Notes From An Enemy Called Average

book by John L. Mason

Lukewarm, indecisive people are never secure, regardless of their wealth, education, or position.
Joshua 1:6-7,9: Be strong and courageous.
You will find that when all of your reasons are defensive, your cause almost never succeeds.
Learn to create a habit of taking the initiative, and dont ever start your day in neutral.
Opportunity is always where you are, never where you were.
When the mind is in doubt, it is easily swayed by slight impulses, opening the door to many
wrong decisions.
The middle of the road is the most dangerous place to be.
Its time for us to stay out of our own way.
When you kill time, you kill those callings God has placed within you.
The greater control you exercise over your time, the greater freedom you will experience.
6 x 1 = 6 leadership principle devote one hour a day, six days a week to the project I would
love to have time for.
Gain control of your time, and you will gain control of your life.
Hebrews 12:1: Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us
throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with
perseverance the race marked out for us.
The more we look backward, the less we are able to look forward.
We should choose to be forward-focused, not past-possessed.
Philippians 3:13-14: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do,
forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Live for today. Dont let what you have within your grasp today be missed entirely because only
the future intrigued you, and the past disheartened you.
Many spend too much time dreaming of the future, never realizing that a little of it arrives every
day.
Every day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. Ruth Schabacker
Philippians 2:14-15: Do all things without murmurings and disputing: That ye may be
blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse
nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.

Galatians 6:9: Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up.
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Habakkuk 2:2: Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Key word RUN. God desires that we run with the vision in our lives. As long as we are running
with the vision, we will not turn around. When you walk with a vision, its easy to change
directions and go the wrong way. You cannot stroll to a goal.
ENTHUSIASM comes from the Greek work entheous, which means God within or full of
God.
Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller
As enthusiasm increases, stress and fear decrease.
Enthusiasm always inspires action. No significant accomplishment has ever been made without
enthusiasm.
There are two times when a person stops: after a defeat and after a victory. Successful people
understand that there is greater opportunity right on the other side of a victory.
One of the great prizes of victory is the opportunity to do more.
Let go of whatever makes you stop.
Decide for yourself. Learn for yourself. Answer for yourself.
Learn the lesson and forget the details.
Remember that the call is higher than the fall.
Those who dont take chances dont make advances.
Rising above mediocrity never just happens; it is always a result of faith combined with works.
Proverbs 13:20: He that walketh with wise men shall be so; but a companion of fools shall be
destroyed. We become like those with whom we associate.
Nothing gets you behind faster than trying to keep up with people who are already there.
What we learn about another person will always result in a greater benefit than what we tell him
or her about ourselves.
There is something for you to start that is ordained for you finish. Myles Monroe
Are you stumbling toward an uncertain future? You can predict your future by the awareness
you have of your purpose. Too many people know what they are running from, but not what
they are running to. Run to find your purpose, then concentrate on fulfilling it. Having a
powerful why will provide you with the necessary how. Purpose, not money, is your real asset.