{"id":1297,"date":"2014-03-15T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2014-03-15T07:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2014-03-14T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-15T00:28:41","slug":"enough-of-this-it-is-time-for-a-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/enough-of-this-it-is-time-for-a-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Enough of This!  It Is Time For a Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Enough-Its-Time-For-A-Change.mp3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-474\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>It is amazing when you stop and really think about why the same old&#8230;same old&#8230; stuff&#8230; just continues\u00a0 happening to us in our lives without any sign of improvement.\u00a0 If another year has expired in your life and you are at about the same place&#8230;.physically, mentally, and spiritually&#8230;or less&#8230; than you were this time last year,&#8230;then <b>It Is Time For A Change!<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">There is no call or reason for you to look or point to others as to <b>why you are, where you are.<\/b>\u00a0 There is no place or time for you to pass the cause or blame on to anyone else other than yourself.\u00a0 <b>God gave you your own brain to make your own decisions which in turn will govern and direct your own actions or lack there of.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Now hold on for a moment, before hauling off and once again making a bunch of foolish emotional loud-mouthed vows to change, to start over, to begin anew&#8230;.Just slow down,&#8230;.come to a quiet place in your life,&#8230;.get all by yourself where you cannot be interrupted,&#8230;.and <b>think (ponder) things through.\u00a0 <\/b>Have a talk with the \u201cman in the glass\u201d i.e. the man in the mirror.\u00a0 Ask yourself some serious questions relative to you as a man or woman&#8230;as a husband or wife&#8230;as a father or mother, and as to your personal and family responsibilities and God-given instructions for their care.\u00a0 How are you doing in relation to these type things?\u00a0 Are you growing and increasing in these areas or are you decreasing and slipping backward?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>You see, friend, if you are falling far short of the mark in being a good high quality human being,&#8230;of being a responsible, loving, caring, and supporting spouse,&#8230;of teaching and training and being a good example to your children as to how to be a good quality adult,&#8230;.then I tell you the truth,&#8230;you are going to have a mighty struggle and most difficult time trying to build your own business and lead other men and women toward success.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The facts are simply this:\u00a0 <b>People Do What People See.<\/b>\u00a0 If you are coming up wanting or coming up short of your target time after time and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">no further progress or achieved success is being demonstrated in your life, then it is going to be most difficult to convince other people to listen to or to follow you anywhere.\u00a0 The other people are looking for leadership from you.\u00a0 They are looking for answers,&#8230;not more unanswered questions&#8230;<b>The example you set for them to follow will tell them whether or not you are practicing what you are preaching to them or you are just blowing a bunch of smoke in their direction.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The world is looking for and crying for more <b>Leaders<\/b>, more good successful examples,&#8230;more people with dreams and goals and a demonstrated track record that they are passionately pursuing those dreams and reaching their set goals.\u00a0 <b>What do other people see whenever they observe and evaluate you and your actions?\u00a0 Does what you are telling them to do successfully show up in your own life?<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Here is one of the most blatant and frequent problems that I have observed in other people\u2019s lives as they attempt to become successful. This observation is particularly obvious when they are trying to build a successful business of their own without having any previous experience in building or operating a profitable business within the confines of the Free\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Enterprise system.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Too many people just start&#8230;quick start&#8230;their business enterprise.\u00a0 They dive right in to the throes of building their business without really knowing what to do, when to do it, where to do it, and how they are to get it done.\u00a0 <\/b>They do not put enough fore-thought into what is going to be required of them.\u00a0 They do not evaluate whether or not they have enough or sufficient knowledge and expertise to build their business.\u00a0<b> If their capabilities are insufficient, they do not make a quality decision to start and stay at whatever is required to gain the knowledge and abilities to grow and build bigger business as they are learning what to do.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">As a consequence, they too often meet with failure, after failure.\u00a0 If their people skills are low or weak, they destroy relationships with business prospects before they can get anything good going in their direction.\u00a0 If their personality needs improvement and they don\u2019t improve it, they drive prospects away faster than they can attract them.\u00a0 I could go on and on and on, but, suffice it to say&#8230;.<b>There is always a reason why things are working favorably or unfavorably for you or against you.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The last time I checked, no one has been given the responsibility or assignment to make you, make good decisions or to be a \u201cmother-duck\u201d to you and fill all of your needs for you.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Personal responsibility comes into play whenever you are in the process of building your own business.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">If you desire to have the nut properly screw onto the right-hand threads of a bolt&#8230;you best turn the nut in the \u201cright\u201d direction.\u00a0 Otherwise you are going to be a long time working hard and accomplishing little, if anything.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>The truth is that anyone can be successful and make big things happen for themselves and their family,&#8230;BUT&#8230;for that to happen, they MUST properly perform the correct work habits that they have been taught by someone who has achieved the success levels that they are attempting to achieve for themselves.\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Once you have been taught what and how to do the required work to accomplish the desires of your own heart, then all that remains to be done <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>is for you to go to work and to continuously stay at work for as long as is required for you to accomplish what you set out to do<\/b><b>.<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>All success begins in your own mind.<\/b>\u00a0 <b>It begins with a decision<\/b> that you are going to become successful.\u00a0 That you are going to learn what needs to be done and that you are going to do it&#8230;not just try to do it.\u00a0 Thereafter you need internal motivation (self-motivation) which will assist and keep you on task until you reach your set goals.\u00a0 <b>The motivation, most usually, is called having a big dream.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">The Secret of all S<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>U<\/b><\/span>CCESS lies in the second letter of the word.\u00a0 No need to waste time and resources looking for it anywhere else!<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b>Peace and Love to All of You&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..Poppa Bear<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is amazing when you stop and really think about why the same old&#8230;same old&#8230; stuff&#8230; just continues\u00a0 happening to us in our lives without any sign of improvement.\u00a0 If another year has expired in your life and you are &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/enough-of-this-it-is-time-for-a-change\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1302,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1297\/revisions\/1302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}