Act When You Are Motivated! - Have you heard strike when the iron is hot? That desire we spoke of (Part 2) is motivating. When you want something a lot, you are more likely to take the steps to get it. Motivation changes our thinking into doing. It creates focus from fog. It develops clarity [...]

Realize Necessity! - It’s been said that a salesperson learns to sell when they get hungry. With hunger comes the need to make money – rather, to sell. Necessity or need often fuels desire, and desire fuels success. Think about it. It’s a whole lot easier to be successful if you need it or at [...]

Maybe you know what you need to do to be successful. Maybe you know how to do it. (If not, you can certainly find out!) The question then becomes, “Will you do it?” Most people won’t. Sometimes the investment is more than we are willing to risk. Sometimes we hesitate because we are not sure [...]

The Role of Love - Love plays a key role in being mentally prepared for success. You must love what you are doing. You must love others. And you must love yourself. Duh! But let’s really take a closer look at what I just said. There’s a lot more to it than you might think. [...]

The Role of Faith – When it comes to preparing mentally for success, the role of faith cannot be understated. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 You may be thinking, “What does fear have to do with [...]

Want to be more successful at what God has planned for you? Want to stand before Him and hear, “Well done faithful servant!” Or, do you simply want to enjoy His blessings more? God does have a plan for your life, and you won’t feel truly successful until you yield to that plan. The degree [...]

The Possibility of Achieving The Dream - Whose dream is it anyway? The only dream that you want to achieve is the plan that God has for your life. You really don’t want the dream that is merely your dream, and you especially don’t want the dream someone else has for you. Achieving either of [...]

The Challenge of Achieving The Dream - Sometimes we act as if achieving the dream is the end result. What if it is only a plateau to other things? Those things could be more dreams and more achievements for God. However, the road to achieving the dream could be lined with woes leading to more [...]

I had an expensive dream years ago. No, it wasn’t a million dollar dream; it involved a lot more money that that. Is it still my dream? Maybe, but I have exchanged it, at least temporarily, for another dream. This one is closer to a million dollars. It’s not cash that I want, but a [...]

Honor Your Relationship to Your Business - It might sound strange to talk about honoring your relationship to your business, but think about it. When you started your business, or even if you took a job, there was a certain amount of commitment you made initially with an expectation of having success. Most folks don’t [...]

Honor Your Family and Friends - 5. Honor your parents, family, and friends Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 20:12 It’s easy to get so busy in your business that you forget to honor your friends and family. [...]

Some folks want to compartmentalize their life. For example, they don’t want anything religious to touch the business part of their life. That kind of compartmentalization is neither desirable nor possible if you want to truly be successful. First, morality comes from God. Without God and God’s laws, there is no steady, unmovable reference to [...]

Seeing God’s Provision - We can have confidence in our work, ministry, and personal life that God will provide for whatever He has called us to do – even in times of tribulation. In July 1999, I was a homeschool mom. Our boys were almost 8 and almost 10. The only sitters we used were [...]

Faith in God’s Sovereignty - Every now and then I’ll come to a crossroads in my life where I’m faced with a decision that no amount of wisdom or knowledge can resolve. The answer simply cannot be known because the future cannot be known. If I haven’t already, it’s time to take it to God. [...]

We all have those moments when we’re not feeling very confident. When it is ongoing, it’s a definite chink in the armor so to speak. A lack of confidence can create a ripple effect in your life. People who are not confident miss out on much of what life has to offer. They attract folks [...]

Be Committed - After years of failed gardens, I finally succeeded. What had I been missing all those years? The right tools. However, even with the right tools, I needed more commitment. If I had been more committed with the earlier gardens – and more hands on – I would not have turned on the [...]

Have the Right Tools - For years my garden failed. Each year after researching what I wanted to plant, spending money on seeds and seedlings, and taking the time to plant it, my garden would start to grow, but it never seemed to do much. Oh, I had plenty of small tomatoes or perhaps a [...]

From the time I was in about the third grade until I was in my teens, we – my mother, grandmother, younger brother, and I – had a garden. I helped plant. I toted the bucket while mother or grandmother picked. Mostly, I pulled weeds and blew my runny nose every few steps of the [...]

Consequences And Solutions - Consequences are a universal constant. Everything we do in life always and without fail will have consequences. Fortunately, we do have some choices in the matter. Where darkness is concerned, we have multiple choices. First, we can be children of the darkness or children of light. In other words, we can [...]

How We Respond to the Darkness - Our response to the opportunity to walk in darkness – if you want to call it an opportunity – is a choice. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in [...]

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he . . .” Proverbs 23:7 Life comes down to what you believe. You’ve heard me say it before, “Just because you believe it, it doesn’t make it true.” You’ve also heard me say, “What you believe is YOUR reality.” Is it possible to know the [...]

Realize and Do Your Part - Sharing Jesus and living out your faith is not for missionaries only. Once upon a time, in a Christmas season not so far in the past – actually this is a true story – I fell under spiritual attack. The sting of it, however, was not what I would [...]

How A Legacy of Faith is Handed Down Jesus lived about 2000 years ago. His ministry only lasted about 3 years, but we are still talking about Him today. No one else mentioned in history has ever made the difference that He made in the short time that He was here on earth. No one [...]

When you die, what are you leaving behind? When trying to answer that question, we tend to think in terms of material things. If we are not wealthy, we may feel that we do not have much of anything to leave behind. However, that is not quite true. Think about the eternal. Each of us [...]

Realizing Your Winning Potential blog posts will return in January. May you have a very merry and blessed Christmas! We want to leave you with this thought as you celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. What difference has the birth, death, & resurrection of Jesus made in your life? The Christmas [...]