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The Best of 2008 (Part 1)

December 23, 2008 in Blog, My Life with 0 Comments

The Best Lessons I’ve Learned in 2008

1. People need You when they Need You
2. Anyone can give money – it’s when you give your time that it makes a difference
3. It’s not and never will be Your Ministry – it’s Mine – so be obedient and work hard -God
4. Our first purpose above anything else is an intimate relationship with the Father
6. The Power of Forgiveness and Unconditional Love
7. People need consistent relationships in their lives – not entertainment
8. God is my confidence – I don’t need to compare
9. God cares more about me, than what I do for Him
10. The World isn’t watching me as closely as I think
11. The best minute I spend today – is the one I spend investing in people
12. Speaking is a very small part of ministry
13. Don’t bed led by Opportunities
14. The importance of time with yourself
15. What scriptures am I standing on for the things I’m believing God for?
16. If I want to be sensitive to God’s direction, I need to be sensitive to His direction
17. 2 qualities of a successful Christian life – 1.) Love God’s Word 2.) Love God’s word
18. Don’t put your pursuit of a mate over your pursuit of God
19. Your biggest attraction can be your biggest distraction
20. If I’m going to be willing to go, do, say anything God asks me to do, so will my future wife
21. What am I believing God for (My Ephesians 3:20’s list)
22. You can disqualify yourself from the call of God
23. The Significance of Saying – Sarcasm/Dirty Jokes
24. Always be leading something
25. People aren’t all where you are
26. My life is but a vapor!
27. People are going to summarize your life in one sentence – pick it now
28. In myself – I can do, say, know, and am nothing – in Him – I am everything
29. God thinks I can do anything!
30. Never put periods in your life, use commas
31. Always ask – am I able to sustain this?
32. The Best Question Ever is: In light of my past experiences, current circumstances, and future hopes and dreams, what is the wise thing to do?
33. Jesus is THEE Standard – Don’t let anything else or anybody else set a standard for you
34. God is my Source – not my job, friends, family, etc.
35. The Power of being Diligent
36. The downside of being sarcastic – to be taken seriously – you must be serious!
37. Who I marry isn’t only about me – it’s about all the people I’m going to reach with my wife!
38. Getting in the Word for Information vs. Intimacy

My Year End Review (Part 3)

December 11, 2008 in Blog, My Life, leadership with 0 Comments

“Experience isn’t the best teacher, Evaluated Experience is.” -John Maxwell

My 2009 Calendar Planning

After I go through all the documents I’ve mentioned – I start planning my 2009 Calendar. We all need to schedule what our “ideal” year would look like. I really evaluate how I spent my year the year before and then I prioritize my year based on my findings. Here are some thing I make sure I plan:

  • My 2.5% - I heard about this on a lesson I listened to by Bob Biehl. You schedule 2.5% of your time to make sure the other 98.5% of your time is focused on the right things. I do this through:
    • Quarterly Reviews – I schedule 1 day a quarter to evaluate how I’m doing, where I’m going, etc.
  • Family Time – This is where I’ve really struggled to be honest with you… but my goal is to schedule a breakfast/coffee/hangout time with each family member once a month
  • Mentor Time - I figure out how many days a month I’m spending on purpose getting mentored – I talk to my mentors about going out for breakfast each month then schedule it.
  • Vacation Time – I have to get away at some point in the year….if you don’t take a vacation – you need to!
  • My Required Time – Things that I need to do – Rev – I need to make sure I put in all of our events on my calendar so I know how much free time I have

One suggestion I would make to you would be: Go to the people that mean most to you in order of priority and ask them this question:

How much time do you need from me next year?


I.e.: Your spouse may need a date night a week, a mini-honeymoon every six months, and a vacation. Book it . . . then move on to your children – same thing, then clients, etc. and go all the way down the line.


What do you do when you schedule your upcoming year? Any thoughts or suggestions?

My Year End Review (Part 2)

December 9, 2008 in Blog, My Life, leadership with 2 Comments

“Experience isn’t the best teacher, Evaluated Experience is.” -John Maxwell

My Bucket List, My Life Plan, Quarterly Goals, and Intentional Focus

The Second thing I do during my year end review is review these documents, evaluate where I am according to them, what I’ve accomplished, and what I need too change. What are they you ask? Here you go:

(If you’d like – leave me your e-mail address and I can send you my copies of these documents so you have a basic framework to work from)

Bucket List – This is a list of things I want to do to do before I die. Outrageous things like running a marathon, eating with the President of the US, specific places I want to visit, flying in an air force jet, etc.. I originally got this idea from this story about Lou Holtz. If you don’t have one of these – I highly recommend you make one – dream as big as you can!

My Life Plan – So i just started this a few months ago after reading this post from Michael Hyatt. It is where you take the 7 major areas of your life, prioritize them, get a scripture you’re going to stand on for each of them, write out a legacy statement of what you want to be remembered for in that area, write out where you are realistically right now on your way to accomplishing that goal, then write action steps you’re going to take to get to the goal.

Quarterly Goals: This one is pretty obvious – I set the majority of my goals in 90 day increments. I review them – see how I did – and rewrite them for the next quarter. (Note: A lot of my goals are mini-steps I need to take for the goals of my Life-Plan)

My Life’s Intentional Focus – This is basically an overview of my life… in it I include the following:

  • My Vision Statement for My Life
  • My Priorities
  • My Values
  • Principles I live my life By
  • My Strengths
  • My Weaknesses
  • Mentors that I serve and how often I meet with them
  • Potential Mentors
  • My Current Growth Plan
  • My Future Growth Plan - areas I need to study and get mentored in, in the future. (i.e. in 2009 I want to be mentored and study more on communication and writing – so I’m going to find books and hopefully some people that can mentor me on the subject)

More to come tomorrow – hope you’re able to take some of these things and implement them in your life!

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