The basic fundementals of life never change. They have been the same since the beginning of time. Good Health, Continuing Education, Honesty, Putting in your best effort through labor, Character, Relationships, Economics, etc. They will never change.

I've found that serious personal development makes you a scholar of your own life. It helps you diagnose why things are going right and also, why they are going wrong. No matter what you do, you will always have off days and get in ruts. It's never going to change. What can change is how long it takes for you to comprehend the real source of the problem and change your attitude. How fast can you turn things around and start heading back in the right direction?

"You are what you think about." -Earl Nightingale

Give that some serious thought because it's 100% true. Your thoughts control your attitude, confidence, action, and ultimately, results and success.

You can't change the way you think overnight. To put it in car terms, your brain is like an old radiator that needs flushed. As you add water, you start to push out all the old sludge and corrosion, eventually you will end up with clean water. While the memories good and bad will remain, you now have new information that starts to shape your philosophy and attitude on life. I wrote in my journal this week that I've spent 8 months flushing out 35 years of life. While I've come a long long ways, it takes time to completely change the way you think. Controlling your thoughts is one of the most difficult tasks we will ever face. I have no plans to ever quit flushing my brain with fruitful information. (Books, CD's, Church) Anything of positive influence..... I've found that my best days are normally the days I spend the most time of personal development. Some weekdays I'll spend 1.5 hours. Read in the morning before work/journal, listen to CD's on the way to work, between appointments, and read before bed. The more time you spend on personal development, the more ideas and information you have to utilize.

Those are your deep thoughts by Todd Akes for the night...:lol:

Todd, you must be a single man, without kids. :lol: I remember those days!

btw, speaking of Earl, this one is great.

As a matter of a fact, I am without children but I stay pretty busy. That is exactly the same piece I have on CD. If you like that, you'll love Jim Rohn. Order "The Challenge to Succeed" yesterday. :D

I ran in my second 5k this morning out at Lake Mead. We ran on the former train track trail they used to build the dam. It was fairly rocky and the first 1.5 was up hill while the 2nd half was back down the hill. My goal was to be faster than my first 5k of 25:29 but my real goal was 7:30 pace.

It's amazing what goals do to the mind. I ran my 5k this morning in 23:19 which is exactly 7:30 pace. :thumbsup: The funny part is my watch lost GPS signal in the first tunnel so it was all by feel after that. I did find my pace before losing signal which is huge. I have to say the last mile was brutal. Since I started out so fast this time, I didn't have many to race until the last .5 when I had a 12 year old kid? come up and pass me. I then chased him to the finish line.

I knocked off over 2 minutes from last fall which was an easier run. I'm pretty stoked.

Congratulations.. and it was 90 degress out today

Great job!!!!!!

Nice job bro! :trophy-1302:

But did you really have to pick on a 12 year old to make yourself feel better? :mock:

Thanks guys, I ended up 13th out of 345. http://results.bazumedia.com/event/r...ent/event-3440

Yeah! But was the 12 year old 12th??



:mock: :RunninDog:

If he follows in the steps of his fellow Americans and relies on youth to be healthy intead of discipline, growth, nutrtion, and excercise, he'll end up about mid pack at 36. :D :mock: