BE IN THE MOMENT TO BUILD A BETTER YOU

On March 16, 2011, In @ Work, By Bryan Dodge

“Obstacles seem to get in your way when you take your eyes off your goals.”
— Ron Reynolds
Author of The Gift a testament to the power of personal responsibility, self-discipline, and commitment in the pursuit of one’s purpose in life

I had Ron Reynolds on my radio show on Saturday, March 5th, and he emphasized that there are no ordinary moments in life. The bottom line is that you need to stop letting obstacles distract you from understanding the power of the moment. There are 1,440 minutes in each day and none of them are ordinary in spite of how we often treat each one. It is when you learn to embrace the moment, and put it to use in an intelligent fashion, that each moment can be the beginning point of a new and better conclusion. When we seize the moment, it changes our lives for the better, provided that this opportunity is filled with intense emotion and a resolute commitment towards a specific purpose.

As you reflect on today and yesterday (which also had 1,440 potential defining moments), what did you do with this extraordinary time in your life? Did any single moment in your life represent a new beginning or were they all a mere continuation of the same past attitudes and habits? How much time did you spend holding a personal pity party? How much of your life did you waste harboring destructive emotions about some person or circumstance? Did you focus on worrying, self-doubt, or guilt because of some past deed?

Life happens and the moments in our lives will pass regardless of what we choose to do with them. If you remain idle or in a “parked” position, the moments in your life will simply not matter. You’re the one who has to change and give life to the moment, or the moment will do nothing to change your life.

Today is now a new day and it is filled with another 1,440 “chances.” If you really want a better life, then take a whole new look at it and the opportunities that are before you. Why not make the choice to take the chance? Why not breathe life and substance into as many opportunities in this day as you can?

If you’ll take chances, make some changes, overcome challenges, and commit to making better choices, you’ll start the miracle process called “Building a Better You.” The key is that you just have to do it; nobody can do this for you. You have a choice – You can either use the vehicle that can help you make the most of the many moments that lie ahead of you. Or, you can let the passing moments be a little more than another “tick” of the clock that keeps score of your passing life.

The point I want you to remember is that there’s an innate tendency in all of us to “seize the moment” tomorrow, or after I get through what I’m doing, or at some other undefined point in the future. Let me say that with each passing year of your life {, by the way this is 525,600 minutes, (or moments) or 31,536,000 seconds} the level of your desire, expectations, and most importantly, your energy, will diminish. At some point in your life, change and commitment won’t seem to matter anymore. You’ll settle for what little your unseeded moments have given you.
When you waste time, you waste life. Don’t let time slip through your fingers. Do something that matters most in life before you find out the clock is ticking faster than you can catch up. If this happens, you’ve let too many important moments slither away. Always remember that there are enough moments to remind your-self that life is to short not to be happy, and too long not to do well. Thus, focus your life on being in the moment and always be where you are, when you are.

The Good Life Rules!

Bryan J. Dodge

  

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Choose to Value Your Values!

On March 2, 2011, In @ Home, @ Professionalism, @ Work, By Bryan Dodge

The Important and Enduring Ideals

Take a minute out of your busy schedule and contemplate – What are the ideals that you value most in your life?  Put anyone in a crisis situation, and suddenly, all they value in life comes into hyper focus.  Do you value your job (and what the money earned can buy) over family, friends, or faith?  If you’re not careful, over time, you will take for granted what you value most and replace it with whatever you spend most of your time doing.  

Most importantly, you have to guard against losing the value of personal choice. We all have it, but seldom use it.  In the United States of America, we are granted freedom and have boundless opportunities.  Even in the reality of the present economic and political turbulence, there is opportunity to advance.  Other important values consist of love and friendship and the ability to find our talents, both learned and innate.

I want to remind you of the values that bring our life alive and not the circumstances we find ourselves in at the moment.  It is time to rediscover the true value that you were meant to bring to this world, the value that will leave ‘your footprint’ long after your time here on earth.  Think further with me, will you?  What happens when you focus on your values and then realize that they will be confronted with adverse circumstances?  Therein lays the human dilemma.  Those circumstances, combined with the passage of time, can diminish the worth of your values until you can no longer see them or remember they ever existed.

Over the years, I have seen it in the eyes of my programs’ attendees.  Time and distractions have stolen away the greatest of all values—it is your birthright—and that is, your child-like excitement to have faith, courage, and enthusiasm in yourself and in your future.  I have shared these three words with my team and audiences all over the country and world for over two decades.  You owned these three values in abundance as a child, but now, it is your focus on knowledge, prestige, and position that has taken away your greatest asset.  You find yourself anticipating failure rather than pursuing success.  You see rejection first, rather than respect.  Your negativity has resulted in an inability to achieve your goals and to develop your true dream in life.

It is important to remember that tomorrow will soon become today, and along with it, the chance that you might miss a new opportunity to see the values in life you possess.  Tomorrow gradually becomes our escape from today.  We say to ourselves, “I’ll start tomorrow” or “Things will be better tomorrow.”  However, something always seems to happen in the transition of tomorrow becoming today, and possibly even making yesterday forgotten.  If you can discipline yourself today, focus on what’s important, and pursue your personal plan to make tomorrow better, all of your values will come to fruition.  You will need this level of focus to produce the results you require for this moment in time.  It is not a gift; it is a responsibility.  It is not an entitlement; it is a choice.

 The Good Life Rules!

Bryan J. Dodge

  

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