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Day 456– Good Planning and Hard Work Lead to Prosperity – Proverbs 21:1-16

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Welcome to Day 456 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Good Planning and Hard Work Lead to Prosperity – Proverbs 21:1-16

Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 456 of our trek, and today is Wisdom Wednesday. Every Wednesday along life’s trails we dig for the nuggets of wisdom that are found within the book of Proverbs. Today we will explore the 1st half of Chapter 21.

Wisdom Wednesday ProsperityWe are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. On Monday we made a long day trip to Charlotte and back with our final possessions that we were unable to fit onto the truck previously. My brother Jack went with Paula and I, and we rented a smaller truck which barely fit the remaining items that we had stored in the garage. Since the house is under contract now, all we have to do is wait for the inspections and appraisal to be completed.

If there are no delays, we should close on or before November 21st, which will complete another chapter of our lives with many good memories from that past 7 years. Although we do have some mixed emotions about consolidating back to Marietta, I am reminded of the quote from Dr. Seuss who said, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.”

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As we do adapt to the ever changing seasons of life, it certainly is beneficial to rely on the wisdom, insight, and understanding obtained through many years to help navigate the trails that we are hiking each day.

In every season of life, we need to seek wisdom, insight, and understanding both from God’s Word and from other wise individuals. We then need to put good plans in place, so as we break camp for our trek today let us explore the nuggets of wisdom found in the first half of Proverbs 21 where we will learn that…

Good Planning and Hard Work Lead to Prosperity

Let’s start our trek with verse 1.

1 The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord;
he guides it wherever he pleases.

This verse certainly brings some comfort in the midst of each election cycle within the USA, and I am sure it is probably the same if you live in other countries. I count it privilege to be able to live in a free country, and recognize it is important to exercise that privilege by voting. Regardless of the outcome of any particular election, God is sovereign and controls who is elected. He directs the hearts of world leaders in the same way that he directs the rivers and guides them to fulfill His will. While the world leaders attempt to build empires, God is interested in building His kingdom.

2 People may be right in their own eyes,
but the Lord examines their heart.

As humans, we have the ability to justify and rationalize any type of behavior as acceptable or right behavior. We truly have a difficult time examining our own hearts, but God does not. He knows not only our actions, but more importantly our motives for the actions that we take.

3 The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just
than when we offer him sacrifices.

This verse can be somewhat related to the previous verse. Our actions are not as important as our heart, attitude, and intentions. God desires for us to do that which is right and just. He does not desire that we just go through the motions of doing what is right if we have an incorrect attitude for doing so.

4 Haughty eyes, a proud heart,
and evil actions are all sin.

Pride is the seed of nearly all sins because out of pride grows an abundance of wrong actions.  When we are more concerned about ourselves that we are about others, then we think we are more important than we really are. Pride here can be seen in our eyes, our heart (or mind), and our actions. On the other hand, if we humble ourselves before God, He will lift us up.

5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity,
but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty.

Not all planning is created equal. We must learn good planning, and then work that plan hard. When we do these two items, then the natural outcome will be prosperity. Contrary to this is attempting to short-circuit the law of planting and harvesting. If you rush through your work and don’t dedicate the needed time to plan properly, then you will find yourself in perpetual poverty.

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6 Wealth created by a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist and a deadly trap.

There is never a justification for lying to gain wealth.  Some may be successful in doing so, but that wealth is never lasting. It also becomes a snare that will trap the person who practices lying. To continue to gain wealth, they will need to continue their deceitful practices. Wealth has no lasting value unless it is used to positively impact the lives of others.

7 The violence of the wicked sweeps them away,
because they refuse to do what is just.

Individuals that are bent on being mean and violent will be consumed by their habits. Their lives become so obsessed with themselves that they are lost in their way of life and refuse to change and do what is right just and fair.

8 The guilty walk a crooked path;
the innocent travel a straight road.

There is a distinct difference in the trails that the guilty and innocent travel. The guilty trail will be crooked, full of seemingly insurmountable obstructions and detours. The innocent will travel a trail that will take the straight to their destination. Even if they do run into obstacles, they will overcome them and continue on to their destination.

