Let's Do This Thing!

Well it has been a while since I have posted to this site. Yes...a year is a while!!!

I have been dabbling...positiontioning...learning...reading...thinking this past year. And what I have come up with is that I LOVE presenting and presentations. Now I am not talking about those boring old presentations where some overweight middle aged man with an ill fitting missmatched suit stands up and reads his powerpoint slides that have about 100 bullet points per slide. THAT IS NOT WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT!!!

I LOVE presentations that make you jump up afterwards and say WOW! That move you...that tell a story...that challenge...excite...initiate!

You know they are out there!!!

So I am changing focus a little bit. My "Here's Your Stone" blog is still going to be committed to to giving you the resources (stones) you need to face your giant. But they will be focused on presenting...making your point...FINDING YOUR VOICE!

All of my future posts will be geared related to:

1. Discovering Your Voice - Knowing what your purpose in life is.
2. Developing Your Voice - Finding the main point your are trying to communicate and telling your story
3. Designing Your Voice - Creating a visually stimulating presentation
4. Delivering Your Voice - Interacting with your audience to get them engaged and passionate about what you have to say.

This is where we are going. If you are interested follow me!!!

Purpose Power

Purpose is a powerful thing. If you are not ready to see yourself in a maximized state, don't activily persue the discovery of your personal purpose. Because it is a powerful thing. Thoughts change, actions change, confidence change, goals change....LIFE CHANGES when purpose is understood, defined, and embraced.

In 2005 I had my second great day, the day I discovered my purpose in life. It is to teach, develop, and focus myself and other leaders to encourage Christ centered success. As a result of focusing on this individual and personal purpose, I have created this audio training. January 2008 my FIRST (yes I plan on having others) CD seminar will be published and ready for you to purchase. Isn't self promotion wonderful?!?!?!

There is power in purpose. If you are not ready to experience that power, then don't change a thing. But if you are ready, buckle up, hold on to your seat, and let's go!!!

All Purpose

Why are we so concerned with things being all purpose? Are we afraid to admit that what we do, the product we have, the group that we are involved with has a very specific purpose?

I typed in "all purpose" into a search engine and found 530 million listings and .16 secs!!! But you know what I noticed, ALL of the "all purpose" products has a specific purpose...all purpose cleaners, all purpose fertilizers, all purpose pink sleeper chair (really? sounds specific to me)

Why are we afraid of our purpose??? Grab a hold of it...maximize it...amplify it!!! We have a purpose...deal with it...enjoy it!

Quote: Dreams

"If you're big enough for your dreams, then your dreams aren't big enough for you."
Edwin McManus

The Legacy Problem

Have you ever thought leaving a great legacy could be a problem? I never really thought of it that way. I thought leaving no or a negative legacy…yeah that’s a problem, but leaving a good one? What in the world could be a problem with that?

This Friday my wife’s grandfather (“granddaddy”) turns 80 years old. We are having a huge get together for him. Family from all over the country is rallying in Robinson to celebrate this soft spoken man that has had a huge impact on each of our lives. This wonderful man will at some point in time give each of his family members a huge hug and whisper in their ear, “Welcome home!” You can’t beat that feeling.

You know what the biggest problem is with the weekend? Too many people. That’s right…where in the world do we put everyone!

That’s the problem with a life lived well, a legacy that can not been contained. How’s it looking for you? Are you going to have a space problem?

DEFINATLY Laugh

There are very few things in life that you DEFINATLY have to do. So when you DEFINATLY find something that you DEFINATLY have to do then you DEFINATLY have to share it. One of the things I DEFINATLY have to share is that I have been laughing so hard at myself over the past couple days because I DEFINATLY spelled DEFINATLY wrong in my inaugural survey on this blog. And I DEFINATLY just found out that when you spell DEFINATLY wrong in the survey, you DEFINATLY can’t change it.

Life is too short to be too serious. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Take the time to laugh. And I would DEFINATLY love to hear about some of the times you had to laugh at yourself!

Quote: Gray Twilight

“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.” --Theodore Roosevelt (April 10, 1899)