There’s Nothing New

“Study the past if you would define the future.” That’s how we’ll start today as it ties into the truncated title adage, “There’s nothing new under the sun.” So if both of those things are true, what you are striving to accomplish has already occurred, in one form or another. You may find accelerates, shortcuts, and avoid potential pitfalls from studying the lessons of those who’ve walked the path previously.

There are numerous half truths within our society. Some of us realize those things as incomplete, others “buy in” and miss out on so many things. “Knowledge is power” yet when we can access the aggregate of human existence within seconds through our phones, so many live day to day without power. “Applied knowledge is power.” The same is true of faith. You can believe all you want, but “Faith is not believing regardless of the evidence, faith is taking action no matter what the consequence.”

“Faith without works is dead.” “There’s nothing new under the sun.” “Study the past if you would define the future.” Those and many more point us in the direction of study, of research, of having a profound understanding of our history. Our time is finite. Yet, we can maximize the time we have by learning from those who’ve walked before us, not making the same mistakes, and copying their successes. We’ll speed up our journey by untold factors.

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery mediocrity can pay to greatness.” Sounds good right? But if there’s nothing new under the sun then we are all mediocre. So, maybe we should draw upon the past for inspiration, use our Divine gifts applying those lessons to fulfill our purpose, and move within those parameters daily.

Today, Wednesday, August 3, 2022, I am grateful that:

I’ve been fortunate enough to participate in a few training programs recently. Auditing the programs has afforded me the opportunity to see what others do well. It also allows me the chance to see what improvements I can make.

Erik and I got a chance to have a great dialogue this morning. He’s traveling a path with his Mom and her care that’s quite similar to mine. I shared my experience and hopefully it offered some encouragement, hope, and serenity,

During a conversation with D.C. this morning, I reminded him of one of the Four Agreements. He paused, came up with a few reasons why he didn’t like the agreement he’d made, but realized he did make the agreement. He abided by the agreement and we ended our call. It was great because I know he will remind me of the same thing at some point in the future.

Are you a student of the past?

Which companies or individuals have done something similar to what you’re working on?

Find at least two companies and write them down.

What lessons can you learn from their failures and successes?

Write down three successes and failures.

Be Great. Be Grateful!!!