9 It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

Being in a martial relationship with a spouse who argues and likes to quarrel is a miserable existence. It would be easier to live in a tiny home in a marriage with peace and harmony than to live in a large and beautiful home where there are constant arguments.

10 Evil people desire evil;
their neighbors get no mercy from them.

A person who makes it a habit of practicing evil their desire is to consume evil and then spread more evil to all they come into contact with.  Those who are closest to them physically and emotionally will be impacted most.

11 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded become wise;
if you instruct the wise, they will be all the wiser.

A mocker is someone who mocks God, His love, and His justice. They will not change their ways, even through the most difficult times. The simpleminded will change their ways from foolishness and begin to become wise because of their fear of punishment. The wise on the other hand seek to become wiser, so they welcome instruction with open arms and minds.

12 The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked;
he will bring disaster on them.

God cannot be fooled or mocked. He knows all, and He understands our hearts. Those who practice wickedness may think they are they control their own destiny, but it is God who judges the thoughts and intents of our hearts.

13 Those who shut their ears to the cries of the poor
will be ignored in their own time of need.

God cares for those who are poor and less fortunate. We are to help those who are truly in need. They cry out, and we should not ignore them. If we do, others will ignore our cries if we are ever in the same situation.

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14 A secret gift calms anger;
a bribe under the table pacifies fury.

While God is not condoning bribes or “pay to play” scenarios, in many cultures it is a common practice. Solomon is pointing out that gifts and bribes do have an impact, especially if you have done something to offend another person. The key here is to live a life of integrity at all times, so you are never in a situation where it requires payoffs or bribes.

15 Justice is a joy to the godly,
but it terrifies evildoers.

When you do what is right, then you can rejoice when justice is administered. When you do not, you will live a life of fear and anxiety at all times. Always do what is good and right.

16 The person who strays from common sense
will end up in the company of the dead.

One reason that I emphasize wisdom is that there is such a lack of common sense with so many people today. It impacts all areas of our lives. A person without wisdom, or common sense, makes wrong decisions in relationships, finances, health, spiritually, and intellectually. When this happens, a person will live a life filled with constant drama. They will head down the path that leads to destruction.

The nuggets of wisdom that we gathered verses 1-16 of Proverbs 21 provide more tasty morsels of wisdom, insight, and understanding. Regardless of your faith walk, if the precepts in Proverbs are followed, your life will be rich and satisfying. Take them and plant them in your heart so that you will reap a harvest of goodness.

Tomorrow we will hike another short trail of Wisdom Unplugged where we will discover an inspirational wisdom quote. So encourage your friends and family to join us and then come along with us tomorrow for another day of Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

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That will finish our trek for today. Just as you enjoy your daily dose of wisdom, we ask you to help us grow Wisdom-Trek by sharing with your family and friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, or in person and inviting them to come along with us each day. I would challenge you today to take just one precept that we learn today in Proverbs and commit yourself to applying it to your life.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

This is Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Every Day! See you tomorrow!

Day 455 – Break Free of the Shackles – Wisdom Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 455 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Break Free of the Shackles – Wisdom Unplugged

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Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 455 of our trek, and it is Tuesday and time for our 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom each Tuesday and Thursday. So let’s jump right in with today’s nugget…

Today’s quote is from a Samuel Lover, who says, “Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.”

Life happens to us all.  Sometimes good things happen, and sometimes not so good things occur. If you allow the circumstances of everyday life control you, then you will become a slave to the obstacles and detours of life. Those circumstances will cause you to make foolish choices and decisions that will only strengthen that shackles that bind you and prevent you from succeeding.

On the other hand, if you are wise and control those circumstances which face us all, regardless if they are good or bad, then they truly will be the instruments that will allow you to learn, to grow, to mature, and to succeed.  You will be able to break free of the shackles of circumstances and live a life that is rich and satisfying. As Hebrews 12:1 instructs us, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”

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That’s a wrap for today’s Wisdom Unplugged. If you enjoy these quotes, I have created and published a searchable database of over 10,000 quotes that I have collected for many years. If you would like access to my database of inspirational quotes, the link is available on the main page of Wisdom-Trek.com. So encourage your friends and family to join us, and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day.

