Ready for a change?

Good morning friends!

Its 6 am and I have been up for an hour and have showered, fed the cat, let 2 dogs out and back in now just sitting here thinking....when was the last time I put up a post? January 9th. I guess I have not had things on my mind. This morning I do. 

How long does it take to change a habit? 21 days people say. I have changed a bunch of habits over the last year. My eating habits, exercise habits, business building habits but the thing that has made the biggest difference is my bed making habit. 

I was never a bed maker. Roll out, get dressed, then at night make sure I could roll back in.  I know I am not the only one. Then I read in a Ron Reynolds post that its hard to master big things if you don't have the discipline to do the little things. He suggested making the bed for instance. So I started doing that. Not a big thing really. Every morning you get up and make an effort to make the bed. Some mornings it was a nicer look than others but over time I got a handle on it and now do this 99% of the time. Its hard to make a bed when Larry is still in it. The thing is Larry has now started pulling up his side of the bed. When he gets up before me to go to work he pulls his side closed and smooths it out. So by me starting a new habit it eventually worked its way to him. Little things turn into big things. 

We are eating healthier. Our food choices and exercise habits have changed the look of our family. Larry is very receptive of the things we cook now. Except fish. I get that, I struggle with that too. The point being is when we make an effort to change no matter how small over time people begin to notice. 

People watch us and what we do. Our actions have to match our words. Say what you mean and mean what you say. At Advocare we say Protect this house. Our business was founded with 10 guiding principles. I can not say I would not do any of them they are all so insipiring I wish every business had them. 

Honor God through our faith family and friends

Respect and strengthen the family

Believe in the dignity and importance of the individual

Crate a standard of excellence recognized by the direct sales industry

Believe that honor,integrity and principles are the foundation of a great life and company

Commit to mutual loyalty and trust between advocare and its distributors

Establish and continually  improve the vehicle of opportunity and the pursuit of financial freedom for all advocare distributors

commit to ongoing personal growth and development through professional training and educational programs

build self esteem by promoting a sense of worth among all people

continually expand our market by providing the most effective and highest quality products and services available

These are the things my company believes in. I think that's awesome. I know CDS does not tell me those things. They just want me to show up at my J O B and put in my time for as little as they think they can get by with. Some Jobs are worse than mine for pay. With Advocare though I can help lots of others see the bigger picture and know this company will never embarrass us. They say what they mean and mean what they say. Do you work for a company like that? Do you want to?