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December 18, 2009
Stress Reduction Speaker: Secrets to Reduce Stress, Live Happier and Longer
Next to lack of sleep, Dr. Oz says stress is the number 2 cause of premature aging.
Bad news for many with high amounts of stress in their lives.
What are some of the major causes of stress:
1. Bills and financial obligations.
2. Family members who overspend using your money.
3. Noisy and negative people full of whining and complaining.
4. Succumbing to and allowing yourself to be emotionally manipulated by others expectations.
5. Nonstop technological and media bombardment infringing on your mental space and inner peace.
That being said do the following to minimize stress:
1. Pay your bills on time each month.
2. Live beneath your means spending less than you earn.
3. Demand that family who add to your expenditures carry their weight, contribute and pay bills too (or don't spend).
4. Sleep 8 hours daily (every 24 hours....whenever it is you sleep) to renew and revitalize your body, calm your emotions and quiet your mind.
5. Stop complaining & negative criticism, while eliminating those who do from your midst.
6. Express more thankfulness to God and others throughout your day.
7. Practice deep breathing to take in more oxgyen (vital to life) and calm nervous emotions.
8. Slow down and think before you speak and hastily act.
9. Take time daily (best time is at the beginning of the day) to quietly reflect and meditate.
10. Set your intention at the beginning of each day to direct your energy and guard your focus.
11. Lower the volume when speaking and listening to the radio, TV and others on the phone.
12. Cultivate a healthy sense of humor and laugh more throughout your day.
13. Use your answer machine more often and stop being bulldozed over by demanding and needy people.
14. Exercise daily to achieve optimal health, peak performance, burn fat, detox and increase blood flow.
15. Eat cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and kale (all high in stress-relieving B vitamins).
16. Get a full body massage at least once a month.
17. Sweat and detox in a sauna.
18. Travel away from home every three months (minimum), even if just for a weekend road trip, to get away and enjoy your life.
19. Listen to instrumental music.
20. Mute commercials on TV and the radio, or fast forward through them (if pre-recorded), or change channels.
Cauliflower is also one of the very best sources of vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid, the latter of which helps turn carbohydrates and fats into usable energy and improves your ability to respond to stress by supporting your adrenal glands. Fatigue, listlessness, numbness and tingling or burning pain in the feet are all indications that you may need more vitamin B5 in your diet.
The above mentioned are all phenomenal ways to minimize stress, slow down the aging process, live happier, longer and stronger.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide stress reduction speaker, former fitness trainer, author and life coach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YS6dV...
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Bad news for many with high amounts of stress in their lives.
What are some of the major causes of stress:
1. Bills and financial obligations.
2. Family members who overspend using your money.
3. Noisy and negative people full of whining and complaining.
4. Succumbing to and allowing yourself to be emotionally manipulated by others expectations.
5. Nonstop technological and media bombardment infringing on your mental space and inner peace.
That being said do the following to minimize stress:
1. Pay your bills on time each month.
2. Live beneath your means spending less than you earn.
3. Demand that family who add to your expenditures carry their weight, contribute and pay bills too (or don't spend).
4. Sleep 8 hours daily (every 24 hours....whenever it is you sleep) to renew and revitalize your body, calm your emotions and quiet your mind.
5. Stop complaining & negative criticism, while eliminating those who do from your midst.
6. Express more thankfulness to God and others throughout your day.
7. Practice deep breathing to take in more oxgyen (vital to life) and calm nervous emotions.
8. Slow down and think before you speak and hastily act.
9. Take time daily (best time is at the beginning of the day) to quietly reflect and meditate.
10. Set your intention at the beginning of each day to direct your energy and guard your focus.
11. Lower the volume when speaking and listening to the radio, TV and others on the phone.
12. Cultivate a healthy sense of humor and laugh more throughout your day.
13. Use your answer machine more often and stop being bulldozed over by demanding and needy people.
14. Exercise daily to achieve optimal health, peak performance, burn fat, detox and increase blood flow.
15. Eat cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage and kale (all high in stress-relieving B vitamins).
16. Get a full body massage at least once a month.
17. Sweat and detox in a sauna.
18. Travel away from home every three months (minimum), even if just for a weekend road trip, to get away and enjoy your life.
