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Electrical Code Academy
Certified Master Electrical Code Professional
KC Rhino
Raj Guendoo
John Maxwell
Enjoy and have a great week If you enjoy this podcast, please feel free to leave a comment below, share with a friend and also visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SurgingForward/ We also have a You Tube page where you can watch the actual podcast; visit us at https://www.youtube.com/user/surgingforward Looking to network and get personal training visit us and like us on facebook click here Connect with me on Linkedin Follow us on twitter click here Follow us on Instagram. Contractor and Tradesman Courses to help you Get and Retain your Tradesman License; visit our website at www.surgingforward.com ________________.To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die A time to plant, a time to reap A time to kill, a time to heal A time to laugh, a time to weep
A time to build up, a time to break down A time to dance, a time to mourn A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
What both the song and the Bible verse are saying is there are times for all these things. Quality time and having fun is fine, but we do not live in a fantasy video game world. If your priorities in life are only about doing the fun things then you will not have a successful life. It is important for us to understand our priorities. If you spend your time only doing fun things like playing video games, watching TV or hanging around drinking beer then you will not be successful. In the same way if you work all the time, you will have all the money you need and nice things, but you are never home with your family. You have no real life, so again you will not be successful. If you want to be successful then you need to find a balance. You cannot just work all the time and you cannot just have fun all the time. Life flies by so quickly so you have to have your priorities established. Necessities Are a Priority There are the necessities of life that need to be taken care of like putting food on your table, and making sure you and your family have shelter. These are necessities and these are a priority. Good Friends and Family are a Priority Good friends and family are worth the effort even though you may not always agree on everything. It is a priority to keep you and your family safe. Even if you do not have a family, you need to take care of yourself as well as those around you. Some people seem to want to live in a world of “what is in it for me” thus losing sight of how they can be of service to others. They want others to do everything for them. This concept is so flawed because you become dependent on having other people do things for you. You should be the one doing for others. By only taking care of your own self and the pleasures of life you miss out on the real meaning of having good friends and family. A Good Reputation is a Priority When you are doing for others and working hard companies take notice. Companies know who their good workers are. Even if they don’t acknowledge your hard work, other workers around you notice and will want to work with you because of your reputation. Making Good Choices is a Priority Your priorities in life should be doing and making choices that are right for your life. Other people are going to make choices that affect your life. You can’t react to their choices. Sometimes you need to take a minute and think about how you should proceed. If you proceed the wrong way you could end up in jail. You may end up making a decision you regret if you made your decision based solely on emotion. Before making your decision think about your priorities and what is best for your life. People want to avoid all struggles, but life happens and it is the struggles that make us stronger. Each struggle helps us to get stronger to face the next struggle. You can’t stick your head in the sand and hope that things go away, but you do not have to go through the struggles alone. If you hang around the right group of people you will not have to go it alone and if your friends are not there then maybe it is time to get a new set of friends. Look at your friends see if they are bringing you up or bringing down. Do they have the same priorities in life as you do or are their priorities counteractive to what you are trying to do? There is always someone for you to reach out to that will help you before you react and make a wrong decision like quitting your job. What are your priorities? If you do not like the place where you work, or the circumstance that you are in and you feel like you are going nowhere; get some input from 4-5 people you respect. Think about where you want to go. What are your priorities? Figure out what skills you will need to take you to the next level. There are courses out there on line check out Surging Forward.com or I can advise you of other web sites that are out there. Figure out what is best for your success. My success is not your success. Your success is your success. Your Surging Forward is your Surging Forward and it is different from another person’s. Enjoy and have a great week If you enjoy this podcast, please feel free to leave a comment below, share with a friend and also visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SurgingForward/ We also have a You Tube page where you can watch the actual podcast; visit us at https://www.youtube.com/user/surgingforward Looking to network and get personal training visit us and like us on facebook click here Connect with me on Linkedin Follow us on twitter click here Follow us on Instagram. Contractor and Tradesman Courses to help you Get and Retain your Tradesman License; visit our website at www.surgingforward.com ________________.Why am I here?
