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This is an encouraging and motivating blog written by Pastor Larry Jones. He writes a lot about stewardship, personal motivation and success. This blog was recently selected as one of the Top 20 Christian Financial websites by Bob Lotich at the Chris
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No Excuses, Just Results
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who make excuses and those who get results. The excuse person will find any excuse for why a job was not done, and a results person will find any reason why it can be done. Be a creator, not a reactor...
How Can I Become More Productive?
I'm currently in a life situation where I'm feeling somewhat productive, but I'm also feeling overwhelmed by the mundane activities of life that are draining me of energy as well as time to unwind and relax. I know that I can become more productive ...
Take A Financial Health Day! - Part 3
Today, I took my third financial health day in the last four weeks. Many of the actions I have taken in recent weeks were ideas that I picked up from Ramit Sethi's blog and book of the same name, I Will Teach You To Be Rich. I highly recommend this...
Take a Financial Health Day! - Part 2
Today, I wanted to post a quick update to my previous Take a Financial Health Day post over a week and a half ago.This morning, I took about 3 hours to finish up some final details on my Financial Health Day which included:Official submission to la...
Take a financial health day!
This video contains the following:Joking AroundA few weeks ago, a buddy and I were joking around about taking "mental health days" at his workplace. He was telling me about how he will regularly take these days off from work when he's stressed or ove...
Get the job done!
Successful people in life are go-getters. They get the job done with laser-like focus and intensity. They will do whatever it takes to accomplish the task that has been given to them.They do their homework. They formulate a plan. They do the research...
With great power comes great responsibility
Last week, I was watching reruns of the Spiderman movies on network cable TV. If you are a Spiderman fan, then you immediately recognized the title of this post. This is a quote that Uncle Ben told Peter Parker.If you are a born-gain believer in Jesu...
Are you difficult to fire?
Image by percy20 via Flickr Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might... (Ecclesiastes 9:10a)Everyone has a fear of losing their job and the security of a steady paycheck and benefits, but during a tough economy, that fear naturally i...
Creating your personal mission statement
Image by WolfS♡ul via FlickrCreating a personal mission statement is not very difficult, but it will take some time to fully think through God's plan for your life and craft something that energizes you to live life to the fullest. In God's Word we...
My Personal Mission Statement
Image by eye2eye via Flickr If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else. - Yogi BerraDirection in life is critical if you desire to be used by God for great and mighty things. Most people don't have a clue where they are g...
The mission statement of the Prophet Isaiah
Image via WikipediaTHE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim libe...
Give me a lever long enough...the power of leverage
Image via WikipediaGive me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. - ArchimedesWiktionary defines leverage as any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage; or to use, to gain advantage, to...
9 ways to increase your personal productivity
In my last two posts, I've been discussing the Tim Ferriss' approach to personal productivity as outlined in his ground-breaking book The 4-Hour Workweek.Here are some real-life solutions to gain you the time and focus you need to concentrate on the ...
Are you being productive today or just active?
Image by jaygoldman via FlickrIn The 4-Hour Workweek, author Tim Ferriss mentions a quote to ask yourself at various times during the day to assess the activity you are currently engaged in:"Am I being productive or just active?"It is so easy to rema...
18 time wasters that drain our productivity
Image via WikipediaMany books and articles have been written on personal productivity in the workplace and business. One book that offers a unique perspective on time wasters and productivity is The 4 Hour Workweek by author Tim Ferriss. Although thi...
Give Up to Go Up
Image via WikipediaWhat do you need to give up in order to go higher in your God-given purpose for your life? There are many good things that can clutter up our lives, especially if we let them get out of control such as:SleepBusiness opportunitiesPh...
The Rebecca Principle
Before he [Abraham's servant] had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor. The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain...
Are you a pillar of faith? (part 2)
Image via WikipediaIn my last post, we looked at the two great pillars of the Bible, Moses and the Apostle Paul, and what exactly made them the great pillars of our faith. Obviously, none of us will become a pillar of the faith to the historical exte...
Are you a pillar of faith? (part 1)
Our senior pastor often talks about the two great pillars of the Bible:In the Old Testament - Moses (represents the Law of God)In the New Testament - Apostle Paul (represents the Love of God or Grace)They are considered pillars of the Bible because:T...
Being successful in all your asked to do!
Image by wallyg via FlickrWhatever Saul gave David to do, he did it—and did it well. So well that Saul put him in charge of his military operations. Everybody, both the people in general and Saul's servants, approved of and admired David's leadersh...
Moving the ball forward
In every area of our lives, we are doing one of three things:creating forward momentumstanding still/or ignorant of current movementcreating negative momentumWhen we are creating forward momentum, we are focused on our goals and are highly attuned t...
Nothing is lost in God's Economy
Image via WikipediaThis morning, I read a great little devotional from the book God's Little Devotional Book for Leaders. This is so good, I wanted to share it with you. Here it is: Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with muc...
The Pursuit of Happyness - Time and Productivity
In the movie The Pursuit of Happyness, we have a great reminder of what can be accomplished if we focus our energies only on what makes us productive for our employer.In this movie, actor Will Smith plays the real-life role of Chris Gardner and accep...
Investment #6 - Invest time in what really counts! (Productivity)
Today, I continue my series "7 Investments that place you in the flow of God's wealth." You can see all of the related blog posts in the series here.The Poor Christian stays very busy while accomplishing very little.The Rich Christian has focused int...
