The Rant: Day 44 of The 30 Day Proactive Test

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Day 44 of The 30 Day Proactive Test

Day 44

Introduction

3:16 PM

Hello. This is day 44 of the Thirty Day Prroactive Test. I am Charles Lamson. This is my story. It a tale of cock-eyed optimism, pie in the sky delusions of grandeur and unbridled lust for power.

Important Qualities To Focus on

Here you find guidelines to make the important – and not the urgent – a bigger part of your everyday life.

. Coherence: Keep a list in your planner naming your short- and long-term goals, and the roles you have.
Focus: Organize on a weekly basis so you can check if all roles are included in your week. You can still shift some during your day or as the days pass. Weekly planning provides a better overview.
Subordinate schedules to people: When people and relationship come in play, you need to realize their importance over the scheduled activities.
Flexibility: “Your planning tool should be your servant, never your master,” says Covey. Plan as it suits you and how you are, not as you think you should.
Portable: Keep your schedule with you most of the time. You might want to check the schedule, or the goals on it. Or to compare what you planned with new opportunities.

Tips to get you going.

Define your roles. Think about your different roles during the upcoming week.
Select your goals. Which goals do you want to accomplish within each of the roles you defined? Write down one or two as part of your schedule.
Schedule your week. Start with filling those hours that can only be spent during office hours, or on Saturdays.
Adapt daily. With your schedule written down, daily planning becomes daily adapting. Take a few minutes each morning to reconsider your current schedule.

4. Organize your next week. start by writing down your roles and goals for the week. Then transfer the goals to a specific action plan. At the end of the week, evaluate how well your plan translated your deep values and purposes into your daily life and degree of integrity you were able to maintain to those values and those purposes.

Becoming a Quadrant 2 Self-Manager

Quadrant 2 organizing involves four key activities.

Identifying Roles. The first task is to write down your key roles. These are my roles from last week.

1. Individual

2. Blogger, owner and operator of The Rant
3. Owner and operator of small home-based business
4. Boss of two employees
5. Owner and operator of small home-based production/publishing company

Selecting Goals. The next step is to think of two or three important results you feel you should accomplish in each role during the next seven days. These would be recorded as goals.

These are my roles and goals for last week.

Individual - Personal Development

Rough draft mission statement

Ask doctor how to get hands on my medical records

Blogger - Owner/operator of The Rant

Rough draft mission statement

Publish seven new posts

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business

Rough draft mission statement

Return home

Boss of Two Employees

Contact Sennie as soon as I have an idea when I come home

Ditto with Debbie

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Production/publishing Company

Rough draft mission statement

Publish seven new posts

Scheduling. Now you can look at the week ahead with your goals in mind and schedule time to achieve them.

Daily Adapting. With Quadrant II weekly organizing, daily planning becomes more a function of daily adapting, of prioritizing activities and responding to unanticipated events, relationships and experiences in a meaningful way.

I did identify my roles and goals in an earlier publication, on April 30, to be precise. Though I did not transfer the goals to a specific action plan. I feel I made okay progress just by listing roles and goals.

Individual - Personal Development

Rough draft mission statement

Ask doctor how to get hands on my medical records

In my role as an individual, I did complete a rough draft of my personal mission statement, and though I did not ask my doctor how to get my hands on my medical records, I did ask a nurse. Below is the rough draft of my Personal Mission Statement. It is not perfect. It needs a little work, but not bad for a rough draft.

Personal Mission Statement (Rough Draft)

My mission is to live with integrity and make a difference in the lives of others.

To fulfill this mission:

I live with the principle of charity:

I seek out and love the individual, each individual, despite this person's individual situation.

I live with the principle of sacrifice:My time, my talent and my resources are all devoted to my mission.

I live to inspire:By example, I teach that we are all children in a universe where the potential for learning is infinite.

I make an impact:What I do affects others.

In achieving my mission, these roles take priority:
Neighbor:Kindness is visible through my actions toward others.

Agent of Change:For developing high performance in large organizations, I am a catalyst.

