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That Can Save Civilization
1. Use less
2. Enjoy it more
3. Simplify everything
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3 Things … September 19th, 2019
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That Will Help You to Flourish
1. Possessing an intelligent and balanced reaction when you lose.
2. You no longer fear discovering and discussing the troubled areas of your life that need work.
3. Deep appreciation for the efforts and excellence of others.
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1 Thing You Can Do to Escape Distractions
Don’t talk about what needs to be done—do something
As you read this, you might conclude that this statement is so practical that it sounds common, and therefore could be considered just drivel.
But if you take a candid look at the flow of our present national conversation, you will discover that we have replaced taking action with a series of debates and dare I say, Town Halls, where we discuss all the life out of every idea, until it’s pronounced dead on arrival.
Yes, we’ve begun to believe that thinking, wishing, praying and conversing is equivalent to doing something.
How about a powerful piece of advice?
No problem is solvable—that’s why we’ve dubbed it a problem.
If we sit around and discuss our impasses and struggles, we will only grow more cynical and therefore, open the door to a stubborn spirit telling us we’ve done enough.
For instance, if the dilemma in the world is starvation, then find one family in your community which needs groceries and take over a few every week.
Discussing world poverty will provide no relief for the pangs of hunger.
But if you move out on what you have, there will be one family who benefits because you did something.
Likewise, if you believe that millennials are spending too much time on social media, then simply offer a millennial the opportunity to join into something other than download and scan.
Stop stumbling over the problem and start studying the elements that cause it.
Pick one problem and do something to address it.
You can yell all you want about gun violence or insist on the need for gun control, but it’s much more intelligent to take a group of kids at your church or in your neighborhood and present the pros and cons of what a gun is and what a gun can do.
The first step to removing yourself from being a clown is to take off the makeup.
If you look like everybody else, then you are everybody else.
So don’t discuss what the problems are. Instead, do something.
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3 Things … September 12th, 2019
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That Determine Your Effectiveness
1. Can you say yes or no without feeling the need to make excuses?
2. Do you truly know what you actually don’t know?
3. Can you stop comparing yourself to others?
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1 Thing You Can Do to Freshen Your Endurance
Take the Garbage Out More Frequently
I suppose it is nearly a family tradition to have one moment of time each day when the garbage is removed from the container, tied off at the top and carried out to the can, to await the arrival of that special man or woman who does us the great service of toting it someplace far away, where we never have to worry about it again.
The only problem with that plan is that sometimes, thrown into the pail, are the remains of a fish dinner, chopped-up onions or any array of discarded items from the kitchen that have no intention of leaving this Earth without stinking up the joint.
If you decide to wait until garbage removal time, these “putrids” can leave a lasting impression on your house for days to come.
Likewise, in our times, the sacred issue not being addressed has nothing to do with lying, politics, school shootings, immigration or climate control, but rather, the question, how can we dispose of these odious issues once they’ve invaded our house through the 24-hour news cycle and then decide to hang around, making everything stinky-poo?
God knows there’s nothing I can do to prevent garbage from coming my way.
But I can certainly bag it up and get it out of my presence as quickly as possible.
This is how, as mature, competent humans, we must survive this era of fantasy and horror.
So for every five-minute news story I hear telling me of doom and gloom, I need to spend ten minutes with my family, enjoying a sweet season of silly.
For every two hours binge-watching an apocalyptic mini-series, I need to allow myself a chance to go in another room and create something—anything except digging a bomb shelter.
Garbage comes.
The trick is knowing when to take it out—how quickly to get it away from your life, so the smell doesn’t linger in your kitchen and cling to your living area.
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3 Things … September 5th, 2019
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That Make You Seem Educated
1. You never bring up your education.
2. You purposefully, by design, spend 51% of your time listening.
3. You aren’t sure about anything.
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3 Things … August 29th, 2019
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That Have to Happen Before What You Want to Happen Actually Can Happen
1. Take an honest inventory of what you have and what you can do
2. Immediately turn all of your wishing into a passion of present action
3. Imitate what you desire in your life right here and right now
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