Manure stinks but is can help us grow. “Why does God allow all this manure in my life?”

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How do we deal with screw ups from ourselves and from others? No one is perfect, even good people who try hard make mistakes.

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Many people say they want to lose weight, get stronger, kick a bad habit, but they are just too busy now. Now is not a good time. Don’t kid yourself, there will always be a reason not to do what you should be doing.

You will never be able to punish people hard enough to achieve safety. Accidents or negligent incidents do not happen because of a deliberate act, but our of carelessness, ignorance, or improper training. Punishment cannot prevent accidents and it cannot prevent deliberate acts...

When you remove challenge and replace it with comfort the end result is mental and physical weakness. Muscles do not get stronger or more healthy when you don’t use them. Your mind becomes stronger when you stimulate it.

If all you want to hear is you own opinion repeated back to you, talk to a mirror. If you ask a question, be ready to hear an answer that you did not expect or don’t like. Often questions will force us to think or come up with a better way to explain our positions.

Basic instructor training, use positive language instead of negative language. It is tough and it requires dedicated effort. As a parent you say “Stop that” or “Don’t Touch That.” Rather than saying “don’t” or “do not”, instead try implement the positive “do”.

Sometimes we need to be willing to make a big change in our lives in order to improve. Many people are afraid to make a big change so the keep making little changes and are frustrated when they do not get the results they desire.

Instructors read the lesson plan. Coaches read the student.  A coach needs to not only be a subject matter expert, he/she needs to have experience. They need to have been where the student is.

Inspiration must be the precursor to creativity. If you job required you to be creative, you need find sources of inspiration. Ernest Hemingway and Zane Grey was outdoorsmen. Rudyard Kipling traveled to several continents, including Africa. Get out from behind you desk to find inspiration.