The 5 Laws That Determine All of Life’s Outcomes

So I finished this book this week.  It has an interesting premise that success in anything is predictable.  If you consistently follow certain principles that successful people follow, you will also find success.  

These laws are applicable to relationships, business, and any other endeavor.  It seems to be based on sound evaluation of many professional and personal experiences observed by the author. 

The writing is quick, useful and illustrative of each point.  Brett Harward is the author and the book is one that can steer you in the right direction for success.

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Some Quotes Worth Thinking About

“Things may come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hustle.” Abraham Lincoln

“There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush.” Robert Frost

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss

“We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.” James E. Faust

“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” Frank Tibolt

Many thanks to a friend from whom these quotes are shamelessly copied from.

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Vacation

So I enjoyed a few days in St. George, Utah over the Thanksgiving Holiday.  It was nice.  We have family down there that we have not seen for about a year and a half and we really do like going down there.  

I thought about trying to check my email or do something work related while we were down there.  Turns out that I couldn’t really find a good enough wireless unsecured signal for me to piggy back on.  I have secured my wireless network here so it is not that surprising that they might do it too.

When I got back, I checked my email to see what was going on and. . . .  Nothing.  Oddly enough it seems that people have chosen to also enjoy the holidays and I had nothing work related to do.  Sometimes you just need time off with the family to remember what is important and to take care of the business that matters really.  I have never ever heard an older person say that they wished they had worked more or had more time at the office.  The things that matter are friends and family, all the rest can be replaced.  

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Trudgery at Home

Is not what I am doing.  I hope it is not what you are doing either.  A great man who also happens to be the President of George Wythe University coined this word.  A Tragic Drudgery would be trudgery.

It is bad enough that what we are doing is boring or drudgery.  Sometimes working at home with a small family seems like drudgery.  There is always another minor fight between the kids, another mess to clean up, another diaper to change (I still have small kids at home) or anything else that becomes routine and by extension, boring.

This is normal.  There are always parts of life that will seem boring and not really worth it.  Where it is a problem and becomes tragic is when none of the reptetive actions are making any difference or progress.  When you beocme stuck in a rut, going through the same things, spinning your wheels if you will, and not making any progress that is a tragedy.

People are on this earth to make a difference and to go forward to future problems and corresponding triumphs.  It is partly a mind game and partly what you choose to do.

If you see something like changing a diaper and only look at it from the perpsective of cleaning up a scatological mess, then it can for sure seem drudgery.  But what if you change your perpsective.  If you look at the task as something you can do to help out a little one that is growing and developing and progressing to someday choosing what nursing home they will put you in, then it takes on a whole new meaning.

OK, I’m joking a little bit about the nursing home part, but if you see it as just another step along the path of growing up and helping your child to enjoy as much of each day as possible, then maybe it won’t seem too bad.

I have been working from home this morning and trying to get free traffic to my websites.  This involves some rather repetetive work that can at times seem even boring.  The idea is not to make every moment exciting and the best times ever that will be forever remembers in the annals of history as one complete triumph after another, but to see the moment for what it truly is.

And by “truly”, I mean Truly, in the way God sees it.  Are we really wasting our time, or are we adding value to our lives or the lives of our families?  Are we developing skills, honing skills, helping people, or otherwise using our time to do good and bless lives?  

The more we work to add value to our lives and bless the lives of others, the more value we create and will be rewarded for it in the free market.

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Why Work For Yourself?

Some people wonder and fret over whether to take the plunge and create their own employment.  Others simply plunge ahead full tilt and consequenced be danged.

The truth of the matter is that not all people are cut out to work for themselves.  Some people need and demand the security of a regular job with a regular pay check.  The problem with that mindset is that job security really is not secure any more.  Well, maybe with some of the new government programs we have now, job security will become real with more and more government bailouts of failing businesses.

Personally, I chose to go forward and to carve out my own future with the help and training of people who have successfully blazed the trail before me.  I think it is a good place for me to go.

Of course, not everyone will follow the same path and that is as it should be.  We are all allowed and should be encouraged to make our own decisions and forge ahead.  Being your own boss is not for everybody.

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The First Post

There are some web sites out there that have fun with the concept of a first post in a discussion thread and then will filter those words to form a new and, at least to some people, embarassing and inappropriate word.

This blog will be about business, home and family life while trying to eke out an existence on this grand old planet we call earth.

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