Testing yourself

"Testing oneself is best done alone." 

If you do not make time to evaluate yourself you may end up spending weeks, months or years being false to yourself and those around you. You need to develop methods of measuring your internal intentions with actual results. 

If you have a vision or a dream that you desire to for-fill and it only remains an internal picture then you need to ask yourself a few hard and serious questions. If you don't question yourself then you will not have the opportunity to answer yourself so that you may bring about the necessary changes. Here are a few questions that you may like to ask yourself. 

1. What needs to be done in-order to make sure that my character has the capacity to stand up to the size of vision that I have within me? 
2. Who can I passionately make my vision or dream alive to investors or dream builders?
3. What can you do to draw out the contents of my dream and make it a reality? 

Pro 20:4-6 AMP  The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing.  (5)  Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out. [Prov. 18:4.]  (6)  Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find?

Those who make time to inspect themselves with true scales are those who have the opportunity to make important decisions  that will enable them to be more fruitful than they have been up to know

 

Making today matter

A mark of brilliance 

Tomorrow is the only day in the year that appeals to the lazy, the doubtful, the double-minded or fearful personas a good time to do what needs to be done.”- Martin van der Merwe – 

As a leader you need to gain momentum in order to go beyond the mainstream called average. You have it in you to prevail beyond producing what the masses produce, and as you stretch yourself in the direction of excellence you will end up leaving a mark of brilliance behind you. 

"Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that failures don't like to do." ~ Albert Gray

Remember that your habits are on autopilot, so if you dislike your daily results then you need to reprogram your habits (reset the auto pilot)  

Overcome befriending "yesterdays standards" and pursue a "brilliant tomorrow" be consistent. As a leader you know that average is not the way forward.  

Determination

Determination calls for a positive attitude that monitors and addresses emotional behavior so that the outcome (desired objective and goals) always releases a highly productive and effective energy that is driven by commitment, teamwork, wise counsel and finally make sure that you and your team execute every move in a spirit of excellence and brilliant so that every move that is take will remain on coarse to the destination that you and those with you have purposed to accomplish

Determination is in constant need of the following requirements:

1. Courage that involves wisdom
   
• Monitoring and adjusting of personal courage
• Monitoring and adjusting of team courage  
2. Continues motivation 
• Team motivation 
• Self motivation 
• Network or partnership motivation 
3. Balance of both secular and private life, if the balance is out of sync then energy, enthusiasm and the effectiveness will come through and hinder the progress   
4. Unity is essential, it is much like a rowing team stroke for stroke every person must give there best, if people can not work together they end up working against each other and the direction or outcome that was predetermined will be altered  

Words - words - words

Words - words -words

1. Are you a person of many words and little action?
2. Is your mind and heart taking account of all the words that float around in you and do you have a reliable personality that does not permit procrastination?

The difference between extraordinary people and ordinary people is the little “extra” that extraordinary people do more than normal people. And you are no different than the great people out there.

If you trained yourself to be a steward of your thoughts and your spoken word(s) then you will start to see that your inner vision will start to get external structure, you need to take what you are saying seriously and as you find ways to overcome procrastinating your words and thoughts you will become overly successful.

Consider doing the following daily:

1. Attitude: I will display the right outlook daily.

2. Priorities: I will act on the things most important to me daily.

3. Meditating: I will practice good thoughts daily.

4. Commitment: I will make and keep proper promises daily.

5. Faith: I will deepen and live out my faith daily.

6. Relationships: I will initiate and invest in solid relationships daily.

7. Values: I will embrace good standards daily.

Consistency

Consistency

Consistency is a character trait that everyone can work at, people who have disciplined themselves, who have worked wisely and who have consistently applied excellence to their day - to - day work load  will always over time move from success to success and from great to greatness. Consistency that is applied through the habit of excellence will bring stability, clarity, reliability and it will give you endurance to face every day with an energetic approach. Consistency passionately applied will cause  mediocrity  to be non - existent, the excellence that you apply continuously will cause you to stand out in the crowd, remember you must endure to prevail, many people start of with consistency but as time goes by they altar their values, make excuses, look for shortcuts and end up surrendering to average. If you want to move "fast forward on purpose" work daily on being consistent and work at those things that will guarantee success.

Those who make today matter will enjoy the blessings of a great tomorrow.  

        

“If I don’t like my today, I need to look into the mirror because I shaped it yesterday.”

For those who choose to move forward rapidly in life's unending challenges; you will not experience a pain free transition, but there is even a greater pain in life and that is staying behind.

Leaders will always be drawn to take up the challenge of advancing rapidly, just like Jesus 12 disciples who where caught up in a storm, the challenge was equal for all the men in the boat, but when Peter saw Christ walking on the water his focus changed from surviving the storm to walking on the water with Christ.

What are you challenged with today, you can allow the storm to hold you down or you can seek to do something that challenges your character

Friends there is a battle inside every living being, we contend with ourselves, we battle with the words of our critics and we are challenged with the content of our dreams, these facts will be there to tease you and even to mock you, but we need to put these opposing voices under our feet, you have to face that desire to conquer and you need to be elevated with courage. You need to know where you find your strength and you need to lean on the place of your strength (In my case the core of my strength is in Christ).

We can not cower behind excuses, but once you have decided to move forward you can no longer be drawn to your rear-view mirror, you must focus on what lies ahead a grow in character so that you can take on the unfamiliar, remember we do not like to be tested by that which is unfamiliar to us, we would rather take on an challenge that we have already conquered, so make up your mind and move on until you have reached the top step of your desired outcome.