MONDAY’S CUP OF MOTIVATION

MONDAY’S CUP OF MOTIVATION:

This year is almost over.  We are all scrambling to make time for parties, New Year’s eve, last minute shopping…This week, let’s take a step back and make sure we are continuing to focus on the what truly matters.  Our family and our business.  Each of us has a set of building blocks that we build on.  Remembering that family and career are a few of the cornerstones to this foundation will serve as a reminder when we have all these other “obligations.”  We can sleep well at night knowing we are doing our best with the things that truly matter the most in our lives.  If something can be fit in without taking away from the cornerstones, then that’s a bonus.   In the years to come, we will not remember the party we attended or the gift we scrambled to buy. We will remember the quality time we spent with loved ones and how special those times were.  We will look back on the pictures and it will be those memories that matter.  Let’s always remember how truly blessed we are.  Let’s slow down and keep our eyes wide open this month.  The miracle of friends and family are among us.  Let’s savor these moments.  Make the rest of your life the best of your life.  Have a phenomenal week.

ENCOURAGEMENT CORNER…

The story of a woodcutter

Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best….

His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.

The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.

“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”

Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.

“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.

“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.

“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”

Reflection:

Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen the “axe”. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than ever, but less happy that ever.

Why is that? Could it be that we have forgotten how to stay “sharp”? There’s nothing wrong with activity and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we neglect the truly important things in life, like our personal life, giving more time for our family, taking time to read etc.

We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don’t take the time to sharpen the “axe”, we will become dull and lose our effectiveness.

WORDS TO LIVE BY…

Time is more valuable than money.  You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

Jim Rohn
If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

Vincent Van Gogh

I was addicted to the hokey pokey but I turned myself around.

Author unknown

What you do has far greater impact than what you say.

Stephen Covey

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?
Dr. Seuss

If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.

Author unknown

Stay Hungry.  Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs quoting The Whole Earth Catalog

This week, savor the moment!