Scholar:Every day I learn fun and important new things.

Last Week

Blogger - Owner/operator of The Rant

Rough draft mission statement

Publish 7 new posts

In my role as Blogger - Owner/operator of The Rant, I did not complete a rough draft of a mission statement for my blog. Also, I did not publish 7 new posts. However, I did publish five new posts, which actually i think is more of a reasonable goal. So for this week I am not even going to worry about my role as an individual. As for as my role as blogger goes, I am revising it to look more like below.

This week

Blogger - Owner/operator of The Rant

Rough draft mission statement

Publish five new posts

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business

Rough draft mission statement

Return home

In my role as Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business. I did not create my rough draft mission statement. However, I did return home about a week back.

Boss of Two Employees

Contact Sennie as soon as I have an idea when I come home

Ditto with Debbie

In my boss role I accomplished both tasks. YAY! For Me!

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Production/publishing Company

Rough draft mission statement

Publish seven new posts.

In my role as Operator/Owner of Small Home-Based Production/Publishing Company, I did not complete my rough draft mission statement, but I did publish five posts. so my role and goal is the same there for next week

Next Weeks Roles And Goals

These are next weeks roles and goals:

Blogger - Owner/operator of The Rant

Rough draft mission statement

Publish seven new posts

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business

Rough draft mission statement

Begin research for business plan focusing quotes stuff I can use as reference material in the creation of the business plan

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Production/publishing Company

Rough draft mission statement

Publish seven new posts

There are only three this week of both roles and goals, because I really want to get these mission statements done this week, the rough drafts anyway. And tomorrow I plan to put all this in a weekly scheduling format right here on this blog.

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The kingdom of God is among you

Luke 17:20-25 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus gave them this answer, ‘The coming of the kingdom of God does not admit of observation and there will be no one to say, “Look here! Look there!” For, you must know, the kingdom of God is among you.’ He said to the disciples, ‘A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man and will not see it. They will say to you, “Look there!” or, “Look here!” Make no move; do not set off in pursuit; for as the lightning flashing from one part of heaven lights up the other, so will be the Son of Man when his day comes. But first he must suffer grievously and be rejected by this generation.’

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Adoration, also known as Eucharistic Adoration, is a Catholic prayer in front of the Blessed Sacrament. It is a sign of devotion and worship to Jesus Christ, who is believed to be present in the consecrated host. During adoration, Catholics pray to Jesus Christ before the Eucharist at their local parish. The Eucharist is typically kept in a tabernacle at the parish church, and may be presented in front of a closed tabernacle or in front of the exposed host in a monstrance. A monstrance is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Anglican, High Church Lutheran, and Old Catholic churches. It is a stand made of precious metal that holds the Blessed Sacrament during adoration. The word "monstrance" comes from Latin and means "to show".

Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is always patient and kind; it is never jealous; love is never boastful or conceited; it is never rude or selfish; it does not take offence, and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes. 1 Corinthians 13:8-9,13: Love does not come to an end. But if there are gifts of prophecy, the time will come when they must fail; or the gift of languages, it will not continue for ever; and knowledge – for this, too, the time will come when it must fail. For our knowledge is imperfect and our prophesying is imperfect. In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love. Colossians 3:14-15: Over all these clothes, to keep them together and complete them, put on love. And may the peace of Christ reign in your hearts, because it is for this that you were called together as parts of one body. Always be thankful.

It is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword

Jesus instructed the Twelve as follows: ‘Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth: it is not peace I have come to bring, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies will be those of his own household. ‘Anyone who prefers father or mother to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who prefers son or daughter to me is not worthy of me. Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me. Anyone who finds his life will lose it; anyone who loses his life for my sake will find it. ‘Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me; and those who welcome me welcome the one who sent me. ‘Anyone who welcomes a prophet will have a prophet’s reward; and anyone who welcomes a holy man will have a holy man’s reward. ‘If anyone gives so much as a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, then I tell you solemnly, he will most certainly not lose his reward.’ When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples he moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.

