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Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

March 17th, 2007 at 11:57pm Manchild

“Paradigm is a word too often used by those who would like to have a new idea but cannot think of one.”

Mervyn Allister King, then-Deputy Governor, Bank of England

When you want to make a difference, where do you get your ideas? When you aspire to inspire an entire generation of great people like us with great weaknesses like ours, where do you get your ideas? When you want to exchange “bad habits” for some “good habits,” where do you get your ideas? When your heart-felt desire is to inspire all God’s children to face their deepest fears and embrace Change, where do you get your ideas? Thanks to Cyberspace, no longer does one person need to do come up with all the brilliant ideas alone. Now that we’re much older and wiser than before, why try?

Personally, I get many of my ideas during my quiet talks with God while in my secret place on bended knee. I also get inspired by “the power of a wise woman’s words.” Wisdom is just one of the voices I listen to when experiencing writer’s block. Ladies, it may surprise you to discover that all the God-fearing men you meet when you show up here honestly believe that “a woman is a man’s most valuable resource.”

The great men you meet when you visit will treat great women like you with the honor and respect each of you deserves. God willing, you will learn to trust and respect us. Only then will you feel safe and secure enough to give and receive a love worth sharing. Besides, great women like you are supposed to feel loved, respected, and protected in the presence of great men. Ladies, please share your ideas. and teach us how to be better men, wiser men, better husbands, better lovers, better friends, better listeners, better daddies, better uncles, better brothers, better cousins, better leaders, better teachers, better role models, better mentors. Did I miss anything?

The world is desperately crying out for new leadership with fresh ideas to replace the recycled ones that have long outlived their effectiveness. The world desperately needs critical thinkers who aren’t afraid to take a stand and speak truth to power in the spirit of God’s love, never hate. I’m not so macho that I refuse to admit that I love each of you and need all of you to survive. I made a personal promise not to harm any of you with words from my mouth. Why? Because I’m not the only one who loves you and needs you to survive. So we, as flawed human beings, need each other more than we’re ready and willing to admit. Why?

Learning to love our neighbors as ourselves makes us all accountable to each other, but not in a co-dependent manner. Co-dependency will only hinder our God-given ability to make big dreams come true as we “challenge” one another to achieve great things in 2007. If you smoke, we’ll challenge you to quit while you can. If you’re hopelessly hooked to one of Pleasure’s addictive treasure, we’ll see to it that you receive the help you need.

Developing healthy, intimate relationships will challenge you to “begin within so you won’t have to do without.” You’re less likely to become hopelessly chained to the slave mentality of co-dependent behavior if you honestly believe that God Rules Everything Around Me. Interdependence, not co-dependence, is one of the essential leaderships qualities we hope to attain before this unpredictable “year of firsts” succumbs to 2008.

Where do you go to get your ideas when you need to inspire yourself to become bold and courageous enough to live your life for an audience of One? No longer will you need your peers’ attention, approval, acceptance, and affection before you know deep down inside the heart of your gifted soul the answer to the question, “Am I Good Enough?” If you don’t mind me asking, where did you get the idea that you weren’t good enough? Who told you that you weren’t good enough? Since you didn’t get that idea from God, consider the source and act accordingly.

Hopefully, you will begin to honestly believe that your gifted soul is divinely destined to achieve Greatness with God’s help. Did you imagine any brilliant ideas during our discussion today that you’d like to pursue? I hope so. If time permits, please share a few of your new ideas with the rest of our team.

Before we close, I need to tie up a few loose ends. I initiated an informal study group that centers around the insightful, profound, and provocative content of the book, The 8th Habit, “From Effectiveness To Greatness,” by Mr. Stephen Covey. This site is not monetized. I don’t desire to do so. In order to support my efforts, you can purchase The 8th Habit, or The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, or any of the many books featured on this site via my “Book Store” link located in the Side Bar of my Home page.

Successfully completing all the tasks required to publish my first reality based novel is priority number one for right now. I hope you understand. Delayed but not denied. So, please don’t abandon ship because you think I’ve discontinued our ever-evolving 8th Habit study group. Hopefully, you’ll keep reading and pondering the contents of Mr. Covey’s book until we can finish what we started together.

For the person who “tagged me” to share the 5 reasons why I blog, I haven’t forgotten. If any of our newest members would like to catch up, clicking “day 1″ will return you to day 1 of January’s calendar. Doing so will help you understand why this particular blog exists and what we’re attempting to accomplish by December 31, 2007.

Until we meet again, may the peace of God be with you and yours.

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