" DO NOT CONFUSE YOUR MEANS WITH YOUR ENDS " BY GO BLANSON

Hello Tribe, it has come to my attention that when some people set goals, they often get the " ENDS " confused with the " MEANS!" What do I mean you ask ? Well, some people tend to mix the " MEANS "[ how they can achieve the goal ] to getting what they want, with the " ENDS "(what they really want to achieve. Example : A person wants a new car( the ends ), so they focus on getting two jobs( the means ).In this example, the jobs are clearly the " MEANS," to getting the " ENDS "{ the new vehicle }. You see, when people " CONFUSE " the " ENDS " with the " MEANS," people end up " DO DOING " things that they didn't really have to do.With that being said,before you decide to pursue a goal, I suggest that you do as STEPHEN COVEY suggests and make sure that you " BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND!" When I say " BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND," I mean that you should " VISUALIZE " the outcome( in your mind ). We must " RELEARN " how to turn our " IDEAS " over to our " IMAGINATION " and " SUBCONSCIOUS MIND " to go to " WORKS " on formulating a practical plan that will reveal the proper " MEANS " for achieving the " ENDS " that we WANT ! NOW let's go back to the FIRST goal that you want to achieve.James Fadiman in his wonderful book," BE ALL THAT YOU ARE " said," Before you begin the pursuit of your goal, you should first decide whether or not the goal is your goal or somebody else's goal.Once you decide that the goal is yours, you can go ahead and commit the goal to " WRITING." Someone said, once you are able to " COMMIT YOUR GOAL TO WRITING "( in clear specific terms ),you are half-way to achieving your goal. To help everyone out, here's a link to setting goals using the " S.M.A.R.T. goals format that everyone can " COPY and PASTE " > http://www.hr.virginia.edu/uploads/documents/media/Writing_SMART_Goals.pdf .PLEASE remember to Like my page on FACEBOOK by copying and pasting this Link : https://www.facebook.com/Garry-O-Blans on-115049231930571/?fref=hovercard , Thanks - garry b

" ONE GOAL AT A TIME " BY GO BLANSON

Hello Tribe, this week's Article is about choosing a goal that you can possibly achieve within the next 30 days.Go back to your list of goals from when you ran the brackets.Look over your goals that made the final " 8." From those goals, select a goal to complete within the next 30 days( NOTE : the key is to believe that you can complete it within the next 30 days ). Try not to worry too much about how the goal will be completed, as much as desiring your goal to be completed within the next 30 days !Go ahead and give it a GO !.PLEASE remember to Like my page on FACEBOOK by copying and pasting this Link : https://www.facebook.com/Garry-O-Blans on-115049231930571/?fref=hovercard , Thanks - garry b

" YOUR VALUES ARE VALUABLE TO YOU " BY GO BLANSON

Hello Tribe, I have found that when it comes to understanding things,sometimes it's helpful to see or hear more than one example of how something works.So with that said, " Please copy and paste this Link on Clarifying your Values." > http://www.coactive.com/docs/resources/toolkit/pdfs/30-Values-Clarification-Exercise.pdf [ I feel that this site gives you good ideas on how to help you CLARIFY your Values.Also, I agree with this quote, " Values are who we are.Not who we would like to be,not who we think we should be, but who we are in our lives, right now!"] Now go back and look at last week's Article and than read this week's Article.From the two, hopefully everyone will be able to CLARIFY their most important VALUES. .PLEASE remember to Like my page on FACEBOOK by copying and pasting this Link : https://www.facebook.com/Garry-O-Blans on-115049231930571/?fref=hovercard , Thanks - garry b

" WHAT ARE YOUR VALUES " BY GO BLANSON

Hello Tribe, this week's Article has to do with your Values.It has been noted that it is difficult to accomplish anything the is in direct conflict with your values.Please copy and pace the link to this site where you can download a list of popular values : http://www.smartrecovery.org/resources/library/Tools_and_Homework/Other_Homework/Values_and_Goals_Clarification.pdf [ Note : it is important that you choose and Clarify your Values before you start pursuing any goal.Also, just as you ran brackets on your goals,you can also run brackets on your values.Please take time and complete this exercise.It will help you learn a lot about yourself. ] PLEASE remember to Like my page on FACEBOOK by copying and pasting this Link : https://www.facebook.com/Garry-O-Blans on-115049231930571/?fref=hovercard , Thanks - garry b