19. Listen to instrumental music.
20. Mute commercials on TV and the radio, or fast forward through them (if pre-recorded), or change channels.
Cauliflower is also one of the very best sources of vitamin B5 or pantothenic acid, the latter of which helps turn carbohydrates and fats into usable energy and improves your ability to respond to stress by supporting your adrenal glands. Fatigue, listlessness, numbness and tingling or burning pain in the feet are all indications that you may need more vitamin B5 in your diet.
The above mentioned are all phenomenal ways to minimize stress, slow down the aging process, live happier, longer and stronger.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide stress reduction speaker, former fitness trainer, author and life coach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YS6dV...
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Good Christian Bitches: Women Issues Speaker Book Review
Good Christian Bitches is the strikingly honest tale of Amanda Vaughn, a recently divorced mother of two. To get a fresh start, she moves back to the affluent Dallas neighborhood where she grew up. In a Desperate Housewives style, her old friends are seemingly out to destroy her reputation.
In the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud, Amanda turns to those who love her and the faith she’s always known. Will the Good Christian Bitches get the best of her, or will everyone see that these GCBs are as counterfeit as their travel jewelry?
The author of Good Christian Bitches Dallas native Kim Gatlin puts a voice to the downside of gossip in a light-hearted piece of fiction but with a message that she hopes will resonate with women everywhere.
Like the feisty, charismatic women in Good Christian Bitches, Kim and the women in her life are bold, sassy and strong. She counts her mother, sister, girlfriends, cousin and two steadfast Southern Baptist grandmothers in that group—all women who use these traits as assets and gifts.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide women issues speaker and author of "Breakthrough For a Broken Heart"; "Adultery 101"; and "Empowering & Liberating Women"
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
In the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud, Amanda turns to those who love her and the faith she’s always known. Will the Good Christian Bitches get the best of her, or will everyone see that these GCBs are as counterfeit as their travel jewelry?
The author of Good Christian Bitches Dallas native Kim Gatlin puts a voice to the downside of gossip in a light-hearted piece of fiction but with a message that she hopes will resonate with women everywhere.
Like the feisty, charismatic women in Good Christian Bitches, Kim and the women in her life are bold, sassy and strong. She counts her mother, sister, girlfriends, cousin and two steadfast Southern Baptist grandmothers in that group—all women who use these traits as assets and gifts.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide women issues speaker and author of "Breakthrough For a Broken Heart"; "Adultery 101"; and "Empowering & Liberating Women"
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
December 17, 2009
Dollar Devaluation: U.S. Dollar Devaluation as American Government Goes Deeper in Debt
Everywhere in the world where I travel takes or exchanges U.S. dollars, but not for long as the dollar devalues further. The Office of Management and Budget is predicting a $1.5 trillion budget deficit over the next year. That puts our total funding requirements on the order of $3.5 trillion over the next 12 months.
So... where will the money come from? Total domestic savings in the U.S. are only around $600 billion annually. Even if we all put every penny of our savings into U.S. Treasury debt, we're still going to come up nearly $3 trillion short. That's an annual funding requirement equal to roughly 40% of GDP.
Where is the money going to come from? From our foreign creditors?
I agree with Porter Stanberry that foreign creditors won't pony up the money any more as freely and readily as they did in the past. Certainly not according to Greenspan-Guidotti.
Indian or Russian central banks are withholding and hesitating buying U.S. Treasury bills, opting to buy enormous amounts of gold. Stanberry says the Indians bought 200 metric tonnes this month. Sources in Russia speculate the central bank there will double its gold reserves.
So where will the money come from? The printing press. The Federal Reserve has already monetized nearly $2 trillion worth of Treasury debt and mortgage debt. This weakens the value of the dollar and devalues our existing Treasury bonds. Sooner or later, our creditors will face a stark choice: Hold our bonds and continue to see the value diminish slowly, or try to escape to gold and see the value of their U.S. bonds plummet.
One thing on the top of many central banks priority lists is NOT buying more U.S. debt - a very risky proposition at present. Which central banks will abandon the dollar next? Stanley thinks Brazil, Korea and Chile.
These are the three largest central banks that own the least amount of gold. None owns even 1% of its total reserves in gold.
All of this will lead to a severe devaluation of the U.S. dollar... are you ready for the wildest ride of your financial life?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNVZ0Q...
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker and author of United States of Arrogance
info@PaulFDavis.com
So... where will the money come from? Total domestic savings in the U.S. are only around $600 billion annually. Even if we all put every penny of our savings into U.S. Treasury debt, we're still going to come up nearly $3 trillion short. That's an annual funding requirement equal to roughly 40% of GDP.
