Becky Blanton is a unique individual. A prolific writer, gifted photographer and former journalist who found herself homeless, but bounced back to tell her story and inspire others.
When she found herself homeless, her strengths were not lying dormant, they were exercised in new and different ways. Watch as she shares her story.
(If you can't see the video on this page click here)
What circumstance are you blaming for not using your strength?
How can you move forward?
Need ideas?
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Disappointment comes to each of us.
For me this week, it's being disappointed in myself and how I gained back 14 of the 53 pounds I have lost so far. Ughhh! This sets my plan of 100 more pounds even further back.
I know how it happened.
I know why it happened.
But I also know that I can change the tide right now.
What I need is a dose of hope.
Disappointment comes and goes but hope will always follow.
Maybe you're a bit disappointed today too.
Maybe you need a dose of good old fashioned hope. If so, I hope these words will be the catalyst for you to see your future brighter.
You are a gift. Your strengths are ones that this very day someone somewhere is praying for. You have everything inside of you that is needed for you to move into the fullness of the person you were meant to become.
Take a deep breath.
Take another.
One more.
Now close your eyes and think about your greatest fear.
Got it?
Now a few more deep breathes.
Smile because you're about to move in a new direction.
Now close your eyes and think about the most outrageous positive outcome that you are quite sure is impossible, an outcome that would blow you away.
Open your eyes.
Got it.
Now read these words: IT IS POSSIBLE
I am reminded of these words Jesus spoke in the book of Matthew Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Now go do the impossible, with God riding shotgun.
Deb
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I am sick and tired of everyone talking about success as if its the one thing we are put on this earth for. And the person I am most sick of hearing it from is me!
After spending more than twenty years chasing what I thought was success, I finally woke up and realized significance is my target.
Significance means change.
It means purpose.
It means passion.
Significance means taking the eye off of me and putting it on someone else.
Significance means leaning into my destiny and finally using the talents and strengths I have been blessed with to make a difference.
So today I won't wish you success. Instead I wish you significance.
www.MyWiredStyle.com
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Are you the one in the crowd that seems just a bit different than the others?
Find yourself feeling like a square peg in a round hole?
Are you the only family on the block that doesn't watch tv?
The working Mom that still cooks breakfast for everyone?
The Vegan who is not tempted at a steakhouse?
Are you the college student that hosts Bible studies instead of partying?
Are you the person in the office that refuses to be confined to a cubicle mentality, going well beyond what you are compensated for?
Are you the senior citizen that at the age of 75 still mentors others in a 12 Step program?
Are you the executive that walked away from what some would call a 'dream job' to do what you felt called to?
You are a non-conformist.
You are change.
You are an ingredient to revolutions, stories and songs.
You are one of the key reasons growth happens.
The world needs more of you.
www.MyWiredStyle.com
'Discover Your Strengths...Own Your Future'
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On Friday night my husband and I attended the annual fundraising dinner for Long Island Youth For Christ. It was a momentous night for several reasons. We were able to connect with friends, that was wonderful but the night held special significance as Jack Crabtree the Executive Director of LIYFC was leaving after 40 years.
40 years is a long time.
It's even longer if you are in ministry. Little pay, long hours, risky situations, challenging people but as Jack pointed out, his bank account may not reflect his riches but he is a wealthy man and indeed he is.
Craig Muller who has transitioned into Jack's role will do great work for sure but transitions can be exciting and frightening all at once.
Just last week I read in a blog of one of my favorite leadership visionary Michael Hyatt at MichaelHyatt.com that he too was stepping out of his role as CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishing as he pursues his passion and clear giftedness (my words not his) in speaking.
Another transition.
These seasons offer us all an opportunity to see things not as they are but as they could be. Once we move past our human nature and move into our passions and purpose in life, things come together rather quickly. If you are considering a transition, I offer you some advice based on my personal knowledge and what I have gleaned from others.
1) Pray - For me this where it all starts. I pray for wisdom, guidance and definitely for favor.
2) Listen - Listen to what is on your heart, listen to what your gut is telling you, listen to your courage.
3) Plan - Don't act rashly but create a simple strategic plan to move forward.
