{"id":3044,"date":"2010-09-21T03:41:04","date_gmt":"2010-09-21T09:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=3044"},"modified":"2010-09-20T12:48:41","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T18:48:41","slug":"dave-rave-%e2%80%93-five-choices-i-make-today-that-make-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/dave-rave-%e2%80%93-five-choices-i-make-today-that-make-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Rave \u2013 Five Choices I Make Today That Make Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"daverave\"<\/p>\n

It really is true that you are today where your choices have led you.<\/strong> You are the sum total of the choices you make.\u00a0 The problem with that is, most choices are not big ones.\u00a0 They are small ones made in the mundane and the routine.\u00a0 They don\u2019t seem to be very important, but they are.<\/p>\n

The upside is that the same small choices made over time can make our tomorrows bigger, better,\u00a0 and bolder than we ever imagined.\u00a0 Here are five small today choices that can make your tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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  1. Today I choose to be enthusiastic.<\/strong> Enthusiasm really is what separates people.\u00a0 Yeah, you need the skill.\u00a0 But I know people who don\u2019t have developed skill or even latent talent whose enthusiasm has promoted them ahead of other people.\u00a0 Enthusiasm is something you choose.\u00a0 I will, today, be enthusiastic.\u00a0 One of the best reasons is because I woke up alive.\u00a0 I am not dead.\u00a0 And the Scriptures tell me that a live dog is better than a dead lion<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  2. Today I choose to be generous<\/strong>.\u00a0 Jesus said, \u201cGive and it shall be given unto you.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s the law of reciprocity.\u00a0 Some people (I don\u2019t) call it karma.\u00a0 Other people express it as \u201cwhat goes around comes around.\u201d\u00a0 Today I choose to be generous; not only with my money, but with my praise, my compliments, my attention.\u00a0 I choose to be generous in every relationship.\u00a0 I choose to be generous today, knowing that it will pay dividends tomorrow.<\/li>\n
  3. Today I choose to be option-oriented. <\/strong> When people feel like they have no options they get depressed.\u00a0 And when you get depressed, you lose energy, enthusiasm, and you don\u2019t feel very generous.\u00a0 I woke up today in a world full of options.\u00a0 If I don\u2019t like the work I do, I can begin today to make a change.\u00a0 If I don\u2019t like being a doctor, I have the option of becoming a fireman.\u00a0 If I don\u2019t like being a teacher, I have the option of becoming a CPA.\u00a0 We live in an option-rich environment.\u00a0 I always have options.<\/li>\n
  4. Today I choose to be fully-present. <\/strong> This is a biggie for me because in times past I have found myself going to meetings leaving.\u00a0 So, here\u2019s the deal.\u00a0 Wherever you have to be, you might as well be fully present, in that moment with your head-space, your emotions, your attention.\u00a0 If you have to be in a meeting, be fully in the meeting.\u00a0 Get everything you can out of it.\u00a0 Make notes, doodle until new ideas come.\u00a0 If you have to have a lunch meeting with someone you don\u2019t particularly like, go ahead, be there, engage.\u00a0 You might actually be surprised.\u00a0 It\u2019s rude to let your mind wander, look at your Blackberry, check texts, emails, or twitter while you\u2019re with other people.<\/li>\n
  5. Today I choose hope. <\/strong> Every single day I\u2019ve gotten up I have had to choose hope.\u00a0 Hope is something that is both there and not there.\u00a0 It\u2019s there because God is on the throne and has built hope into the fabric of the world.\u00a0 Because I have hope I know that tomorrow will be better.\u00a0 Because I have hope I know that my life is not over no matter how bad it looks today.\u00a0 I\u2019ve buried my entire family of origin: my brother, my father, and my mother.\u00a0 I\u2019ve done the funerals of children who have died through abuse, neglect, disease, suicide.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had my own dark days where I have been fired and publicly humiliated.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been sick and in the hospital, hopelessly in debt.\u00a0 You\u2019re getting depressed reading this, I don\u2019t blame you.\u00a0 But every single day I\u2019ve chosen hope.\u00a0 Now hope has brought me where I am today.\u00a0 When people ask me, \u201cHow are you doing?\u201d\u00a0 I say, \u201cNever better.\u201d\u00a0 And I can say that with all truth because hope always tells me that my best days are ahead<\/em>.\u00a0 And so are yours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It really is true that you are today where your choices have led you. You are the sum total of the choices you make.\u00a0 The problem with that is, most choices are not big ones.\u00a0 They are small ones made in the mundane and the routine.\u00a0 They don\u2019t seem to be very important, but they … Continue reading “Dave Rave \u2013 Five Choices I Make Today That Make Tomorrow”<\/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\/3044"}],"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=3044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3044"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}