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A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 63). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) There are certain thoughts that I read that have great meaning to me personally.   This is one.   So I’m glad you stopped to see what it means.   John says, “Solomon, who was reputed to be the wisest man who ever lived, said, ‘Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit— you choose.’ (Proverbs 18: 21, MSG.)” He then says, “If you want to make a difference and live a life that matters, you need to embrace some words and reject others. We all have a running dialogue in our heads. What we say to ourselves either encourages us or discourages us. The words we need to embrace are positive, words such as we, can, will, and yes . What do we need to eliminate? Me, can’t, won’t, and no .” Have you leaned that yet?   I hope so. John quotes a lon

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 61). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) What is the one thing you do better than anything else?   That is a good place to start in your trek in living a life that matters. John says, “I believe everybody has one thing they do better than anything else. The right place to start is with your one thing. I learned this from my dad. In fact it was a Maxwell house rule when I was growing up. When we were kids, my dad’s message to my brother, sister, and me was to find your strength— your one thing— and stay with it. He never encouraged us to try to do lots of different things. He wanted each of us to do one thing exceptionally well. A long running joke in our family was that we felt sorry for multi-gifted people.   How would they know which of their gifts to focus on? He goes on, “In my eyes, my fathe

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters (p. 30). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) As you have noticed the name of this book is Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters and John gives us an example of what he means by looking at his father who he says is the most intentional person I've met.   He says, “He knows what he believes, he identifies what he wants, he thinks about what he needs to do to bring about the results he wants, and he consistently takes action to see it through. He’s in his nineties, and he’s still living intentionally.” John goes on, “During the Depression, when many people were out of work, he would go to a business where he hoped to get a job, and he would work a day for free. He figured that his work would be so good that the business owner would simply hire him on the spot. If that didn’t happen, he wou