CHARTING YOUR GOALS, CHARTING YOUR COURSE BY GO BLANSON

Hello Tribe,now that you have completed the brackets exercise, it's time to place a goal into the 8[ 4,6,10,12 or however many categories(areas ] that you chose to use for your life wheel.Put a Spiritual goal into the goal category( area ),put a financial goal in the financial category( area ), a physical goal into the physical category(area ), etc...[ make sure you have at least 3 goals in each category(area )]. PLEASE remember to Like my page on FACEBOOK by copying and pasting this Link : https://www.facebook.com/Garry-O-Blans on-115049231930571/?fref=hovercard , Thanks - garry b

" WE ARE ASHAMED OF MAYOR JAMIE MAYO " BY GO BLANSON

In an Article that I read on the Monroe News Star website( copy AND PASTE THIS LINK >http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/local/2017/10/23/monroe-bus-rate-increase-goes-before-council-tuesday/791699001/ , " MAYOR JAMIE MAYO DIDN'T TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH! " When Mayor Mayo said that some of the people who ride the Monroe City Buses were in favor of a bus fair increase," HE FORGOT TO MENTION " THAT THE CITY BUS RIDERS AGREED TO THE " FAIR INCREASES " BASED ON ALL OF THE " BUS ROUTES " STAYING AS THEY WERE { especially the " NIGHT RIDERS " ROUTE } !!! Sadly, some of the bus routes have been combined with others, and some have been altered as well.Therefore, it is plain to see that the bus riders did not agree to a price increase based on " THE CURRENT " routes !!! Also, the bus riders did not agree to the pitiful service that is being provided by the Monroe Transit System. The buses are still " DELIBERATELY " leaving passengers behind( causing them to miss their connecting bus ! When you call to complain on a RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL bus driver, you probably won't ever get the supervisor to call you back [ on Saturday, October 21, 2017 the other buses pulled out from the " DOWNTOWN " terminal two or three times without allowing the " WHITE STREET " bus to make it there, in order for the passengers on the " WHITE STREET " bus to make it to their connecting buses .The management never called any of the passengers to apologize at all ! ].Additionally, some of the buses are failing to get the required service and MANY TIMES THE SMALLER BUSES ARE BEING USED WHEN THE LARGER BUSES SHOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY BEEN USED TO RUN THE BUS ROUTES ! Futhermore, the " STANDDOWN " stops have also caused problems and are sometimes unnecessary ! So, Mayor Mayo did not tell the " WHOLE TRUTH " about some of the the " BUS RIDERS " being ok with the bus fair increases that were proposed to the Monroe City Council. NOTE : Ouachita Police Jurors O. Reddix ,P. Moore, and the Mayor of Richwood were in attendance AT THE MEETING WHERE SOME OF THE BUS RIDERS RAISED THEIR HANDS IN AGREEMENT TO A PRICE INCREASE BASED ON QUALITY SERVICE AND THE BUS ROUTES REMAINING AS THEY WERE ! PS : I think that there should be an Independent Investigation into the " OPERATIONS " of the Monroe Transit System, and there should also be an Independent Investigation of the Monroe Transit's Financial Records !

" GOALS PLAYOFF BRACKETS " BY GO BLANSON

Hello Tribe,last week we made a list of the things we want to BE, Do , and Have. This week, we are going to which goals to do first.To help us, I suggest using the goals bracket method.The goals bracket method is a method I discovered a couple of years ago while reading.If you are familiar with the college basketball or football playoffs brackets, you should understand this method better. Ok,based on the number of goals you have decided to pursue,fit them into brackets.You can chose to use an eight bracket format, a 16 bracket format, or a 32 bracket format[ with the 8 bracket method, the winners advance to the final four, then those winners advance to the finals, and the winners of the finals are the goals you will work on first ]. NOTE : I will post a picture of the brackets for football in a day or two to give everyone a visual picture of how the brackets should be set up( but for now, see if you can get started without it )..PLEASE remember to Like my page on FACEBOOK by copying and pasting this Link : https://www.facebook.com/Garry-O-Blans on-115049231930571/?fref=hovercard , Thanks - garry b Here is the bracket templete that I said that I was going to add :

Also, if you like,you can try doing a TWO bracket format where you do the same thing as the 16 bracket format, except you do them two at a time( it's slower but it still works ).