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Are you sick and tired of living an ordinary life? Are you tired of going through the motions? Are you tired of just letting life happen? I encourage you today, to close your eyes, take a deep breath and tell yourself, I refuse to be average today, I'm Putting Average On Notice. The difference between average and great is a decision. You have everything you need today, right now to be great, you just need to give yourself permission to tap into your greatness. Remember greatness is not a onetime thing, it is a lifestyle. Let the world and people around you noticed something different about you today, and when they ask, "what is different about you?" you tell them that you Put Average On Notice.

There are two important days in your life, the first is, the day you were born and the second one, is discovering why. Potential is God's gift to us, we just have to be willing to work and be discipline to discover it. Discovering your potential and living up to it, means you are in purpose and that you are doing what you were created to do. We all have goals in life, but nothing should be above Living Up To Your Potential.

Everyday we are faced with challenges, everything is demanding our attention. How do we stay focused on what is important? Everything cannot have our attention, so we must focus on the thing we can control, and that is ourselves . Things we cannot control is: the weather, people, natural disasters, time and when someone dies. You must have a clear understanding about what is within your control and what is not. If you focus on the three things you can control everyday, which is, your attitude, your effort and your actions, you will be less stressed and a lot  happier.

We should all have a heart to help people, but on the flip side you must realize that you cannot help everyone. There are some people you just cannot help. You can  help them out of a hole, which they intentionally keep falling into. When helping someone you have to assess if they are ready for help at that very moment. We should all desire to help people when the opportunity arises, without forgetting that at the same time they many not be ready for your help. If you help the wrong people, you can miss the opportunities to help the right ones. Do not let the people who do not want your help, stop you from helping the ones who do.

Life is similar to putting a puzzle together, you need the pieces and they need to be in the right place. Have you ever tried to put a puzzle together without seeing the picture on the box? It is hard but not impossible, it is just going to take you longer to figure it out, because you do not know how the pieces are supposed to go together. Your life is a puzzle and it is put together by the choices that you make. Remember everything that feels good or you like it, does not mean it is meant for you. You have to choose Purpose over Feelings. It is never too late to start over. Make sure you have the right pieces in the right place.

We have all experienced complacency at some point in our lives. What did you do to un-trap yourself? How long did it take for you to realize that you were a victim of the complacency trap? Complacency is the enemy of progress. You must deliberately and intentionally questions things and change them before they become a problem. Do not get so caught up and satisfied with the things you have already done, that you forget about what you still need to do. Shake things up in your life every once in awhile. Do not be a victim of The Complacency Trap.

How long do you allow things that are not working in your life to continue to go wrong? When do you decide? When do you determine? When do you make up in your mind that "This Ain't Working For You? We have to quit saying to ourselves secretly that certain things are not working out, but in public we act like everything is o.k. Oftentimes we keep things on life support, that we should have pulled the plug on a long time ago. Do not allow people or things to setup transactions that do not work for you. Do not be afraid to speak up and acknowledge the things that are not working for you.

Life is hard enough, especially without a coach or a mentor to help you along the way. Coaches play a major role in our lives, whether it is a football, baseball, cheerleading, track, life or pastor, they have a gifting and the ability to bring out the best in us, if we would submit to their coaching. Coachability is defined by your ability to be coached. You must come with the mindset to listen with the intent to learn rather than show what you know. It does not matter if you have a Hall of Fame coach, and you do not bring coachability to the table, it is meaningless. Being coachable is a choice, regardless of what you know before you get there, you have to decide, if you are going to do it your way or the coaches way. Do some real soul searching and ask yourself, "Am I Coachable?"

Every move is important, so you must move in intentionality, because it has the potential to set you up or set you back. The purpose behind your movement does not require anything extraordinary, but every move must have a purpose. In order to move forward, you have to put yourself in the right frame of mind. With anything that you decide to do, do it with conviction and do it with a purpose. You are the only one who can make a decision to change your life. Move With Purpose!