How a Taxi Driver Became a Bank President? by Bo Sanchez

[smurky]

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Make Your Joy Appointments
by BO Sanchez

Two weeks ago, I asked you to make your Joy List. (And man, I had fun reading your Joy Lists! Awesome.)


Today, I’ll be asking you to take the next step: Make Joy Appointments.


Writing your Joy List is only the start. Unless you make Joy Appointments, nothing much will happen. It will be like everyone’s list of New Year’s resolutions. We know what happens to that.


If you need to be reminded, look at the expensive exercise equipment lying somewhere in your house, collecting dust. Did you know that 97% of all exercise equipment end up this way?


Friends, here are the 5 Steps to filling your life with more joy.


Step #1: Write your Joy List


If you haven’t made your Joy List yet, I urge you to do it now. Define what makes you happy. Define what you love. Define what makes you peaceful, whole, fulfilled, excited, and happy. (Please read my previous article, “What Is Your Joy List?”)


Step #2: Choose one item in your Joy List


Don’t try to do them all of them at the same time—or you’ll get overwhelmed. Start with one item first! Check what you feel is the most important activity that gives you the most joy. It’s an activity that you want more of in your life. It could be playing time with your kids, or having solo time with God, or curling up on the couch for some reading time. The choice is yours.


Step #3: Make a Joy Appointment in your weekly or monthly calendar


Invest in your joy! Write this activity in your calendar as a regular item in your week. For example, when I got married 10 years go, I wanted to date the greatest girl of my galaxy once a week. And so for the past 10 years, I’ve been faithful to this promise. How? Easy. I put it on a specific day and time of the week. So I don’t forget. It’s that simple. (I won’t tell you what day that is. Here’s the reason why: I get hundreds of invitations to speak every month. And I don’t want people to tell me, “Bo, we picked this day because we know it’s your date night with your wife. Just this once, please speak to our group?” The answer is still No.) Unless I’m out of the country or World War III breaks out, I won’t miss my date night with my wife. She’s my joy.


Step #4: Choose a second Joy and make another Joy Appointment


When the first activity you chose is already consistent—like you’ve done it for three times already—go back to your Joy List. Check a second item that’s important to you. Repeat: This is something you want to have more in your life. Make this a Joy Appointment too. Regularize it in your weekly or monthly calendar. Make it immovable.


Step #5: Repeat the Process


Get a third item from your Joy List. And a fourth. And a fifth. Believe me, after three to six months, you won’t recognize yourself. You want to pinch yourself and say, “Is this me? Is this my life? Gosh, I’m filled with so much joy!”


Remember: If you don’t determine what you’ll do in your week, others will do that for you. The TV producers would want you to watch TV. The food advertisers would want you to keep eating their food. The video game makers would want you to keep playing their games.


Define your joy.


And do it.


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Okay, you’re turn. In the comments section below, write down the one thing in your Joy List that you’ll make a Joy Appointment. Write down the day, date, and time you’ll make it happen!


May your dreams come true,


Bo Sanchez

[reachingout]

you got a lot of inspiring and real stories from bo...at Home - Preacher In Blue Jeans, try to seach the Nov. 5-6 2006 talk and http://kerygmafamily.com...Actually BO S. is also doing IMG watch channel 28 sky cable.He is the one responsible of opening offices (branches) in different countries.

[cc_3125]

nice inspiring stories... post more! am subscribing this thread...

[papaechoromeo]

very nice story! very inspiring! please post more from Bo Sanchez! GOD Bless

[smurky]

unya taod-taod mag-post na sad ko.... midnight snack sako kad****.... (alas 10:00 pa man diay)...
hehehe...

glad that many of us are learning from Bo.... kinsa kahay bisayan counterpart ni Bo diri sa cebu ? naa moy kaila diri?

[smurky]

Do YOU Have an Unrealistic Dream?
By Bo Sanchez

If you don’t have one, get one–Quick!


I got interviewed again.

A number of times, in fact.

This time, the questions were focused on dreaming big dreams.

So I’m putting together a bunch of questions and answers from these interviews. I know they will inspire you. And make you laugh at the same time. Because of so many interviews, giving crazy answers keeps me sane.

Enjoy!


Q: How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Bo: I have 5 older sisters. I’m the only boy.


Q: Your father must have been very happy when you were born.

