Do You Look

I saw the most beautiful sunrise today. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a fiery red-orange as I did this morning along the curve of the horizon. And slowly, very slowly, the great mass above it slowly changed colors until that section of the sky was ablaze.

I encourage people to take time and watch the sunrise. I don’t think anyone could see a spectacle such as this and not find inspiration to go forth and do something great. 

It is the little things in life that really make it worth living. The free things.  The sunrise or sunset.  It could be a smile from a friend, a kind word, or a feeling of something small, like a moment to watch the kids playing.

All it takes is a moment or two.  All it takes is seeing what is around us daily.

What do you think you might see?

Take A Class

To all my friends out there, thank you for being with me. And also bearing with me. I am proud to announce that I’m getting closer to publishing my new course, and I have two new books in the works. 

Taking an end-of-the-year course with Sarah Cordiner has helped me rejuvenate, learn new ideas, and prepare for new adventures in 2022. It is essential to do this from time to time. Going through a rejuvenation class allows us to be ready for the unique items that we will learn or have to tackle in the new year.

I am on day eight of this 10-day course, and I feel great. I recommend that everyone find a great teacher like Sarah and take a class. Learning something new is one of the best things you can do for yourself.

Have a great day, and we’ll hopefully be back tomorrow.

Free book

Greetings to all who are reading this. I have to apologize for not writing you for the last few days.  I have been building a new website to send you this unique offer. Unfortunately, I have run across a few hurdles.

Some people may say I missed Black Friday and Cyber Monday, yet those are only two days. You are my loyal readers, the ones who stick by me and read what I write throughout the year; I owe you more than two days!

I have an offer for a free booklet that you may have by emailing me and telling me that you want it. Until the new site is complete, please use My email, mikeb@reveille.rocks.

I will send you a booklet with ideas and checklists for finding the work you want. I will also forward you a coupon for my new Creative Critical Thinking In Employment course for only $47, which is a $150 savings.     This course will be running by Christmas.

This offer is good from now to January.  I told you I owed you more than just two days to make a decision. Now you have the time to consider and save over $150.

Thanks,

Mike

Good Things Are Coming

The days are growing shorter, and time has to be adjusted to enjoy the sun. We have no snow yet in our drought country and can hardly wait for that covering of white. Yet, we find ways to have a little fun and be a little bit productive.

Good things are coming our way, yet nothing happens without some hard work. Even Christmas requires a Black Friday to precede it, and if that wasn’t enough, there’s a Cyber Monday thrown in there also.

It seems the elves at Reveille.Rocks are working a little overtime. There will definitely be a book, and hopefully, a course ready for Santa’s helpers to place under the tree for somebody looking for a new job.

I don’t want to spoil the fun. I’m just here to say, please keep your eyes open because good things always abound in a season of miracles.

Who do you know that could use a little joy and help this season?

Changes

It is great to be out there, pushing yourself forward, doing everything within your power to conquer your world. At the same time, you need to remember you have others around you with whom you have activities. Changing your schedule may not help their needs.

Too often, any schedule, no matter how well planned, will fall to the side; it is merely a fact of life. It is essential to realize and ensure no activities or people end up forgotten because of this disruption.

Is it easy? No. Is maintaining the balance doable? With a bit of attention, yes.  Whatever system you use to support your changes and additions, make sure it works for you.

How do you keep up with what is next on your schedule and what is looming down the road?

Take Our Next Step

As we walk through life, our goal should be to pick up what we need and desire to help us grow. The trick is not to pick up everything. We must choose between our desires, our wishes, and our destinies.

Like a holiday feast where we want to try everything and often eat more than we can handle, our desires in life often outreach our abilities.  We need to control our passion for projects and things.  We need to pick and choose through what we find to have the time and energy to be our best at what we strive to accomplish.

To be our best, we need to be ready to compete.

As you work and plan, what will be the outstanding achievement you will offer the world?

Excitement Fills The Air

Fall is upon us. Days grow shorter, cooler, and grander as the leaves change and smells of comfort fill the air.  It is the time of high school football and bands marching for halftime shows.

Everyone is busy cleaning their yards and prepping for the first snowfalls of the season. As parents prep holiday decorations, the children try to decide what they want to be for Halloween. Teenagers look forward to the homecoming dance. Fall is the time everything has excitement and a chance to relax for a weekend.

The hot summer is gone, and the biting blizzards of winter are not here yet.  All the senses get touched with reminders of happy and comfortable times.

Which memory will you enjoy?

Time To Explore

How many of us get caught in the same rut day in and day out? Not just the big things, the little ones too. How many of us wake up, hurriedly get dressed, and run out the door with little more than a cup of coffee and maybe a banana?

I used to do that. I would get to work in start having Low blood sugar symptoms by 10:30 or 11:00. By the time I got to eat around 12:00 or 12:30, I had difficulty thinking straight and was angry at everything. It’s not the way to work, and it’s not the way to live.

I have recently worked at eating better and started making avocado toast once or twice a week in the morning. It’s easy to do; an avocado is less than a dollar.  I mash it up, mix in a tsp of salad dressing and some bacon bits, smooth it onto some toast, and I have an excellent start to the morning with a great breakfast.

What could you do before work that would make your day?

Partnership

Ever start to do a small project? Write a book, build a course, coach a few people? And all of a sudden, you find yourself in a tsunami of more people who offer you help at a cost than you have ever thought existed.

Everybody means well, and everyone wants to help. As with most things these days, there is always a price. What do you do with all these people who want to sell you something? They mean well, and many of them are doing what you are working on, building a sound and viable product that will help others, and then finding people to buy it.

The answer is simple. The emails you get come from people, people running businesses, and they also need help in areas you might be great doing. You need to stop looking at everybody who writes you as someone who wants your money and start looking at them as someone who would be willing to pay you to help them do better.

Stop looking at others as someone who looks to squeeze you out of some money. Start looking at them as someone you can work with to a mutual benefit where you both succeed and grow.

The next time someone writes you offering a service, how will you help them become a paid partnership where both of you succeed?

What Are Your Plans

We have a new month about to come to us. The big question in my mind is what are we going to do?

You’re more likely to get something done if you make a plan and write it down. You don’t have to make earth-shattering discoveries. Sometimes the most profound work boils up from small ideas.

There’s a trick to getting things done. Figure out what you want to do for a given period, and write it down. Not in the back of some notebook that you won’t be looking at for the next three months, write your intentions down somewhere where they are in your face, and you see them every day. I often use a whiteboard, an affinity chart built with post-it notes, or my monthly calendar, which I carry and look at every day.

When something is important to us, we take the time to do it right. Everything has a cost, yet not all prices are monetary. Time and attention are two resources we need to spend with great care.

What are your plans for our upcoming month?

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