We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908. We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.īut you know what? We change lives.

We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. Start your Power Agent® trial and have total access to every tool we have including letters, dialogues, training tips, webinars on demand, eBooks, and marketing tools for just $5.About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

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I am committed to helping YOU and YOUR family this year by delivering the tools, training, and techniques every single week right here on our blog and in our weekly coaching calls. How many families will you help? 5? 25? 50? What would it mean to their lives to have someone with your commitment level to advocate for them? What would it mean for your life to affect so many people? Write it down. We help them make smart, informed decisions for themselves and their families. What we do is coach people to get to THEIR next level in life. Because what we do is more than sell houses. How Many Families Will You Help This Year? This is an important piece for your goal setting – a critical distinction.If you could wave a magic wand and have your life be anything you wanted it to be, what would it look like? Now, create something that will visually remind you of that every day. What does your Next Level look like for you? Get clear, CRYSTAL clear about what you want your life to look like. Here’s a call to action in our world that is filled to the brim with DISTRACTIONS… Choose each morning when you get out of bed to set your intention for the day to be positive and productive. Be mindful of keeping negative thoughts at bay. I love this quote by Lao Tzu: “Watch your thoughts, they become your words watch your words, they become your actions watch your actions, they become your habits watch your habits, they become your character watch your character, it becomes your destiny.”Īs we head into the end of the year – choose your thoughts, words, actions, and habits carefully as they will control the course of path to success or failure. The good news is we get to CHOOSE what to focus on. He couldn’t because he was only focused on the black items. I then asked him to tell me everything in the room that was yellow. I asked him to look around the room and look for everything that was black then close his eyes. I was having a conversation with my son who was going through a difficult time. Your focus determines your results.īy Real Estate Coach and Speaker Darryl Davis, CSP POWERFACT: Your thoughts become your focus.

Watch your thoughts they become words