Bo: When I was born, my father almost named me Atlas. Because when he learned that I was a boy, he shouted, “At last!” I mean, after five failed attempts, yes, he was happy. I’m also the youngest of the family. Can you imagine my suffering? I was their slave. They told me to do everything for them. From answering the door to buying Coke. As a little boy, I had pet spiders. My favorite daydream had the makings of a Hollywood movie. Because of a UFO invasion, my pet spiders mutated into giant monsters. My sisters got trapped in their spiders’ web and, well, you can guess how the story ended.


Q: Describe your family today.

Bo: Today, all my sisters serve in the ministry with me. We’re a great team. Three of them work full-time in the ministry, while two help out part-time. Now, they follow what I tell them to do. Haha.


Q: Your parents?

Bo: My Dad passed away last year. My mother, at 82, continues to serve the Lord with me.


Q: And you have your own family…

Bo: Ten years ago, I married the most gorgeous girl in the galaxy, a woman named Marowe. We have two fantastic, nuclear-powered, gravity-defying boys, Benedict, age 8, and Francis, 3. We homeschool our kids and have a great time doing that—because we spend more time with them. Instead of just opening textbooks, we make them experience the world. Instead of reading a book on business, Bene operates one. Instead of studying about music, Bene performs a small concert. (Bo’s Note: Homeschooling isn’t for everyone. But you owe it to yourself to find out more about it and consider if it is for you. If you want to know more about homeschooling, click at Catholic Filipino Academy now.)


Q: What are your dreams?

Bo: I wrote all my dreams in a Dreambook. It’s a 15-page document. Let me share with you my most important dreams. Before I got married, I wrote that I want to be the greatest husband my wife can ever have. I believe in making dreams graphic, so I wrote in details. I wrote that I’d kiss my wife 7 times a day. For the past ten years now, I’ve been doing that. Even when I don’t feel like it. Haha. Seriously, I have a great marriage. Because I work hard for it. I invest my energy and time to make it a great marriage. I also wrote on that Dreambook that I’d be the greatest father my kids can ever have. I wrote there that I’d play with them everyday no matter how busy I get. And that’s what I do today.


Q: Did you ever dream of becoming a preacher?

Bo: When I was 12, I had a “daydream”. I woke up and saw myself preaching in the Araneta Coliseum in front of 20 thousand people. I don’t know if it was a dream, a daydream, or a vision. Because I liked what I saw and I continued to imagine this. By age 16, I preached in the Araneta Coliseum for the first time.


Q: What were your other dreams?

Bo: My mission in life is to communicate God’s Love. And I do this primarily by being a preacher and writer. In my Dreambook, I wrote that I’d be a bestselling author and have my own TV and Radio show. I also wrote that I would have my own ministry for the poor built on a huge place, where I would welcome the poorest of the poor. All these have taken place. God is good.


Q: Was it always easy to fulfill your dreams?

Bo: Absolutely not. Many times, I felt so discouraged. Frustrated. A few times, I even wanted to throw in the towel and give up. But all these years, I’ve never doubted my Call. I’ve always believed that God has called me to communicate His love. Why? Because He gave me the gift. And the ministry has been blessing many.


Q: How do you fulfill your dreams?

Bo: First of all, I chose the right dreams. I write big, hairy, audacious, and unrealistic dreams. In my life, I’ve realized that I accomplish my unrealistic dreams much more than my realistic ones. Let me tell you why. Unrealistic dreams shock my system and pump my heart. Unrealistic dreams force me to think creatively, demanding me to do things I’ve never done before. On the other hand, realistic dreams make me complacent. They put me to sleep.


Q: What’s the second step?

Bo: I read and pray my list of dreams everyday. I do this for both my long term and short term dreams. Like each morning, I visualize how I want that day to play out. I imagine what I want to accomplish, and what results will take place. This is my prayer. And my dreams happen. I believe in this practice so much. We don’t know how powerful we are.


Q: What’s the third step?

Bo: Once I have a dream, I create a strategy to make it happen. 100% of the time, this includes creating a dream team around me that will make it happen. And then I pursue the dream, no matter how many failures happen.


Q: Fourth step?

Bo: I spend time with people who already have achieved these same dreams. I make them my mentors. This step is crucial. Do avoid spend too much time with people who have no dreams. Or with people who don’t believe in my dreams. These are dream-killers.


Q: Who is Bo Sanchez now?