As we take this trek of life together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

This is Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Every Day! See you tomorrow for Wisdom Wednesday!

Day 454 – What’s the Rush?

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Welcome to Day 454 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

What’s The Rush

Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 454 of our trek, and today is Motivation Monday. Every Monday we hike the trails of life that will encourage and motivate you to live a rich and satisfying life this week. Today let us slow down a bit and ponder, “What’s the Rush?”

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We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. As I am writing today’s journal, 2 momma and 3 baby deer are sauntering past our house munching on grass and acorns. Our vantage point from the 2nd story window allows us to watch unnoticed. The view of our lawn with its large trees and changing leaves is extra beautiful this time of year.

Last week was quite an exciting and busy week. After unloading a large truck of our furnishings from Charlotte on Monday, we began slowly working through the boxes unpacking and determining where we will place what we keep and what we will be giving away. The exciting news is that our Charlotte home was placed under contract two days after listing it. God has been gracious to us.

I am recording this before the weekend, but my plan for the weekend is to make a first pass of the lawn and pick up the few leaves that have fallen so far. We also have the blessing of celebrating our grandson Gideon’s birthday Saturday afternoon. On Monday, when this episode originally airs, my brother Jack, Paula, and I will be making a day trip to Charlotte and back to pick up the remaining furnishings that we were not able to fit in the truck on our first load. That should wrap up our home selling details until the closing of the deal in November.

These past three weeks have been even more rushed and hectic than normal for us. It is our hope that we are able to slow down and settle in a bit as fall moves into winter. This brings to my mind how rushed we are in today’s fast-paced, technology-driven world. So the title of our trek for today is…

What's the Rush

What’s the Rush?

As a Star Trek fan, the phrase warp speed is in reference to traveling at a speed that is faster than light. Do you ever feel like you’re living life at warp speed? If you do, you’re not alone. There are many of us who feel like we’re doing more than ever before but failing to enjoy the fruits of our labor. What’s the rush? We’re depriving ourselves of sleep to buy a few extra minutes and communicating in sound bites and bullet points, while riffling through volumes of information like never before. We all need to just stop, at least for a moment, and take a breath.

We exploit every millisecond in order to fit an additional activity into our day and then try to manage it all by what we think is multitasking. It is more like the proverbial plate spinners in the circus rushing from one plate to another hoping that they all don’t come crashing down at once. In the process, we have become a society with the attention span of a gnat. So please remind me again…why are we doing this?

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Oh yes, we want to be more productive, to get ahead, to stay connected…Or is it simply out of fear that the other guy will pass us by, or the fear of missing out on something “important”? Regardless of the motivation, the risk is that what we gain in speed and quantity, we lose with shallow thinking, superficial relationships, and living only “for the moment.”

What do you consider the true meaning or purpose of life? Well, in John 10:10 Jesus gave us at least a glimpse of what it may be when He said, “The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.”

How rich and satisfying is your life? What are we missing? — Let’s explore six areas that may help us to regain a proper perspective.

1. Meaningful Conversations

Today, we define a “meaningful” conversation as texting a business associate at a traffic light, IMing a colleague while we’re waiting for someone to pick up the phone, and tweeting another while we’re in line to place our food order. We call it multitasking. These rapid-fire “conversations” are limited to a few hundred character Facebook status updates and 140-character tweets. This gives new meaning to the term “short and sweet,” never mind that our new definition of “friends” are our Facebook friends. While there are many positives to being able to keep connected with family and friends through social media, how do these “conversations” impact our ability to form meaningful relationships? Resolve conflicts? Create true empathy? Shape our children’s values?  The answer? Not very well.

