I have moved my Blog

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I have been busy making a few changes to make life a little easier and also to allow me to focus more.

A. So people can more easily comment to our articles and to move to a more family friendly environment I have moved my blog to: http://bobwagner.wordpress.com


B. I have also started moving all of my articles to this site as well because they can now be accessed by category.

If you are already a subscriber you do not have to do anything, you will keep getting up dates as they are posted.

Please stop by when you have a minute and leave a comment or two.

C. I have also been updating and tweaking the website to bring more balance between the personal and corporate side of my faith based training. www.bobwagner.org It is still in progress so check back often.

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Success is not just about doing things right

October 11, 2008 by bobwagner

“Real success comes from having the right person do the right things, the right way at the right time.”

Have you ever had more things to do than time? Have you ever had to move tasks on your to-do list over to the next day because you didn’t get them done?

Let’s help you become more efficient and effective at the same time. Read More

Make it a wonderful weekend and fantastic week!

Bob

Do what you were created to do!

In a recent survey when asked why people were doing what they do as a profession the following results came back:

1. I needed income and took what was available - (41%)
2. I made a decision in high school or college and stuck with it - (19.2%)
3. I took this work just because of the good money - (17.6%)
4. I finally discovered my purpose and this is it - (9.8%)
5. My parents, pastor, friends suggested it - (6.4%)
6. I knew since I was a child that I wanted to do this - (6%)

Wow! - 98.2% took a position either because of the money, it was just available, or it was someone else's idea and only 9.8% of have connected it to fulfilling their “purpose.” If you are not fulfilling your purpose, your life is not as fulfilling as it was created to be. In other words, it can be better!

Never do things just for the sake of doing them, The world wants everyone to conform to the same standards. Right now it is, Get out of high school, go to college, get a good job, have a family and help them to go to school, graduate and then go to college and if you don't follow this path there is something wrong with you. I say that if you are doing things only because everyone else tells you too, then that is the wrong reason for doing them.

In his first semester in college, Michael Dell started buying outmoded IBM PCs from local retailers, upgraded them in his dorm room, and started selling them not only around campus, but in the local business community as well. Revenues were $180,000 the first month. Unfortunately, he dropped out of college, convinced he could make a living doing something he loved. Today he has to live with the curse of being a college dropout and with the shame of being worth only $13 billion. Dell is now recognized by Fortune magazine as America's most admired company. All because he did what he loved to do.

God created you with a plan and a purpose. He has given you gifts and talents, dreams and visions and He desires us to not only find out what they are, but to carry them out during our lifetime.

Stop settling for someone else's dream. Stop doing things because the majority are doing it. The majority is a paycheck away from the poor house, the majority are divorced and the majority are now taking antidepressants, Who wants to follow that behavior anyway?

Look at some of the statements from "The Majority"

• “I feel like I’ve lived my whole life by accident.”
• “I feel like I’ve been freefalling for the last 13 years.”
• “I feel like I’m a ball in a pinball machine. Something happens and I just go in a new direction.”
• “I feel like I’ve been given six seconds to sing, and I’m singing the wrong song.”
• “I feel like my life is a movie that’s almost over, and I haven’t even gotten the popcorn yet.”
• “I’ve lived my life up until now as though driving with the parking brake on.”
• 'I feel like I'm a box of parts, and none of them fit together.'
• “I’m a butterfly caught in a spider’s web, with my life slowly being sucked out.”

You do have a choice! You can do what you love to do! You can actually enjoy life to it's fullest. And You can start today!

Begin with writing out your dreams, what you would love to do.

Do research about others doing the same thing, find out how they got started, write to them, people love to talk about themselves and their accomplishments.

Can you make a living at it? If you think not, maybe you just haven't found out how? Get help from professionals in the same field. (Remember the pet Rock? Who would have figured?) Maybe you can incorporate it into your existing line of work. Maybe you can work with a non-profit agency.

Drop me a line and let me know what it is, I will use the resources I have to help you head in the right direction. More often then not, it is who you know that matters just as much as what you know.

Keep me posted on your progress to Abundant Life
Bob Wagner

Couples! Listen up!!!!

When I talk about relationships, anger, and self esteem in my training seminars I almost always have someone come up to me and say; "Boy I wish my spouse was here to hear this".

With the divorce in America at an all time high of 50% for first, 67% second and 74% for the third, we need our spouses to listen and listen carefully!

If you don't take a long hard look at the condition of your relationship you may wind up on the wrong side of these statistics and not only will you and your spouse suffer your children WILL also suffer for it! And if you have children, you are teaching them how couples are supposed to act and treat each other! Stop taking each other for granted and Stop thinking that everything is fine just because you don't hear your partner complain! Relationships do not fall apart over night, they are like anything else, it sometimes takes years of neglect before the damage becomes evident.

Today; as a matter of fact right now, start examining your relationship and since you may not have asked yourself the following questions let me help you;


Do you still hold hands when you walk together?
Do you still hug each other during the day?
Do you think of ways to put a smile on their face?
When was the last time you felt those "Butterflies" when you looked in their eyes?
When was the last time you wrote a love letter?

Did I stir something up inside of you? If so Good!

If you know the passion has been waining in your relationship do something about it!
If you know someone who needs help in their relationship, Help them.

If it will help, download a copy of my book and send it to them. (Read it yourself first!)

It is less than a price of a Latte' and you can get it here: http://www.bobwagner.org/Passionbuilder.htm

Whatever you do folks! If we really want to be successful in life and if we really want to be a good witness, we need to have our relationships healthy.

I will do my part, please do yours?

Let's hear your comments!