The beheading of John the Baptist

Matthew 14:1-12 Herod the tetrarch heard about the reputation of Jesus, and said to his court, ‘This is John the Baptist himself; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.’ Now it was Herod who had arrested John, chained him up and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. For John had told him, ‘It is against the Law for you to have her.’ He had wanted to kill him but was afraid of the people, who regarded John as a prophet. Then, during the celebrations for Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and so delighted Herod that he promised on oath to give her anything she asked. Prompted by her mother she said, ‘Give me John the Baptist’s head, here, on a dish.’ The king was distressed but, thinking of the oaths he had sworn and of his guests, he ordered it to be given her, and sent and had John beheaded in the prison. The head was brought in on a dish and given to the girl, who took it to her mother. John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went off to tell Jesus.

Psalms 9:16

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah - Question: What does Higgaion and Selah mean? Answer: Both Higgaion and Selah are used numerous times in the Old Testament. They occur together in Psalm 9:16. The meanings of these words are uncertain. We observe Higgaion in such passages as Psalm 9:16; 19:14; 42:3; Lamentations 3:63. In Arabic, the root gives a deep vibrating sound, like the murmering sound of a harp (Psa. 92:3). The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia states that it may be derived from the Greek versions of Psalm 9:16 and takes it to mean an instrumental interlude. It may also mean a soliloquy or meditation such as concerning the judgment of God (Psa. 9:16), the words and work of God (Psa. 19:14), and the loving kindness and faithfulness of God (Psa. 92:2-3). In the Septuagint, Selah is translated as daplasma (meaning a division). It occurs in Habakkuk 3:3, 9, 13 and 71 times in the Psalms. It is used in 39 of our 150 psalms. Of those 39 psalms, 31 they are ones handed over to "the chief Musician." So, pause and meditation may be the predominate idea. In addition, it may mean to lift up (Hebrew, salal) or, in some definitions, a repetition, end of a strophe, or a recurring symphony. In his sermon named "HIGGAION!" about Psalm 9:16, Archibald G. Brown, on August 17, 1873, at the East London Tabernacle said this: "When the psalmist wrote this verse, and reached the words 'The wicked shall be snared in the work of his own hands', he seemed to be overpowered at the terror of the thought, and so put a full stop and wrote in the word 'Higgaion!' As much as to say, 'O my soul, meditate on the tremendous truth my hand has penned, and let all who read the same meditate.' And then after 'Higgaion' he puts 'Selah'. He would have there to be a solemn pause. Oh, I would that there could be just one moment's solemn pause in our meeting tonight. Would that there could be a Selah, a Higgaion! Friends, shall there be? I put it to you. 'The Lord is known by the judgment which he executes; and the wicked shall be snared in the work of his own hands!" Now let us just for a moment meditate on that. Let there be a solemn Higgaion, and let every heart ask itself the question, 'How do I stand in reference to this tremendous truth?' *Answer by Dr. Joseph R. Nally, Jr. (https://thirdmill.org/answers/answer.asp/file/47892)*

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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Day 44 of The 30 Day Proactive Test

Day 44

Introduction

3:16 PM

Important Qualities To Focus on

Tips to get you going.

Becoming a Quadrant 2 Self-Manager

Personal Mission Statement (Rough Draft)

Next Weeks Roles And Goals

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business

Rough draft mission statement

Begin research for business plan focusing quotes stuff I can use as reference material in the creation of the business plan

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Mission Statement

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Day 44 of The 30 Day Proactive Test

Day 44

Introduction

3:16 PM

Important Qualities To Focus on

Tips to get you going.

Becoming a Quadrant 2 Self-Manager

Personal Mission Statement (Rough Draft)

Next Weeks Roles And Goals

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business Rough draft mission statement Begin research for business plan focusing quotes stuff I can use as reference material in the creation of the business plan

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Accounting: The Language of Business - Vol. 2 (Intermediate: Part 145)

Owner/operator of Small Home-Based Business

Rough draft mission statement

Begin research for business plan focusing quotes stuff I can use as reference material in the creation of the business plan