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2. Quality Time

In the world in which we live, everything has to be done right away. Today, a take-out dinner or a quick stop at the drive-through window has replaced the home-cooked meal that we once enjoyed. Family meals around the kitchen table have been reduced to grabbing a bite with anyone who happens to be around. That’s the new definition of “quality time.”

Do you consider quality time with your family a priority? Are you achieving the integrated life that you desire? Do you consciously determine how to invest your personal time? Do you make time to determine your personal priorities? Do you prioritize your to-do list or merely check off items? Do you feel you’re so busy running around that you’re losing perspective? You’d think we’d learn something from watching a hamster run around on its wheel…but many of us fail to see we are doing the same. What happened to the “quality” in quality time? The answer? It’s been relegated to the free time available before the microwave beeps.

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3. Staying Informed

though information touches every area of our lives, we opt for speed and simplicity over depth and understanding.

Unfortunately, because of our capitulation to time pressures, we place a premium on shortcuts, such as sensational headlines, captivating subheads, brief body copy, and executive summaries that spoon-feed us the bottom line. The principal medium of exchange in business has become the PowerPoint slide deck made up of a series of bullet points that masquerade for substance.

Rather than taking the time to think through issues in a discerning fashion, we often rush to judgment, make decisions emotionally, and view issues in polar extremes.

Where did we lose our way? The answer? When we traded in critical thinking for “winging it.”  We try to correct our focus on our Wisdom-Trek because we have an overload of information today, but very little wisdom on how to best apply it to our lives.

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4. Sound Decisions

Being under the gun of so many time pressures affects the entire decision-making process. It impacts our ability to identify quality sources, test assumptions, create a compelling line of reasoning, and generate practical solutions. Today’s rapid-response culture pushes us to favor simplistic answers to problems, rather than opting for wisdom, which includes holistic thinking and deep analysis.

Although every answer need not be overly complex, we lose something very precious when we train our brains to search for quick answers rather than the “best” solution. We forget how important it is to view a situation “in context,” considering how each component relates to the total. When we fail to do this, we risk optimizing one area at the expense of the whole.

What’s wrong with the quick way around? The answer? If you don’t have the time to do it correctly the first time, what makes you think you will have the time to redo it?

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5. Thinking Beyond Today

Living by the stopwatch encourages short-term thinking; we don’t have the time or the energy to think about today, much less plan for tomorrow. This too has implications.

In business, people maximize individual sales transactions rather than taking the time to build long-term customer relationships. People charge ahead with day-to-day activities rather than developing contingency plans as backup strategies, and employees are incentivized to hit quarterly performance targets to the exclusion of a strategy that supports long-term growth.

How can this be bad? The answer? When is the last time you checked the value of your stock portfolio or your 401k? Most individual investors are losing money on their investments. Maybe it’s time to press “Pause” and just stop…and think.

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6. It’s Time to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee

We lose something very special in our mad dash through life. Although we logically understand that living via a stopwatch doesn’t make sense, we fail to take the time to ask ourselves why we live this way.

Are we passing our values on to our children or letting someone else fill the void? Are we creating meaningful relationships or settling for lots of acquaintances? Are we tackling key priorities or checking off to-do items? Are we solving root causes of problems or employing Band-Aid solutions? Are we achieving our goals in life or running on a treadmill to nowhere?

The first thing we have to do is establish priorities. When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority. When we try to take on too much, we end up doing everything equally poorly. Do you really think that everything on your plate requires equal emphasis? Do what matters most.

Downtime is also critical. Learn how to take a planned vacation every day. Try starting at 10 minutes and raising it to 30 by increasing your vacation time a minute each day. In the space of a month, you’ll emerge with a fresh new perspective. It’ll give you renewed confidence in your ability to succeed even though you’re not on call all of the time. It’ll help you reflect on your priorities, learn from past actions, connect some random dots, break out of a rut, ask “what if,” try something new, question the obvious, see the big picture, make a difference in someone’s life, or just RELAX.

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Life is short enough to begin with. You’re limited in what you can do to lengthen your life, but there are no limits to what you can do to deepen it. What’s the rush?  Jesus taught us in Matthew 11:28-30, “Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.’”

