Investors do not get excited about a good idea. Good ideas are a dime a dozen. Investors appraise the team before they invest.
Inner-Circle
A high performing leader needs an inner circle. Start with one person but expand to two or three. Don’t try and fulfill the highest purpose you were created for without input from people with talent that you don’t have.
Change-My-Character
Identify one thing if changed would make me a better person.
Fear-and-Courage
There is a business lesson we can receive from squirrels that cross the street. A squirrel with fear will turn back when he sees danger and many times be crushed. A courageous squirrel will many times live because he stays on mission. Courage in the face of danger is a gift that successful entrepreneurs have.
Ideas-Success
We say action speaks louder than words, however, words are required before action. Remember words and action are only two of the components of success.
Ideas prompt thoughts, thoughts crystalize into words, words produce action, action of key people create success.
Words-Are-Powerful
Words can tear down or build up. For example you can tell a child “You will never amount to anything” or you can say “I see you have an ear for music.”
When you see a penny on the sidewalk you can pick it up and say “Money is coming to me today.” Or you can walk on by and think “I’m too good to stop and pick up something so insignificant.”
You can tell your spouse “You are amazing and you look stunning.” or you can say “I can tell you didn’t get much done today.”
The words you choose are more powerful than you can imagine.
Grow-a-Business
Golden rule in growing a business “Put in more than you take out.”
Shame-Resistance
If I’m going to be ashamed I’m not going to do it. If I’m going to do it I’m not going to be ashamed.
Wounds-of-the-Heart
Wounds leave you stuck in the past. Self pity gives you a license to stay there. Wounds don’t go away with time, they have to heal. Healing the heart is a series of choices. The choices are not easy but they make a path to move on.
Psalm91-In-My-Words
I am not afraid day or night. When I sleep I know He is watching over me. When conflict comes I am confident even when people all around me perish. Through my protection I see evil destroyed and since His house is my house I am protected.
He has instructed angels to protect me.
Since I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ I know He loves me, and I love Him. I will live a long time because I know that He is always there for me and will never let me down.