My Purpose... 

 You hear about everyone blogging these days. My question, what is the purpose of these blogs? Then I started to question myself---what is the purpose of this blog? I spent time mulling over why this blog? What is it's purpose? Who can benefit? How will they benefit?

 That's when it really hit me, the purpose solidified. This blog is to help you develop a new attitude, to build you up and encourage and be the start of your transformation.

 Recently my husband and I were talking about those in life who remain stagnant, never growing and developing into all that God has for them. We were thinking about those who once done with school never pick up another book, attend another class or work on themselves. I'm sure you know people like this.

 Sadly, I was born into a family like this. Hence, I never knew about goal planning, developing action steps,dream boards, or personal development. I was taught you go to school (college), get a good job and get married. You stay in that job until retirement and you have a pension.

 I am so blessed that almost 10 years ago I was introduced to something better. The ability to dream again. The possibilities of better tomorrows. Most of all--- the lessons of personal development.

 My challenge to each of you my dear friends today is:

 What are your goals for the new year? 

 How many books are you going to read? 

 What courses are you going to take? 

 Most of all, what do you want to be at the end of this year and 

what are you willing to do to get there? 

For things to change you must change. What steps will you take?

 God Bless, may each one of you have a Blessed New Year and may this be the year of Personal Development!

The Land of And

I recently read an article that summarizes the problem many of us have....how do you do good and make a living at the same time?

Read this article....if this is your situation please let me know because I found a way that you can have it all.

Happy reading!


Strawberries AND Ice Cream
By Dan Miller
Remember how many times in your life you’ve been given a choice. You can go to the party OR you can study for your test tomorrow. You can start generating income now OR you can go to college. Were you really forced to choose only one?

Recently I was on a radio show where a caller presented this choice. She had been teaching at a Christian school where the parents were supportive, the kids were excited and there was a match with her own personal values. But her pay was extremely low. So in order to contribute more family income she took a teaching position in another school. Now the kids were rebellious, the parents non-supportive and there was a mismatch in values, but the pay was excellent. Her question – which environment should she choose?

Does that really need to be a choice? Is it unreasonable to think a position exists where the environment is great AND the pay is excellent?

In his new book Great by Choice, author Jim Collins clarifies this artificial choice. He says people who end up “great” don’t oppress themselves with the Tyranny of the OR, which pushes people to think things must be either A OR B, but not both. Instead, these people liberate themselves with the Genius of the AND.

You can

• Start making money AND go to school
• Have a job where you love the environment AND get paid very well
• Be disciplined AND creative
• Set goals AND be spontaneous
• Live out your passion AND make extraordinary income
• Go to college AND stay debt-free
• Drive a fun car AND be responsible

Don’t get caught in artificial OR choices. In most situations you can look for AND solutions and enjoy the best of both. Remember the Genius of the AND.

What choice did you make where now you see you could have had both?