Proverbs 10:4 “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.” (NIV)
My January 31, 2011 thought for the week “so if you’re tired of the same old story, turn some pages” is a line from REO Speedwagon’s song, Roll With The Changes. Check this link out for a beautiful acoustic rendition of their song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBadNvkmjtY
I absolutely relate to “so if you’re tired of the same old story, turn some pages,” as it reminds me of the many people I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to help through the years. Whether it be helping someone with an addiction problem, business problem or a life problem, often the difference between success and failure is the willingness to “turn some pages” and change and move on.
I was talking with a friend the other day and he said “Jay I’m sick and tired of being a failure.” So I asked my friend, “what are you doing about it?” He said “I don’t know, but I just know I’m tired of being a failure.” Sir Isaac Newton and his genius mind proved that “an object at rest stays at rest” but I think you will agree with me, it does not take a genius mind to understand Newton’s first law.
In Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,  there is a quote I refer to often when I am coaching my clients. It comes from E.M. Gray’s essay The Common Denominator of Success. Gray writes “The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do, they don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.”
Do you have a purpose? Do you know where you’re going? If you’re stuck and tired of the same old story…turn some pages.
P.E.A.C.E.
