{"id":8066,"date":"2013-11-18T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=8066"},"modified":"2013-11-18T14:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T19:04:05","slug":"you-are-either-growing-or-dying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2013\/11\/you-are-either-growing-or-dying.html","title":{"rendered":"You Are Growing&#8230;..or Dying!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2013\/11\/Excellence_by_bladecx321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8067\" alt=\"Excellence_by_bladecx321\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/11\/Excellence_by_bladecx321-300x187.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: black\">Constant &amp; Never-ending Improvement \u2013 \u201cCANI\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><!--[if !mso]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">1) Success- Through a consistent increase in the quality of your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Pat Riley talks about the key distinction of having an \u201c<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">excellent game<\/span><\/em>\u201d vs. \u201c<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">game excellence<\/span><\/em>,\u201d which is consistent.\u00a0 It is the difference between once and a while achieving excellence in a particular game, versus being excellent each and every game like Michael Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Are you constantly increasing the quality of your life and business?\u00a0 This requires small incremental changes and improvements on a daily basis, which accumulate to create momentum in your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">2) Balance \u2013 Are you balancing your growth in all areas with the constant distractions and challenges of life?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Are you growing mentally, spiritually, emotionally, physically and financially in your personal and professional relationships?\u00a0 You are either climbing or sliding \u2013 growing or dying. There is no in between.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: black\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">What is most important to you? \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Is it increasing the quality of your\u00a0life in every area?\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Discover what is out of balance in your life and take the appropriate action to create change and improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Your values and core beliefs determine all of your decisions<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: black\"><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Decisions are the Father of Action<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">To improve any aspect of your life, be totally committed and take consistent action.\u00a0 Increase your personal standards, beliefs and values to improve the quality of your life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">\u201c<em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">CANI<\/span><\/b><\/em>\u201d stands for Constant and Never-Ending Improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Choose to commit to Constant and Never-ending Improvement.\u00a0 Your life becomes better by gradual improvement in each area of your life.\u00a0 Expanding who you are and how you live.\u00a0 Growth comes from improvement, which improves quality of life.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">What would happen if every day you improve one thing in each area of your life and business in a small way?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201c<em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">Little things don\u2019t mean a lot, they mean everything<\/span><\/b><\/em>!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">The more you improve, the better you feel and the more you can help people!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Long Term Change requires practicing a new pattern for at least 21 days.\u00a0 Then this new pattern becomes a habit.\u00a0 The little things that you do each day in all areas of your life may start out as small and consistent improvements, and then they create massive change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201c<em><b><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">The Quality Of My Life Is Directly Related To The Quality Of My Communication With Myself And With Others<\/span><\/b><\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">smiles,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: black\"><br \/>\n\ud83d\ude42 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';color: navy\">Lee<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'\">The MEGA Coach<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/files\/2013\/11\/fresh-gerberas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-8074\" alt=\"fresh gerberas\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/85\/2013\/11\/fresh-gerberas-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Constant &amp; Never-ending Improvement \u2013 \u201cCANI\u201d 1) Success- Through a consistent increase in the quality of your life. 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