Mike Batie :: Everyone Has Problems (Daily Quote)

We tend to think that all of our problems are too great, too heavy, too awful. We may look upon others and think how perfect their lives seem, how easy they seem to have it. Well what if we could pull away the curtain and see the problems that everyone else faced, even those who we think have perfect lives? What if we could do like this quote suggests, "If we all through our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back." I think this is true. And in taking our problems back from the pile, glad that we didn't have as big of problems as others, we would probably have a lot more compassion upon other people; we might even have less envy or hatred towards people who seem to "have it all." Until next time, this is Mike Batie reminding you to own your problems, gather the strength and ingenuity to solve them, and have compassion on everyone else: because we've all got problems.

Mike Batie - The Biggest Step

"Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tip toe if you must, but take the step."

Mike Batie encouraging you to take that step. A few times in
my life, I have taken those important footsteps, and it has
set me back on proper course. — Mike Batie

Fear of change, complacency, addiction, routine, you name it—we can get stuck heading in the wrong direction for a long time. It's only that first tiny, small step in the right direction that can be the biggest step in your life, because it's the step that can SAVE you...from a host of things: death, a life of regrets, addiction, bondage, fear, shame, injury, etc, etc, etc.

Having the courage, the willpower, the faith to take that first step in the right direction is one of the hardest, but it is the most important step you will take. So for now, this is Mike Batie, saying: Take the step!

Mike Batie - Success Comes by Small Steps

What can be more true than this? It is easy to get discouraged or frustrated when we try to make these big leaps of effort, and we don't see immediate results (weight loss, career change, learning a new language, etc). What we must keep focused on is that it is the small efforts—repeated—that will keep us moving in the right direction until we achieve our goals.

You can achieve success in many of your personal goals by first determining what it will take to achieve your goal: decided what smaller steps you must take each day to eventually achieve your goal, and then plan to take these steps everyday. In time you will be coasting to success.