By recomcdaniel on Sunday, November 16, 2008

1. Review your performance.
Whether it's communication, whether it's activity, whether it's a CEO, whether it's on the job. Here's what my father said, "Always do more than you are paid for to make an investment in your future." Now some unions wouldn’t argue with that. My father was so unique. Review your performance--your language with your children. Say, "Have I been too harsh, too strong, too stubborn? Should I have learned to be easier and mixed more compassion with the tough stuff I have to deal with?" And yes, prayer will help. Ask for help to say the right thing, not to ruin it all by poor communication.

2. Face your fears.
That's how you conquer them. Don't dismiss them; face them. Say, "Here's what I'm afraid of. I wonder wha Read More »

By recomcdaniel on Sunday, November 09, 2008

On tonight’s motivational call that I do every Sunday, I started the call playing a song by John Mayer called “Waiting on the World to Change”. This song and the recent results of the United States Presidential election really inspired me to write this blog.

At the beginning of the song, in the 1st verse, Mayer says, “Now we see everything that’s going wrong with the world and those who lead it, just feel like we don’t have the means to rise above and beat it so we keep waiting on the world to change.” Then he goes on to say, “It’s hard to beat the system when we’re standing at a distance, so we keep waiting on the world to change”.

So many people in our society, as a whole, feel so inferior that they do not think that their personal contribution can make a difference in the world we live in. This reality brings me to one of my favorite quotes, “People are so anxious to change their situations, but yet, they are unwilling to change t Read More »