"I'm not funny. What I am is brave." Lucille Ball

Becoming (noun); The process of coming to be something or of passing into a state, any process of change or growing to be.

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more." (Tony Robbins)

Have you ever had the experience of wanting to become better at doing something but never really knowing where to look for help? Do you see friends, family, and even neighbors seemingly moving beyond anything you ever thought possible?

The answers are out there to be sure. But, more often than not, at least for me, they are found in what I choose to do each day. As I sit here pondering how to say what would be said here today I am thinking about all the time I spend doing nothing. Literally nothing. Its frightening to contemplate. How in the world did life come to this particular set of bad habits and lack of effort? On some level I want to be a better person. More successful, healthier, happier, a better husband to my wife, a better father to my children, and a better friend to all. I am not sure I have ever in my years upon this earth given my all to much of anything - not even my own selfish needs.

John Wooden is quoted as saying, "Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

Walter Cronkite said, "I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn't give this game of life everything he's got."

Sometimes I think we get so caught up in the desire to succeed that we become paralyzed instead of productive. It may even be that we think that overwhelming goal we call success is just so far away we decide that there is no amount of effort that will get us there so we fall into those lazy habits that are so easy to pursue. I'm beginning to believe that some effort at pursuing a more successful path will become an aid in developing those skills and habits that will lead one to being more. Becoming something more.

Often it is as simple as making a decision at the end of each day to make the coming day more productive. In other words end each day with the beginning in mind and begin each day with the end in mind. It does seem that a few minutes of planning each evening (or at the end of the work day) for the next days activities would be a productive few minutes that should add clarity to the coming evening and morning. To sleep with the thoughts of what could be accomplished rattling around your subconscious ought to be very beneficial. I think I'll give it a try.

In the last post here I spoke about keeping a journal each day. I think a combination activity of recording those memorable and mundane moments of each day along with an agenda for the coming day should bring about a very positive result. The main thing for me to accomplish is eliminating much of the non-productive (nothing) time from each day and evening. Of course there will be bumps and hiccups along the way. Things will arise that cause a course change to occur. It still will be a better idea to have a plan and have the need to change its execution than have no plan and lose opportunity for productivity.

I don't know that these changes will make anyone a super achiever, but they are a step in that direction and will lead from good things to better things. And perhaps even to best things.

Thanks for checking in. More to come soon. See you then.