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Time Management: the art of “on-time” Post #100

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Before we get started, this is a mile stone post for me and www.patiencetodominate.com . This is post #100 thank you to all who commented and believed from the beginning.  Cheers to another 100 posts about patient leadership and clear vision.

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Recently, I have needed help with being on time. When I analyzed the reason that I was not on time, the most prevalent was that I was still preparing when it was time to leave.

Preparation, preparation, preparation

Wether the meeting was early in the morning or in the afternoon I was still in preparation phase when it was time to launch. The number one tool to help you be on time is preparation.  Prepare as if you were going to the interview of a lifetime.  Know your main goal. Call all the people involved.  Confirm details of all travels and paperwork.   Get ready for all the good and foresee the bad. Don’t be a willing participant of the time takers. Big gossip helps no one.  I said before, ” Your problem is not my emergency.

Write

Writing is commitment. When you write where you supposed to be then you can rule out some time wasters and time slowing activities.  Write list that can be performed early.  Write everything down even if it is in the wrong place. You will get more organized later but for now just write it down. This leads to the third principle of the art of “on-time”.

Review

Review everything you write and those things that are so big you do not have to write.  All situations are helped with an honest review.  Preparation saves time, Writing sets commitment and reviewing puts you in control. Have no fear when you preview your tomorrow and you review your plans.

Early Action

Early action puts you in the flow of the art of “on-time”. All of the other steps are good and you need to apply each one daily.  Start early to do tasks on your list that will keep you on time later. Early action prevents regret later.

 

I am going to use these traits to perfect the art of on-time what about you?  See you at a meeting! What principles can you add to these four?

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Operation Patience: RGIII is ready to Dominate

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Courtesy of Yahoo Sports

Operation Patience

When Robert Griffin III wore his “Operation Patience” shirt this week during pregame warm-ups I was ecstatic because this is the mind set needed to come back from anything especially an injury like he suffered last year. Recall when “Operation Patience” was operating on patient” Namely RGII. I remember pointing out the treatment center where Dr. James Andrews treats athletes to my son. We were driving by the same day RGIII was in Birmingham to have his surgery. My son asked how long it would take. I thought as it up to him and the Lord. It seems RGII and the Lord did their job and now the coach is doing his job to protect the athlete. Patience is mind-set that takes time because even when you are ready maybe all the other forces are not.

Had Coach Mike Shanahan employed “Operation Patience” during the final game of the season and taken Griffin out we probably wouldn’t be in this discussion now. Patience learns from its mistakes. Looking forward with expectation but waiting for the right opportunity takes patience. The NFL fined RGIII for wearing this shirt but the message to the fans and the world is clear. The coach and front office of the Washington Redskins learned the lesson of patience. Preparation and timing are forged in patience. RGII and the Redskins are set and reloaded thanks to “Operation Patience”.

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Retrain You : Change the narrative

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You have to retrain to be a better you. In order to cross the next barrier change the narrative. Vintage UK England queen Elizabeth 2 Buckingham Palace 1970s Vintage UK England Queen Elizabeth 2 Buckingham Palace 1970s
How you see yourself and how you see the situation will determine how you see the end results.There are many things we do by habit that hold us back. In most situations we are our worst enemy . The process of retraining takes serious dedication. The dedication is necessary because the retraining primarily is in the mind. You have to constantly stop previous thoughts and perceptions.
Change the Narrative
Someone or something is narrating your life right now. Your job is to make sure it is the narrative you want. You have to check this daily because influencers are all around you. You change the narrative by writing your goals and sticking to them.
Retrain your mind
Recently I received a referral for Spencer Wood Recycling from a friend I haven’t spoken with in 3 years. Note: Thank God for the blessing of longevity.  This new customer was in an area that I have not visited for a very long time. I thought it was not a good area did not have any good prospects. It turns out that there are many  opportunities to expand. I had to retrain my mind that there are  opportunities everywhere.
Undermine bad habits
Bad habits are anything that detracts from the dream. Too much sleep is a bad habit that robs you of energy.  One of my bad habits is over thinking a  situation. I combat this by revisiting my goals and staying conscious of my flaw enough to  retrain my thought process.  Look for a moment to discover your bad habits then explode them by retraining yourself to perform good habits that promote achievable dreams.
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We Close

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We close

I will see you, touch you and feel you, sooner than you think

I want to throw my arms around you and pull you close. I want to run after you as soon as you are gone.

