Forfeiting for “Just Once” – The Power of 1

Many of us are becoming increasingly aware of the dangers of texting while driving.
Not only does it put us in danger when we do it, but it puts others in danger as well… innocent others.

• 20 percent of injury crashes in 2009 involved reports of distracted driving.
• Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves.
• Using a cell phone use while driving, whether it’s hand-held or hands-free, delays a driver’s reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent.
• Of those killed in distracted-driving-related crashed, 995 involved reports of a cell phone as a distraction (18% of fatalities in distraction-related crashes).

Distraction.gov

Those are some pretty alarming numbers.
That should scare us enough to never use our phone while we’re driving ever, EVER, EVER again.

But you know what….

I still do it.

Not as often as I once did,
but I still send the occasional text message while driving.

You may be thinkin, “Dude! That’s stupid.”

That’s exactly my point.
It makes no sense for me to risk my life for one text message.

But many people risk their lives & future everyday on one…..

• Habit.
• Inappropriate relationship.
• Avoided doctor visit.
• Unethical business deal.

It’s easy for us to think, “Just one ____.”

But often one turns into many.

Don’t risk your future on one moment….

Once when Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the open country, famished. 30 He said to Jacob, “Quick, let me have some of that red stew! I’m famished!” (That is why he was also called Edom.) Jacob replied, “First sell me your birthright.” “Look, I am about to die,” Esau said. “What good is the birthright to me?” But Jacob said, “Swear to me first.” So he swore an oath to him, selling his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and some lentil stew. He ate and drank, and then got up and left. So Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 25:29-34

How to Not Be Average

What separates the successful people from the average people is the gap between dreaming and doing.

The successful person closes the gap.
The average person ignores the gap.

The successful person takes the chance.
The average person plays it safe.

Average people…

• Talk about what needs to be changed.
• Have self proclaimed solutions to problems.
• Can tell others how to fix what’s wrong.
• Figure out solutions to issues that they see.
• Dream about what could be if they ever had enough _____.

Successful people…

• Dream up solutions and do everything they can to see it happen.
• See a problem and fix it themselves.
• Sit in a meeting, leave, and do something with what they’ve envisioned.
• Don’t criticize how others are doing something because they’re busy doing what they do.
• Use their passion to make a difference.

Which are you?