Keys to Success- Vision and Courage

Things are changing fast. Our paper dollar is sinking and gold is floating high. Real estate values turned out not be so real and their values are plummeting. But yet, if you have eyes to see and with a little planning, you'll find that there are fortunes to be made. They are to be found hidden in the secret places. They are wrapped in darkness, even gloom. While our current economy is tanking and the personal wealth of millions is evaporating before our eyes, there are some who saw this coming and are beginning to step into the gloom, the darkness, and see what others do not. They see opportunity and are poised to take advantage of the times. You don't have to have cash to take advantage of the changing times. You must have vision however, and courage. Cash helps, but vision, when it is clear, attracts an abundance of cash from those who don't see as clearly as you. Get really clear on your vision. Begin to see what God sees and learn to communicate that. It will attract everything that is needed to survive, even thrive in these trying times

Look in the Mirror

Who do you blame when things don’t go the way you want or expect? Do you look around at your wife or your husband and try to put the blame on them? Do you blame your parents, your children, your co-workers, or even your boss? Do you blame white people, black people, Asians, or did the devil make you do it? I guess we all have the tendency to want to blame someone for our problems and I’ll admit that we often have help getting into bad situations from time to time. But when you looked for much and it came into little, the bible tells us to consider your ways. When you have much but you are not satisfied, when you work hard and do not see the results, when it seems that the wages you earn are put into a bag with holes consider your ways. When things aren’t going the way you want them to, don’t look around look into your mirror, consider your ways and make the changes you need to make. You just might discover your spouse, your friends, or your pastor weren’t the source of your problem after all.

15 Minutes of Fame

Flip on the television at any point and time and there's always someone trying to get their 15 minutes of fame on some over the top reality show. When did instant fame take the place of good old fashioned hard work? They say it takes a village to raise a child. Instead of raising a child to seek instant fame and fortune, perhaps we should teach them the importance of having character and integrity as the building blocks to their future. As the old Chinese proverb goes, “Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” By arming our children with a strong foundation built upon the principles of hard work, honesty and integrity, we're giving them the power to live their lives fully and prosperously even after the 15 minutes of fame is gone.