{"id":1156,"date":"2017-08-26T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2017-08-25T21:28:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T01:28:08","slug":"august-26-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/2017\/08\/26\/august-26-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"August 26, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1157\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1157\" src=\"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/list1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/list1-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/list1-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/list1.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One decision, one step, one action at a time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I just finished a conversation with my daughter and her parting remarks were, &#8220;I still have to get the great big list of things done! &#8220;As big as my list is, her\u2019s is bigger. It was in that moment the question, &#8220;How do you eat and elephant?&#8221; popped into my mind. I smiled and began writing this article, which was the next thing on my list.<\/p>\n<p>This might be a simple example, but it was in this moment of time for me a perfect example of an important success principle. Yet as I reflect upon it, it is really about so much more. The underlying habits and principles we build into our daily lives are important. They are a foundation which allow us to continue to move forward in the direction we want, rather than being blown off course. Jesus talks about the house that has a foundation built on rock being able to withstand the storms which come that way (Matthew 7:24-25).<\/p>\n<p>Deliberately choosing to be principle motivated and build habits that generate positive responses in challenging moments is a worthwhile action. These choices are easier to make before the storms come your way, than in the middle of &#8220;a situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Far too many people drift from one day to the next, to the next, giving very little thought to the process of building their character and developing a positive and powerful mindset. How do you eat and elephant? One mouthful at a time. How do you build your character and develop a positive and powerful mindset? One decision, one step, one action at a time. What will you do today to prepare for what will be? Remember, your thoughts, beliefs, words, and intentions impact your actions, which create what will be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished a conversation with my daughter and her parting remarks were, &#8220;I still have to get the great big list of things done! &#8220;As big as my list is, her\u2019s is bigger. It was in that moment the question, &#8220;How do you eat and elephant?&#8221; popped into my mind. I smiled and began &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/2017\/08\/26\/august-26-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;August 26, 2017&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1158,"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1156\/revisions\/1158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lifepotentialtraining.com\/daily_thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}