Daily Inspiration #51
George Clason
The Little Things

George Samuel Clason (November 7, 1874 – April 7, 1957) was an American author. He is most associated with his book The Richest Man in Babylon which was first published in 1926.

George S. Clason was born in Louisiana, Missouri. He attended the University of Nebraska. He served in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War. Clason started two companies, the Clason Map Company of Denver Colorado and the Clason Publishing Company. The Clason Map Company was the first to publish a road atlas of the United States and Canada, and did not survive the Great Depression.
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Can't find any good pics of this guy but I do have a good quote.

"If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through.
How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?”

When you set a small goal do you sometimes blow it off because its small?

You just figure it's no biggie.

I know I have.

Let me show you something very important.

When we set a goal, or decide to do a task, we are making an agreement with ourselves.

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All agreements that we make, with ourselves or others, must find completion.

Every agreement we make that is not fulfilled will draw us down.

No matter how small they are, they make us heavier and we ultimately move slower.

Enough of them and we will basically not move at all.

Plans can change, they do all the time and that's fine.

When they do, we need to re address the agreements we have made.

If we can no longer meet the requirements of an agreement then we need to either change it or consciously release it.

So, if you have an agreement with your boss that you will finish a project by Friday and you notice Wednesday that you cannot, you need to address it.

If you don't address the agreement by changing it or consciously cancelling it Friday comes around, you aren't finished, he/she wasn't made aware that you needed more time (or whatever the issue really was) and now you are in hot water because you put this whole part of the company at a stand still.

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The same is true when you make an agreement with yourself.

"I'm going to start exercising and eating right every day."

"I'm going work toward this goal each day."

"I'm going to get back on track by..."

"I'll go to the store later to pick up apples."

These are not just words!

They are agreements!

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You have basically signed a contract with yourself to do these things or face consequence!

Some of you may think nothing happens when we don't do these things but you would be wrong.

Each agreement or contract will sit there lingering, adding energetic weight to your entire being.

If you want to free yourself you have to close these contracts.

You either need to say consciously to yourself, "I am not going to do that anymore." or "I am going to change that in this way."

Then follow through on what you tell yourself.

If you cannot trust yourself to do these small things you've said you will do, then how can you trust yourself to do the things you really want to do?

You can't!!

You've lied to yourself!

You've broken agreements with yourself that are now out there hanging over you!

The best part is you already knew it!

"I already knew it? What?! How?"

Because it will come up every so often in your mind, sort of reminding you.

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Each time it comes up and you do nothing about it you feel worse about putting it aside again but you do anyway!!

So go back, think of every thought you've had that fits this description because they are all unfinished agreements that need addressed.

Simply making the conscious decision to cancel those agreements will free you up a lot.

Changing them to something immediately achievable, then finishing them will do you even more good.

It will release you then move you forward with whatever new thing you are getting into.

Find the agreements you've made with yourself, eliminate or change them consciously then finish or squash them.

Also, next time you say something like "I'm gonna do this or this, this or that."....

Freakin Do It!!

Soon you will be in the habit of only making agreements you will keep and you will move so much more freely through life, without those chains and dead weight.

Remeber what George had to say about it:

"If I set for myself a task, be it so trifling, I shall see it through.
How else shall I have confidence in myself to do important things?”

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid

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