Posts by Micah
GRIT 101 PROGRAM
I’ve been consumed by the concept of Grit for several years now. I even came up with what I believe to be the best definition for Grit: The unyielding will to keep pushing forward towards a goal despite obstacles, hardships, and the lack of motivation, passion, and energy. I realized years ago that my life…
Read MoreThe NEW Definition of GRIT
For a while now, I’ve been wanting to create a new definition for the word Grit. I’ve put a lot of thought into it so here it is and here is my story behind this definition. My new definition of Grit: “The unyielding will to keep pushing forward towards a goal despite obstacles, hardships, and…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 9
This is Part 9 or Step 9 and the LAST part of our Making Change Last series! I hope you all have found the other parts/steps helpful in making whatever change you are working on successful! Tip #9: To arrive at where you are going, you must know exactly where you are! Have you ever…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 8
Tip #8: Take off the old self in order to put on the new self What I mean by this is we must get rid of the old self (the version that just isn’t getting it in done in what ever area we are trying to change) in order for the new self to reside. Before…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 7
Tip #7 is: * Take Care of Your Body It doesn’t matter if the change you are wanting to make is financial, emotional, vocational, relational, mental, etc.; your physiology affects your psychology! Start with the physical before moving to these other areas. Studies continue to show how important physical health is when it comes to…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 6
Tip #6 is: * Don’t Let Negative Emotions Control You No doubt that you will experience negative emotions while you are in the process of improving who you are! Something will happen to cause a set back. This might be completely out of your control – which can be very frustrating. Or it can be…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 5
Step/Tip #5 is: * Get Help From Others We can certainly change some things on your own but there will come a time when we need the assistance of others. Others might be good friends, family members, spouse, parents, training partners, coaches, mentors, pastors, accountability partners, etc. These are people who will tell us the…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 4
Step/Tip #4 is: * Change Takes Time Again this is another one of those that seems so common sense that it shouldn’t even be listed BUT is it really?!? I believe this is one that becomes harder and harder to not only believe but Accept because of the day and age we live in! Everything…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 3
Step/Tip #3 is: * You Have to Change the Way You Think If we are going to change the way we act, then we MUST change the way we think! We have all heard that sports, etc are 80-90% mental. Not sure if there are any hard facts behind that number and honestly it doesn’t…
Read MoreMake Change That Lasts – Part 2
So last week I talked about the importance of knowing the Truth in order to make change that lasts. Step/Tip #2 * Change Requires Us to Make A Choice Now wait! Before you say “Duh” and delete this email, let me explain in more detail. You see if we are not careful we can just…
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