We close because forces are trying to get us apart

We close because I feel you when I don’t see you

We close because I smell you like honeysuckle in early spring

Why does life want us apart , why can’t they see I deserve you and we are better together.

I have been preparing for you all of my life. I groom for you, I train for you, I even leave my family for you.

We close, because wherever I go you follow me and sometimes you show up before I do.

It is true you are waiting on me and I miss you sometimes but you know my heart is set on you.

This time I will cherish you, I will show you off and I definitely will protect you. The world will know we are together and expect me to bring you everywhere. How many more times do I have to say it We Close. I wont give up on you because I want the joy of your sweet reward.

Presidents want you, business people negotiate for you, athletes hope to hold you for a few moments and families put you on a pedestal yet you call my name. And I will call yours.

SUCCESS …………….. We Close!

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Confessions for a Healthy Life

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Modern Medicine is a gift from God. We are grateful for the men and women that God has anointed to study and practice healing from a natural perspective. To dominate life by be healed,healthy and whole I suggest you take the medicine prescribed by the Bible. To do that you should confess or say aloud God perspective and Word on healing. Below are some scriptures that you can say over you and your loved ones.

I lay hands on the sick and they do recover

Isaiah 53: 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him: and with His stripes we are healed.

He that is in me is greater than he that is in the world

Malachi 4:2 But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

I have a healthy household

Luke 9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.

More of these confessions will be in my future project on the power of God’s word and how to use it. Until then be sure to sign up and get ready for my First book the Patience to Dominate available in one month.

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Stay prosperous: Honor the Sabbath

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Yesterday was one of the oddest Sunday’s I have experienced in a while. We did not attend church service because we were sending my son off to Boy Scout camp early in the morning. This Sunday was odd because of the scripture from the Bible that our family studied all week was Jeremiah 17. One particular verse was Jeremiah 17:24.

How my children see Jeremiah 17

24 And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein;

There are other verses that support this precept but I challenged myself to go literal with this scripture and test to see if I could keep to the letter of the law and do absolutely no work. This seems like an easy task but the truth of the matter is that every moment of free time can be taken up by thoughts and actions directly related to work. I wanted to work on this blog which opposes this scripture. Then I said I would prepare the vehicles for Monday’s assignment more labor on the Sabbath. Around the house more chores and organizing continued to call my name.

At every turn and thought of labor I thanked God for giving time in the future and making a way for all the task to be complete. Then I decided to give Him the glory at every thought of labor and turn my heart to the blessing He bestowed on me. Thinking on Him all day was different than I had experienced in a long while. This is when I likened this Sunday to a day of fasting. Giving up something for the Lord’s sake.

We now have grace under the blood of Jesus and it is difficult to truly rest on the Sabbath. I challenge you to pick a Sabbath and try to be strict about and see how liberal God will be with His blessing.

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Diligence makes dreams achievable

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To stay serious or diligent about a daily task assures that complacency does not enter your mind.  Keep complacency at bay by creating activities that promote progress.

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want

The term “plenteousness” should be a thought believers seek out. We have a Father who is thinking about us dominating the earth, we should line up to his way of thinking.

Allow your mind to focus on the abundance of the Kingdom of God here on this earth. Once the influence of change raises its head you have to give it room to roam, do not sequester it.  We hold up advancement in our lives with doubt and fear .  These are enemies to those who are serious about their dreams.  Lack of diligence is evident to all observers so do not fool yourself by making excuses.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Most of us are pretty serious about the work that provides a roof over our families but to achieve what I call full bodied success we must hit our lives with a “shock and awe” type attack.  Surprise your daily routine with actions that will uplift your status immediately. Try it today, put all of the phone calls that are hard or challenging up first and make them without fear.  Anything that will move the ball forward must be done today.  For those of you that claim that you want more family time get serious about it today and make a commitment that you will stick to and provide short term actions that indicates that you are truly serious.  Remember:

Dominate your thoughts,  Dominate your Actions, Dominate your World tm

Get so serious about winning that you have no lapses in judgment and that’s when you will see domination occur. You have no lapses judgment when you do not “deal with a slack hand” and you are sure about your purpose. Diligence makes people look different and according to the Bible they never fall and diligence makes you rich.

