SKIN DEEP DISCIPLINE !!

  Since I was a kid I have had to deal with the very stressful, annoying, and irritable skin disorder of eczema.  At school many kids wondered if it was catching before they knew what it was. I remember during many summers having to lay on the couch with a cold rag around my neck to reduce the irritation that caused me to itch and the condition to get worse. The rashes would appear on the inside of my arms, my neck, the back of legs, and on my wrist.  When I scratched the areas would get inflamed, spread and darken.  It was not a good time.  There were times as an adult when it would completely clear up for periods at a time.  However, sometimes the scars were still visible.

Bathing in hot water dehydrates my skin and aggravates the break out areas. I feel like a fiend standing in the shower having the hot water bake on my skin. It's a weird high that has regrettable results. It inflames the areas, make them darker and often brings on the itching.  The lack of discipline on my part requires me to pay a higher price for my morale and welfare.  When I fail to implement the required discipline of bathing in luke warm water, using mild soaps, and pat drying myself after showers I pay the price. I suffer. I am impacted and I set myself back. It is a very mentally and physically costly non-productive circle.


Discipline is required !!  If you fail to have or implement discipline into your life the simplest of tasks will not be accomplished or take exponentially longer. Discipline is a key component of any living organism.  The less discipline an organism has the more it deviates from its true purpose and goals.

The universe doesn't care if you are male or female, black or white, tall or short, disabled, gay or straight. It will create opposing forces to disburse your efforts when you lack discipline. Success demands some sort of discipline and then rewards us with progress, even if it's not immediately visible.

Try to live outside the boarders of discipline, and yes you will have free reign to do as you please at times, but that freedom will be overshadowed by the darkness of set backs you unknowingly designed for yourself like it came from a coaches play book.

Discipline will reward you with inner strength that will enable you to move forward, do more, be more effective and efficient. Discipline will not embraced or be loved by your excuses, fears or unchecked habits. Discipline will separate you from others that lack discipline.



It is very difficult to conquer any thing when we are unable to control and conquer ourselves through discipline. Discipline enables the ant to accomplish what is impossible to the being that lacks discipline. In size the ant is small, but with discipline the ant competes with, and rivals many gi-ants....giants...get it ? lol.

Big doors swing on small hinges.  You can accomplish greater things if your are willing to be disciplined.

Don'find an excuse. Find a way.

Eczema and Determination

  Since I was a kid I have had to deal with the very stressful, annoying, and irritable skin disorder of eczema.  At school many kids wondered if it was catching before they knew what it was. I remember during many summers having to lay on the couch with a cold rag around my neck to reduce the irritation that caused me to itch and the condition to get worse. The rashes would appear on the inside of my arms, my neck, the back of legs, and on my wrist.  When I scratched the areas would get inflamed, spread and darken.  It was not a good time.  There were times as an adult when it would completely clear up for periods at a time.  However, sometimes the scars were still visible.

Bathing in hot water dehydrates my skin and aggravates the break out areas. I feel like a fiend standing in the shower having the hot water bake on my skin. It's a weird high that has regrettable results. It inflames the areas, make them darker and often brings on the itching.  The lack of discipline on my part requires me to pay a higher price for my morale and welfare.  When I fail to implement the required discipline of bathing in luke warm water, using mild soaps, and pat drying myself after showers I pay the price. I suffer. I am impacted and I set myself back. It is a very mentally and physically costly non-productive circle.


Discipline is required !!  If you fail to have or implement discipline into your life the simplest of tasks will not be accomplished or take exponentially longer. Discipline is a key component of any living organism.  The less discipline an organism has the more it deviates from its true purpose and goals.

The universe doesn't care if you are male or female, black or white, tall or short, disabled, gay or straight. It will create opposing forces to disburse your efforts when you lack discipline. Success demands some sort of discipline and then rewards us with progress, even if it's not immediately visible.

Try to live outside the boarders of discipline, and yes you will have free reign to do as you please at times, but that freedom will be overshadowed by the darkness of set backs you unknowingly designed for yourself like it came from a coaches play book.

Discipline will reward you with inner strength that will enable you to move forward, do more, be more effective and efficient. Discipline will not embraced or be loved by your excuses, fears or unchecked habits. Discipline will separate you from others that lack discipline.



It is very difficult to conquer any thing when we are unable to control and conquer ourselves through discipline. Discipline enables the ant to accomplish what is impossible to the being that lacks discipline. In size the ant is small, but with discipline the ant competes with, and rivals many gi-ants....giants...get it ? lol.

Big doors swing on small hinges.  You can accomplish greater things if your are willing to be disciplined.

