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A thought by John C. Maxwell (2017-03-07) from his book, No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity (p. 226). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) I wake up five days a week with the intention of finding a thought that will make a difference in your day.  Now it is not the intention that gets it done, it is the keeping at it till it is done that makes it happen.     John says, “Life is not a dress rehearsal. There are no do-overs for days, weeks, or years that we waste. We get only one shot at life, and whatever we fail to do will be left undone. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to finish life with a bunch of regrets. I’d like to live in such a way that I create a list of hundreds of failed attempts rather than a list of regrets for things I’d failed to attempt. I am determined to make a difference in the time I have on earth.” He goes on, “How can you make sure you don’t end up with a long list of regrets? Be deli

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2017-03-07) from his book, No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity (p. 207). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We have heard over and over how important it is for us to give our money, haven’t we?   But John says here that money isn’t the only way for us to give.  So what are they? He says, “These include giving people a chance, giving others the benefit of the doubt, and giving others a reason to want to work with you. An abundance person can be generous by giving others opportunities, giving them the resources and information they need to do their jobs well, giving them the credit when they are successful, and giving them grace when they make mistakes. What I’m really talking about here is generosity of spirit.” He goes on, “ Generosity is a word that comes out of the Latin word generosus , meaning of noble birth. It was associated with members of the aristocracy who, by virtue of t

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2017-03-07) from his book, No Limits: Blow the CAP Off Your Capacity (p. 206). Center Street. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Perspective can make such a difference.   It really can.   But where does it come from?   How do we get it? John says, “It’s determined by how we see, and that comes from who we are. Two people can be in the same situation and see things completely differently. While a scarcity person often looks at a situation and thinks, There’s no way! an abundance person sees the same things and thinks, There’s got to be a better way! He goes on, “The world is a better place as a result of people whose perspective was shaped by abundance thinking. People thought there was no way to get a room warm other than by using a fireplace. Benjamin Franklin thought there was a better way and invented what we call the Franklin stove. People thought there was no way to get anywhere fast on land excep