When things go wrong…don’t go with them. These are times that may test your spirit, sanity and faith. In life, things may happen to you and to the people that you care about. What matters the most is what happens IN you!! That’s what you control.

Choose to respond from a place of power and possibility. Affirm to yourself over and over again until it affects you at the cellular level, "No matter how bad it is…or how bad it gets…I’m going to make it." Your words create your world. As you speak these words with power, feeling and conviction, they will become your reality. You have something special. You have GREATNESS within you!!​

Les Brown

These words were Les Brown’s FaceBox status this morning.

He got me with "when things go wrong, don’t go with them.".

It’s so easy to let ourselves go with the flow of the happenings in our lives.

To let the events of the day determine our level of happiness.

Let’s all take Les’s advice today and put positive words into our day.

Make it a great day.

Jake

If a father walks out of the house and he can still feel his daughter’s kiss on his face all day, he’s a powerful man. If a husband walks out of the house and he can still feel the imprint of his wife’s arms around his body he’s invincible all day. It’s the special stuff with the inner circle that makes you strong and powerful and influential. So don’t miss that opportunity.

Here’s the greatest value. The prophet said, "There are many virtues and values, but here’s the greatest, one person caring for another." There is no greater value than love. Better to live in a tent on the beach with someone you love than to live in a mansion by yourself. One person caring for another, that’s one of life’s greatest expressions. So make sure in your busy day to remember the true purpose and the reasons you do what you do. May you truly live the kind of life that will bring the fruit and rewards that you desire.

Jim Rohn

Of all the opportunities to influence and make the world a better place, the most powerful is with those closest to us.

I really liked the mental picture from above – the husband feeling invincible because he could still feel the imprint of his wife’s arms around him.

The impact we have on those closest to us is that powerful.

Think about the 5 closest people in your life.

Do they feel invincible after spending time with you or do they feel fragile?

Do they feel like a cup so full they can’t help but spill out on others or like a desert, so thirsty that everything starts to look like water?

Do they feel like they are going to conquer the entire world or that one more email might put them over the edge?

Because of the love and closeness we feel for those closest to us, our impact is that much bigger.

Take stock on the impact you are having.

If you don’t like it, change it.

If you do like it, pour it on. Might as well win by a landslide.

Make it a great day.

Jake

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If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy. – Zig Ziglar ​

This just a friendly reminder to count your blessings today.

Spend a few minutes counting them, writing them down or just focusing on them.

It’s easy to forget how lucky we are.

Make it a great day.

Jake

Success.com recently published an article on the 4 things you can learn from kids.

I know that my kids have taught me something about each one of these 4.

Curiosity

Excitement

Trust

Faith

Spend some time with a kid this week. Try and pick up a lesson or two.

Make it a great day.

Jake

Here is the whole article:

http://www.success.com/article/rohn-4-things-you-can-learn-from-your-child

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JD – And the turtles, of course… all the turtles are free; As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. – Dr. Seuss

EB* – How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. – A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

JW – In case of doubt, attack! – George S. Patton

MS* – But very quickly they all became grave again: for, as you know, there is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes. – C.S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia

BAD – You get a cheeseburger! And you get a cheeseburger! And you get a cheeseburger!

Lately I have been reading The Chronicles of Narnia series with Maggie.

It has been a great reminder that just because a book is for kids, it doesn’t mean there isn’t a whole lot I can learn from it.

Was there a book that really touched you where you were a kid?

Pick it up and read it again (with your kids if you have any).

Make it a great day.

Jake

http://youtu.be/jSFLZ-MzIhM

I know this is a slow one. But I still think it is hard to listen to without smiling.

What a great way to start the day. Listening to a song that makes you smile.

If this song doesn’t do it for you, go find one that does and start your day off right.

Make it a great day.

Jake ​

You were born to win.​ But to be the winner you were born to be you have to plan to win and prepare to win. Then and only then can you expect to win. – Zig Ziglar

It all starts with our belief that we were born to win.

Once we have that belief we can then get to work on the preparing and planning.

Then we can legitimately expect to win.

What step are you on?

Make it a great day.

Jake

Meaghan and the girls were gone last night and I had this weird moment when I realized the entire house was quiet (needless to say, but quiet moments are rare at our house with 3 small children that are full of life).

The thought crossed my mind that before I know it, the house will be quiet again once the children have grown up and gone on to live their lives.

This reminded me that my time with the kids will be short and that I should cherish that opportunity.

Yesterday I wrote about the opportunity each of us has to believe in others and to encourage them through our belief.

Last night was a reminder that we don’t have forever to do it.

Our time to make an impact on others is short.

So, consider this a reminder. Don’t miss your opportunity to impact someone else.

If you believe in them, show them today.

If you love them, show them today.

Take action now. Don’t let the days pass you by.

Make it a great day.

Jake

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone can give another person. He believed in me. – Jim Valvano

What a great quote and thought for today.

As a father, it has a particular effect on me, but I think it applies to all of us.

As I have said before, everyone we meet is someone’s little boy or girl. Everyone is that miracle that their father and mother held when they were born, staring into their little face believing in all the possibilities this new life held.

Our job is to see that in others (and ourselves) and to act on that belief.

We all have a chance to inspire others through our belief in them.

So, let me start today of by saying that I believe in you.

I believe in all that you are.

I believe in all that you can be.

I believe in you.

Show and/or tell someone today that you believe in them.

Make it a great day.

Jake

The direction we go is determined by the direction we face.

It’s like when you are driving and you turn to look at something and the car starts to move that way too.

And we face in the direction of what has our attention.

What has your attention?

Are you focused on reading a self improvement book or the latest and greatest TV show?

Are you focused on managing your budget or on that new gadget you want to buy?

Our goals are truly powerful when they capture our attention and we focus in on them.

Make it a great day.

Jake ​