What do I like to do?
Why do I want to do other things?
What is important to me?
What am I good at doing?
Knowing “your why” will help keep you on the right track throughout your life. Understanding “your why” will help you define your goals and help you understand your purpose in life. You determine what your why is by thinking about the questions above. Here are examples of some “Your Whys”, but these are just to get you thinking:Wanting to fix and repair AC units, to help people’s lives be more comfortable.
Wanting to be an electrician to provide power for others.
Aiming to be able to provide safe running water for others.
Desiring to serve others.
Being the best at something you enjoy doing, such as building things.
Creating graphics and cool pictures that can help a company succeed.
Being a good father or mother and setting an example for your children to be able to succeed in life.
“Your why” is “Your” why “Your why” is “Your” why. It is not the dream of someone else or their passion. You have to narrow down “your why” in order to be able to set the goals to help you achieve the success that you want. Success is different for all of us. We often get caught in the Hollywood idea that it is about making big money. But that is not what it is about. Success is based on “your why”. Define “Your” why and that will help you to achieve your success. Success does not happen by accident, with the exception of the rare cases of an inheritance that you did not know about. But even then, if you don’t have a why and you receive a lot of money you will more than likely just waste it. Life is not like the video games or the movies where we can just live life haphazardly and hope for the best, then die and get another chance. In games we can keep playing over and over until we get it right. In real life there is no do over or rewind. If you make a bad choice it can stick with you forever. A bad choice when you are young may hinder you, but it does not mean you can’t become successful. It just may place limitations and cause you to rethink “your why”. That is why we need to be very conscious of the people that we hang around with. If you hang around negative people all the time, then you are going to become one of them and that becomes your why. The choice of “your why” is decided by: what you are good at, what you enjoy, or just by what you want to do. It is a choice only you can make. That is why “your why” is “Your” why Take advantage of the resources around you that can help you with “your why”. Hopefully by listening to this podcast it can help you to simply take a moment to stop and think about “your why”. We have all been created with special skills. But we often allow other people to define who we are and what they think is best for us to do. By honing in on our special skills it will enable us to stand out from the crowd instead of just being a number. By knowing “your why” it will help you to focus on what needs to be done to achieve success. When you start, “your why” can be small but then it builds over time. Be flexible, over time “your whys” can change so that you can Keep Surging Forward. Start today. What is “Your” Why? Once you have determined this; then you can start taking steps to achieving your goal. If you would like to set up a coaching session contact me at [email protected] If you enjoy this podcast, please feel free to leave a comment below, share with a friend and also visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SurgingForward/ We also have a You Tube page where you can watch the actual podcast; visit us at https://www.youtube.com/user/surgingforward Looking to network and get personal training visit us and like us on facebook click here Connect with me on Linkedin Follow us on twitter click here Follow us on Instagram. Contractor and Tradesman Courses to help you Get and Retain your Tradesman License; visit our website at www.surgingforward.com ________________.Ron wrote that he felt he got tricked into the whole “go to college” scam. He went to college without really having any idea of what direction he wanted to go. He graduated with a degree in Personal Training. Ron started working as a personal trainer and after about 8 months, he received a letter in the mail wanting him to begin paying off the $95,000 school loan. Ron at this time was 23 years old, married and his wife also had school loans. Instead of thinking about buying a house and starting a family, they had to work on paying off these student loans. Both of them were working hard, but did not seem like they were getting anywhere.
Ron’s father-in-law had a small HVAC shop and Ron started working for him. Ron really did even know what HVAC was, but he was willing to learn and had good work ethics. At first Ron felt like a failure because he was not working at a job of his degree he thought that manual labor was more for unskilled workers. Ron fell into depression. Until one day he decided that he was going to make HVAC his career. He saw that he was able to do things that others could not. He decided to make HVAC his passion. Ron stated watching YouTube Videos and listening to podcasts. He started to gain technical skill and knowledge. Ron is now only months away from taking the Master’s Test for HVAC.