Don'find an excuse. Find a way.

What Happens When we Give People Permission to Abuse Our Most Valuable Resource

 Have you spent too much time on Face Book when you should have been doing something much more productive.  Maybe you realized you spent over an hour playing some game on your phone when it could have been spent completing an assignment or taking care of something your have been procrastinating to do.

What about those many times when you extended a conversation with someone when you knew there were greater priorities to address. You allowed  the conversation to drift in to other subjects that were of little importance. You watched the valuable minutes go by on your watch as you continued to gossip or talk of issues that didn't add value to you or anyone else.

What I have realized is when other people see us wasting our time we are sending a subconscious message to them that we do not value our time, and that we don't mind wasting it. Therefore they are often receiving the message that they also have the permission to waste it for us.

The message translates to :

It's O.K if I show up late to our dinner date, appointment, or event because time is not of value to you.

 It's O.K if  I start up a conversation, introduce an new issue to extend our time together if I know you are short on time.

It's no big deal if I do not get back to you on a pressing matter that you asked me to respond to.

I treat your time like you taught me to treat it.

I don't respect your time , because you taught me not to.

Our actions often speaks so loud that people cannot hear what we are saying. Time is our most valuable resource. Not even the richest person alive can buy back their time.  Therefore when we waste our own time the message we are sending to others in stronger than our words.

What message are you giving to others when you dedicate more time to work , but say your marriage and or family is the most important thing in your life ?

What message is being received by loved ones when you spend hours a week on your game app, but can't find time to listen to how your spouse's day went ?

What message are you receiving about yourself when you spend your most valuable resource on things of least importance, but struggle to find the time to invest in and add value to yourself ?

We can not manage time . We can only manage ourselves.

"Don't find an excuse, Find a way. "

ONE OF MY BIGGEST FAILURES THAT GOT ME HERE

You want to be more. you want to achieve more. You want to live beyond the limitations of your bad habits. You want to design your future and stop focusing on the challenges of your past. The transition from where you are to where you want to be starts today ...not someday.

You can take action while you are scared. You can take action while nothing seems to be going your way. You can even take action when the odds seem against you.

YOU CAN. YOU MUST. YOU WILL.

" DON"T FIND AN EXCUSE. FIND A WAY. "

You can ask the universe for whatever you desire, and your subconscious mind will begin devising a plan to manifest the outcome you envision. The subconscious mind will trigger your conscious mind to take actions to bring about progress and outcomes that will produce that outcome. However, when we ask our fears and doubts "can I ?" your subconscious mind will again answer with the same determination that it did before. It will again trigger thoughts and actions that will create the progress and outcome to prove that you can't, and that you aren't good enough.

In 1999 I organized my first speaking event in Norfolk, Virginia. I knew back then that I wanted to speak to and empower others to change their lives. I was a spunky college student studying sociology and criminal justice at Norfolk State University. I wanted to reduce the recidivism of juvenile youth returning to detention homes or jail, and I was determined to hold a forum speaking to parents about it.

A friend of mine at school assisted me in securing a local venue at a very cheap cost. I handed out flyers, posted up signs, told my family, friends, associates at school and in the court system about the event. The anticipation built up as the date of the event got closer. I couldn't wait. Finally the evening came. I pulled up to the building in my 1991 silver Volkswagen with a pile off handouts to give to the guests. A representative came and unlocked the building where the event was to be held. There were plenty of chairs and tables and great lighting in the room I was going to speak in. I got there early to make sure everything was set up.

I set up the room and waited. Time was getting closer to show time. Parents and concerned citizens, friend and supporters would soon arrive. Show time arrived and nobody came. I waited a little longer. A waited a little more. I looked at my watch. I went out in the parking lot to look for cars pulling up. No parents showed up. No concerned citizens arrived. No friends arrived. No one showed up.

I was hurt, disappointed, angry, frustrated, confused. No one showed up to even disagree with me, boo me or reject my opinions. I wasn't even worth rejecting,arguing with, or debating against, let only being heard? I WAS HURT.

I failed, but I was not a failure. Therefore the message I sent repeatedly to my subconscious mind was "get better", "invest in yourself", "try again".

Today people pay to hear me speak, empower, motivate and add value to them. I speak to leaders in the civilian and government sectors. Today I still fail at things, and I still invest in myself, learn from my mistakes, and train to get better.

The mind is a tower that receives and send signals. Those signals and impulses are translated in to messages that your mind will transform in to thoughts and actions.

What messages are you receiving ? from your self ? from others ?

How are those messages from others and yourself affecting your actions, lifestyle, and those people you support ?