The words we speak and the words we use to promote our side hustle or what we do in our full-time self-employment can bring life or death to what we do. A friend of mine sent me the following story that powerfully illustrates the importance of the words we use. A blind boy sat on...
We all tell stories about ourselves. If I ask you who you are or what you do, you would tell me one thing while thinking something else. You might say, “Oh, I’m just a [fill in the blank].” Your words are telling me that you are an accountant, a bus driver, a carpenter, or a...
The importance of the Persistent Decision can not be underestimated. Committing to the Persistent Decision means you accept responsibility. You constantly seek wisdom. You never stop being a person of action. You have a decided heart, without exception. You choose to be happy every single day. You greet each day with a forgiving spirit. Every...
I Will Greet This Day With a Forgiving Spirit David Ponder learns of the 6th Decision from Abraham Lincoln on November 11, 1863. The date and location are important to applying the Compassionate Decision. David had been in Gettysburg, PA, nearly 4 months prior during the Civil War battle, where he met Joshua Chambers and...
David Ponder receives Decision 5: The Joyful Decision from an odd choice; Anne Frank “Today, I will choose to be happy. I will greet each day with laughter.” Anne Frank was born the same year as MLK Jr, Barbara Walters, and my grandmother (Matilda “Tilly” Shea). I know my grandmother, who I called Greer, had...
I have a decided heart. This epitomizes the fourth decision. In “The Seven Decisions,” Andy Andrews writes, “A decided heart is unwavering in the face of continual challenges and setbacks, and that ensures victory and a lifetime of greater fulfillment.” We are no longer to get caught up in analyzing things indefinitely. If we do,...