{"id":2178,"date":"2010-06-15T04:19:27","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T10:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2010-06-11T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T20:21:56","slug":"dave-rave-5-things-you-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/dave-rave-5-things-you-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rave – 5 Things You Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"daverave\"In the last Dave Rave I talked about the five things you can\u2019t be.\u00a0 Well the truth is, you can be those things but you can\u2019t afford it.\u00a0 They\u2019re too expensive.\u00a0 They diminish your life and rob the world of what you have to offer.\u00a0 So in contrast to that, here are the five things that you can<\/em> be:<\/p>\n

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  1. You can be a winner. <\/strong> Winning is what you were made for: making something of your life that is more than just getting by or surviving.\u00a0 There are winning ways and you need to practice them.\u00a0 But remember, winning doesn\u2019t mean coming in first, or out-doing everyone else, or leaving your competitors in the dust.\u00a0 Winning is based on what I call he WWONDA theory.\u00a0 Win-win, or no deal, always<\/strong>.\u00a0 The kind of winning you want is where everyone else in a relationship with you, working with you, benefitting from the service or the product you deliver, wins.\u00a0 We don\u2019t win until all the people in our circle of influence win.<\/li>\n
  2. You can be connected.<\/strong> Connecting is one of the most powerful things we do.\u00a0 We used to call it \u201cNetworking.\u201d\u00a0 I like that word because building and maintaining strong relationships provides a safety-net.\u00a0 And you need to make sure your net is working, so to speak.\u00a0 What kind of connections do you need?\u00a0 Strong connections to your family, strong connections to the people you work with (and in some cases for<\/em>, if you haven\u2019t already started your own business), a strong connection to the people you meet everyday because everywhere you go people are hurting and longing for a word of encouragement and hope.<\/li>\n
  3. You can be patient. <\/strong> Patience is not sitting around and waiting for something to happen.\u00a0 Patience is what happens when the farmer gets out and tills his ground, sows his crop, weeds, nurtures, and waits for it to grow.\u00a0 Patience means that I\u2019ve done all I can do, and now it\u2019s up to God and other forces to bring about the fruit of the good soil and the good seed that I\u2019ve planted.\u00a0 Being fretful, fearful, anxious, and worried will only kill you early.<\/li>\n
  4. You can be joyful. <\/strong> Every single day you have a choice.\u00a0 You can either enjoy life as it comes to you, or worry about life as you think it ought to be.\u00a0 You can either gather slights and hurts and become angry and bitter, or you can let things go and enjoy the miracle and the great gift of being alive.\u00a0 Because one day, you won\u2019t be.<\/li>\n
  5. You can<\/em> make smart choices. <\/strong> One of the most difficult things about making choices, is that making bad ones doesn\u2019t seem to be a big deal when you make them.\u00a0 For example, starting to smoke cigarettes doesn\u2019t seem to be that big of a deal.\u00a0 As a matter of fact it is, believe it or not, not that pleasurable of a thing to do for most people.\u00a0 The trouble is, the consequences of smoking once you\u2019re all in <\/em>come many, many years later in life, when you\u2019re older, usually more successful with more means to enjoy life, except physical well-being.\u00a0 If you\u2019ve made a long string of stupid choices, maybe it\u2019s because you have failed to take a long look; not just what does this choice do today, but what does it mean for me tomorrow?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the last Dave Rave I talked about the five things you can\u2019t be.\u00a0 Well the truth is, you can be those things but you can\u2019t afford it.\u00a0 They\u2019re too expensive.\u00a0 They diminish your life and rob the world of what you have to offer.\u00a0 So in contrast to that, here are the five things … Continue reading “Dave Rave – 5 Things You Can Be”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"series":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2178"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=2178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}