{"id":568,"date":"2008-01-22T06:30:52","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T11:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.185.166.32\/~davidfoster\/?p=568"},"modified":"2009-10-13T06:34:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-13T11:34:02","slug":"dave-rave-top-10-things-you-want-to-stop-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/dave-rave-top-10-things-you-want-to-stop-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"DAVE RAVE: Top 10 Things You Want to Stop Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"600px-Stop_sign_MUTCD\"As we begin a brand new year, many of us are under the mistaken assumption that what we need to do is add more stuff to what we\u2019re already doing. If you\u2019re like me, I\u2019m already doing more than I can keep up with now. So in the spirit of having the best year yet, here are the ten things I suggest that we stop<\/em> doing before we start doing the other really great things. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. I\u2019m going to stop looking back with regret,<\/span> <\/span>wondering what might have been if I\u2019d made other decisions or other people had been more cooperative. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. I\u2019m going to stop putting off starting the things that are really important to me;<\/span><\/span> <\/span>things that have been lingering around on my to-do list and my what-if list. I\u2019m going to stop putting off what I need to start doing. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. I\u2019m going to stop holding grudges toward people<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>who have slighted me in the past. I\u2019m simply going to count up the debt, forgive it, and let it go.<\/p>\n

4. I\u2019m going to stop saying, \u201cyes\u201d to so many good things.<\/span> <\/span>There are none of us who have enough time to say, \u201cyes\u201d to all the good things clamoring for our attention. You have to learn how to prioritize your time, which leads me to number 5.<\/p>\n

5. I\u2019m going to stop saying \u201cno\u201d to the best things.<\/span><\/span> <\/strong> So if I stop saying \u201cyes\u201d to the good things, that means I can stop saying \u201cno\u201d to the best things. The challenge is to know what those best things are. What are your best things? Usually they are the things that are important, but not urgent. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6. I\u2019m going to stop putting my family second.<\/span><\/span> <\/strong> You know exactly what I mean. No further explanation needed.<\/p>\n

7. I\u2019m going to stop putting myself last.<\/span><\/span> We have this idea that if we work hard and love others we don\u2019t really need any attention. That usually happens after we crash. So I\u2019m going to stop putting myself last.<\/p>\n

8. I\u2019m going to stop wanting what I don\u2019t need.<\/span><\/span> Again, a lot of people pay a lot of money to get my attention and to get me to feel unhappy with the things I have. That\u2019s called advertising. I\u2019m happy with the life I have and I have far more possessions than I\u2019ll ever need. I\u2019m going to start focusing on the things that are more important.<\/p>\n

9. I\u2019m going to stop spending all the money I make.<\/span><\/span> <\/strong> I\u2019m going to learn how to live on less than I make so I can be generous and give, and save for the future. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

10. I\u2019m going to stop running until I break.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we begin a brand new year, many of us are under the mistaken assumption that what we need to do is add more stuff to what we\u2019re already doing. If you\u2019re like me, I\u2019m already doing more than I can keep up with now. So in the spirit of having the best year yet, … Continue reading “DAVE RAVE: Top 10 Things You Want to Stop Doing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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\/568"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidfoster.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}