Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do

Principles of Problem:
1. Every living being has problems
2. Every problem has a limited time span
3. Every problem holds positive possibilities
4. Every problem will change you
5. You can choose what your problem will do to you
6. There is a negative and a positive reaction to every problem

12 Principles for Managing Problems Positively:
1. Don’t underestimate
2. Don’t exaggerate
3. Don’t wait
4. Don’t aggravate
5. Illuminate
6. Motivate
7. Bait
8. Date
9. Sublimate
10. Now dedicate
11. Communicate
12. Insulate


Taking Charge and Taking Control:
1. Don’t surrender leadership to outside forces
2. Don’t surrender leadership to faces
3. Don’t surrender leadership to farces
4. Don’t surrender leadership to fences
5. Don’t surrender leadership to frustrations
6. Don’t surrender leadership to your fantasies
7. Don’t surrender leadership to fears
8. Don’t surrender leadership to fatigue
9. Don’t surrender leadership to faults
10. Don’t surrender leadership to facts
11. Don’t surrender leadership to frenzies
12. Don’t surrender leadership to fates
13. Don’t surrender leadership to forecasts
14. Don’t surrender leadership to foes
15. Don’t surrender leadership to friends
16. Don’t surrender leadership to fracturing experiences of life
17. Don’t surrender leadership to the flattering-out experiences of life
18. Do surrender leadership to one thing – faith…

Ten Commandments of Possibility Thinking:
1. Never reject a possibility because you see something wrong with it!
2. Never reject a possibility because you won’t get the credit!
3. Never reject an idea because it’s impossible!
4. Never reject a possibility because your mind is already made up!
5. Never reject an idea because it’s illegal!
6. Never reject an idea because you don’t have the money, manpower, muscle or months to achieve it!
7. Never reject an idea because it will create conflict!
8. Never reject an idea because it’s not your way of doing things!
9. Never reject an idea because it might fail!
10. Never reject and idea because it’s sure to succeed!

Five Phases of Faith:
1. The Nesting Phase
2. The Testing Phase
3. The Investing Phase
4. The Arresting Phase
5. The Cresting Phase

Handling a good idea:
1. Don’t hibernate
2. Don’t luxuriate
3. Don’t commiserate
4. Don’t procrastinate
5. Dedicate yourself to that idea

Alphabet for Action:
1. A – Affirm. Affirm that you can do it.
2. B – Believe. Believe that somehow, some time, somewhere, through someone’s help, you can achieve your heart’s highest goal.
3. C – Commit. Commit yourself to a dream.
4. D – Dare. Dare to try. Dare to take a risk.
5. E – Educate. Educate yourself.
6. F – Find. Find the talent, the possibilities, the time, the money, and the way.
7. G – Give. Have giving attitude.
8. H – Hope. Hope is holding on, praying expectantly.
9. I – Imagine. Possibility thinking is in actuality the exercise of dynamic, creative, sanctified imagination.
10. J – Junk. Junk the junk food of your mind.
11. K – Knock. Knock out depression, discouragement, all kinds of forecasts of gloom and doom.
12. L – Laugh.
13. M – Make it happen.
14. N – Negotiate.
15. O – Overlook and overcome.
16. P – Persevere.
17. Q – Quit. Quit complaining.
18. R – Reorganize.
19. S – Share. Share the credit, power, and the glory.
20. T – Trade-off.
21. U – Unlock. Unlock faith, hope and love.
22. V – Visualize. Visualize the dream before you.
23. W – Work.
24. X – X-ray.
25. Y – Yield.
26. Z – Zip it up.