Tag: success is a process

Destiny

December 29, 2023

Acworth, GA – Destiny

What does destiny mean to you? Can your “destiny” be changed or altered?

If something today changes the end result of one’s life, then which “destiny” is accurate? The before or after? The future has changed. So we do choose our destiny by our behavior. 

Our destiny adapts to the choices and decisions that we make in the present. External circumstances can affect our destiny but it is how we react to our environment around us that determines our future.

The Timeline…

“Past” choices and decisions affect the “Present” environment which has “Future” consequences 

Our future self changes constantly by the present environment. The past is a collection of previous decisions and choices.

The dictionary defines “environment” as “surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates in the natural world”. Therefore natural activities affect our current environment.

We change our destiny every time we make a conscious choice or decision.

Be deliberate and intentional when creating your future. 

#ChooseWisdom #SeekKnowledge #EncourageExcellence

Bryan

Applying the 80/20 Rule and 100 hours

August 4, 2023

Marietta, GA – Applying the 80/20 Rule and 100 hours

The rule of 100 states that if you spend 100 hours a year, which is 18 minutes a day – in any discipline, you’ll be better than 95% of the world, in that discipline. Anders Ericcson developed this formula of purposeful practice in a study that was published in 1976.

In addition, the Pareto Principle or the 80/20 Rule as it has come to be known, breaks down the percentages that separate the masses from the average, the gifted to the exceptional. If we want to be exceptional or elite in any given group, we should expect to be different. Act differently, on purpose.

Read something meaningful such as a good book for 18 minutes a day (Facebook or Instagram doesn’t count) and you will be in the top 5% percentile of all readers. Practice a skill for just 4 or 5 hours a day and you will rise to the top 1% of your field.

Are you willing to be exceptional? To be in the top 1% of whatever path you choose?

Thank you all for your awesome feedback and comments, I appreciate it more than you know. 

Bryan

PS. Shout out to Andy Feldman who is both a friend and colleague. His dogged determination and critical thinking inspires me to be better.

Prepare for the Possibility

July 21, 2023

Kennesaw, GA – Ability plus Opportunity is Everything (A + O = E)

Napoleon Bonaparte wrote that “ability without opportunity is nothing”. I like to modify this quotation to be a little more positive and say that our abilities and taking advantage of opportunity forms our destiny. 

Malcom Gladwell writes in his book, “Outliers”, that successful people work hard at developing their abilities and practicing their talents, then seize opportunities when they present themselves.

Realize that we have all been given some type of privilege on this earth. When developing our potential, we should give back to others which completes the circle of our life here on this rock we call home.

#Encouragement 

#Gratitude 

Bryan

PS. Special shout out to my good friend Edwin Luis Mendoza in Cajamarca, Peru. Luis encourages me to work hard and to be grateful for everything good in my life. Thank you Luis!

A man is the author of his own life

May 5, 2023

Kennesaw, GA – A man is the author of his own life. -Anon

One of the blessings of being an American citizen is the concept of self determination guaranteed in our Constitution. Our founders felt that the freedom to pursue personal liberty is a right given from God and confirmed in our American citizenship.  

For those of us blessed to be born in America, don’t let this right be squandered. Be the author of your life. Pursue your happiness and share it with others. Be a net contributor to the grand American experiment and not just a consumer of the blessings we have been given. 

#Encouragement

To your happiness!

Bryan

Special shoutout to #PatGartland, a Vietnam vet who loves America and has dedicated his life to promoting good will to all.

Success is a process

September 29, 2020

Powder Springs, GA – Success is a process

Another great quote from Winston Churchill to reread,

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts“

The steps of the process for success is easy to understand. Here they are:

Plan (Prepare the strategy)

Perform (Implement the plan)

Perfect (incremental improvements)

Persist (work hard at achievement)

Begin with small projects and apply these steps. They can scale as the project’s goals and objectives get larger.

Good luck!

Bryan

#FaithNotFear #Encouragement