We are now two days away from the end of the month. For
those of us that made a commitment to be at our next levels by August 1 that
means that we are two days away from blast off. The most important lesson that
I have learned about planning to grow or expanding in life is that the
process of planning for growth creates growth itself. Martin Luther
King, Jr. once said that the most powerful contribution made by the Civil
Rights Movement was the positive impact it made on the psyche of black people.
Once a person decides to refuse acceptance of the status quo and initiates
efforts towards something better, that person has grown and improved already.
In my book I describe debt free living as starting when we
make a commitment to debt free living. St Paul said that we should be
transformed by the “renewing of our minds.” If we have begun to think about the
future differently, then the future has already changed for us.
But planning and thinking are not enough. We must create
specific steps that we must take to begin traveling towards our goals. This
will require going back to the goals we have created for ourselves and making
sure these are actually the goals that we plan to pursue. Each of these goals
requires steps that we are going to have to take in order to get there. These
steps become our process – and getting there does require a process.
Then we must complete our time charts to make sure that
every hour of the day is spent intentionally and is aligned with our goals. One
of my key mottos is this: “If you want something you have never had, you must
do something you have never done.” Make sure you included in your plans doing
at least thing that is new for you. It may surprise you but it will not take
long for you to have something new also.
As one great philosopher once said “Just Do It!”
