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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

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2015-10-06) from his book, Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters  (p. 14). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I may understand what it takes to get in physical shape but if I don’t do what I understand then I will stay the same physically.   Yes, understanding is important but action make the difference. John says, “If you take action, it will change your life. And that change will begin changing others.”   He then asks a good question, “What task to help others keeps popping up on your ‘I should’ list?”   What is it?   This is where the understanding comes in.   Understanding is important.   Just stop and think for a moment. Then he says, “I want to challenge you to develop the discipline of doing in that area. Every time we choose action over ease we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect, and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is oft