Where is the money going to come from? From our foreign creditors?
I agree with Porter Stanberry that foreign creditors won't pony up the money any more as freely and readily as they did in the past. Certainly not according to Greenspan-Guidotti.
Indian or Russian central banks are withholding and hesitating buying U.S. Treasury bills, opting to buy enormous amounts of gold. Stanberry says the Indians bought 200 metric tonnes this month. Sources in Russia speculate the central bank there will double its gold reserves.
So where will the money come from? The printing press. The Federal Reserve has already monetized nearly $2 trillion worth of Treasury debt and mortgage debt. This weakens the value of the dollar and devalues our existing Treasury bonds. Sooner or later, our creditors will face a stark choice: Hold our bonds and continue to see the value diminish slowly, or try to escape to gold and see the value of their U.S. bonds plummet.
One thing on the top of many central banks priority lists is NOT buying more U.S. debt - a very risky proposition at present. Which central banks will abandon the dollar next? Stanley thinks Brazil, Korea and Chile.
These are the three largest central banks that own the least amount of gold. None owns even 1% of its total reserves in gold.
All of this will lead to a severe devaluation of the U.S. dollar... are you ready for the wildest ride of your financial life?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNVZ0Q...
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker and author of United States of Arrogance
info@PaulFDavis.com
Diversity Training for Educators: Diversity Speaker for Ethnic Awareness, Multiculturalism and Transcending Labels to Birth Leaders
Diversity Empowerment for Educators
Celebrate diversity by creating a healthy and discrimination free educational environment.
Learn how to create a friendly atmosphere for educators and students, while cultivating respect among different cultures. Achieve ethnic awareness to transcend labels, bring all walks of life together and give birth to leaders.
In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, be empowered to pioneer a path of peace and brotherhood to achieve greatness.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide diversity speaker, executive consultant and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Paul F. Davis is the author of 17 books and a worldwide speaker who has touched over 55 countries & 6 continents building bridges cross-culturally by joyfully disarming and empowering people throughout the earth to live their dreams!
Paul’s incredible depth and powerful stories from around the world, entertain and inspire audiences making Paul a captivating speaker able to awaken the greatness within us all.
Paul speaks for Celebrity Cruises and has appeared on numerous international broadcasts from Investors Business Daily, Oprah & Friends to Fox News to talk about success, leadership, relational intricacies, conflict resolution, life balance, and living your dreams. By reason of his global travels, Paul is a highly sought after diversity and multicultural awareness speaker.
Playboy Radio Afternoon Advice host Tiffany Granath calls Paul an awesome relational coach and recommends his books on love, dating, and sexuality.
Paul worked at Ground Zero in NYC during 9-11; helped rebuild a home at the tsunami epicenter; comforted victims of genocide in Rwanda; spoke to leaders in East Timor during the war; inspired students & monks in Myanmar; promoted peace & reconciliation in Pakistan; and has been so deep into the bush of rural Africa where villagers had never before seen a white man.
A breakthrough leader, Paul humorously and elegantly transforms individuals and organizations, while empowering people to love passionately and fearlessly live their dreams.
www.PaulFDavis.com
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Diversity & Multiculturalism Speaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPkrH4...
World Peace Over Propaganda & Demonizing Nations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRMw9i...
Celebrate diversity by creating a healthy and discrimination free educational environment.
Learn how to create a friendly atmosphere for educators and students, while cultivating respect among different cultures. Achieve ethnic awareness to transcend labels, bring all walks of life together and give birth to leaders.
In the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, be empowered to pioneer a path of peace and brotherhood to achieve greatness.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide diversity speaker, executive consultant and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Paul F. Davis is the author of 17 books and a worldwide speaker who has touched over 55 countries & 6 continents building bridges cross-culturally by joyfully disarming and empowering people throughout the earth to live their dreams!
Paul’s incredible depth and powerful stories from around the world, entertain and inspire audiences making Paul a captivating speaker able to awaken the greatness within us all.
Paul speaks for Celebrity Cruises and has appeared on numerous international broadcasts from Investors Business Daily, Oprah & Friends to Fox News to talk about success, leadership, relational intricacies, conflict resolution, life balance, and living your dreams. By reason of his global travels, Paul is a highly sought after diversity and multicultural awareness speaker.
