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Come Alive While You Drive

I’ve been writing about the hidden power of routines and how they are the key to unlocking a life you feel is outside your reach. Your routines will help you accomplish astounding goals. The life you are living right now is because of the routines you have established.

Right now, I want you to think about your morning commute. What is your default routine as you drive to work? Do you listen to trashy talk shows, celebrity gossip, or sports radio? Are you already making phone calls? Eating breakfast (if so you need to read this post)?

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What if you redeemed that time and instead of wasting your commute used it to grow and develop into the person God has created you to be? Zig Ziglar, who taught Sunday School at my friend’s church, used to call it “Automobile University.” There are amazing resources you can listen to that will encourage and equip you to be the best at what God has called you to do. Many of these resources are even free! iTunes University has tons of free courses (some from your alma mater), not to mention the numerous quality podcasts that are out there. You can even listen to the New Testament on your commute. I did this and was able to listen to the New Testament in 40 days. I loved it and it has become part of my yearly routine.

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Chart a Smarter Start

In the last post I talked about the hidden power of routines and how they are the key to unlocking a life you feel is outside your reach. Your routines will help you accomplish astounding goals. The life you are living right now is because of the routines you have established. Did you take some time to think about what your current default routines are?

Today, I want you to think about how you start your day. Your morning routine can propel you to the best start possible or you will spend the rest of the day trying to catch up and overcome your morning.

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We all have routines in our morning start. What would happen if you replaced a few of the things you are doing with something better? Your morning sets the tone for the rest of your day. If your morning is hectic and rushed you are going to feel stressed and anxious before you even get out the door. That type of start doesn’t set you up for success because when you get to work another pile of stress will be waiting for you. So why would you want to drain your energy tank so early in the day?

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The Hidden Power of Routines

When most of us hear the word “routine” the first thought that crosses our mind is not… “extraordinary living” or “my dream life.”

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We typically think of things like boring, mundane, and bland when we hear the word “routine.” But what if routines were the simple way to unlocking a life that you feel is outside of your reach? What if your routines are a big key to reaching your goals?

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6 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

I can’t tell you how many people I’ve heard from who are feeling down this winter. If you live in a Northern climate like I do it’s been a rough winter. It seems like every day it’s below zero and snows several more inches. I’m even out of places to put the snow.

 

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Living in such a harsh climate can take its toll on your emotions. You can’t live in a tough place and expect the environment not to be a factor in your mood. I’m not saying people who live in Florida don’t have problems, just different ones–like skin cancer.

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Who’s Driving Your Life?

If your life was a car, are you in the driver’s seat? One thing I’ve noticed as a pastor is that many people aren’t.

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They have resigned themselves to the passenger seat and given their emotions and impulses a driver’s license. Today, I want you to know it doesn’t have to be that way. You belong in the driver’s seat!

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The Most Important View of You

Today we finish up a series of posts about self-awareness. Knowing how others perceive you is crucial to winning in life, but there is one last area we need to look at and that is YOUR perspective of yourself.

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This is a BIG deal. Here is why…“People will never outperform their self-image” -John Maxwell. Maybe you want to read that again. If you have a low view of yourself, you’ll live up to it. If you have a high view of yourself and believe that God wants to do great things through you, you’ll live up to that too.

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4 Questions You Should Ask Others…If You Dare

We are in a series of posts looking at how a lack of self-awareness can be holding you back in every area of your life. Today, we are going to look at the second of three ways you can gain that crucial self-awareness.

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Yesterday, we looked at the tools to help you self-assess how you respond under pressure and what your strengths are. Today, I want you to ask 4 questions to someone you love. This is the most difficult and the scariest of the three ways to gain self-awareness. The results of the different tests you took yesterday can be kept to yourself and you can even disagree with the results. Going to someone you love and getting their feedback is a much more painful look in the mirror. But even though it’s painful, you still need to know the answers. 

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How To Find Out What Others Know About You

In the last post we looked at how a lack of self-awareness can be holding you back in every area of your life. Today we are going to look at the first of three ways you can gain that awareness.

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How well do you really know yourself? Do you know what ticks you off and makes you tick? What strengths do you bring to a team? What role would you best function in? What is your natural default when placed in stressful situations? Knowing how others interpret your actions when you are under pressure is one of the most important keys to self-awareness.