Happy Independence Day!!

Since it is the Fourth of July I thought I would post with a quote from George Washington.

“It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.”
George Washington

To me this quote is telling us we need to keep doing, keep working at being more than we are, keep bettering ourselves. Constantly improve everything you do.

It doesn’t take a lot of effort to improve, just pick one thing in your life and make it better by 1%, that’s all, just 1%. If you can improve yourself by 1% every week, by the end of the year you have made yourself 52% better. In less than two years you will be 100% better than you are now in that one thing.

I once heard a speaker give this advice: imagine you are at a funeral five years from now. Actually, it is your funeral. Four people are going to speak about you, one from your family (not spouse, children or parents), one from your work, one from your church (or any place of worship), and one from a civic organization you belong to (Rotary club, volunteer work, etc…). Now, write down what you would like these four people to say about you. After writing it out you have in front of you a description of the kind of person you want to be. Start becoming that person now; you have five years to complete your goals.

Become just a little better each day.