The Timing Of Your Decision Is Just

Growth Demands A Temporary Surrender Of Security. It May Mean Giving Up Familiar But Limiting Patterns, Safe But Unrewarding Work, Values No Longer Believed In, And Relationships That Have Lost Their Meaning.

If The Church Is Going To Make A Difference, It Will Need To Go Through The "big Give-up" Stage. Churches Will Need To Quit Being Selfish And Become Relevant.

When You Finish Reading The Book [today Matters], Take The Daily Dozen And List Them In Order Of How Well You Do Them. For Example, The One That I Would Put At The Highest For Me Is Attitude Or Relationships Because I'm Really Strong At Both Of Those. At The Bottom Would Be Health. What I Tell People Is, "take One Month And Work On One Of The Daily Dozen For A Whole Year." And So It's Really A One-year Personal Growth Plan.

Find Your Vision, And Let It Guide You In All That You Do. If You Lack Vision, Look Inside Yourself. Draw On Your Natural Gifts And Desires.

If You Lack Initiative, Recognize That The Problem Comes From The Inside, Not From Others. Determine Why You Hesitate To Take Action. Does Risk Scare You? Are You Discouraged By Past Failures? Do You Not See The Potential That Opportunity Offers? Find The Source Of Your Hesitation, And Address It. You Won't Be Able To Move Forward On The Outside Until You Can Move Forward On The Inside.