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich

Diligence ties the principles of patience together. Proverbs 21:5 infers to that those who are hasty will have want or lack in their lives. The “Patient Mind” continues forward adding the necessary tools and actions to be successful. If you are seriously diligent about life you can “achieve your dreams”.

2 Peter 1:4-6

5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

 

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Impenetrable Vision

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Birmingham Police Chief AC Roper made a comment in a speech that ignited an idea.

I have to solidify, codify what I want to become. How will Christmas 2013 look? What steps are needed to get there? What do I have to run from? What must I turn to?

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The dictionary definition of of impenetrable is:

1.not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc. 2. inaccessible to ideas, influences, etc.3. incapable of being understood; inscrutable; unfathomable: an impenetrable mystery

If your vision lacks clarity continue to write until it is crystal clear. Most vision takes time to develop and you have to shed the outside influences that want to attach to your original purpose.  When ideas are written it is easy to return to and hard to depart from them.

Vision is impenetrable when you support it with positive audible confessions.  You have to encourage yourself in the interim. I am a big advocate for making your claim audible especially to yourself. Your vision of success has to be the loudest most consistent voice in your head. To combat feelings of loneliness visionaries have to hear positive reinforcements and insulate themselves from naysayers.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive  vision.

Dalai Lama

out for fake dream helpers. These are people who have aspirations close your vision but only steal your energy. Fake dream helpers are like familiar spirits, they seem to be exactly what you need to acquire your vision. In reality they are just hoping to be close to you when success arrives.  Check everyone’s motives and value before making a commitment.

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Supernatural Business

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SuperNatural Business is the name of a book by Mike Floyd of Mike Floyd Ministries. The entire book is timeless and is filled with wisdom and practical business insight rarely shared in a book. The wisdom of Mr. Floyd leaps off the pages to gently guide you to understand the tenets of a Supernatural Business.
Chapter 7 is devoted entirely to Patience and named “The Virtue of Patience”. As you can imagine when I came upon this chapter my senses were captivated. One of the scriptures he uses is,
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Heb 6:12
He writes, “This verse shows that faith and patience are “power twins”. I agree that these two virtues can make your business a “Supernatural” success. Niether is easy by itself but together they can move any mountain. Power comes from knowing that your faith in your endeavors is undergirded with the patience to produce results.
The chapter “The virtue of Patience” is worth reading the entire book and the quotes are like nuggets of gold all over this project. Take a weekend and explore how to make you business a Supernatural Business.

Wisdom will show you the value of patience… Mike Floyd

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Small steps every single day

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  • Joint Base Lewis McChordImproving your attitude and response to nagging issues can be a catalyst to great success
  • Change your habits so that you look like who you want to become
  • There are no vacations from improvements

Ephesians 3:12-13 (KJV)

12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.

13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

 Confidence can be added through small successful steps.  Progress of any kind extends your patience. All marathons began with one step forward.  Some dreams are lofty but with a good plan and a lot of small steps you can reach the apex.

2 Corinthians 5:6-8 (KJV)

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

 Humans constantly search for the fast immediate cure to appear but leave off the fact that most significant contributions need lots of patient processes.  Beauty in the journey becomes evident when you pay attention to the details.  Details like going to obscure gatherings that will educate you on how to perfect your craft. Details fix cracks in your thinking that could side track momentum.  It takes a calm mind to enjoy the miniscule thoughts and pleasures knowing that all things benefit greater goals.  One solid way to add confidence is to improve responses to nagging issues.  Your response determines your character. Daily monitor physical and oral responses because these are little actions that promote big feelings.  Change habits to mimic who you want to become.  If your desires are royal then your habits should reflect this.

 

James 1:4

But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing

There are no vacations from improvements.  Once a goal or dream is achieved immediate recalculation is necessary. Slipping back into old habits or thought processes can make victories fleeting.  Enjoy the progress and add more expectations.  There is no limit, one step at a time.

What small step will you make towards your goal today?

Hebrews 6:14-16 (KJV)

14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise