Sunday, April 15, 2012

Fruitful! V-Blog



Bearing the fruit of your labor...
-Your efforts start to pay off
-Celebrate & share your accomplishments
-Success brings about more success
-Ride the wave & roll with the punches
-Get ready to be noticed
-Listen! Always stay open
-Take inventory & monitor what it takes to produce

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Pruning the Vine

Hello there! As we continue to make our way through the chapters of Focused, Fruitful & Fearless, I hope you are finding bits of inspiration to keep you motivated, grounded and on the path to your definition of success. We now enter chapter 3 titled Pruning the Vine. Are you ready for the doors to open and the blessings to pour in? Well get ready. Preparation is key when you take any journey. So whether it’s a degree, a new career or relocation – make sure you are prepared. First of all remove all distractions and debris. This means anything that can derail your focus, including people, bad habits and negative thoughts. Your mind is very powerful and spending time talking against yourself will do you no good. Make room for the opportunity. Ask yourself, if I got what I wanted would my life be able to receive it? Next, build a team of support. Who are your people? This can be parents, siblings, friends, co-workers, mentors or anyone willing to be a sounding board or give great advice. Make a list of people you know you can count on to be honest with you in case you get in over your head. Develop conducive habits and a lifestyle that reflects the end goal. Nothing ever just drops from the sky and those who are well prepared always prevail. Finally, start walking and talking like it’s done. This doesn’t mean you don’t have more work to do but walk forward as if you know it’s going to happen! Prune the vine and get ready.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Daydreaming?...Wake Up!!

Hello movers & shakers. As promised, I will be blogging about different areas of focus from my upcoming book Focused, Fruitful & Fearless: 3 Principles of Success. Today we visit chapter 2 titled, Focused or Dreaming? If you are anything like me, you enjoy daydreaming and thinking about your future goals and endeavors. This is all well and good until you get to a point where you are fantasizing about goals and not actually pursuing anything. Everything starts with imagination, but then it needs to develop and manifest itself through your actions. Taking action is a very necessary step. Do you have a task list ready? Make one. Have you set short term goals and deadlines to keep you on task? Start a “to-do”list for everyday or every week with items that must be completed. Rank from high priority to low priority. Do not overwhelm yourself, but try to put some order to what you are doing. If something is taking up a lot of your time, but produces nothing – it’s time re-evaluate how you are utilizing your time. If you still find yourself spinning your wheels, here are 2 questions to consider; Do you know what you want? Can you describe in detail what the goal is? That is all for now my friends. Keep dreaming big, but remember to work it!