Two farmers badly needed rain to grow their crops.
They both prayed to God for rain.
Only one farmer tilled his field and prepared it to receive the rain.

Which one do you think God gave the rain to?

Which are you?

Are you waiting for something to happen before you proceed on a project or idea? Are you waiting that elusive ‘sign’?

Here’s the message: Don’t wait. Have trust. Trust that those things that are necessary will fall into place when you are ready to receive them.

Stop waiting for everything on the checklist to be completed before you move on.

The only thing you are likely to achieve thru inaction is more inaction and waiting.

Till your field. Prepare for rain.

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What is the lesson in this event?

There will be plenty of dissection in the days, weeks, and months to come… lots of monday morning quarterbacking, most of which will be useless and unwarranted.

The important lesson as I see it, is that it re-enforces that LOVE is the highest power in the universe and it is that which we must set as our ultimate calling. To treat each other as we would have ourselves be treated.

That isn’t just a statement of faith but rather a sound principle that would solve much of the worlds hurt if it was adopted by the masses.

Love one another. Practice forgiveness.

Love. It’s all that matters.

See also my friend Tshombe’s wonderful post on this.

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My friend and superstar VA Erin Blaskie of BSETC., has put together an aweseome ebook.

To quote from Erin’s site: “This 80+ page e-book, “30 Days of Delegation“, will teach you HOW to delegate, WHAT to delegate and WHO to delegate the work to.”

Successful business owners know that delegation is an important key to success. You shouldn’t do things you aren’t good at, don’t have to do, or (in some cases) don’t want to do.

I just had it printed and bound and gave it a read. It’s great for two reasons. First, it shows you how you can delegate away time consuming services to a VA. Second, it is a great example of marketing because it shows off Erin’s creativity which puts her above other VA’s who simply provide a very long list of services but don’t attempt to educate.

You can get it here. Its costs $37 and well worth the cost.

(Now, it’s an ebook so I could just email it to you, but I won’t, so please don’t ask. A lot of work went into this publication and if you’re too cheap to spend $37 to save $$$ in your business…. I don’t suspect you’ll be in business very long.)

Happy delegating!

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