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Pat Hannon @phannon October 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Power of Small Actions

Many of us would love to make big changes in our lives. 

Many of us feel called to accomplish big things with our lives. 

The bigness of our goals can block our progress on these goals because the end result seems so far in the future.

That’s why its so important to remember the power of small actions. Any goal worth having cannot be accomplished in a day, a week, or a month. You can’t loose 50 lbs today. You can’t read the whole bible today. You can’t write an entire book today. Knowing that we can’t do it all today often creates stress that keeps us from moving forward on our goals. Since we cannot do it all today we often do nothing. 

But you can do something today. You can take a small step that moves you forward on your goals. You can eat a healthy meal for lunch today. You can read the Bible for 10 minutes today. You can write 100 words on of a book. These are so easy to accomplish that we feel like we’re not making any progress. But string together a week of these small actions and you’ll have made noticeable progress. String together a month of small actions and others will notice your progress. String together a year of small actions and you will have accomplished your goal.

Michael Hyatt has posted a helpful article on The Power of Incremental Change Over Time.

What small action could you take today that could be the start of accomplishing a life goal?

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Pat Hannon @phannon January 14, 2010 Leave a Comment

None of us can imagine what God is capable of. Which means none of us can imagine what we’re capable of if we give God control of our lives.

Mark Batterson, Primal

http://embracethegodlife.com/none-of-us-can-imagine-what-god-is-capable-of/

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Pat Hannon @phannon July 18, 2008 Leave a Comment

The Twitter Diet

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One of the most important parts of making real changes in your life is “going public.”

It is impossibly hard to make real, lasting change in your life if you are trying to do it in secret. Going public with your goals is an important step in reaching them.

I’ve said this before:

Tell people you are going to change. This may be the most important step if you actually want to accomplish your resolution. Telling others keeps you accountable. People you have told will ask you how you are doing. Knowing others are checking up on you is a powerful motivation for sticking with it.

The reason we don’t want to tell others is because we would be embarrassed if we fail and others knew it. But you are not going to fail. You have already committed to change no matter what. So go public. Tell some people.

Dennis Best has found a great way to go public with his fitness goals: by using twitter.

No matter where I’m at, I’m going to twit the results of my weigh in, everything I eat (before it goes into my mouth), whether I made my water quota, and when I made it to the gym.

You could also do this using Facebook, Myspace, Jott, your blog, etc.

How are you going public with your goals?

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