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We have lost our focus on what is success and what is significance. Our true significance is measured by who we are, not by what we do. Our hectic, rushing world has it backwards. God is not as interested in what we do for Him as much as what we are for Him. The makeup of our character on the inside is the measurement of our significance in God’s eyes.

God will affirm your significance when you seek Him as your refuge. He’ll stir you up and tell you things about yourself, like, “I love you just the way you are, but I love you too much to leave you the same.” When you find your significance in who you are in God, you’ll be okay with yourself no matter what pressures are coming against you. He will give you the strength and the courage to do whatever it takes to secure your comeback, because God’s opinion of you makes man’s opinion irrelevant.

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Sir Winston Churchill was Great Britain’s greatest 20th-century statesman. He was best known for his courageous leadership as prime minister during World War II. His career was not without controversy and setbacks. During World War I he was forced to resign from the admiralty which almost destroyed his career. His terms in the parliament were sporadic based on what political views were popular at the time. He was denied cabinet office for ten years during 1929-39. His outspoken manner and bulldog tenacity for what he believed often got him in trouble with opponents, but his insistence on the need for rearmament and his disagreement with Prime Minister Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler were what caused public opinion to demand Churchill’s return to the admiralty when Britain declared war on Germany in 1939.

Churchill became prime minister in 1940 during what he called England’s darkest hour after the fall of France and the relentless German blitz on London. In one of his most famous and powerfully rousing speeches, Churchill’s gravelly voice was heard on the air waves around the world saying, “If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour.’” Seeing Churchill with his cigar and two fingers raised in a “V” for victory, inspired the British to keep fighting. His unwavering leadership and military strategies formed a solid collaboration with the United States and other allies which turned the tide against the Nazi regime ensuring its defeat. In postwar conferences, he helped to shape the map of Europe.

Churchill’s greatest strength was his bulldog tenacity — his never-give-up attitude. It often got him in trouble with his opponents, but it saved Great Britain from its darkest hour. You may feel like you are in the darkest hour of your life but now is the time to stand your ground and make this your finest hour. Never give up!

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The diners of the world have become a haven to me, but what’s more, I believe the way we act in a diner can tell us a lot about the rest of our lives.

Choices matter every day. Don’t choose the same menu item each time if you want your life to be different from what it was yesterday. You will regret quick decisions that do not prepare you for utmost living. You may have been ordering the same sausage and mushroom thin-crust pizza, week after week, even year after year, but have never stopped to think why life seems dull, dreary, and boring. Or even worse, perhaps you don’t decide at all—perhaps you are letting someone else plan your menu each day.

After only a few pages of this book, you will see how the neighborhood diner offers rich lessons in how to make good choices in Life’s Diner. You will be able to see how the choices you make in life will leave you satisfied or wanting more. You can live a healthy life, or a wasted, overindulged life; you can even starve yourself—all the options are yours for the choosing.

I’m an ordained minister as well as a life coach, so God is essential to everything I do. You may think of God in a different way. You may not think of God very much at all. I believe that God is real and can make your life infinitely easier with His strength. But if your faith is expressed in a different way, we can still talk. You may not believe that His purpose was to create our life and our lives, but you can still want to fulfill your purpose for your life. As long as you believe in yourself, we can do great things together.

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As you know my new book Utmost Living was released this past year and wow, what a positive response we’ve gotten!  I thought I would give you a sneak peek into the book this week, and if you haven’t ordered it yet, I think it would be a great blessing to you. Enjoy!

It is time to design the life that feeds the real you, the person with a dream craving to be fulfilled. By opening this book, you have started on the path to your utmost life. Some people ask me what I mean by that, and it’s really very simple. An utmost life is the opposite of an “almost” life—you know, the life of people who almost take advantage of the abilities and skills they were given. An utmost life reaches beyond a “mostly” life: the world of those people who mostly have what they want and achieve what they can—but don’t really jump up to being as outstanding as they could be.

You are one of the people who wants to live an utmost life—a life in which you achieve everything you’ve hoped for, realize all the dreams you can dream, and give back to the world as much as you’ve been given—and remain richer than ever. I know you can do it. I want to help. My life and my work are based on the principle that we should always be looking for ways to nourish our spirit as well as we nourish our bodies. The search for the ingredients, the tools, and the techniques that can harvest life’s abundant riches has always been an important part of my life. In this book, I have tried to combine and distill my studies of the spirit and of the world, the lives of profound thinkers, great benefactors, and strong leaders, my experiences in helping people overcome challenges and fears both large and small. In this book, I will share some of the principles I have learned that will unlock the doors to a better tomorrow for you.

This book offers clear and specific recipes to help you make decisions that will empower you to live a rewarding, productive, “no regrets” life. As a life coach to many well-known athletes and entertainment celebrities, I have seen a similar longing in everyone I counsel, and I would guess that you have it too. You may have come to this book because of a specific objective you want to accomplish—quitting smoking or getting a better job. I can help there. You may have a troubling problem in your life that you want to solve—something that is ruining your health or damaging your relationships. I can help there too. You may have come to this book because of a general feeling that your life is lacking something, a belief that there must be something better to do with your time. I can help you there.

Even if you’ve accomplished those goals and overcome those problems, there is still something more that this book can do for you. For this is a book about utmost living—creating a life that does honor not only to yourself but also to the people and the world around you. It’s a book about a life that is constantly growing and giving back. It’s about an utmost life. It’s a book that you may never finish—no more than your life is ever finished. It’s about a marvelous journey through a rich and rewarding country that is called your life.

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In the dictionary the word smart means: bright, brilliant, gifted, and keen.  You gotta be that way to run with Oprah Winfrey. 