Playboy Radio Afternoon Advice host Tiffany Granath calls Paul an awesome relational coach and recommends his books on love, dating, and sexuality.
Paul worked at Ground Zero in NYC during 9-11; helped rebuild a home at the tsunami epicenter; comforted victims of genocide in Rwanda; spoke to leaders in East Timor during the war; inspired students & monks in Myanmar; promoted peace & reconciliation in Pakistan; and has been so deep into the bush of rural Africa where villagers had never before seen a white man.
A breakthrough leader, Paul humorously and elegantly transforms individuals and organizations, while empowering people to love passionately and fearlessly live their dreams.
www.PaulFDavis.com
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Diversity & Multiculturalism Speaker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPkrH4...
World Peace Over Propaganda & Demonizing Nations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRMw9i...
December 16, 2009
Affirmative Action Speaker: Opportunity and Success for Every Skin Color
Some whites oppose affirmative action because it does not personally benefit them. Will they feel otherwise when whites are the minority in America?
According to the Census Bureau the estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.
Census Bureau figures released Wednesday have updated last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the global economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after 9-11 terrorist attacks.
America is all about living your dreams, which always requires putting feet to your faith and taking action. Institutional and generational barriers have disenfranchised some ethnicities and races, whereby they have started well behind many of us in regard to the level of their education, at home nutrition, familial stability and emotional tranquility.
Nevertheless as a son of a drug addict and alcoholic (thankfully raised by my grandparents and then later my father and stepmother) I understand the importance of personal struggle.
Truly there can be no progress without process. Often frustration is the beginning of progress, as you get angry and disatisfied with the status quo.
Nobody should ever look to their family, friends or government to sustain them when they can be proactive and make it happen (with God's help) for themselves. Yet when hard times hit, we are always thankful (myself included) to receive help, no matter where it comes from.
That being said I thank God for my family, friends and the generosity of the U.S. government to help those suffering, unemployed, immigrating, struggling to pay health care and kids unable to buy lunch everyday at school.
Of course I realize the taxpayers bear these expenses to help the less fortunate. Yet is not this what makes our nation great? Our ability to help the downtrodden and those in need? I think so!
Yet at the same time imparting the spirit of hope and empowering people to get up and apply their gifts, talents and abilities to provide for themselves and wholeheartedly pursue their dreams should also be part of the equation.
President Obama broke the race barrier and is living the American dream, proving to the naysayers and complainers (among the up-and-out and down-and-out) that with faith and hope, coupled with daily hard work and persistence, there surely is a way out.
As we replace anxiety with creativity; hatred with a love for humanity; and our personal hurts with hope for the future - together we can create a better world for ourselves, our families and posterity.
Let us affirm the greatness of the human spirit, our ability to live our dreams and our resilience as a people to overcome all obstacles when we believe the best in one another and endeavor to cooperatively come together.
Truly "nothing is impossible when we believe" (Mark 10:27) and put feet to our faith (James 2:26) to arise and make things happen!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - affirmative action speaker for success and author of 17 books
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
According to the Census Bureau the estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.
Census Bureau figures released Wednesday have updated last year's prediction that white children would become a minority in 2023 and the overall white population would follow in 2042. The earlier estimate did not take into account a drop in the number of people moving into the U.S. because of the global economic crisis and the immigration policies imposed after 9-11 terrorist attacks.
America is all about living your dreams, which always requires putting feet to your faith and taking action. Institutional and generational barriers have disenfranchised some ethnicities and races, whereby they have started well behind many of us in regard to the level of their education, at home nutrition, familial stability and emotional tranquility.
Nevertheless as a son of a drug addict and alcoholic (thankfully raised by my grandparents and then later my father and stepmother) I understand the importance of personal struggle.
Truly there can be no progress without process. Often frustration is the beginning of progress, as you get angry and disatisfied with the status quo.
Nobody should ever look to their family, friends or government to sustain them when they can be proactive and make it happen (with God's help) for themselves. Yet when hard times hit, we are always thankful (myself included) to receive help, no matter where it comes from.
That being said I thank God for my family, friends and the generosity of the U.S. government to help those suffering, unemployed, immigrating, struggling to pay health care and kids unable to buy lunch everyday at school.
Of course I realize the taxpayers bear these expenses to help the less fortunate. Yet is not this what makes our nation great? Our ability to help the downtrodden and those in need? I think so!