4) Move - Simple but the hardest step of all. Move into your plan with confidence, not expecting a smooth ride but expecting the best ride.
I am sure that Jack and Craig, Mike and Mark Schoenwald will do well with their transition and I hope the same for you too!
Deb
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Who are you anyway?
Are you the way you talk?
Walk?
Write?
Act?
Dance?
Feel?
Learn?
After coaching hundreds of people I have come to the not so brilliant conclusion that we are the sum of our strengths, passions and experience. Therein lies the problem. People can help you discover your strengths and maybe even your passions but you have to be honest with yourself about your experiences and how they have shaped you into the person you are today.
You deserve that much.
And so do the people you can serve once you connect the dots.
Choices are inevitable.
Choice can be fun.
Choices can torture us with the promise of failing.
Zig or Zag?
Right or Left?
Inside or Out?
Career or Business?
Choices can seem daunting until that is you find the secret to making the right choice....aligning it with your vision for your life.
Once you know where you would like to go, it makes choosing the right path to get there so much easier.
Toledo or Maui?
Once you know your destination, you can figure out the right schedule, flight, time, even what to pack.
So it is of often not the choice that trips us up...its the lack of a vision for our destination.
Don't settle for standing in the gap between 2 roads for too long.
Choose.
And move 100% in the direction you have chosen and one of two things will happen.
Maybe you will either feel thrilled to arrive in Maui and go running towards the beach.
Or
Perhaps you'll arrive in Toledo and go running into the arms of someone you love.
Either way you win, as long as it is the vision you choose before the journey.
I really enjoy watching the holiday classic, 'It's A Wonderful Life' (affiliate link). This little film released in 1946 has warmed many a heart each Christmas season. But there is one part of the movie that really resonates most with me. George Bailey, the lead character in the film, is despondent because his business was in dire jeopardy, and was so sad he wished he had never been born.
That is what prompted Clarence (the Angel) to show George what life would have been like for others had George never been born. For example, had George not been born and not pulled his brother from a frozen pond, his brother would not have been around to save countless lives during the war.
Clarence: [explaining] Your brother, Harry Bailey, broke through the ice and was drowned at the age of nine.
George Bailey: That's a lie! Harry Bailey went to war - he got the Congressional Medal of Honor, he saved the lives of every man on that transport.
Clarence: Every man on that transport died! Harry wasn't there to save them, because you weren't there to save Harry
When George finally realizes how different life would be for so many people if he had not been around to share his strength, Clarence says: Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?
There is a chain of events which if broken, disrupts the outcome for countless many. How many of us are holding an idea or our strengths hostage at this very moment because we are fearful, confused or just need some guidance to move it into action? Who in the chain of events, could benefit from your strength if you would just unleash it?
Last week, my family and I had the heartbreaking experience of losing my husbands' sister to cancer. It was late at night and my husband and I were at the hospice when my sister in laws nurse came over to talk with us and what she shared with us was a gift...her gift.
She told us that even though Angie couldn't respond to us, she could still hear us and that now with each of the visitors gone, we should take a moment and whisper in her ear what we want her to know, to tell her that we are going to be ok and that whenever she is ready it's ok for her to let go.
While that was torture to hear, what that nurse gave us and Angie both on Sunday night was a gift...her gift of compassion and experience. What if Janice wasn't there that night? Would Greg and I have realized how soon she would pass? Would we have been able to give her our final message of love?
We are both so grateful that Janice is using her gift at hospice so well. We were blessed by her strength of compassionate prompting. She did not break the chain and in fact, made each of us stronger for it.
What about you?
What strengths do you have that this world needs because there is a distraught family who needs your prompting?
Or a child who needs to read the book you have in your head?
Or the hospital that needs the medicine you have been thinking about?
Or the seniors who need someone to drive them around safely?
Or the church that needs your ministry?
Or the person who needs to hear the song you've been working on?
Or the client that needs your coaching to unleash them to their potential?
Will you enrich their lives through your gift and strength?
We need you.
You need you.
Do yourself and the world a favor...don't break the chain.
Unleash Your Wired Strengths
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Do it yourself? Really? Me thinks not, here's why....
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