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Charge it!

When you hear that phrase, what comes to mind? Buying something on credit?
Yes…but actually, it could also be a command! A command to take action.
To actually DO something.

The Bible reminds us to seek God before we act. We are to await His blessing and His anointing. However in many cases, I believe that it’s not the we are waiting on God…it’s that God is waiting on US.

Have you ever been at a pool? Seen the little kid with the water wings on? Their father is in the pool begging the kid to jump in? The little kid wants to jump. They will come up to the edge and look…they will ask…will you catch me…and still…many get frustrated and get upset.

Throughout the Bible, God has hooked his people up. He has brought them out of captivity, to the Promised land, He has given them instructions and all they have to do is jump!

But so many times we fail to charge forward as the fearless, passionate children of God!

Why are we so timid? Why are we so passive?

God is continuously trying to hook us up with the joy of experiencing a life we cannot imagine.

What if the kid never learns to swim. What potential joy are they walking away from? What joy are they robbing their father of?

So today I ask all of us to charge. Live our lives the way we are intended…go for it…JUMP! Our father will surely catch us in his loving arms.

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How to be organized at work

First, realize that each day is going to be a “paper day” or a “people day”. Sometimes there is nothing you can do to change it. 

Try to plan at least 3 of one type and 2 of the other type each week. 


On a “paper day”… 

 1. Go through all your paperwork and place post its on each paper. 

 2. Write the specific action to be taken on each post-it. 

 3. Have three files (green, yellow, red)

  • Green = Take Action
  • Yellow = Waiting on other’s or Pending
  • Red = File (remember to file by company name) 

 4. Organize your computer Email & My Documents folders – 

    a. Create files by each company that sends you email. 

    b. Drag all of your correspondance into the corresponding company file. 

    c. Use follow up flags on your daily email (green = take action…) 

    d. Put every person in you “contacts” file. 

    e. Keep attachments with emails. 

 5. Think like a “Sushi chef”…. only have one thing that you are working on in front of you or on your desk. Put all other papers in one of your colored files. 

Instead of an “inbox”, all papers start in your green file. Work hard to move them out of that file. But just keep your post-it specific about what you need to do next with that paper. 

  

  On a “people day”… 

 1. Make your calls. 

 2. Circulate through the office and “check in” with others. 

 3. Take someone out to lunch. 

 4. Expand your network – personal and professional. 

 5. Check in with family. 

 6. Try to get out of the office…remember…you are a “people” too!

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Top 10 Life Lessons…

The Top 10 Things I’ve learned in my life thus far… 


1. Don’t take myself too seriously. People really aren’t that concerned with what I’m doing if it doesn’t directly affect them. 

2. Exercise and watch what I eat. 

3. Surround myself with good quality people of every age and background. 

4. Learn how to play an instrument, learn a new language, paint, draw or express yourself in a non-traditional way. 

5. Set goals. 

6. Be intentional. 

7. Remember…being courageous is a choice. 

8. Be grateful. 

9. Be careful what I say to myself. 

10. Laugh often & seek to connect with people.

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What I love and what I believe…

 I believe that the best way to understand a person is to ask them what they love as well as what they believe to be true. So in keeping with that spirit…let me introduce myself!

I love:

  • Pizza on Friday nights.

  • Bookstores on a rainy day.

  • My Mom.

  • Washing my car.

  • How jet dry makes your wine glasses sparkle out of the dishwasher.

  • Having waitresses call me “darlin”.

  • Looking for God in everyday situations.

  • Balancing my checkbook to the penny.

  • Jets that fly over stadiums before football games.

  • Being patriotic.

  • September.

  • Laughing till I cry.

  • Listening to smooth jazz in the background of a regular day.

  • Walking through the airport listening to your favorite music on an iPod.

  • Window seats on an airplane.

  • Great conversations over wine.

  • Fireplaces.

  • Walking at night in the snow.

  • Traditions.

  • The people of Africa.

  • The way music moves your soul.

  • The morning.

  • 4 day weekends.

  • A beach bar.

  • A little bit of sunburn.

  • Paying people’s toll on the 400.

  • USAA.

  • Toyota.

  • American Express.

  • LL Bean.

  • Buckhead Church

  • Bagpipes.

  • The first sip of wine.

  • The sound of a sax.

  • High thread count sheets.

  • Crystal blue sky.

I believe:

  • All people are good…if you give them a chance.

  • God wants to express Himself through us…not only to us.

  • In happily ever after.

  • Men should always open doors and walk between a lady and traffic.

  • I don’t have all the answers.

  • Men are quietly hurting and searching for themselves.

  • We create our destiny.

  • Keep your focus on God and the rest will take care of itself.

  • We don’t ask children good questions and therefore we don’t learn from them.

  • In good manners.

  • The Bible is the inspired word of God.

  • In friends and family.

  • If you want something in life…give it!

  • We all take ourselves WAY too seriously!