Pursue the Training That is Best For You People often look down on workers in the trades, but college is not for everyone. The average age of a tradesman is now 56 years old so there is a great need for skilled tradesman. Many workers are retiring and their knowledge and skills will be lost. There are many opportunities out there and college is only one option. Don’t get caught up in the hype of what others are doing. Verify, confirm and pursue the training that is best for you so that you can keep Surging Forward. If you enjoy this podcast, please feel free to leave a comment below, share with a friend and also visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SurgingForward/ We also have a You Tube page where you can watch the actual podcast; visit us at https://www.youtube.com/user/surgingforward Looking to network and get personal training visit us and like us on facebook click here Connect with me on Linkedin Follow us on twitter click here Follow us on Instagram. Contractor and Tradesman Courses to help you Get and Retain your Tradesman License; visit our website at www.surgingforward.com ________________.Let’s get this out of the way; you are going to fail at something. It is part of life. Understanding and accepting this will help you evaluate why it happened and what you need to do better. Trying to be perfect will cause you to carry unneeded stress. We do not set-out to fail. We try to do the best we can, but there are going to be times that failure happens. At those times, we need to evaluate what went wrong and see what changes need to be made so that we can succeed. Then we can count this as a lesson learned.
Sometimes Failure Has Nothing to Do With YouSometimes the reason you may fail has nothing to do with you. It was completely out of your control. The weather ruined your schedule so you failed to reach a deadline. The parts did not arrive on time or were damaged and again you failed to meet a deadline. Flights were cancelled so you failed to make a speaking engagement. There are things that are beyond our control. No matter how well you plan, things happen. You have to pick up where you left off and do your best to keep Surging Forward.
Sometimes Failure Comes From BetrayalOne of the worst reasons we fail is because of betrayal. This can be one of the hardest reasons to get over. When you are betrayed, at first you feel anger and want revenge. But you have to find a way to get over the negativity so that you can keep moving forward.
There is really only one way that you are going to get through a betrayal and that is through forgiveness. You have to forgive that person that betrayed you. Forgiving is not condoning or letting them off the hook. Forgiveness is for you. Forgiveness allows you to get rid of that negative energy. Harboring the negativity will cause you to never really be able to succeed. You are allowing that person who betrayed you to win and keep you in bondage. Only through forgiveness will you be able to break that hold that the betrayal has on you.
Someone choose to hurt you; to let you down; to betray you. Betrayal happens in marriages and various areas of life. There is a grieving process which is different for each one of us. But the longer we grieve, the longer we are kept in bondage to that betrayal. Forgiving does not mean you are condoning what the other person did. They were wrong, but once you have run down all the avenues of the legal justice system you need to move on. Once you forgive, you release yourself so that you are able to move on to bigger and better things.
Forgiveness is for you.
Choice It is all about choice. You can choose to keep “Surging Forward” or you can choose to stop and be a slave to that negativity that is holding you back from your success. If you want to be the best that you can be; there is so much training that is available. Check out our website on Surging Forward and all the training that is available over the internet. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t succeed. Failure happens in our lives to make us stronger. Look at a big tall oak tree. Think of all the storms it has weathered. Those storms have caused it to have a strong inner core and a mighty root system. In our lives, if we don’t fail and don’t go through those hard times then we are more than likely not going to be able to succeed. Learn how to accept failure, learn from that failure and then not to make that same mistake again. In this way we can go forth and Keep Surging Forward. If you enjoy this podcast, please feel free to leave a comment below, share with a friend and also visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/SurgingForward/ We also have a You Tube page where you can watch the actual podcast; visit us at https://www.youtube.com/user/surgingforward Looking to network and get personal training visit us and like us on facebook click here Connect with me on Linkedin Follow us on twitter click here Follow us on Instagram. Contractor and Tradesman Courses to help you Get and Retain your Tradesman License; visit our website at www.surgingforward.com ________________.From the publisher's feed