has to line up with how you live your day.
Don't just talk the walk, but walk the walk too.
Do you ever run into people that will gladly tell you how to do things, or not do things, but what they are telling you to do, or not do, they won't do, or not do, themselves?
Maybe you have someone in your life right now that is doing that?
In other words they are talking a lot, but they are not doing anything themselves.
They forgot the walk.
I have ran into many people like this in my own life. They are everywhere. They will gladly tell you what to do, but they would never do it, or they have never done it themselves.
Don't base your decisions on advice of those
who don't have to deal with the results.
Have you ever heard the story about the mother who has a young son that she is very concerned about because he eats too much sugar and she want him to stop eating it?
This mother takes her son with her and goes to meet with an old and wise man. She says, "Sir, can you please tell my son to stop eating sugar."
The wise man looks at the child and then he turns around and tells the mother to come back in two weeks. The woman leaves with her son and returns again two weeks later. Again they are both standing in front of this old and wise man, waiting for him to give them a very wise solution the young boy's" problem. The wise man turns to the boy and says, "Stop eating sugar!" The woman looks very surprised by the answer and says, "Why could you not have told me this two weeks ago, when we were here?" The wise man answers, "Two weeks ago, I was eating sugar, myself."
I love this little short story. Are you practicing what you are teaching other people to do? Are you giving advice that you yourself, are not following?
About a month ago I was attending a business event with around 30 people. Before the meeting started, I was talking to a man that was selling real estate. We were talking about how important it is to have discipline and healthy habits in your life. He told me how he was cutting down on watching TV, texting and spending less time on the internet, to show his own kids about self-discipline and self-control. In other words, he was working on installing healthier habits in his kids, by being a great role-model.
During this particular event there were different presentations, delivered by around five different people. Same man as I mentioned above, instead of giving his undivided attention to the different speakers, the same man that was talking about self-discipline and self-control, was texting almost the whole time, during these presentations.
Now, what is wrong with this picture???
Where was his discipline and self-control that he had bragged about only 10 minutes earlier?
Walk Your Talk!!!
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