Week Three
Sept. 10, 2021
Questions for Reflection:
Q. If your level
of success is determined by what kind of person you are, then what kind of
person are you?
Although I
protest and say I don’t, I like to learn new things. Although I say I’m a lover
not a fighter, I am up for a challenge. I was a single parent while I finished
my college degree. It took years of determination, dedication, and strength.
Those were the 10 toughest years of my life.
Q. What can you
do to become a better person?
Get over
myself. I’m always worrying about what people will think, that I might make a
mistake and make a fool of myself.
So what? What
if I make a mistake, what if I look foolish? At least I’m moving forward and
learning from my mistakes.
Q. How can you
attract a higher level of success?
Instead of
watching TV or playing games on my phone, I can attract a higher level of
success by filling my head with lessons from great teachers like Jesus Christ,
Jim Rohn, and Zig Ziglar.
Q. Are you
currently working for wages or for profits? Are you making a living or making
your fortune? What can you do to get going in the right direction?
Currently, I’m
retired dabbling in publishing and direct sales. I’m not really doing much with
either. If I did put effort into either, I could make profits.
Q. Do you tend
to want to change the seasons or yourself? How does this affect your situation?
I definitely
wish to change the seasons. “It’s too hot to walk, garden, etc. I’ll do it when
it’s cooler.”
Q. Think of the
darkest winter you have experienced. Looking back, what good things did you
learn or what good things came from it?
My darkest
winter was the 10 years I was in college with the kids and working overtime. I
struggled every day to maintain my crazy schedule, make sure the kids were fed
and nurtured, and keep up with the demands at work.
Q. Think of
your best fall. What was it like? What did you reap? What will your next great
fall look like?
After
graduation, I was in charge of a new project at work. It was challenging, but I
loved it. I got to meet so many people who considered me the guru of web
marketing. I loved it. That lasted about 18 years.
Action Points:
1. Take a good realistic look at the
relationships you have and how they affect you. Make specific movement toward
limiting a life-depleting relationship and specific movement toward growing a
life-giving relationship.
Because of
our unique situation of being in a pandemic for 17 months, I have limited my
association with MANY people. I have only kept contact with folks who feed me
or I can feed.
2. Initiate contact and pursue a relationship
with at least one person this week who is more successful than you are. Set up
a time to meet with them to get to know them and learn from them.
This might
have to take some thought. I am not ready to get out there yet. I’ll think
about who I would like to pursue. The one person I know isn’t a good person to
have a relationship with because of our checkered past.
Although, if
I want to pursue publishing, a good person to get to know is Lyn. Lyn has
actually offered to buy me lunch.
3. Think through what influences you: what
kind of music, what speakers, what television shows, and what books. Are they
good for you? If not, make the commitment to eliminate or limit those
associations!
Since I
retired, I’ve spent too much time in front of a TV and playing games on my
phone. I’ve started several books, but another comes along, and I start that
one instead of finishing the one I’m reading. My goal is to complete the books
I’ve started by the end of this one-year course.
4. Allow someone to "speak the
truth" to you. Take some time to allow a friend or co-worker to give you
good honest feedback that would be helpful in moving you forward.
Kaycie
speaks the truth to me. Sometimes it hurts, but she’s wise and honest.
Sept. 12,
2021 update: I’ve recruited Laura Vela and Daisy Thames to
do this course with me so we could be accountability partners. This will be
AWESOME!
A Look Forward
to CD Three, your recommended listening assignment for Week Three from The Jim
Rohn New Millennium program:
Zig Ziglar
Teaches:
• Surviving in a tough economy
• How to change what and where you are
by what goes into your mind
• How to get more of what money will
and will not buy
• Quality of life
• Being a giver
• Gratitude
• How to improve relationships
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