well as Leaders we know that we make our decisions and then our decisions make us today I want to help you make better leadership decisions tomorrow by thinking ahead today hey welcome to another episode of the Craig rochell leadership podcast for those of you that are new to our leadership Community we drop a new teaching on the first Thursday of each month then a bonus episode on many Thursdays but guess what this is not a Thursday because we’re doing something different to celebrate something that matters a lot to me today is the release
day for my new book called think ahead seven decisions you can make today for the god honoring life that you want tomorrow what’s it about well we all want to be good decision makers but a lot of times we don’t make great decisions in the moment do we we eat more than we should we say things we shouldn’t say we do things we didn’t want to do this book I believe will help you to make better decisions when you think ahead and we’re actually going to pre-decide ahead of time seven decisions that will help you honor God in the way
that you live to be clear this book is written from a Christian perspective and what I want to do because I’m so excited about release day is I want to give you our leadership Community a very special free gift in this episode I’m sharing a portion of my favorite section of the audio book with you and if you’d like to hear more you can order the audio version or you can pick up a copy of the book think ahead on Amazon or wherever you get your books so if you’re ready let’s think ahead and dive in chapter 63
start with why I want to get you thinking about your what but more important first we need to talk about your why a weak what can detour your pursuit of your goal a weak why will keep you from pursuing it in the first place a weak what is a problem a weak why is a deal killer your why is your first and most important Domino you’ve got to start with why right now you’re wondering what I’ll explain with an example so many people want to get into better shape AP but don’t have enough motivation that’s only one of their obstacles another their
goal or their what isn’t clear what does it mean to be in better shape to a bride to be it means looking good in her wedding dress to her future groom it might mean looking good with her by the pool on their honeymoon to the groom’s best man it could mean bigger biceps to the brides Made of Honor it might be smaller thighs to the mother of the bride it might be getting her hormones aligned to the father of the groom it might mean getting his cholesterol down not only do you need to be clear on what you want to accomplish but you also need
to know why it’s important you might have a what but not a clear why I get it about 15 years ago I was working out at the gym when my buddy Bart walked in Bart has a kind of physique that makes most guys not want to show their faces or more specifically their bodies at the gym at the time I had what Amy affectionately called a dad bod I told her I preferred father figure but she called it a dad bod Bart had what I call a wow I really wish I had ripped muscles and abs like that bot so tell me about your workout dude I asked bark trying
