Your mind is the environment your future is incubated in.

You’ve heard me talk about VISION and imagination as they influence your future. We have discussed how to craft your vision, how to articulate your vision and what emotional, visual and goal oriented elements your vision must have to face tough obstacles and setbacks in your life.

Today, I want you to really focus on the THOUGHTS which have the power to bring success into your life.

If you have crafted your vision and feel excited about the prospects of seeing it come to fruition, you are off to a great start. But if you only “feel” excited when you read through your vision statement and then you go back to the same feelings you had before, you are living in the past.

Your MIND MUST CHANGE if you want to feel the future you envision. Your mind is the environment your future is incubated in. Make your mind a clear and safe place to grow new thoughts. Take time regularly to concentrate focused energy on HOW WINNING WILL FEEL when you reach your goals successfully.

Choose one highly charged, positively emotional thought for your future happy life. Spend at least 10 minutes today THINKING AND FEELING that thought until it seems so real you have to punch yourself.

Leaders must manage their own mind and influence the thoughts of those around them.

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"I don't like to be beholden to anybody"

be·hold·en

/bəˈhōld(ə)n/Submit

adjective

owing thanks or having a duty to someone in return for help or a service.

synonyms: indebted, in someone's debt, obligated, under an obligation;

Who are you beholden to?

Who do you OWE for favor(s) you have received?

If you believe the answer is no one, you have simply deceived yourself.

Listen to the story in the video and see if you can better relate to the obligations we sometimes find ourself unintentionally committing to.

Leaders are always beholden to someone. The power of great leadership rests in choosing who that will be.

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Three words every leader should practice but most can’t hardly say.

“I was wrong” or “I stand corrected.”

Great leaders know the difference between an excuse, a justification, a reason and a revelation.

EXCUSE

When something doesn’t happen as it should and we blame someone else for the failure. Subordinates do this often.

REASON

An explanation of “facts” which prevented something from being accomplished. Some of those facts are real and some are imagined. “I couldn’t get any help because no one understands me.”

JUSTIFICATION

Some people have all the reasoning in the world why they don’t want to complete a task or project and they will always find something to prevent doing it then explain why the other task was “more pressing or important at the time.” Often looks like the tyranny of the urgent.

REVELATION

When a subordinate can truly explain why the project was not completed or an action not taken based on information NEW TO YOU as the leader - now its time to OWN UP and admit you were wrong.

Leaders who demand and insist on certain outcomes or results without considering all the facts are tyrants.

Leaders who can never admit a wrong are not leaders long.

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“If you know what’s good for you...”

How many times have you heard a phrase like that?

How often do you truly ponder what is good for you?

How often do you find it difficult to do what you know you should?

Leaders are required to make the tough decisions. To do what we know is best for everyone involved. The average person reserves the right to remain average, to resist change, to ignore warning signs, to duck the obvious. Leaders do not have that same luxury.

Like my grandson fighting going to sleep because he is already over tired from missing his nap, average people often struggle, resist and enter reluctantly the season of change. Rest becomes impossible to find. Peace is buried in anxiety. Depression lurks at the door for those who fight what they know is good for them.

Lean in when struggles come. On the other side you will be stronger. Trust your team, your training and your past successes. Even what seems totally new and out of the blue is something to have successfully conquered before. Surrender to the flow and breath deep.

Leaders do not ignore “what’s good for them” they seek the challenge and grow through it.

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Like children longing to “grow up” too soon, many people seem to be anxious to hasten the end. But are they ready?

Are you ready for the next season?

The new year?

Early retirement?

The end of a long relationship?

The end of a career?

We seldom see the trajectory of unintended consequences. We take radical action to speed up the process, to get it over with, to move on without full awareness of what the next phase will look like.

If you we driving toward a hole in the road which didn’t exist an hour ago, wouldn’t you expect a warning of some sort? A road sign or barricade at least?

As you hasten to the end of a relationship, career, youth, or even your life are you looking for the warning signs? Leaders are not only expected to be prepared but also to prepare and equip their teams.

So here is my heads up for you. Jesus is coming. Not as a baby in a manger but as a conquering King and every human will either father with Him or scatter abroad. Are you prepared? If you’re not sure private message me and let’s chat.

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“Change doesn’t happen until the pain of staying the same is greater than the effort required to change.” JOHN MAXWELL

“While change is inevitable, and change is required to gain improvement, NOT ALL CHANGE is an improvement.” Dr. Myles Munroe

Change is up to you. You will submit to change and follow it or you will stand in the way. IF you choose to stand in the way of change be prepared to fight.

There are times when resisting change are required - like when principles are being violated, when rights are being violated, when freedom is at risk.

There are also times when being the only one resisting change could cost you everything, even your life. Consider Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Leaders plan change, orchestrate change, manage change. Leaders also know when to stand on principles and resist change.

A new year is coming. Change is coming. Where will you stand??

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This season of giving should bring out something new in each of us.

Leaders are influencers. Part of our role is to demonstrate and model the right way of both giving and receiving.

If you give and feel slighted because you did not get the “THANK YOU!” you believe you DESERVED, you are giving for the wrong reason. You should not “give” for the purpose of getting “thank you’s” but because your gift could change the life of someone else.

We should also receive with great grace. Gratitude and appreciation should be a joyful return for any gift of any size from anyone. To be grateful for only the best gifts and only from the most important people is immature and completely misses the point. It also slights anyone who gives from a pure motive and humble resources.

In short. GIVE not for recognition but for kindness. Receive with extravagant gratitude any gift. Model graciousness on both sides. That’s what great leaders do.

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Expectations change the way your brain works.

Attitude = thoughts + emotion.

When you face a day with known obstacles, your ability to envision success will crucial. Many people will allow the obstacles to cause negativity, discouragement, frustration, and anxiety. If you CHOOSE these toxic thoughts and corresponding emotions, your brain will be filled with numerous toxic hormones and chemicals all day.

If you face the tough obstacles of the day with the attitude “This is a great opportunity to learn something.” You have chosen to manage your expectations and your emotions. You have chosen to require your brain. The chemicals in your brain which affect breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, digestion and over all brain functions will be healthy rather than toxic.

You must choose your attitude. I highly recommend an attitude of positive expectations.

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