Regardless of one's endeavor, it's all about integrity. Webster's unabridged dictionary defines integrity as an "unimpaired or unmarred condition." It is also "an uncompromising adherence to a code of moral, artistic or other values: utter sincerity, honesty, and candor: avoidance of deception, expediency, artificiality, or shallowness of any kind." All truly successful people who are seeking to fulfill their purpose in life seek to live in integrity.
An important aspect of integrity is that we must have it toward our creator and ourselves before we can have it toward others. This requires us to periodically meditate (pray) and reflect on who we are, why we're here, and what actions we intend to take. By making a conscious effort to always remain in integrity, our decisions reflect who we are intentionally BEING. After all, "How you spend your days is how you spend your life." I recently heard this statement and it had a profound effect on me. It caused me to pause in my activities and assess my true priorities. Think about where you spend most of your time and money. This exercise will show you what you deem to be most important in your life.
Now, imagine that you have come to the end of your time on earth and are looking back at your life. Are you happy with how you spent the time you were allotted? If you are like me and rank your priorities as God, family, and job, is that reflected in your life? For too many years I woke before daylight, rushed to get ready, and drove to a job where I spent all day giving my best to make a difference. I came home too weary to give any more because it was all gone. I would crawl into bed and do it all again the next day. And I did this for YEARS!!
Meanwhile, my children grew up, my parents grew old, and my body showed signs of wear and tear. Thank heaven I woke up and saw the futility of what I was doing before my time was up!! You see, I had resigned myself to a life of mediocrity, hoping for some semblance of security. I wasn't created to live a secure life and neither was anyone else. We were created to be creative. To take risks. To dream big and achieve goals that are scary. This is the essence of being in integrity - living on purpose every single day.
Today I realized that my life is so much bigger and better than ever. I looked at my calendar and saw that today I was visiting my mother in assisted living, getting a birthday gift for our granddaughter, exercising and writing this blog. Each of these activities is a step toward my achieving some specific goals, be they personal or professional. Everything we do, in fact, is either taking us toward our goals and our purpose or it is taking us farther away from this. And the actions we take are always a choice.
When I look at my calendar for the next week I see a trip to visit Ed's mother and sister in Gainesville, Florida. We then travel farther south to visit our daughter and her family in order to celebrate Alexa's first birthday. These are the very reasons I left the job that was robbing me of so much time and energy. I feel very empowered knowing that I had the courage to make the decisions that caused this to happen. My J-O-B as a nurse kept me from our oldest grandchild's first birthday 4 1/2 years ago. Thanks to my decision to leave that job and be in integrity to myself and my purpose, I am not missing his sister's birthday.
As we made the decision to start our own business in direct sales, we first made sure the company we joined was one of integrity - that their way of operating is honest, open and focused on improving the lives of others, not just the pocketbooks of a few. We then observed the leaders and listened to them as often as we could. It was so refreshing to repeatedly hear that having integrity is a prerequisite for success. In fact, one of our good friends and mentors, John Lavenia, actually published a book entitled Integrity Is Everything.
For anyone now looking for a way to take control of their lives and future, feel free to contact us. contact us. We arevvery serious about what we do. We promise to treat everyone with the utmost honesty, always following the principles of the Golden Rule. After all, in business as in all relationships, it's all about integrity.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
An Amazingly Perfect Day
Today is an amazingly perfect day in so many ways. The weather and the fact that I am totally in control of my time and activities all contribute to my sense of well-being. I am remembering a time about 10 or 11 years ago when our family was vacationing at this very spot. I was working as a nurse in Florida and our girls were still in High School. I sat on the deck of our cottage here by the lake and visualized myself working on my computer from this very spot. And here I sit today! It is so powerful to realize we can create any situation and outcome we desire.
My husband and I had a delicious and nutritious breakfast after which I worked on getting our garden plot prepared for the plants soon to grow there. Growing our own organic vegetables has also been a dream I had pushed to the back burner for lack of time. Now that we work our own business from home, we exercise more and eat a far better diet than we did when we worked full time for someone else.
Another perfect event that occurred today was a call from our daughter in Florida. We chat often and are in the process of planning our next bit of time together. When I was employee, both in Florida and here in South Carolina, I had to budget and beg for time off to visit relatives or take a vacation. In fact, we usually combined the two to maximize our time. Now I visit both our daughters every month or two. This is especially important since I want to make sure my 3 grandchildren know me as the Nana who is both familiar and fun.
Now I'm hard at work. Getting ready to call a gentleman in Greece who is interested in changing his status from employee to business owner. I spoke with him briefly last evening on Skype and he was at work finishing a project - it was 2:00 AM his time! It will be 10 PM in Greece when I call him back because he had another long day of work to complete first.
How about your day? Has it been as amazingly perfect as mine? If not, think about the reasons. If it's a job you don't enjoy, contact me. If more money would give you more options, contact me. I may not answer the phone or your email immediately, but I will soon. I'm in and out of my office here on the porch often.
To your perfect day,
Sandra Hayes
803-609-7003
My husband and I had a delicious and nutritious breakfast after which I worked on getting our garden plot prepared for the plants soon to grow there. Growing our own organic vegetables has also been a dream I had pushed to the back burner for lack of time. Now that we work our own business from home, we exercise more and eat a far better diet than we did when we worked full time for someone else.
Another perfect event that occurred today was a call from our daughter in Florida. We chat often and are in the process of planning our next bit of time together. When I was employee, both in Florida and here in South Carolina, I had to budget and beg for time off to visit relatives or take a vacation. In fact, we usually combined the two to maximize our time. Now I visit both our daughters every month or two. This is especially important since I want to make sure my 3 grandchildren know me as the Nana who is both familiar and fun.
