. Find something bigger than you and you will push harder to do more and be more.
There will be times where you question what you are doing, but you have to keep doing. People need you even if you don’t realize it.
Fear and circumstances are not the deciding factor in your life. Your decision and what you tell yourself is what determines where you go. Stop listening to yourself and start talking to yourself.
Live your life based on your vision and not what other people want you to do. It’s your life. Do what you love or stop doing it.
Being ignorant is OK, but being belligerent is not. When you are ignorant, you can learn. When you are belligerent, you are doing it on purpose and that’s wrong. Operate with grace not bad intentions. Make sure your actions and words are headed in the same direction.
The activities that we undertake in this mission is not life threatening! Talking to strangers on the phone has got nothing on fighting for your life! This is not life threatening. This is stuff you do every day anyways it just now you are getting paid for it. Let's get some perspective on what we do!
It's ok to feel nervous about a new experience. We just can't let that hold us back... If feeling nervous about your first time doing something was all it took to stop us there would be a lot fewer babies in the world.
Just because you FEEL nervous doesn't mean you need to BE nervous...
Just because you feel discouraged doesn't mean you have to BE discouraged...
You have a job to do! You have a destiny.
Decide to know the bigger the destiny the bigger the enemies in your life. Your real enemy is NOT another person or a situation... Your real enemy is your fear and your discouragement.
What have you talked yourself out of that you know you should be doing?
Starting today... can you start talking to yourself into it instead of out of it? Don't let your fear keep you from your future! You see no one can talk you into your destiny but you!
Someone that has lost their purpose. Someone that has lost their dream. Someone that lost their family, someone that needs a place to belong, someone that wants something more in than life than to just exist, someone that's been told their entire life they are worthless and you get to tell them that THEY MATTER!
There are people depending on you!
Your manager/leader will not always be available when you call. There isn't always gonna be someone there to send you an encouraging text right when you need it... because part of being a grown up is you need to learn to encourage yourself!
Encourage yourself!
If you are discouraged it is NOT because of your conditions or your circumstances... they may be a contributing factor but they are NOT the deciding factor. Discouragement is a decision you make... when you listen to yourself... that this is how it will always be.
The problem is we spend TOO much time listening to ourselves and not enough time TALKING TO OURSELVES.
Talk to yourself all the time. Practice what you preach. Keep saying things to yourself.
Your life will follow the direction of your conversation... What are we talking about the most?
What are you talking about the most!? Your courage comes from your conversation and so does your fear and your discouragement and not just from conversations that you are having with others. That’s mostly from conversations with yourself. It’s not enough to hear it. You have to rehearse it with yourself! You need to take control of the conversation!
How do I take control? How do I trick myself? You have to do this for as long as you want it to work. These are permanent solutions as long as you permanently do these exercises. Repetition is a convincing argument.
There is a difference between screwing up and being a screw up. There is a book called “What to say when you talk to yourself” by Shad Helmstetter. This book will help you learn how to control the conversations you have with yourself. Now you can’t just read the book. You have to DO what the book teaches you. And remember … Repetition is a convincing argument.
How else?
Use your calendar and stick to it! How do I stick to it? Schedule and do! Let your pride make you stick to it.
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