7 For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline- 2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)   Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.- Clint Eastwood

This week you need to use your self-discipline. To do this, you will need to think of an action that you have been planning to take but have not been able to follow-through on. Think of something that will increase your level of satisfaction or happiness. You can choose something from any area of your [...]

The Principle of Character: Daily I choose to identify and eliminate character flaws and fortify my character strengths. Self-Discipline Leads To Happiness what a great article Michael wrote yesterday!   Where he writes: “Many people believe that happiness is doing what you want, whenever you want and however you want…”  reminded me of something that I [...]

Many people believe that happiness is doing what you want, whenever you want and however you want. They also believe that freedom comes from never having to do anything that may cause a disruption in their comfort level. Is that what you believe? Furthermore,  they believe that  self-discipline is painful.  Many people believe that self-discipline [...]

Daily I choose to identify and eliminate character flaws and fortify my character strengths.

  33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”- 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV) Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.- Abraham Lincoln

For this weeks challenge we are going to focus on change. In fact you are going to initiate a positive change in your life. It will make your life better. Think of something you would like to change in your life but have not gotten around to it. It may be a small change such [...]

If there is just one constant that you can always depend on in life, it would have to be change. In fact change is probably one of the few certainties in life and you can be guaranteed of one thing: in 2 to 3 years your life and the world will be different. Things never [...]

Daily I choose to identify and eliminate character flaws and fortify my character strengths.

Removing character flaws from our lives is sometimes a difficult process. There are many reasons why we may choose to hold on to a character flaw in spite of the pain and turmoil it causes in our lives. Here are 3 of the biggest reasons: We don’t view it as a character flaw.  We are [...]