It has been said that there are two great days in a person's life, the day you were born and the day you found out why. We all have had our first day. We have all been born. But have you had your second
great day? Have you taken the time to discover why you have been put on this earth. Why have you been given the skills you have been given? Why have you had the experiences you have had and will have? Why have you had the relationships you have had and will have? This is one of the most important processes you can experience in life.
This blog is intended to share ideas related to celebrating the results of your second great day, celebrating the power of personal purpose. So many people have thought about their purpose and stopped there. They don't have anything written down. They have not shared their purpose with anyone. They have not developed skills and abilities around this purpose. So they have not fully experienced
their second great day! This blog is here to help!!! (Can a blog itself really help someone? I don't know let's see!)
I am an expert, well at least the expert on my personal purpose. I have had my second great day. I was one of those that kept putting it off and putting it off. And then it finally happened...my second
great day happened. I had to look back and laugh. What was I afraid of? That I might actually be more happy, more effective, more me?!?!?! Crazy isn't it.
I have to admit this whole blogging thing is not something I have been very interested in to this point. I know the next reasonable question to that statement is "so why have you created one?" Great question...thanks for asking it! The reason I have started this blog is because it is a means to an end. You see one of my passions in life, actually it's not just a passion I feel it's my purpose in life, is to teach, develop, and focus myself and other leaders to encourage Christ-centered success. And I see a blog as a wonderful tool that you and I can use to accomplish this. So all that being said, I am now an official blogger. Hold your applause please!
Recently Read
Timothy Ferris: The 4-Hour work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich
This book will change the way you think about work and possibly your purpose. As a result of reading this book I started Smooth Stone Resources to help better fulfill my purpose. (*****)Richard A. Swenson: Margin: Restoring Emotional, Physical, Financial, and Time Reserves to Overloaded Lives
We all need it...few have it. How do you create margin in your life. Swenson touches on the four areas in our life where we need to have margin. If it is not present, he will give you the prescription in which to create it. (*****)David J. Rendall: The Four Factors of Effective Leadership: Revised & Updated
This is the best overall leadership book I have read. It does a wonderful job showing you the four areas in which effective leadership is derived. As Rendall points out this truly is a mental filing cabinet in which you can put just about everything you have and will learn about leadership. (*****)Stephanie O. Hubach: Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability
This book looks at the Biblical view of disability. The points that were made we so clear and truth driven. I learned a lot even though I work in this field full time. (****)Steve Farrar: How to Ruin Your Life by Forty
This book I will give out to every high school or college graduate I know from now on. It is on of those books that clearly and plainly communicates what decisions will need to be made early in life and how to make them most effectively. Even if you're over 40 get this book and read it. (****)Craig Groeschel: Chazown: khaw-ZONE - A Different Way to See Your Life
This book really give a Biblical way to see your life differently. Groeschel creatively and humorously presents the five spokes of Chazown. (***)Philip Smith: A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and The Business Solution for Ending Poverty
This is a very new investing opportunity. This book will open your eyes to some of the good things going on in 3rd world countries. Who knows, you might even choose to invest after this read. (***)Jerry Porras: Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters
If you have not ever read books on personally effectiveness then this will be a good one. Some of the ideas I have heard before, but overall solid. (***)
Main | Quote: Your Second Great Day »
December 12, 2007
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00e54fa0f8aa883300e54fb4442e8834
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Welcome to Your Second Great Day:
Verify your Comment
Previewing your Comment
This is only a preview. Your comment has not yet been posted.
As a final step before posting your comment, enter the letters and numbers you see in the image below. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.
Having trouble reading this image? View an alternate.
Comments