Yet at the same time imparting the spirit of hope and empowering people to get up and apply their gifts, talents and abilities to provide for themselves and wholeheartedly pursue their dreams should also be part of the equation.
President Obama broke the race barrier and is living the American dream, proving to the naysayers and complainers (among the up-and-out and down-and-out) that with faith and hope, coupled with daily hard work and persistence, there surely is a way out.
As we replace anxiety with creativity; hatred with a love for humanity; and our personal hurts with hope for the future - together we can create a better world for ourselves, our families and posterity.
Let us affirm the greatness of the human spirit, our ability to live our dreams and our resilience as a people to overcome all obstacles when we believe the best in one another and endeavor to cooperatively come together.
Truly "nothing is impossible when we believe" (Mark 10:27) and put feet to our faith (James 2:26) to arise and make things happen!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - affirmative action speaker for success and author of 17 books
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Conflict Resolution Speaker: Success Secrets to Stay Cool and Maintain Your Composure Under Pressure
To add to my previous article on effectively handling screamers and people given to yelling, I now add my success secrets to stay cool under pressure and maintain your composure in emotionally charged and hostile situations.
To stay cool:
1. Conceal your inward thoughts outward, showing as little as emotion as possible (remembering the screaming manipulator strives to fluster you and get you to react rather than be proactive).
2. Breathe deeply, as fear causes us to breathe shallow and restricts the life flow within.
3. Slow down intentionally and purposefully to refrain from jumping to snap judgments, speaking or acting prematurely.
4. Don't make any concessions or promises in the heat of the moment, which often are caused when you emotionally are manipulated to cave and cower (often with regret later for doing so).
Be calm, stay cool and slowly assess the situation giving yourself days, weeks, months (and if necessary years) to evaluate and examine the person with whom you are in a disagreement.
Time always reveals truth. Don't be in a hurry.
Let time reveal truth as to what you should (or should not do) and expose the defiled and impure in your midst.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - mediator for conflict resolution, life coach and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
To stay cool:
1. Conceal your inward thoughts outward, showing as little as emotion as possible (remembering the screaming manipulator strives to fluster you and get you to react rather than be proactive).
2. Breathe deeply, as fear causes us to breathe shallow and restricts the life flow within.
3. Slow down intentionally and purposefully to refrain from jumping to snap judgments, speaking or acting prematurely.
4. Don't make any concessions or promises in the heat of the moment, which often are caused when you emotionally are manipulated to cave and cower (often with regret later for doing so).
Be calm, stay cool and slowly assess the situation giving yourself days, weeks, months (and if necessary years) to evaluate and examine the person with whom you are in a disagreement.
Time always reveals truth. Don't be in a hurry.
Let time reveal truth as to what you should (or should not do) and expose the defiled and impure in your midst.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - mediator for conflict resolution, life coach and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Women Issues Speaker: Reconciling Your Private Life and Public Persona
Have you ever met someone who acts one way publicly, but is entirely different privately? When you are a celebrity (like Tiger Woods for example), the squeaky clean image is hard to uphold.
We all have our weaknesses, frailties and flaws. Yet people from the outside looking in often uphold and idealize celebrities and "special people" seeing only the glitter and glamor at social events.
I know one successful businessman who tells his girlfriend, "Everybody in life is like a pancake having two sides: a good side and a bad side."
When you are wealthy, everybody sees the "good side" ...or the side advantageous and agreeable to them... the fact that you are rich and have something they want.
However being rich isn't always all it is cracked up to be. As President Obama told Oprah at the White House during a 2009 Christmas interview, "Being the President, when it comes to gifts, I usually give better gifts than I receive."
Expectations on celebrities, the wealthy, clergy, parents and even mothers can be overwhelming for even the best of persons. Trying to continually live up to the expectations of others can be emotionally and physically exhausting.
Eventually at some point most check out of the game and prefer transparency, posturing themselves with more humility. Alternatively a few (to their own demise) seek to project a level and degree of personal perfection and put-togetherness as if to exalt themselves over everyone else.
This is what I most respect about President Obama, his humility and love for the American people he was elected to serve. Pres. Obama and Michelle rightly call the White House "the people's house" ...something I don't recall any other President beforehand ever doing - a new concept and paradigm for leaders in government.
Nevertheless even those who excel in certain professions have bad days. Athletes don't always eat and live healthy. Mothers aren't always loving, patient and nurturing.
