Category: Habits

HabitFast Journey-Day 27-Excellence

You cannot be excellent on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and take Thursday and Friday off. You must be excellent 'all' of the time.

— Les Brown —

For the most part I agree with Les’ quote above.  I would change the end to read, “you must seek excellence all of the time.”  Let’s face it, we all fall short but victory lies with those of us who get back up and stay on the road of our predetermined excellence journey. I’m assuming…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 26-Look

When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

— Wayne Dyer —

  BOOM! Philippians 1:21, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (NIV) HabitFast Journey Action Steps: 1.  Start the day-reflect, meditate, journal and prayerfully turn your HabitFast plan and day over to God. 2.  Continue the day- stay in conscience contact with God. 3.  End of day evaluation- reflect, review, journal and…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 25-Your Story

The only thing that's keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.

— Tony Robbins —

What story are you constantly telling yourself?  Is it a story someone told you long ago…a story that you’ve never tried to make your own? Journaling is a great way to put into writing the story you should be telling yourself and is the reason I started journaling many years ago. Make your story, your story. Jeremiah 29:11-13,…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 24-Changing the World

Relentless, repetitive, positive self talk is what changes our self-image.

— Unknown —

You may have noticed that I’m spending some time having you take a look at the thoughts that are flowing through your brain.  Conquering an old bad habit and/or starting a new one requires the ability to think-thoughts that are supportive of your change. If you have trouble controlling your thoughts, take an inventory of…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 23-You are You

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.

— Sally Field —

A common reason people never realize they have the ability to design their own life is because they are often too worried about what others think about them. They key to designing your own life lies in your thoughts, not someone else’s. Galatians 1:10, “Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God? …

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HabitFast Journey-Day 22-Go-To and The Committee

Tell the negative committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.

— Ann Bradford —

I’ve written about the fact that our life and all we do is a by-product of our thoughts.  Whenever we are trying to change a habit, changing our thinking becomes paramount.  I have found I need to have standard go-to thoughts to help me speak back at the negative stuff that my committee tries to…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 21-Customizing

There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize.

— Robert Brault —

Are you living in default mode or are you customizing your life? For those of you who’ve stayed fast…literally…during this HabitFast Journey; you are beginning to see and feel what it takes to design your life.  A little blood, sweat and tears today sure pales to the thought of being 70 or 80 years old and…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 20-Higher Purpose

When personal improvement is all about us, we risk becoming a more annoying version of ourselves.

— Paraphrased from an Andy Stanley quote. —

The annual EagleLaunch-HabitFast is a journey focused on personal improvement with a goal of becoming a better vessel for God to work through.  It is about eliminating and/or starting habits that keep our vessel clean and prepared for God’s use. I was reminded of this yesterday morning during my devotion time.  I don’t know about you,…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 19-Getting Unstuck

Stuck in the moment? Surround yourself with people who will challenge your ways instead of enabling them.

— JJM —

  Changing a habit is not an easy thing as habits are often deeply rooted out of beliefs we sometimes don’t realize we have. I believe the key to personal growth is having an ongoing desire of overcoming bad habits born out of old beliefs and replacing them with fresh, productive ones.  Along with this desire…

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HabitFast Journey-Day 18-Discipline = Good

For some reason discipline has a negative connotation in our society. Try exercising a little discipline in your life and you will soon see society has it all wrong.

— JJM —

Self-discipline is a by-product of setting goals, creating a plan to achieve the goals, executing the plan and tracking your progress. Hmm…which is exactly what we are doing on this HabitFast Journey. Hebrews 12:11, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful.  Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those…

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