Author Archives: Valeri Stefanovitsh

Nonproductive relationships We become like the people with whom we associate. Period. End of story. We can’t escape it. We can’t change it. We can only recognize the power of the choices we make about the relationships that we build, and then be guided by that knowledge as we choose the people with whom weContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-NINE | Roadblocks to Significance #5 Nonproductive relationships”

Negative belief It is not a lack of belief that we must fight against; it is the choice to allow our belief to turn negative that will become the roadblock. We construct our lives based on the beliefs that we hold. If we can understand that our lives are being built on either a faithContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-EIGHT | Roadblocks to Significance #4 Negative belief”

Loose talk Loose talk is the most frequently constructed roadblock in the lives of people. It develops around the reluctance to believe that what we say makes a difference. Are we talking about the things we want to happen? Or are we talking about the negative things that we don’t want to happen? When weContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-SEVEN | Roadblocks to Significance #3 Loose talk”

Competitive comparison When we grasp the beauty and the importance of giving, we will reap huge rewards in life. The roadblock comes when we begin to keep score. The giving of my time, compliments, encouragement, help or resources is hugely beneficial unless it is carefully calculated on the basis of how it will impact me.Continue reading “DAY SIXTY-SIX | Roadblocks to Significance #2”

The roadblock on the highway to significance in life that is most powerful, in both my observation of myself and other people, is the lack of personal integrity. As we learned before, integrity means being consistent, or congruent, on the inside and the outside of one’s life. There are millionaires, there are billionaires, and thereContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-FIVE | Roadblocks to Significance #1”

What is it that causes me to hold myself back from achieving my goals and dreams? What holds me back from significance? It is certainly my opinion that without honesty about this subject or any other, we won’t proceed very far. So here’s my straightforward approach: at this writing, I’m not convinced that I’m readyContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-FOUR | Into to Roadblocks to Significance”

You and I live in a society that gives us measuring sticks for success. The experts tell us that we all want to be successful. So, in order to know when we are successful, there’s got to be some quantification or qualification to which we can measure ourselves so that we can feel that weContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-THREE | Significance”

Momentum is often the only difference between winning and losing, between success and failure. When momentum is fueling our attitude and our energy levels, we are inspired to believe that we can rise to a higher level of performance … and so we do. Certainly, we desire to create momentum in our lives that bringsContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-TWO | Momentum”

There is an old saying, “Patience is a virtue.” In our world today, we aren’t used to waiting. Things move quickly, sometimes almost instantaneously. Our food can be microwaved, our entertainment is on-demand, and our mobile devices can access almost any answer we feel the need to find in mere seconds after we feel theContinue reading “DAY SIXTY-ONE | Patience”

When seat belts came along, they were kind of a novelty, an added feature to a car. Eventually it became evident that seatbelts saved lives and were not a novelty; they were a necessity. There are times when I find myself knowing I should fasten my seatbelt, thinking about it, driving down the road andContinue reading “DAY SIXTY | Why Did I Do That?”