When is the last time you were recognized by your superiors with a compliment for the quality of your work?

Are you stuck in at an income level that is inadequate for your financial needs?

Lets analyze this situation:

1. Are there any potential promotions available?
2. What is the quality of your relationship with your direct report?
3. Do you need attain a certain skill in order to be promoted?
4. Does your company have some weakness that you could repair and get noticed?

Just doing your job is not enough for the company to single you out for promotion. Look for an opportunity to do something beyond what is expected of you.

This extra effort shows that you care about the company’s success and should be rewarded!

If not today, when?

 

What are you carrying around these days that is holding you back from the happiness you deserve? We all have memories of past failures, mistakes and disappointments.

Can you, will you, should you let them go and release once and for all their grip on your psychic? It’s not easy, but it is imperative. I believe it is good to learn from past mistakes so you won’t repeat them again, but don’t let them hold you captive!

It’s not easy to release your conscious thought from bad memories. You will be amazed, however, and probably don’t even realize the power you have to move on.

So, give yourself a richer daily life! Let it go!

If not today, when?

We invest in so many things. Some of these investments include our kids’ education, our home and our financial future.

What investments are you making in your own capabilities to have a self fulfilling life?

Are you investing in your physical well being? A healthy body can provide you with the strength to handle the many challenges that keep coming at you. Do you awake rested or tired? Your body has an elaborate muscular system that just needs some fine tuning.

How about investing in your knowledge or personal skills in order to make you more competitive for better wages in your chosen profession? It could be as easy as watching certain educational TV shows or reading a book.

You are what you make of yourself!

If not today, when?

When I was young, Sunday was the Lord’s day. It was not intended to be a day of work and most businesses were closed on Sunday.

Over the years, stores felt compelled to remain open in order to face new competitors who were drawing their customers. Sunday has become a big shopping day because the pace of life has accelerated and people need to shop on their day off.

So, what happened to “The Lord’s day?”

Do you take time out on a regular basis to be thankful?

After 77 years of life, I am always amazed at the many mysteries of life I see all around me!

I recommend thankfulness.

If not today, when?

Would you agree that we all have to deal with more and more frustrating situations as our daily lives become more complicated?

Trying to remember your passwords for every little online service is a dandy!

Or, when you call a company, you are greeted by a computerized voice designed to keep you away from actual living people for as long as possible.

How about when you’re trying to carry on a conversation with someone who is more interested in his or her cell phone than whatever you have to say?

So, how do we deal with all the frustrations?

I like my wife’s favorite saying; nobody died!

If not today, when?

 

Some people are ALWAYS on time! Some people are NEVER on time!

Which are you?

Why does it matter?

It matters because it sends powerful messages to the person you are supposed to meet at a certain time and place.

For the ON TIME PEOPLE, it conveys that you are reliable, dependable and put a value on the time of the other person. It also says you’re a disciplined person who meets your self imposed objectives.

For the LATE PEOPLE, it conveys the exact opposite. You have to begin the dialogue with an apology which gets the meeting off on the wrong foot and is another self imposed  blow to your self esteem.

Will you be on time?

If not today, when?

 

 

As I write this morning, Hurricane Michael is bearing down on the Florida panhandle. It is a category 4 and the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. this year.

Millions of people are in its projected path. Many residents in the panhandle live in poverty and have few resources to protect themselves and their families.

Do you have your life in perspective? Have you thought recently about the priorities that you should always keep in mind and act upon continuously?

As a part of your priorities, let me suggest doing something for the poor in your community. Today, wherever you go, you will pass people who live in the grip of hopelessness.

If not today, when?

Pure fun is enjoyment without the influence of alcohol or any other drugs.

It can be experienced while alone or with others. When you awake each morning, are you grateful to be alive? Sometimes, we forget that our very life is a gift.

Pure joy can be found in the simplest things such as enjoying a conversation with another person and hearing that you both have something in common that draws you closer together.

A simple period of relaxation can bring pure joy while leaving the pressing urgencies of the day behind.

Have you experienced pure joy lately?

If not today, when?

One of the more painful aspects of life is living with regrets that can’t be erased.

My grandfather was a Chicago fireman. My grandmother was always hard on him and it adversely affected my mom’s relationship with him. Early each morning on the way to work, he would come into mom’s bedroom and kiss her on the forehead while she pretended she was sleeping.

He suddenly died of stomach cancer while mom was 21 years old. All her life, even at the age of 91, she regretted all the times she pretended she was asleep.

Try to minimize your regrets by patching up the broken relationships of your life before it’s too late!

If not today, when?

 

Yes, it is just a smile!

A smile validates another person’s self worth. It is a powerful thing and only takes an instant in the midst of your busy life.

Who knows what kind of day a stranger is having? Your smile may be the best thing that has happened to him or her in a long time.

I’m not just suggesting that you smile at strangers. How about that teenager of yours who is driving you up the wall? Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to smile at family members with whom we have long term or short term issues. Smiling at a loved one may be difficult, but it’s all part of that great goal we should all have; unconditional love!

If not today, when?