Last year, there was a leaky faucet outside the hydrant. It was dripping and I kept saying I'll fix that next week. Then, the weather went crazy cold and I still have not fixed it and I guess you know how that turned out.
I thought about how that equates to our personal lives. We keep having that mentality "I'll take care of it later." What decisions are you making today that are going to affect you adversely 30, 60, 90 days from now? I want to encourage you today, take an inventory.
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The priority should be family first before business. Do not focus and chase money but ending up alone. It would be sad to come home with a pocket full of money to a house full of strangers.
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Posted by Aaron Walker on Nov 18, 2020 9:30:00 AM
Twenty years ago, my eldest just started driving. While I was teaching her I asked her to speed up until both of us are nervous. I wasn't even sure how fast we were going! And then I asked her to slow down. She asked me why I asked her to do that, and I answered because I want her to know what it will do. I took the mystery out of that driving experience, which could get her into trouble. Since then Brooke has not gotten any speeding ticket.
This past week, one of the Mastermind members came to the group and told us his teenage daughter is having sex. It broke our hearts. Listen, I am not casting stones at anyone. Dads, I am talking to you! We can do preventive measures to avoid this. Moms, you're very important.
We used to go to the mountains once a year and I remove my dad hat off. I made it comfortable for them to to talk about anything. And yes, we talked about sex. I didn't make them feel it's taboo! I didn't tell them "Go talk to your Mom!"
I remember I talked to them one at a time. I told them, "no man on the planet is going to tell you the truth like I will about the topic of sex." So I told them what men are thinking, what they will say that are all lies. I gave them a book, Every Man's Battle because I want them to understand how a man thinks.
My point is, we have to open the conversation to talk to our kids. Men, never again should you tell them to talk to your wife about things that you can.
Keep in mind, you also need to be a good model.
God entrusted us our kids to teach them. Take time. Open up a dialogue.
An interesting statistics, the number one deterrent to avoid teenage sex is having dinner together as a family.
So, even if it's uncomfortable, we have to tell them the truth.
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Do you have projects that you need to accomplish and you don't know where to start? Check out my tips that can help you move from where you are to where you want to be.
First one on my list, break down your vision into smaller goals!
When you have a big goal, you might think it is good to work on the entire task list and get it all done quickly. But the best approach is to break your vision down into smaller chunks and execute them in parts. This ensures incremental progress towards getting the job done without any procrastination.
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What are you delaying right now that you know there's warning signs and you're not dealing with?
I want to tell you about five books that have changed my life.
1. Mindset - Carol Dweck Get a growth mindset not a fixed mindset!
2. Essentialism - Greg Mckeown It helps us narrow our focus down. It helps us be an inch wide instead of a mile wide and an inch deep we focus on the things that are important in our lives we need to read that book
3. How to Win Friends And Influence People - Dale Carnegie That book is awesome!
4. The 12-Week Year - Brian P. Moran The author heps us to understand how to intentionally focus.
5. Bible - God Needless to say, we need to read a book tht helps us with our moral compass, how to be men of character and integrity and if you'll implement those strategies you won't procrastinate in my taking a lot of decisions.
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