Clergy sometimes cause as much conflict with the sermons they preach from the pulpit, as the counseling they provide in private makes peace to heal the divide.
Interior designers and domestic divas who publicly look so awe inspiring sometimes fail to care for their own homes, which if you were to visit unexpectedly might appear frightful.
Likewise businessmen sometimes make bad business decisions and lose a pile of money.
Yet failure is never final, nor is it a measure of your womanhood or manhood. However the way you respond to personal flaws, frailties and failure will help you determine the measure of your character.
What comes out of your mouth under pressure best reveals what is truly in your heart and needing to be purged and purified.
If you continually project yourself as entirely put-together and radiate an air of superiority, eventually when the day of exposure comes and you are found wanting, great will be the humiliation and judgment which you have brought upon your self.
Transparency and REALITY therefore is the order of the day. Hence the popularity of reality TV.
Everyday people relate better to reality than to perfection.
Therefore get off the personal pedestol you have created for and enthroned yourself upon to live transparently. Be real and open enough to share your personal struggles and testimony. After all, this is what has endeared millions to Oprah and made her billions of dollars.
People who are real and speak openly of their struggles make us feel normal and give us hope.
I was blessed to hear about President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's early marital struggles during the first few years of matrimony. It makes me realize perfection is not the order of the day to be successful, just patience and persistence.
Therefore stop trying to put on an outward show and be something you are not. Die to your feelings of self-importance and invest in others realizing it is when you are being a blessing and helping others that you stand the tallest and discover your purpose.
Die to "I" and live for the good and betterment of others. As you do you shall be a great blessing and simultaneously personally benefit.
Be internally and outwardly congruent both in your private and personal life so you don't have to juggle the Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde personas and continually wonder who you shall be today. Be true to yourself and the values you hold dear.
Love and honor those closest to you before you try to speak to and shape your world. Respect and service begins on the homefront with those in closest proximity to you, who best know you and all of your imperfections.
They who know you best will often rub you the wrong way first, but in so doing (if you will embrace it) awaken you to a greater level of self-awareness and opportunities for further personal growth.
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor and life (Proverbs 22:4).
Many in America seek riches only to later be told on publicly by those who intimately know them privately. The end result is they have riches but with them are empty and without honor because they forgot to build a strong foundation.
So before you climb the ladder of success, it behooves you to make sure your ladder is leaning upon the right building.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker, life coach and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
We all have our weaknesses, frailties and flaws. Yet people from the outside looking in often uphold and idealize celebrities and "special people" seeing only the glitter and glamor at social events.
I know one successful businessman who tells his girlfriend, "Everybody in life is like a pancake having two sides: a good side and a bad side."
When you are wealthy, everybody sees the "good side" ...or the side advantageous and agreeable to them... the fact that you are rich and have something they want.
However being rich isn't always all it is cracked up to be. As President Obama told Oprah at the White House during a 2009 Christmas interview, "Being the President, when it comes to gifts, I usually give better gifts than I receive."
Expectations on celebrities, the wealthy, clergy, parents and even mothers can be overwhelming for even the best of persons. Trying to continually live up to the expectations of others can be emotionally and physically exhausting.
Eventually at some point most check out of the game and prefer transparency, posturing themselves with more humility. Alternatively a few (to their own demise) seek to project a level and degree of personal perfection and put-togetherness as if to exalt themselves over everyone else.
This is what I most respect about President Obama, his humility and love for the American people he was elected to serve. Pres. Obama and Michelle rightly call the White House "the people's house" ...something I don't recall any other President beforehand ever doing - a new concept and paradigm for leaders in government.
Nevertheless even those who excel in certain professions have bad days. Athletes don't always eat and live healthy. Mothers aren't always loving, patient and nurturing.
Clergy sometimes cause as much conflict with the sermons they preach from the pulpit, as the counseling they provide in private makes peace to heal the divide.
Interior designers and domestic divas who publicly look so awe inspiring sometimes fail to care for their own homes, which if you were to visit unexpectedly might appear frightful.
Likewise businessmen sometimes make bad business decisions and lose a pile of money.
Yet failure is never final, nor is it a measure of your womanhood or manhood. However the way you respond to personal flaws, frailties and failure will help you determine the measure of your character.
What comes out of your mouth under pressure best reveals what is truly in your heart and needing to be purged and purified.
