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The Story I’m Telling Myself vs. The True Story

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Inspired by Michael Hyatt’s post:  http://michaelhyatt.com/change-your-story-change-your-life.html

The Story I’m Telling Myself
  • I’m too young.
  • I’ve failed before. I’ll fail again.
  • I’ll never be as successful as other people.
  • I am not a business person.
  • I don’t have a business mindset.
  • Getting these clients is a fluke; I won’t get any more.
  • I don’t have enough experience against other people who have been doing this for decades.
  • I’m a newbie; no one will want to use my services.
The True Story
  • I am young and new at this, and I may stumble along the way, but I can view my failures as a learning experience and overcome them.
  • I can think of new ways to market myself and focus on professional customer service.
  • God has given me two clients to show me that He trusts me with this work.
  • I cannot measure my success as competing with other people but by gaining steady work.
  • I have one fully edited book behind me which shows I can get work done. I can finish what I start.
  • I will read and learn how to conduct a business and charge competitive rates to lure new clients.
Now, I just have to believe what’s true. Believing it is more difficult than writing it.

Living Life Intentionally

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This weekend I tried (although did a rather lousy job) of taking a personal retreat in which I spent time alone, focusing on developing a full life plan, which resulted in an outline of my priorities and goals in life. As a result of completing this, I had to say no to many of the things I was considering pursuing.

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The idea of a personal retreat comes from Michael Hyatt, former CEO (and current Chairman) at Thomas Nelson. He developed a free e-book called Creating Your Personal Life Plan, adapted from Building Champions, in which he discusses the following:

  1. The Outcome of Your Life (how you want to be remembered)
  2. The Priorities in Your Life (what is important to me?)
  3. The Action Plan for Each Priority (outlining where you are and where you want to be)
    1. Purpose Statement (your purpose with each priority)
    2. Envisioned Future (how you ideally see yourself with interacting with each priority)
    3. Supporting Verse (if applicable, or perhaps a quote that motivates and inspires you)
    4. Current Reality (how does what is happening now stack up to your envisioned future?)
    5. Specific Commitments (developing a practical plan to move from current reality to envisioned future)

Hyatt recommends reviewing your life plan quarterly but following up on your specific commitments weekly to make sure that you are accomplishing what you need to accomplish toward your envisioned future.

When I think of Jesus, I think of a man who lived his life on earth intentionally and with a purpose. He didn’t do things haphazardly or “nilly willy.” If this is the example that Jesus has set for his followers, why do we as Christians simply bumble along in life simply trying to survive?

Post a Day was nice but…

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… I can’t think of something to write every day. I’m not the type of person who likes to sit down and write the following:

Today, I got up at 4:45 am EDT to watch Prince William & Kate Middleton get married! It was such a beautiful wedding and I enjoyed every minute of it! Then I went to work and could barely keep my head up. I had Chick-Fil-A to rejuvenate me at lunch but the drive-thru line was so long and the parking lot was completely full! I had dinner at Ruby Tuesday’s afterward: steak and grilled mushrooms with a side of garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli—yum! Then I passed out 11 pm because my body doesn’t like to go to sleep at a decent time. All in all – a fantastic day!

*yawn* I don’t care. Neither do you. I’ll probably switch to Post A Week.

I like to write about things that inspire me or make my brain tick. Problem is (and this REALLY bothers me), I’m long-winded. I can’t write a freakin’ short post. It’s always got to be the next magnum opus.

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I’m going to be taking Michael Hyatt’s advice and taking a personal retreat to evaluate my career and life goals. That’ll probably include what I want to do with this blog or any other blog. I’ve just been living my life haphazardly (that’s pretty much the way I do everything really) instead of living it intentionally. We’ll see what happens if I try to live my life with intention and trying to drive it instead of having my life drive what I do.

If you’re interested in learning more about Michael Hyatt’s Creating Your Personal Life Plan, click here. (No, I’m not being paid for this; I’m just touting his plan because I think it’s a useful tool.)