Bo: I’m a child of God. I’m a servant of the poor. I’m a husband, father, son, brother, friend, preacher, writer, leader, businessman, philanthropist, and pioneer.


Q: How do you see yourself 10 more years from now?

Bo: One of my fondest dreams is to equip our growing community with the tools necessary to help more poor people around them. Not through a charity model—because that is limited—but through the entrepreneurial model. Here’s one of my big dreams: In my lifetime, I want to raise one million micro-entrepreneurs among the poor. To gain support, I want to have one million KerygmaFamily.com members. (Note: You’re my dream team! Without you, I can’t do it. Sign up now at KerygmaFamily - Shepherd's Voice Radio and Television Foundation, Inc. and lets work together!)


Q: Thank you very much.

Bo: My pleasure.

That’s the end of the interview.

May I make a suggestion?

Aside from writing your dreams in your own Dreambook, write one or two dreams in the comments section below. Remember to make it unrealistic. Announce your dream to the world. Doing so will give you added motivation to achieve them.



May your dreams come true,

Bo Sanchez

[bawdogs]

nice story!..... i think this is true i'm earning 60k+ a month pero in the end of the day ala koy saving..
i'm really touch ani dapita "Rey was now only earning P350 a day—a far cry from what he was earning before. But it was here where he learned how to manage his money.


It was here where he learned how to live within his means.


It was here where he learned how to save. "

naa gyud diri ako problema....after reading this i will evaluate myself....i got headache thinking where is my money gone....thanks bro....

[smurky]

Apply the Power of Focus (by: Bo Sanchez)

"Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded,
in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel." - Oswen Swett Marden

In other words what im trying you to do is apply the Law of Focus.
The Law of Focus is like the Law of Gravity. It never fails. It has no exceptions.

The Law of Focus states that what you focus on grows.
Let me give you an example.

One day, when my wife was pregnant and had a tummy the size of a
huge watermelon, we were walking through the mall. After a few minutes
of strolling, she turned to me and said, "Bo, havent you noticed? there
are so many pregnant women in the mall today. ive counted more than 10 already!"

Were there really more pregnant women at that particular time? No.
She just noticed them more because that was her focus.
When your tummy is the size of a watermelon, how can it not be your focus?

So if each day, you focus on the bad things thats happening in your life,
i can assure you that these bad things will keep on growing.
Because you focus on them, you'll be an expert on spotting them a
mile away - and you'll be more miserable than ever. if all you do is complain
and bicker and criticize, without a shadow of doubt, you'll grow into an old goat
that no one wants to be with and your death will be a happy event in the family.

but if each day, you focus on the good things happening to your life - and begin
and end each day counting your blessings, then this is what will happen: your
blessings will increase! you'll be an expert in seeing more of them. and your
positive attitude will actually attract new blessings into your life.

thats why the Bible insists that we be grateful and "be thankfull in all cirrcumstances."

but wait a minute. how does this apply to money?

do you know why many spiritual people dont get rich? because they
dont focus on money. and what you dont focus on has a very little chance
of growing. because spiritual persons focus on their spiritual life, and "only" on
their spiritual life. and they become poor in the other areas.

theres nothing wrong with that. unless of course youre a father raising your
kids, and theres no money to put food on the table, or buy medicines when they get sick.

this is the message of this article: even if youre a spiritual person, give
yourself a permission to focus on money. start thinking about money, reading
about money, talking about money, learning about money - but always see
money from the lens of your spiritual life.

yes, put God first and all your money as HIS servant.

but you will still need to give some of your time to focus on money, ot it wont grow.

heres the most powerful way i know of focusing on money: have a financial goal
for each year, write it down in your LIFE DREAMs, and read it everyday.

and even while you sleep, your brain will search far and wide, looking for ways
to fulfill those financial goals. you'll be surprised at how opportunities will open
up before you. actually, many of them were already there. but because you
werent focused, you didnt notice them, waiting to be discovered.

when JIM CARREY was a struggling, broke, stand-up comedian in small comedy
clubs, he wrote $10 million check with the words "For services rendered" underneath.
he read this check everyday. years later, Jim Carrey would be earning $20 million per movie.

Apply the Power of Focus.

[YJOB]

the secret of our success here is to stop visiting istorya.net and focus on our jobs.

but that is difficult to do.

[jabez_rmc]

hahahaha... well said