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Monday Morning Motivation – Mistakes

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Sometimes it helps to get a little dose of encouragement — along with a good cup of coffee! — to start the day.

Hopefully the message below will help you get off to a good start for the week.  Please feel free to forward the newsletter on to others that you think would benefit from the content.


Mistakes


Last month I decided to change things up and move away from Zig Ziglar for inspiration.  This month I opened up my list of “Ziglarisms” and the first word on the list was “forgiveness”.   This started my mind turning and led me to decide on Mistakes, Self-Forgiveness, Consequences and Reconciliation as my next four topics.  To me these all plug into what I’d call the “relationship process”.  That process where we relate to our self, our kids, our spouses, our friends, and all of the other people we encounter in our lives.  We all go through this cycle repeatedly.  We make mistakes, we deal with the issue of self-forgiveness, we face the consequences of the mistake/deal with how to embrace self-forgiveness, and eventually come to a point of reconciliation.  For the next four weeks, I’ll be taking on the topics of mistakes, self-forgiveness, consequences, and reconciliation.


 

Have you ever made a mistake?  OK, dumb question.  Everyone has.  Have you ever failed to ADMIT that you made a mistake?  I’m guessing this second question stings a bit / brings to mind the question “How’s that working out for you?”

Mistakes are a part of life.  They are how we learn.  To deny this is to deny learning.  While it is NOT always fun to face our mistakes.  It is necessary.

Unfortunately our fears often take hold of us and we resist acknowledging our mistakes.  That is a shame as failure to face our mistakes only hinders our growth.

I’m not going to insult your intelligence by droning on about this topic.  Rather, I’m going to straight out ask you this week’s question

  • What mistakes do you need to face?

Thanks for sharing a bit of your time with me this Monday morning and I wish you all the best for the week.

Curt

(Note:  Each week I publish “Monday Morning Motivation” in the hopes that one person will find a bit of inspiration and that inspiration will have a positive impact on their life.  My motivation comes from experiences, reading, sermons, and discussions.)

 


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Curt Stowers

Curt Stowers

Curtis Stowers helps individuals and families across the United States grow their financial assets, particularly in the Naperville, IL region. He is a Certified Financial Planner, holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Illinois, and is the founder of F5 Financial.