David Mooring

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What If The Church Took Care Of The Sick?

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There are over 111 million households in the United States, earning an average of $50,000 per year.

Approximately 75% of Americans consider themselves Christians.

I doubt that 75% of households are Christian, so let’s cut that down to 50% for arguments sake. 50% of 111 million equals 55.5 million Christian households.

If the average Christian household’s income is also $50,000, and each of those gave 10%, a tithe, to their local church, they’d each give $5,000/year.

Still with me?

If all 55.5 million households gave $5,000 to their local church, the Church as a whole would have $277.5 billion annually.

Let’s assume there are 40 million Americans without insurance. If that’s true, the Church could buy them each a health insurance policy at $7,000 per year.

How To Change Your Life

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We are creatures of habit. Who you are today is due, in large part, to the habits you’ve created and maintained over the years.

Want to change your life?

Change your habits.

What You Choose to Lose

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Saturday night was the beginning of daylight savings time – we move our clocks ahead one hour to gain an hour of daylight. One of the most common phrases people say every year is that “we lose an hour of sleep”.

However, if you go to bed an hour earlier, you’ll still lose an hour, but you won’t lose sleep.

What you lose is up to you. You always have a choice.

The Oscars: Plenty Of Trophies, Few Successes

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We have no way of knowing who was successful at the Oscars.

Sure, we know who won. But the only award winners that were also successful were the ones who’s ultimate goal for their work was to be recognized by the Academy with a trophy.

In fact, I wonder how many people in the movie industry allow bright, shiny objects and flashing lights to preclude them from true success.

Here are some potential benchmarks for success in the movie industry:

Fame
Power
Wealth
Approval
Personal Satisfaction
Creative Expression
Social Impact
Influence
Inspiration
Motivation
Popularity
Admiration
Honoring Someone
Security
Sense of Accomplishment
Promotion of an Idea or Cause
Gaining Experience
Making History
Imitation
Escaping
Demonstration of Expertise
Teaching

What are some benchmarks for success in your industry? What awards or trophies serve as the greatest distractions?

Are You Unknowingly Hurting Yourself?

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No living thing is the same today as it was yesterday. And no living thing will be the same tomorrow as it is today. Living things grow and thrive or decay and die. They are in a constant state of change.

We are living things. We are in a constant state of change. And because of this, every decision we make helps us or hurts us. If we choose to eat well, exercise, and get sufficient sleep, we will be better off tomorrow than we are today. If we eat poorly, remain sedentary, and get little sleep, we will be worse off tomorrow than we are today.

The same is true for our professional lives. What we choose to read, or what we choose to watch, will either move us closer towards our goals or further away. In difficult situations, we can hold to the truth, or we can lie to save face. One strengthens our integrity, the other weakens it.

Whether our daily decisions are related to health, spirituality, people, or professional success, we have choices. Each time we choose one option over another, we are making a decision to move forward or fall backwards.

Are you hampering your success by the everyday choices you make?

How Many People Does It Take To Change The World?

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I recently read a post by Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine, on the concept of having 1,000 true fans. I recommend reading the entire article, but here’s the gist. If an artist can acquire 1,000 dedicated fans who will spend one day’s wages each year on what the artist sells, that artist can make a living doing what he loves.

I also read a post by Seth Godin called “First, ten“, in which he proposes that “the secret of the new marketing” is finding 10 people who will be your evangelist (my word not his). If those 10 people truly believe in your product or service, they will tell others, who will tell others, resulting in the proverbial pebble in a pond.

If your goal is to make a living selling widgets, you can probably calculate how many customers you’ll need to reach your objective. On the other hand, if your goal is to spread literacy throughout Africa or change the financial landscape of Paraguay, a simple calculation probably won’t cut it.

Do you intend to change the world? If so, how many people will it take?