duplicate yourself

Take the next 6 months and try it.

just do it

What do you need to do today? What is the one thing or the many things you are procrastinating? It seems I put something off everyday, or at least it used to. There are many things we can say about it. Baby steps, you eat an elephant one bite at a time, you've prolly heard more than me (prolly=probably). I remember several years ago my wife would get onto me because I would say I need to do something and then forget about it and then when I did remember it was too late. She told me to make a to do list everyday and as I finished one to mark it off the list, but renew the list and rewrite it everyday. I am now a habitual list writer. I love to be able to check things off the list.

So what is it? What do you need to get off your butt right now and do or at least start? The check book. Take out the trash. Write down your ideas. Write down a mission statement. Clean the garage. Clean out the fridge. Wash the car. Call the credit card company. Call your grandmother. Read. Water the plants. Feed the dog. Scrub the toilet. Clean the toothpaste out of the sink. Pay the speeding ticket. Watch the first season of Lost. Organize your pictures. Clean out your inbox. Do the laundry.

Go.

myname @ blogspot

so, as I recall when i started this blog, I tried to get my name dot blogspot. didn't happen. I didn't question it just created a new variation. but tonight I got to wondering and sure enough some doofus has keithmorrison.blogspot.com . he hasn't left any posts. at all. any. so, if any of you know how to track down this mysterious waste of internet space, please give him a piece of my mind.

but this is not unusual. go to myname.blogspot or name.blogspot or any thing like that. it seems lots of people have had the great idea of getting the address but parking nothing there. thanks everybody. if you won't blog there then nobody will.

Oh yeah, is there anybody besides Chris that checks this out? anybody? oh well, glad I could be there for you Chris.

friends

I really like good friends. I sometimes wonder, am I a good friend? Good friends are the ones you have good memories with, not just of. I have recently done some reconnecting with people I consider to be good friends. This gives me a good feeling inside. How many times can I write good? I got to wondering aloud tonight with a good friend, wouldn't it be great (not just good) if we could get all my good friends that have been leaders with me in the past together for a long weekend away?

I can't wait for heaven. It will be better than great.

perspective

Isn't it something how our perspective can be influenced and even changed so easily by others around us? Okay, I know we face many circumstances throughout the day, and no doubt we have an opinion about all of them, but we don't tell all of our opinions. We keep some to ourselves or at least we should. But what I'm talking about is just the little comments made to us by the several that get us thinking with a skewed perspective. Notice I didn't say wrong. One person or maybe even two people give their quick little quote and we don't give it too much credence, but let it be any more than that and here we go down a bumpy road. How do we keep the correct outlook? And who determines what the correct one is? For me it's constant prayer for the right perspective, not the left. I have found myself doing this a lot lately. I do think there can be times in our life that the masses around us are telling the truth for our own good, but shouldn't those times have a positive take? I mean it's the ones that are looking out for our own good (not selfish good). I want to always be able to spot the ones that may not necessarily put me in the healthy frame of mind. You know, the kind that says, well, you get the point. So then my next question is: why does it seem to be happening a lot lately? What are the things that would most likely distract me from what I am supposed to be focused on? Aha! Could that be it?

Lessons for the day: Don't be a victim and Don't worry about not understanding what isn't my business.

Dynamic

Sometimes I wonder about all the changes we go thru and we actually make in life; does it mean we don't have the capacity to reamin calm and stay at the same thing? There is something to be said for consistency. But change when it is in aspect or purpose of growth is a good thing. I heard someone say this morning that God is dynamic because he is ever changing in the realm of growing, He is about constant growth. As opposed to dynamic, God is not static because that is the stage that eventually leads to dying, or death. I say all of this because as leaders we are given to apologizing to the people we lead for all of the changes we drag them through. I want to challenge you on this. Do you apologize because it is just busy change or unneccesary change, or is it change for the sake of getting to a better place of growth and positioning yourself to a better platform to grow from? Lots of questions but it's good to be challenged on decisions, good or bad. I learned long ago to stop apologizing to people for the wrong things. If I am wrong and it affects you in a negative way, I need to apologize. If I ask you to do something that is necessary or bring about change on a regular basis and it stretches you, no need to apologize. If I do apologize for the latter, it on some level demeans or devalues what I am doing and therefore lowers what you are asked to do. This is the opposite of the desired affect and purpose. If I lead you in any area I want to instill you with a sense of purose and value. I need to affirm and build you through words, commitment and service. And then I ask, even require the same of you. No apology.

Let's be dynamic.

mobile

If you can, I highly suggest going mobile with your office and the internet. How did we ever live without mobile phones or text messaging or caller id or call waiting? I don't know but I have purposed to not live without it. I have a friend that whips out his mobile internet on his phone anytime someone asks a question he doesn't know. He's a wannabe know-it-all. :)

In the beginning ...

I see that most successful people share their thoughts and the things that keep them up at night so I thought I would scribe mine here. The only problem is that I am used to a regular sized keyboard and not this one that is on the laptop so don't be surprised if you see any typos.

Thought for the day, "It's okay to shoot for the moon but I don't enjoy black coffee."