4 BIG SECRETS OF TOP ACHIEVERS

MIND THE GAP

There’s a gap between where we stand, and where we’re trying to go. 

To be successful on our journey, we have to be aware of this space and prudent when crossing it. 

We have to mind the gaps of growth.

• The Assumption Gap: Assuming Growth Is Automatic

Growth doesn’t just happen. Most people expect to grow naturally, as if by osmosis they can somehow magically absorb the lessons of life. They have no plan for purposeful improvement. They want to fix their problems, but they’re not intentional about fixing themselves. Since they neglect personal growth, they never manage to navigate the growth gap that separates their present reality from their future hopes and dreams.

• The Knowledge Gap: Not Knowing How to Grow

The average person spends more time planning their vacation than their personal growth. Why do people devote so little attention to such a vital concern? Oftentimes, people are unwilling to bet on themselves. They want others to invest in them, but they’re unwilling to put their own time, money, and reputation on the line in order to better their lives. If you don’t expect yourself to succeed, why should anyone else? You won’t care to know how to grow until you’re convinced that you have extraordinary potential and confident that you can fulfill it.

• The Timing Gap: Sensing the Time Isn’t Right to Begin

Lots of people embrace a philosophy that’s pro-life and procrastination. They want to live it up today so they delay doing anything requiring diligent effort and hard work. However, the longer you wait to do something you should do now the greater the odds that you will never do it.

• The Mistake Gap: Fearing Failure.

Whenever we dare to try anything great, we’re going to fail somewhere along the way. You’re guaranteed to mess up from time to time as a leader. Avoiding mistakes doesn’t bring success; it keeps you trapped at your current level of growth.

• The Inspiration Gap: Feeling Unmotivated.

Winners do what is right and then feel good as a result. Whiners want to feel good before they do what is right. Life involves an inescapable amount of pain, but it’s far better to endure the pain of discipline today than to suffer the pain of regret later.

Thought to Ponder: Which of the growth gaps has been the hardest for you to cross? Why?

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Ref.: http://www.johnmaxwell.com/blog/mind-the-gap?utm_source=WhatCounts+Publicaster+Edition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mind+the+Gap&utm_content 

INVERSE RELATIONSHIP

Meaningful Living TODAY

Want to win friends and influence people? 

Here are 10 things that ensure you won't:
1. You thoughtlessly waste other peoples' time. 
2. You ignore people outside your "level." 
3. You ask for too much. 
4. You ignore people in genuine need.
5. You ask a question so you can talk
6. You pull a "Do you know who I am?" 
7. You don't dial it back. ("Hey, that's just me being me")
8. You mistake self-deprecation for permission. 
9. You ”humblebrag”. 
10. You push your opinions. 

Now it's your turn. What would you add to the list?

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TRAIN UP A CHILD

Meaningful Living TODAY

TRAIN UP A CHILD

Interesting thoughts for parents
Invaluable advice by Shaykh Yahya Ibrahim from his lecture on DNA:

1. If your children lie to you often, it is because you over-react too harshly to their inappropriate behaviour. 
2. If your children are not taught to confide in you about their mistakes, you've lost them. 
3. If your children have poor self-esteem, it is because you advise them more than you encourage them. 
4. If your children do not stand up for themselves, it is because from a young age you have disciplined them regularly in public. 
5. If your children take things that do not belong to them, it is because when you buy them things, you don't let them chose what they want. 
6. If your children are cowardly, it is because you help them too quickly. 
7. If your child does not respect other people's feelings, it is because instead of speaking to your children, you order and command them. 
8. If your children are too quick to anger, it is because you give too much attention to misbehaviour and you give little attention to good behaviour. 
9. If your children are excessively jealous, it is because you only congratulate them when they successfully complete something and not when they improve at something even if they don't successfully complete it. 
10. If your children intentionally disturb you, it is because you are not physically affectionate enough. 
11. If your children are openly defied, it is because you openly threaten to do something but don't follow through. 
12. If your children are secretive, it is because they don't trust that you won't blow things out of proportion. 
13. If your child talks back to you, it is because they watch you do it to others and think its normal behaviour. 
14. If your children doesn't listen to you but listens to others, it is because you are too quick to make decisions. 
15. If your children rebel it is because they know you care more about what others think than what is right or wrong ....

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“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6)