What would it take to hang out with the world’s only black, billion dollar woman?  I’d say you gotta be pretty quick.  Gayle King is just that.  She’s a good conversationalist and gave me a great interview (http://www.oprah.com/media/20080724_oaf_20080724_oaf_gk). 

I always enjoy my conversations with Gayle, because like my sisters… she gets straight to the point.

What I learned from Gayle King is, smart women rise to the top because wisdom still goes a long way.

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In my day it was the Jackson 5 and for some the Partridge Family.  Today for many, it’s the Jonas Brothers.  A little while back, I was invited to a party by my friend, Stevie Wonder and his wife, Kai.  They said the Jonas Brothers would be there singing “Happy Birthday” to their son. 

At the time, I was more excited about the chocolate cake because I love chocolate cake.  After meeting the brothers and talking to their dad…who is nice as well…I realized that one reason they’ve made it is that these boys are really nice.

The word nice in the dictionary means:  pleasing, agreeable, and delightful.  And that’s what these guys are.  They agreed to sing at a little guy’s birthday party (of course it was Stevie Wonder’s kid), but they were nice enough to shake everyone’s hand and make them feel like they were best friends.

Good going guys.  It’ll be nice for an old guy like me to sit back and see if one of the Jonas Brothers will someday be the new Justin Timberlake.

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An architect carefully draws up a blueprint, making sure that everything is perfect, drafted to scale. Satisfied that it’s his best work, he proudly hands it over to the contractor. It all looks great on paper, but now it’s up to the contractor to make sure that the virtual blueprint becomes a tangible reality. Nothing will happen without his involvement. It will take time, resources, delegation, and hard work, but if he follows those blueprints faithfully, the project will be completed.

God is your architect. He has given you an amazing blueprint for your life, and now you know what you want to do, what you want your life to look like eventually. But like that contractor, you have to roll up your sleeves and start the hard work of making it happen in real time.

This is the stage that can be the most challenging. The initial excitement may have passed, and the enormity of the challenge now looms before you. You know that this is the life you want. But can it really happen for you? Can you walk this out until your dream is realized?

Consider Noah from the Bible. God tells him that a great flood is coming, but He has made a way of escape for Noah and his family. He gives Noah specific instructions regarding a boat he is to build for his family and an incredible number of animals. Then Genesis 6:22 goes on to say, “So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.”

We often read that without considering just how long it took Noah to do that. Some sources estimate that it took him 100 years to complete such a huge assignment. Can you imagine how Noah must have felt during the process? At first, he must have been elated that he and his family were going to be spared. But how did he feel thirty years later when he looked at the partially-finished boat and realized all the time and work it would still take to finish it?

There were probably times when he felt like quitting, but he must have looked over at his family and remembered why he was doing this in the first place. He realized once again that he was not doing this just for himself. There was a greater purpose attached to it; other people’s lives depended upon it. And a new sense of determination must have come. A confidence that he would finish what he had started. Refusing to quit, he kept his eyes fixed on the eventual reward of his hard work.

Regardless of where you are in the process, take heart. God gave you the blueprint, and He’ll give you everything you need to see your goals accomplished. You aren’t doing this on your own. And you aren’t doing this just for yourself. Keep asking God for His help and wisdom. Continue working by faith, regardless of what you see or feel. And lastly, keep your eyes focused on the great reward that comes from diligence—your dreams fulfilled.

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If ever there was a model for patience and commitment, the great inventor Thomas A. Edison definitely fits the bill. Along with his history-altering inventions, he uttered volumes of memorable and inspiring phrases including a couple about staying committed. He is the one that said, “A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.” And, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

From her extensive background as a corporate trainer and management consultant, Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott shares some valuable insight on staying committed in her practical handbook for living at an optimum level, If Life is a Game, These are the Rules.

Commitment means devoting yourself to something or someone and staying with it – no matter what. If you look at anyone who is a good student, you will see a shining example of commitment. He or she is fully devoted to his or her course of study and commits to it all the time and energy that is needed to excel. As you come to embrace your role as a matriculating student, you need to make a commitment to yourself and God to learning and mastering all your lessons.

If you have this lesson in your life path, it will show up as an inability to make choices or to stick to choices already made. It might start with the difficulty in choosing ice cream flavors, grow into a dilemma about how to spend your free time, then get compounded by where to live. If you still haven’t learned the lesson by adulthood, it could manifest in ambivalence about marrying the person you’ve been dating for eight years. If you spend twenty minutes agonizing over whether to order a tuna sandwich on rye or whole wheat, then commitment is definitely a lesson you need to learn. Molly, a widow living in Florida, had been alone for six years when she decided she wanted to find a new partner. So, at the age of seventy-five, she started dating again for the first time in fifty years. But instead of taking the attitude that she didn’t need or want to learn anything new at her age, Molly enthusiastically committed to learning a whole new set of lessons that are essential to anyone who is dating. When a man who she liked never called after their first date, she needed to relearn the lesson of self-esteem. When she met a gentleman who acted rudely toward her, she needed to remember the lesson compassion. When she consistently attracted men who did not want to be in committed relationships, she needed to reexamine the lesson of causality. It was her commitment to continue learning that kept her going and eventually led her to Morty, a seventy-eight-year-old retired insurance salesman who shared her love of golf and Chinese food. I am happy to say that Molly and Morty are currently planning their wedding.

Hey just an invite to let you know that I really enjoy getting your questions, stories, and comments.   Feel free to drop me a line.  As you can imagine I can’t respond to everything…but I love hearing from you !  I will be looking for your e-mails…

Tim