“Set yourself up for success: load the bases at night so you can hit a grand slam in the morning”. – Nicholas Sullivan

What does that mean?

Mornings are tough for a lot of people, but when every day is a chance to be better and move better than the day before, we need to set ourselves up to be as successful as possible. 

In baseball, when you have a teammate on each of the three bases you have the chance to hit a home run and score 4 runs instead of just one, often pushing a team ahead big time and setting them up to win!

We should treat our lives in a similar way if we can. One way to do that would be to make sure you have as much done the night before so your morning will be easier and much less stressful. 

Make your lunch at night before work, take a shower at night instead of in the morning, sit your clothes out at night so you aren’t wasting time deciding what to wear in the morning, and any other activities that you can think of to help you save time and stress in the morning. 

Don’t put off until tomorrow what can be done today!

Getting stuff done the night before frees you up for all sorts of things in the morning:

• Time to go to the gym.
• Prayer time.
• More sleep.
• Less to worry about as you get the kids ready for school.
• The ability to eat breakfast.
• And more!

Take some time today to make a list of things you can do at night to help save you time, effort, and stress every single morning. 

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“Don’t miss your potential because you can’t escape your past”. – Nicholas Sullivan

What does that mean?

Sometimes we get so comfortable in where we are, who we are with, and what we do that we can easily miss out on being the best version of ourselves. 

If we keep spending time with the same people, if we keep working the same jobs, if we keep eating the same things, if we keep dating the same type of people, if we keep telling ourselves “this is just how it is”, “this is what I deserve”, or “this is how it’s always going to be”, then we are severely limiting ourselves. 

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. 

If it didn’t help you in the past, why continue to entertain it? 

If you want different, you have to move different.

If you want to change who you are, you have to do away with who you were. 

Complacency and comfortability are dangerous; we can become so use to being treated horribly, accepting abuse, falling back into bad habits over and over, and hanging around bad influences that we end up believing that is all we are worth.

You have the ability to make new, better decisions starting today. Pick better friends, hang out at different places, and break off relationships that chain you to your past. 

It is time to start working on achieving your God-given potential.

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“Think it through and weight your reaction; how heavy are the consequences?” – Nicholas Sullivan

What does that mean?

We live in a highly reactive culture; people do not often think anything through or consider the consequences. 

We as human beings are prone to emotional outbursts, and we very rarely stop to think before we say something, do something, or post something. 

The words we speak and the actions we take have heavier consequences than we often realize. 

When we make descions or say something while emotional (happy, sad, angry, scared, etc.), we run the risk of experiencing a regrettable reaction.

We have all made impulse purchases that we have regretted.

We have all said something to someone and regretted it afterwards.

We have all taken part in a risky behavior that had regrettable consequences.

Before you make a decision, before you post that comment, before you make that purchase, before you yell at someone, before you do anything – stop and think it through first. 

The world would be a better place if we slowed down a little, better utilized empathy, and made kinder, more rational decisions.

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“If you want the fruit, you must invest in the root. Don’t focus on the outcome, focus on the process that leads to great outcomes”. – Jon Gordon

What does that mean?

We often times get so stuck up on the outcomes we want to see that we forget what it takes to get there.

We are blinded by the comparison of our journey to that of those around us; we think we should be able to go from where we are (point A) to our desired outcome (Point B) overnight. 

Successful outcomes take hard work, patience, dedication, commitment, and devotion.

The root of success is a collection of habits, processes, discipline, and mindsets that lead to success eventually, not instantly.

To see the fruits of success, you have to willing to put in the necessary work and commit to watering the root of who you are, how you behave, and what you believe. 

You get out what you put in – good trees produce good fruit, bad trees produce bad fruit (Matthew 7:18).

If you want to get better, do better, and feel better, you have to be willing to get to the root of the problem and put in the work necessary to achieve your desired outcomes.

If you or someone you know needs help receiving substance abuse treatment, please call (270) 900-0373 any time, any day, 24/7 for a screening with one of our employees. 

“Fail in Faith: Failure is the tuition you pay to attend the school of success”. -Craig Groeschel

What does that mean?

We often times shy away from failure; we stick a very negative connotation on it and avoid it at all cost. Failure plays a much more important role in our growth than we realize. Without failure, we wouldn’t have lightbulbs, planes, computers, iPhones, or potato chips. Failure can be taken one of two ways: 

1. A reason to give up.
2. A reason to keep trying. 

Failure is an important piece of every success story on Earth. You can choose to give up, or you can use each failure as a lesson that paves the way for future success. 

We need to learn to fail in the faith that one day we will see the success we have been working so hard towards.

Pay your way with failure until you graduate with a degree in success. 

Keep trying, don’t give up, and be encouraged. You may have found 1,000 ways that didn’t work, but that 1001st way may get you exactly where you’ve been trying to get to. 

If you or someone you know needs help receiving substance abuse treatment, please call (270) 900-0373 any time, any day, 24/7 for a screening with one of our employees. 

“If you keep a hometown mindset, you’ll never grow to reach your potential”. 

What does that mean?

It means that if you keep hanging around the same places you always have, talking to and hanging around the same people you’ve always been around, and doing the same things you’ve always done, then you are going to keep getting the same results over and over and over.

If you want to see growth in your life, you’re going to have to get a little uncomfortable, take leaps of faith, and spread your wings to reach new heights you never thought possible. Don’t keep accepting what you’ve always accepted. Doing the same things over and over while expecting different results is the definition of insanity.

Even the bible says in Mark 6:4, “Then Jesus told them, ‘a prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his relatives and his own family’.” Sometimes you gotta step out of your comfort zone and step away from what you’ve always known to see the results you want to see.

Don’t let comfortability kill your progress.

If you or someone you know needs help receiving substance abuse treatment, please call (270) 900-0373 any time, any day, 24/7 for a screening with one of our employees.