If you continually project yourself as entirely put-together and radiate an air of superiority, eventually when the day of exposure comes and you are found wanting, great will be the humiliation and judgment which you have brought upon your self.
Transparency and REALITY therefore is the order of the day. Hence the popularity of reality TV.
Everyday people relate better to reality than to perfection.
Therefore get off the personal pedestol you have created for and enthroned yourself upon to live transparently. Be real and open enough to share your personal struggles and testimony. After all, this is what has endeared millions to Oprah and made her billions of dollars.
People who are real and speak openly of their struggles make us feel normal and give us hope.
I was blessed to hear about President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's early marital struggles during the first few years of matrimony. It makes me realize perfection is not the order of the day to be successful, just patience and persistence.
Therefore stop trying to put on an outward show and be something you are not. Die to your feelings of self-importance and invest in others realizing it is when you are being a blessing and helping others that you stand the tallest and discover your purpose.
Die to "I" and live for the good and betterment of others. As you do you shall be a great blessing and simultaneously personally benefit.
Be internally and outwardly congruent both in your private and personal life so you don't have to juggle the Dr. Jekel and Mr. Hyde personas and continually wonder who you shall be today. Be true to yourself and the values you hold dear.
Love and honor those closest to you before you try to speak to and shape your world. Respect and service begins on the homefront with those in closest proximity to you, who best know you and all of your imperfections.
They who know you best will often rub you the wrong way first, but in so doing (if you will embrace it) awaken you to a greater level of self-awareness and opportunities for further personal growth.
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honor and life (Proverbs 22:4).
Many in America seek riches only to later be told on publicly by those who intimately know them privately. The end result is they have riches but with them are empty and without honor because they forgot to build a strong foundation.
So before you climb the ladder of success, it behooves you to make sure your ladder is leaning upon the right building.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker, life coach and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
Dealing with Difficult People Speaker: Handling Screamers and Yellers While Staying Cool
Screamers think by yelling they can get their point across, but primarily point out they are out of control and socially incapable of carrying themselves appropriately.
I enjoyed Oprah's interview with President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, during which Pres. Obama said, "I don't yell. When I'm not happy I express my displeasure by speaking more crisply and thereby get my point across. I find that yelling doesn't work and in fact is less effective."
Handle yellers and screamers by:
1. Leaving the room and waiting until they cool down.
2. Ask them why they feel it is important to yell.
3. Inform them that you will NOT communicate with them while they are yelling.
4. If they continue yelling thereafter, remove them from your life until they can apologize and get themselves together (perhaps with some counseling and therapy).
5. Refuse to cave or emotionally be manipulated by the screamer given to yelling.
6. Hold strong to your values and convictions, despite the present volume that causes you internal disruption and would seek to break your focus.
7. Write the screamer and yeller a letter to hold true to your stance and opinion on the matter, while not subjecting yourself to their overbearing volume and cry baby tactics.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker, life coach and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
I enjoyed Oprah's interview with President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, during which Pres. Obama said, "I don't yell. When I'm not happy I express my displeasure by speaking more crisply and thereby get my point across. I find that yelling doesn't work and in fact is less effective."
Handle yellers and screamers by:
1. Leaving the room and waiting until they cool down.
2. Ask them why they feel it is important to yell.
3. Inform them that you will NOT communicate with them while they are yelling.
4. If they continue yelling thereafter, remove them from your life until they can apologize and get themselves together (perhaps with some counseling and therapy).
5. Refuse to cave or emotionally be manipulated by the screamer given to yelling.
6. Hold strong to your values and convictions, despite the present volume that causes you internal disruption and would seek to break your focus.
7. Write the screamer and yeller a letter to hold true to your stance and opinion on the matter, while not subjecting yourself to their overbearing volume and cry baby tactics.
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker, life coach and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
December 15, 2009
Success Speaker: Replace Anxiety with Creativity to Experience Abundance and Prosperity
How creative would you be if money was no object? Today do not let money stop you from thinking BIG and being fruitful.
As the prophet Isaiah said, "Break forth into joy!" Rejoice in your Creator today and get lost in His Spirit to live in celebratory fashion and thereby spontaneously be creative so you can break forth in the earth and live an authentic life that is attractive and dynamic.
Be true to your inner divine essence knowing your were created in the image of God.
Update your identity, connect with the divine and live by faith in this moment in time!
Your best days and most blessed days are ahead of you as you walk by faith, not by sight, neither allow fear to quench your inspirational fire within.
