9 Things
9 Things You Simply MUST DO to succeed in LOVE and LIFE
Dr Henry Cloud
Principle 1: Dig it out
The invisible world is always where the visible originates
Those who succeed in life cannot ignore their hearts, minds and souls (Proverb4:23)
Dig up your talent, dream, desire and sow it. Plant it. Water it.
Avoidance of risk is the greatest risk of all.
Principle 2: Pull the Tooth
Do not hang on to bad stuff for long (1 Cor 6:12)
You can find out if something is fixable only by getting busy fixing it.
New things that actually have hope for the future cannot appear until you get rid of what was taking up the space that the new thing needs
Proverbs 22:3
Proverbs 17:22
Principle 3: Play the Movie
Anyone thing you do is only a scene in a larger movie. To understand that action, you have to play it out all the way to the end of the movie.
Principle 4: Do Something
ask “What can I do to make the situation better?”
Proactive
Principle 5: Act like an Ant
Proverbs 6:6-8
Achieve goals by taking tiny steps over time
Wanting it all keeps you from having any.
Wanting it now keeps you from having it.
Principle 6: Hate Well
Character is in part formed by what we hate, because we move to be different from whatever that is
Romans 12:9
Successful people move against the problem, and show love and respect to the person at the same time.
Proverbs: 15:18 - Make subjective hatred objective.
Proverbs 6:16-19 & Psalm 101:3-7
Principle 7: Don't Play Fair
Luke 6:32-35
Give back better than you are given
Principle 8: Be Humble
Not having a need to be more than you are
Admit it quickly when they are wrong and receive correction and confrontation from others well.
Proverbs 9:7 and 15:12
Principle 9: Upset the Right People
Do not make decisions based on the fear of other people's reactions
What you should do and what someone's response if going to be, are two very different issues.
Good quotes
Luke 6:26
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Proverbs...
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