As we end our trek for today, think about the areas of your life where you need to make changes. Learn to focus on what is truly a priority and start letting go of that which is not. Learn to relax and create a rich and satisfying life.

Tomorrow’s short trek is part of our Wisdom Unplugged series that we are now hiking on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These 3-minute wisdom supplements will assist you in becoming healthy, wealthy, and wise throughout the entire week. So encourage your friends and family to join us, and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

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That will finish our trek for today. Just as you enjoy your daily dose of wisdom, we ask you to help us grow Wisdom-Trek by sharing with your family and friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, or in person and inviting them to come along with us each day. I would challenge you today to take just one precept that we learn today in Proverbs and commit yourself to applying it to your life.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

This is Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Every Day! See you tomorrow!

Day 453 – Decision Making on Life’s Trek – Philosophy (7)

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Welcome to Day 453 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Decision Making on Life’s Trek – Philosophy Part 7

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Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy podcast. This is Day 453 of our trek, and today is Philosophy Friday. Every Friday we ponder some of the basic truths and mysteries of life and how they can impact us in creating our living legacy.

Currently, we are in a multi-week trek as we explore the teachings from some of my virtual mentors, such as Jim Rohn, Zig Ziglar, and Earl Nightingale. The core of our current trek is based primarily on Jim Rohn’s book The Five Major Pieces to the Life Puzzle. I have learned a considerable amount from reading and re-reading this book on my own trek of life, and I trust that it will benefit you also.  Keeping with the continuity of Wisdom-Trek, I will be adapting it to The Five Trails on Life’s Trek.

We are broadcasting from our studio at The Big House in Marietta, Ohio. We are slowly making progress on unpacking and setting up the additional furnishings from Charlotte and are trying to be practical on what we keep and what we choose to give away to others. While many of the furnishings have some family tie or sentimental value, we realize that holding onto stuff that is not going to be used is not wise or prudent.

Although we have accumulated several items passed down through the family for several generations, we do try to be rather minimalistic in our approach to life. We realize that we are just stewards of what we have to take care of while we are alive. This mindset is part of a powerful personal philosophy. As we consider our personal philosophy on our trek for today, we will continue on the first of five trails on life’s trek, which is the Philosophy Trail.

Specifically, we want to continue our exploration of How to Develop a Powerful Personal Philosophy. If you have missed the past few Philosophy Friday treks, it would be good to go back and review them to get caught up on our progress so far. We have a lot of ground to cover today, so let’s break camp and continue on the first trail of this extended trek as we cover…

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The Five Trails on Life’s Trek – Philosophy Part 7

As a reminder, our overall extended trek will cover these five trails:

  1. Philosophy

  2. Attitude

  3. Activity

  4. Results

  5. Lifestyle

Last week on our hike we focused on the importance of keeping a journal of your life experiences to use as a guide for future growth. Today we will examine the decision-making process, which is so crucial for creating a powerful personal philosophy.

Whenever a new idea comes your way, you subconsciously place this idea on your mental scales and weigh it to determine what level of action you need to take on the idea. Those ideas that measure high on our scale receive immediate attention; those that measure low on our scale receive only minimal or infrequent notice.

Whatever level of action you determine to be correct will ultimately be decided by your philosophy. If you have failed to gather adequate knowledge or if you have failed to refine or add to the knowledge you possess, then a significant number of your decisions may move you away from success rather than toward it. If you are inclined to invest major time on minor things or even major money on minor things, then it is essential for you to take a closer look at your decision-making process.

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The world is filled with people whose decisions are destined to destroy their chances for success. A person who does not operate from a sound philosophy often does that which he should have left undone and leaves undone that which he should have done. He fails to set goals and establish priorities. He vacillates between one decision and another. He senses that he should be doing something but lacks the discipline to convert this awareness into action.

Every day is filled with dozens of personal crossroads — moments when you are called upon to make a decision regarding minor as well as major questions. It is important to remember that each choice you make during these moments of decision charts a path leading to some future destination. Just as the sum total of your past decisions has led you to your current circumstances, the decisions you make today will lead you to the rewards or the regrets of the future.

