UP & DOWN WITH LIFE - What a ride!: career

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

IMPERFECT PROGRESS

How many times have you resisted change because you knew you wouldn’t or couldn’t do it perfectly? I know I have, especially when it came to weight loss. My thought was “I’ve tried before and I always failed.” I always failed because I always quit! I always quit because I wasn’t perfect.

This morning I heard someone say “imperfect progress”. It immediately resonated with me. I have never used that term but I certainly know that is what I have been doing for the last 15 months. When I started my last weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber I decided I would be doing it differently this time.

I realized that I couldn’t be perfect. I knew that I would “cheat”. I changed the way I approached this journey. No food was off limits. If I wanted it, I would eat it but in moderation. I admit, there have been a few times that I wanted it, I ate it and it wasn’t in moderation. BUT HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE! I didn’t beat myself up over it. I tried to figure out what made me overeat when I wasn’t hungry. And the most important thing I did was I didn’t quit! Nope, the next morning I was back on my program. This has kept me sane and on track for these past 15 months. I have never stayed on any weight loss plan more than 6 months. EVER. And I’ve been doing this weight loss thing for 53 years.

There is no perfect change because we aren’t perfect. What we can have is imperfect progress. Sure we fall. But all we have to do is get back up and start anew. That is the difference in failure and success. As long as you get back up, you have progress. It might be imperfect progress but it is progress just the same. If you stick with it, you will reach your goal. How I wish I had learned this decades ago. But I’m learning it now and it has brought me freedom in this journey and this journey is bringing me freedom in my life.

This works no matter what the change you are trying to make. It doesn’t matter if it is weight loss, finances, a career, school, etc. Try it and see! Reach your goal with imperfect progress. You will definitely get there.

Why don’t you join me in my imperfect progress of my last weight loss journey with Skinny Fiber? It could be your last weight loss journey too. And if you don’t need to lose weight, then join me in my imperfect progress of building my own business with Skinny Fiber. Just click the link below for either.

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caryn cannatella

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Friday, June 20, 2014

BIG FISH IN A LITTLE POND

My daddy was a preacher in a small church in a small town. He was happy being that small town preacher. For many years he held a second job too. But preaching was his passion and that church and its members was his life.

My mother always thought he short-changed himself. I can remember her saying, “He could be preaching at a big church that would provide us a home and a bigger salary.” He didn’t care. Everyone at church knew him and he knew them. He visited them when they were in the hospital. He would go to their homes just to check in on them. He would pray with them. He kept their confidences. He knew everyone’s kids, nieces and nephews, the grandparents and aunts and uncles.

He had his faults and shortcomings but he had his positives also. He was tender hearted. He never met a stranger. He would strike up a conversation with anyone, anywhere. He was a very fast and accurate typist. He cooked the best roast, potatoes and carrots I’ve ever eaten. He didn’t hold a grudge. His church members were his family and friends. He didn’t have lofty goals and he achieved the ones he set for himself.

He was a great preacher. His messages were succinct. I remember him telling me that when he was in college he had a professor who said, “If you can’t get your point across in 30 minutes, you need to sit down.” He took that to heart. His sermons were almost always 30 minutes, except if the Cowboys were playing an early game. Then his sermon might be 20 minutes. No matter the length of the sermon, his message was well thought out. Preaching truly was his calling in life. And not just preaching but leading a congregation. That was all he wanted in his career.

Many times when I have had to decide whether to work for a small company or a big corporation, I always thought of my daddy. I heard him say many times, “I’d rather be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.” I feel the same way. That’s why he stayed at that little church in that little town for so many years. I know he was glad he did.