Everyone has a Dad Story and Ely Delaney is no exception.

Ely joins us to discuss his Dad philosophy and some of his experiences balancing being an entrepreneur and home life.

Ely Delaney is your Automated Systems Strategist and is also known as “The People Whisperer”. He is very well known for one of his coolest sayings which is “ #meetcoolpeople ”.

He’s the creator of The Follow Up Rockstar System, teaching entrepreneurs how to go from surviving to thriving in any economy through the art and science of building strong relationships and following up for LIFE.

He’s an Amazon bestselling author with his two books “Marketing Tidbits” and “Networking Tidbits”.

With a passion for connecting people, his best-selling training course “Networking Like A Rockstar” has over 1373 students registered globally.

Ely helps speakers, authors, and coaches automate their follow-up to grow their business without having to have an MBA from MIT. He’s the guy to help you build a 24/7 automated system and turn you into a Follow-Up Rockstar!

If you would like to get to know Ely better, contact him at https://connectwithely.com and let him know you heard about him on our show.

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Your choices have a direct effect on the level of light or darkness you walk in.

Your level of ignorance or revelation is therefore based on your choice to investigate and learn new things.

Thee was a study of successful people and their choices towards education versus entertainment.

The healthy, wealthy, and wise made choices towards education and learning new things. The unhealthy, unwealthy, and unwise made choices towards entertainment.

Our light is impacted by other people and the level of influence they have on us.

It’s the same for our kids. Other people influence their light. How do they learn discernment and to filter out other people’s crap and agendas if you aren’t modeling that for them?

Are you cursing your kids to mediocrity?

Show them how to break out so that 5 generations from now, they are singing your praises.

Thoughts from 1 John 1:3-5

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We basically learn two ways: either from our own experiences or the lessons others teach us through books or their experience.

We also learn more from our loses than from our wins when we apply an open mind to learning.

Therefore Learning + Applied Understanding = Wisdom

In other words, we acquire more wisdom from understanding how we screwed things up and not repeating the same mistakes. If we repeat them, it may be said, we didn’t really learn the lesson.

Responsibility = Strength

We grow stronger by lifting heavy burdens which means taking on more responsibility.

As Dads and Moms, our words have the power to kill.

Let me tell you a story about something my Mom said to me about my Dad.

Thoughts from Proverbs 23:24

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I had a painful experience the other day. A friend had forgotten a conversation we had and because of that I was hurting emotionally.

I found that this affected my attitude for a few hours. When I realized how it was affecting me and my decision making regarding things I had to do, I decided to forgive them and it helped lift the rest of the issues I was dealing with.

Forgiveness is a seed and it brings forth fruit.

Don’t let someone else’s unintentional or intentional act affect you so that you make permanent choices for a temporary situation.

Sharing an article on the suicide bombing and murder of Egyptian Copts in Alexandria, Egypt. The news anchor, Amr Adeeb, famous in Egypt, was stunned by the forgiveness shown by the wife/mother they interviewed.

Thoughts from Colossians 3:13

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How often do you have events or circumstances that come around repeat themselves?

We have wins and losses that help us learn how to handle events as they come.

Today is a 4:00 am morning because we have to travel some place and I have to get things done. But I recognized that it is exactly when we would all have to be getting ready for school and work in a couple of weeks.

So, while there aren’t any dress rehearsals for life, as it were. There are opportunities for us to learn how to handle things coming in the future.

Thoughts from Psalm 34:8

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This morning, as I was having some personal meditation and prayer time before recording, I was confused by something I had read and was thinking about how I am “living”.

Am I living according to my values and core beliefs or am I lying to myself and my family? Am I being the man I want them to perceive or am I falling down? What core values do I need to work on to improve myself?

Thoughts from Galatians 5:25

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Yesterday, I was having a coaching conversation with some leaders at a company. I had to help them remove the blinders from their eyes in order to improve their teams sales and operational performance.

Affirmations are statements that are made until belief grows and triggers your brain to believe what you are saying. The reason most people who write down and read affirmations get frustrated and quit, is not only because of their lack of discipline, but also they are not getting the dopamine hit from instant gratification.

Where do you put your energy? What do you commitment your efforts to?

I’ve spent a lot of time in my life thinking about the voice of Dad that I was missing growing up.