Now I'm hard at work. Getting ready to call a gentleman in Greece who is interested in changing his status from employee to business owner. I spoke with him briefly last evening on Skype and he was at work finishing a project - it was 2:00 AM his time! It will be 10 PM in Greece when I call him back because he had another long day of work to complete first.
How about your day? Has it been as amazingly perfect as mine? If not, think about the reasons. If it's a job you don't enjoy, contact me. If more money would give you more options, contact me. I may not answer the phone or your email immediately, but I will soon. I'm in and out of my office here on the porch often.
To your perfect day,
Sandra Hayes
803-609-7003
Monday, April 13, 2009
How I Learned This Simple Home Business
Today is traditionally known as Easter Monday. Most Christian churches officially celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ yesterday. I am so grateful for His sacrifice and victory over sin and death in order that I may live an empowered and confident life. Even though I have known Jesus all my life, I continued to live in fear and slavery until two years ago. We attended a Liberty Conference and heard Andy Andrews speak for the first time. His words inspired me to "burn the boats" of so-called job security and become an entrepreneur along with Ed. Since I had never really done this before, I had to learn how to think differently.
You see, one of our little heard of basic needs is the need for time structuring. In order to thrive and feel productive as human beings, we must have some structuring of our activities. Otherwise, we just wander aimlessly in our thoughts and actions with no clear purpose. When we sell our time to an employer, this need is taken care of for us. We are told what time to report to work, what time to take a break, when to eat lunch and when we can go home. Of course, the job itself dictates how we spend our time working. As a nurse in a busy family practice clinic, I was quite good at multi-tasking as I feverishly evaluated and cared for the patients in our office, while answering telephone messages at every available moment. I went home at the end of 10 1/2 hours totally exhausted, only to do the same thing the next day.
The fact that I had little say-so in how to spend my working hours was bad enough. Worse than that was the paucity of vacation time I was allowed. Like so many people of the 21st century, I felt little control over my situation. After all, there are bills to pay and a retirement to plan for, right? How had I allowed myself to sell my time, which represents my life, for so little in return? (Basically a very small paycheck) Is there security in slavery? Yes, knowing there will be enough money to survive at a basic level. Is there freedom to dream, travel, visit, and be inspired by God and others? Not when the master is a boss with a narrow agenda. We were all created for a great purpose. And we only have a brief amount of time to realize and achieve that purpose.
My main purpose is to glorify my creator with my life, which isall that I think, say and do. As a part of this purpose, I seek to share this knowledge with all who have ears to hear. As a home based business entrepreneur, I market myself as a leader with an answer. Millions of people worldwide are eager to find a way to free themselves from slavery and live their true purpose. Having found that way myself, I am ready to share what I know. God showed me a better way. He opened my eyes to the freedom He wants me to have over my life and time. Money is a tool for making things happen so of course He wants us to have as much as we can be good stewards of in order to achieve our divine purpose.
The way I learned to make such a radical change in my life was to become a product of our 90 day personal development home study course. I continue to be a student of this course even after 3 years! I can't say that about any of the undergraduate or graduate courses I have taken! And then I attended the Liberty and Summit Conferences to take myself to even higher levels. It really is that simple and how I learned to have phenomenal success in this home business. I am closer to God, to my husband, and people in general than ever. What a powerful way to live! We all deserve this life.
To your purpose and power!
You see, one of our little heard of basic needs is the need for time structuring. In order to thrive and feel productive as human beings, we must have some structuring of our activities. Otherwise, we just wander aimlessly in our thoughts and actions with no clear purpose. When we sell our time to an employer, this need is taken care of for us. We are told what time to report to work, what time to take a break, when to eat lunch and when we can go home. Of course, the job itself dictates how we spend our time working. As a nurse in a busy family practice clinic, I was quite good at multi-tasking as I feverishly evaluated and cared for the patients in our office, while answering telephone messages at every available moment. I went home at the end of 10 1/2 hours totally exhausted, only to do the same thing the next day.
The fact that I had little say-so in how to spend my working hours was bad enough. Worse than that was the paucity of vacation time I was allowed. Like so many people of the 21st century, I felt little control over my situation. After all, there are bills to pay and a retirement to plan for, right? How had I allowed myself to sell my time, which represents my life, for so little in return? (Basically a very small paycheck) Is there security in slavery? Yes, knowing there will be enough money to survive at a basic level. Is there freedom to dream, travel, visit, and be inspired by God and others? Not when the master is a boss with a narrow agenda. We were all created for a great purpose. And we only have a brief amount of time to realize and achieve that purpose.
My main purpose is to glorify my creator with my life, which isall that I think, say and do. As a part of this purpose, I seek to share this knowledge with all who have ears to hear. As a home based business entrepreneur, I market myself as a leader with an answer. Millions of people worldwide are eager to find a way to free themselves from slavery and live their true purpose. Having found that way myself, I am ready to share what I know. God showed me a better way. He opened my eyes to the freedom He wants me to have over my life and time. Money is a tool for making things happen so of course He wants us to have as much as we can be good stewards of in order to achieve our divine purpose.
The way I learned to make such a radical change in my life was to become a product of our 90 day personal development home study course. I continue to be a student of this course even after 3 years! I can't say that about any of the undergraduate or graduate courses I have taken! And then I attended the Liberty and Summit Conferences to take myself to even higher levels. It really is that simple and how I learned to have phenomenal success in this home business. I am closer to God, to my husband, and people in general than ever. What a powerful way to live! We all deserve this life.
To your purpose and power!
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