Recently, I read a couple of articles that revealed a couple of surprising obstacles to reaching goals. See if they are as surprising to you as they were to me. Everyone struggles to reach those goals at one time or another. I know I’ve gone through stretches in my life when it seemed I was going nowhere in my efforts to reach my goals. The first surprising obstacle was perfectionism. I think this is in part because we’ve always be…
Are you having trouble reaching your goals or dreams? Here’s an essential step to start moving in the right direction. In basketball and other sports, madness often reigns among fans. Those who closely follow a team might often wonder why certain players don’t play during games. Most likely, the coach knows best. When my children were young, they played a lot of sports. Occasionally they would complain about not playing more in games. I always had the same response: the…
Have you thought about your mission in life? What if you’re getting clues about it and don’t realize it? Consider the possibility. Stay open to hints about your mission in life. Rod Brooks had a life changing experience that led him to think about how his health is linked to the importance of how he spends his time. Rod is a grandfather who had slowly gained weight as he got older. “Little by little, inch by inch, and pound by…
If you want to meet your health goals, you need to stay focused. This can be difficult if you take a haphazard approach to losing weight, getting stronger or staying fit. I’ve found that the best way to be consistent is to have a system that helps me stay on track. I suggest using a system that runs in 30-day cycles, which fits perfectly with the way you schedule your life. You’ll know when each cycle begins and ends. You…
Are you wondering what happened to your life?
Did you have dreams that somehow slipped away?
Do you want to change, but have no idea where to start?
Good news! You’ve already started.
Remember in the struggles that if you endure, happiness comes with the accomplishment.
The Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I Graduated from High School (NOTE: I had the wonderful honor of speaking at my son’s high school graduation Sunday. Here’s a written version of my remarks.) Memorial Baptist Church, Buies Creek, N.C. June 5, 2016 By Steve DeVane Good morning. Let’s read the scripture for today. I’ll be reading Mark 10:35-45 from The Message. 35 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came up to him. “Teacher, we have something we want…
Turn your dreams into goals. Develop a plan to reach your goals. Take the steps necessary to accomplish the plan.
That’s how you make your dreams come true.
One of the best ways to reach your goals is to find someone who has accomplished what you want to accomplish, then do what they’ve done.
I’m constantly amazed at the places that potential learning opportunities pop-up. I often drive down a country road near a Civil War battlefield. I usually find the rural scenery relatively relaxing. One day, I happened to notice something that I had somehow missed on all my previous trips by the fields along the road. Right in the middle of one of the fields stood a tree. It was only about 25 or 30 feet tall, but I was nevertheless taken…