- Be responsible for your actions. No one can make you behave the way you do.
- Be responsible for your thoughts. No one can make you think what you think.
- Take ownership of your feelings. No one can make you feel good or bad.
- Be responsible for your life. No one can make you have a fulfilled or dreadful life.
- Be responsible for your well being. No one can define who you are or your purpose for living.
- Be responsible for how you are treated. You are treated the way you allow yourself to be treated.
- Be responsible for how you treat others. No one can make you respect or disrespect him or her.
- Be responsible for your relationship with God and others. God and no one can make you love them. The choice is ultimately yours.
March 17, 2014
Responsiblity
I Weep for Sisters Looking
For a man that’s so hard to find
My sisters try, they trip, they tremble
Because the search goes on all the time.
I weep for Sisters looking
For security in masculine form
They’re tossed and thrown by emotions
Like a small ship in a big storm.
I weep for Sisters looking
For a “brother” whom they can respect
Not a pretty boy or millionaire
Just someone
With whom
They can connect.
I weep for Sisters looking
Because of the pain and heartbreak
They endure
The loneliness that turns to emptiness
Will there ever be a cure?
I say Yes, Dear Sisters,
There is a cure
A real cure from my point of view
For perhaps wisdom is dictating
That you pray and wait,
Serve and work
Until
Mr. Right
Finds You!
By Evangelist Emanuel Scott, Jr.
March 12, 2014
Hate your job, what are you doing about it?
Staying at a job you hate may seem logical with the high percentage of unemployed and underemployed people. But if you choose to stay, why hate it? Why waste your time and your employer's? It’s challenging to have a servant attitude through hatred. If you’re not willing to serve, you’re not willing to work at your best capacity.
Work isn’t solely about us! It’s about service. If we’re filled with hatred about our work, does it mean we’re too full of ourselves? Sure, people can be difficult and challenging, but their actions should not contribute to our hatred. Every day we show up for work, we should know our purpose and the contribution we will make on our employer's bottom line and their clients.
Don’t allow finances and fear hold you hostage to a job you hate. You have the power to transform your job into a career you enjoy and love. If you're ready, you can start here.
March 10, 2014
Fearfully Made
September 5, 2013
Self-Servants Not Wanted
June 12, 2013
Take the Secret out of Doing Business
- Who are your clients and how do they find you?
- What’s your strategy to deliver your product and/or service to prospective clients to meet their needs, solve their problems, or enhance their lives?
- Who are your ideal business clients?
- How well do you know your prospective and current clients?
- What’s your strategy to keep your clients happy and transform them to raving fans?
- What resources will you need to support your strategy?
- What’s your strategy to handle disgruntled clients and build their trust?
- What’s your strategy to continue moving your business forward when funds are low?
- What method(s) will you use to stay connected to your clients for repeat business or referrals?
- How will you demonstrate your appreciation for your client’s business?
- What strategies or tools will you use to measure your client's satisfaction?
Stop seeking secrets; just create and build your strategies. You’ll be amazed of the results you will reap and you will not need to keep this a secret.
June 10, 2013
Everyone has had a free ride at least once
Free riders are from different ethnic and economic backgrounds. They’re people who cheat on their taxes or avoid paying taxes due to tax shelters buried under complicated tax codes. They’re people who can afford to pay for healthcare, but choose not to; passing their expenses to the shoulders of people strapped with the high cost of health insurance. They're executives who receive government bailouts and bonuses, in spite of their misuse or ill investments of hard working citizens who lost their life savings. They’re also celebrities indulged with expensive gifts they can afford and may not want.
What about the poor? Are they simply sitting and waiting for a free ride or an opportunity to transform their lives? Not all of them. Why are the poor viewed differently when they’re provided with free opportunities or resources to improve their lives? Is it because the benefits to help the poor haven't been deemed a great investment?
Helping people transform their lives to become financial contributors to society can benefit us all. We just have to slow down enough to give others the same ride many of us were granted for free.