The decisions you make today will lead you to the rewards or the regrets of the future.

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Choices. Decisions. Selections. Each provides you with an opportunity to determine the quality of your future. Each demands that you prepare in advance for the decision that is to be made. In those moments of choice, it is the knowledge you have acquired and the philosophy you have developed from this knowledge that will either serve you or destroy you.

That is why you must constantly be found preparing for the unanticipated confrontation with important choices. Only through careful mental preparation can you consistently make wise choices.

What you think determines what you believe; what you believe influences what you choose; what you choose defines what you are; and what you are, attracts what you have. If you are not happy with where your past decisions have led you, then the place to start is with your current thinking process. As you add new knowledge, you will begin to refine your philosophy. As your beliefs change, so too will your choices. From better choices come better results.

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The development of a sound philosophy prepares you for making sound decisions. Like the architect, you must learn to see in your mind the result you wish to achieve, and then go to work on building a solid foundation to support this vision. Once the vision is clearly defined and the foundation has been firmly established, then the choices required to complete the structure are easily and wisely made.

A couple of verses to consider today as we conclude are:

Proverbs 22:1 – Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold.

Ecclesiastes 10:2 – A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one.

We are deliberately taking our trek slowly as we ponder How to Develop a Powerful Personal Philosophy on our continued hike up the Trail of Philosophy today. This is not an easy hike to make. It requires studying and absorbing new information that may challenge your current philosophy. It requires refining your decision-making ability so that you will build a strong foundation in your life.

Next week on Philosophy Friday, we will explore the trail of failure that you should avoid at all cost and the trail of success that you should take in your pursuit of a powerful personal philosophy. Make sure to join us for the continuation of our trek on the Trail of Philosophy next Friday. I know you will find these insights interesting and profitable in living a rich and satisfying life.

Our next trek will be Motivation Monday as we explore more trails of how to get and stay motivated to bring value to your world. So encourage your friends and family to join us, and then come along on Monday for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

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That will finish our trek for today. Just as you enjoy your daily dose of wisdom, we ask you to help us grow Wisdom-Trek by sharing with your family and friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, or in person and inviting them to come along with us each day. I would challenge you today to take just one precept that we learn today in Proverbs and commit yourself to applying it to your life.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most of all your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal.

As we take this trek together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

This is Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Every Day! See you tomorrow!

Day 452 – Invest in Yourself – Wisdom Unplugged

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Welcome to Day 452 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

Invest in Yourself – Wisdom Unplugged

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Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is Day 452 of our trek, and it is Thursday and time for our 3-minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little additional content for today’s trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom each Tuesday and Thursday. So, let’s jump right in with today’s nugget.

Today’s quote is from Daniel J. Boorstin, who says, “Books are the main source of our knowledge, our reservoir of first faith, memory, wisdom, morality, poetry, philosophy, history, and science.”

Have you read a good book lately? If not you are missing out on the potential for self-development that could be yours. Books, in whatever format that you prefer, will open a universe of knowledge to you that you will otherwise miss. With the resources that we have available on the internet today, there are virtually no barriers and the investment is very low, other than the time that you invest in improving yourself.

An investment in yourself will always have a significant return. There are no limits to what you can learn and what you can become except for the limits that you place on yourself. As God instructed Joshua, “Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”

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That’s a wrap for today’s Wisdom Unplugged. If you would like access to my database of over 10,000 inspirational quotes, the link is available on the main page of Wisdom-Trek.com.

As you enjoy these nuggets of wisdom, encourage your friends and family to join us, and then come along tomorrow for another day of our Wisdom-Trek, Creating a Legacy.

Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly, your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day.

As we take this trek of life together, let us always:

  1. Live Abundantly (Fully)
  2. Love Unconditionally
  3. Listen Intentionally
  4. Learn Continuously
  5. Lend to others Generously
  6. Lead with Integrity
  7. Leave a Living Legacy Each Day

This is Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Every Day! See you tomorrow for Philosophy Friday!