Tag Archive for Risk taking

The Problem Solver

February 25, 2014 Leadership, Life Skills, Uncategorized No comments

The Problem Solver

The picture below is a text conversation I had with my 14yr old son when he was flying home from school by himself.  His plane had gotten in late to the terminal and he was waiting for his bag plane side with only 15 minutes to spear to get across DFW airport to catch his next flight.  This conversation occurred because he was unsure how to navigate the airport.

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The Ability to Problem Solve sets us apart from other people!!

Yes, yes it does.

I don’t think I have much more wisdom on that today.  As Red Green would say, “Keep your stick on the ice.”

You are the ceiling or the lid to what God wants to do in you and through you

February 6, 2014 Encouragement, Life Skills 2 comments

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You are the ceiling or the lid to what God wants to do in you and through you.Take a child for example, all wide eyed and expectant of the dreams they have can come true.  When was the last time someone asked a child what they wanted to do for their lives and they answered, sit in a 5×5 cubical and stare at a box for 8 hours a day.

No, they said they wanted to be something great.

Why, because they haven’t learned to hold themselves back yet, that’s why.

Let me ask it this way; “If fear wasn’t an option what would you do?”

I know it seems like a hard question, but is it?  Here are some thoughts on fear that may help you.

If you listen to your fears you will die, never knowing what a great person you might have been.

- Robert H. Schuller

Our doubts are traitors, and make us loose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

- William Shakespeare

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” —Harry S. Truman

At some point in your life you took a detour and allowed fear to move you in a different direction than maybe the one you should have been traveling.  God puts gifts and talents in each and everyone of us, but through our fears we put a lid on them.  We create a ceiling that stops us from reaching the next level.  As the Shakespeare quote states, “Our doubts are traitors.”

My encouragement today, take some time and reflect on your life and allow yourself to see the gifts that you have.  Then get ready to take your first step.  As Martin Luther King Jr. said“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

The Bunt

March 25, 2013 Risk taking No comments

The Bunt

Most people go through life bunting.  Never willing to take the risk to swing the bat.  Unfortunately life is a risk.  A calculated risk.  We can do all the research, all the training, but at some point we have to swing.  Preparedness is a key to success, but without action you are just wasting air.

My encouragement toady is: Get out there, step out!  What’s the worst that could happen you swing and miss?  Dust off and go again.  Failure is never final unless you let it.  Most men are measured by how high they bonce after hitting bottom.

You can do it! Today is your VICTORY DAY!!!

Brad Burdette Victory & Co.