Burn hot for God and co-create your world with God to experience new days, new ways and open new doors for wealth to flow through and unto you!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker and life-changing author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
As the prophet Isaiah said, "Break forth into joy!" Rejoice in your Creator today and get lost in His Spirit to live in celebratory fashion and thereby spontaneously be creative so you can break forth in the earth and live an authentic life that is attractive and dynamic.
Be true to your inner divine essence knowing your were created in the image of God.
Update your identity, connect with the divine and live by faith in this moment in time!
Your best days and most blessed days are ahead of you as you walk by faith, not by sight, neither allow fear to quench your inspirational fire within.
Burn hot for God and co-create your world with God to experience new days, new ways and open new doors for wealth to flow through and unto you!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide speaker and life-changing author
info@PaulFDavis.com
407-967-7553
December 14, 2009
Your Best Life Now: Purity, Purpose and Power
To experience your best life now here are my success secrets.
1. Reconnect with your Creator - talking to Jesus daily.
"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" (James 4:8).
2. Purify your heart and align your life with your inner values.
"Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8).
3. Pray daily welcoming the Holy Spirit to live big in you and lead you into your divine purpose.
Jesus said the Holy Spirit would "lead and guide us into all truth" (John 16:13) and speak progressively revealing God's will and purpose for our lives daily.
They who are led by the Spirit of God are the true children of God (see Romans 8:14).
Paul the apostle did not move carelessly and half-heartedly here, there and everywhere. On the contrary, Paul "purposed in the Spirit" inquiring like King David of the Lord before he did anything (see Acts 19:21; 1Samuel 30:8).
4. Be bold and confident in who God has created you to be, fulfilling your destiny without apology, nor feeling guilty.
Live authentically without apology. Sure some will be aroused with envy and jealousy as you arise boldly in confidence and begin getting blessed, but who cares!
Jesus said the blessing of the Lord comes with "persecutions" (Mark 10:28-31). So be it! Rejoice nevertheless.
"The righteous are bold as a lion, but the wicked flee when no man pursues" (Proverbs 28:1).
God's people always get promoted and shine when they live pure and purposefully and remain humble in heart being quick to give God the glory for their accomplishments and successes.
Yet beware of embracing false humility. True humility doesn't think of itself, but boldly and obediently carries out the will and purpose of God thinking about others along the way.
Know therefore your obedience to God will cause you to be blessed (Isaiah 1:19) and be a great blessing to countless others (Genesis 12:1-3).
Truly God wants the fire of His Spirit to burn in your heart to make your life fun, fulfilling and cause you to flourish for His glory!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide minister and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
1. Reconnect with your Creator - talking to Jesus daily.
"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" (James 4:8).
2. Purify your heart and align your life with your inner values.
"Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God" (Matthew 5:8).
3. Pray daily welcoming the Holy Spirit to live big in you and lead you into your divine purpose.
Jesus said the Holy Spirit would "lead and guide us into all truth" (John 16:13) and speak progressively revealing God's will and purpose for our lives daily.
They who are led by the Spirit of God are the true children of God (see Romans 8:14).
Paul the apostle did not move carelessly and half-heartedly here, there and everywhere. On the contrary, Paul "purposed in the Spirit" inquiring like King David of the Lord before he did anything (see Acts 19:21; 1Samuel 30:8).
4. Be bold and confident in who God has created you to be, fulfilling your destiny without apology, nor feeling guilty.
Live authentically without apology. Sure some will be aroused with envy and jealousy as you arise boldly in confidence and begin getting blessed, but who cares!
Jesus said the blessing of the Lord comes with "persecutions" (Mark 10:28-31). So be it! Rejoice nevertheless.
"The righteous are bold as a lion, but the wicked flee when no man pursues" (Proverbs 28:1).
God's people always get promoted and shine when they live pure and purposefully and remain humble in heart being quick to give God the glory for their accomplishments and successes.
Yet beware of embracing false humility. True humility doesn't think of itself, but boldly and obediently carries out the will and purpose of God thinking about others along the way.
Know therefore your obedience to God will cause you to be blessed (Isaiah 1:19) and be a great blessing to countless others (Genesis 12:1-3).
Truly God wants the fire of His Spirit to burn in your heart to make your life fun, fulfilling and cause you to flourish for His glory!
http://www.PaulFDavis.com - worldwide minister and author
info@PaulFDavis.com
