Franklin's five-hour rule

https://www.inc.com/empact/why-constant-learners-all-embrace-the-5-hour-rule.html

"Franklin's five-hour rule:
one hour a day on every weekday.
Franklin's learning time consisted of:

• Waking up early to read and write
• Setting personal-growth goals (i.e., virtues list) and tracking the results
• Creating a club for "like-minded aspiring artisans and tradesmen who hoped to improve themselves while they improved their community"
• Turning his ideas into experiments
• Having morning and evening reflection questions

1. Plan out the learning. This allows us to think carefully about what we want to learn. We shouldn't just have goals for what we want to accomplish. We should also have goals for what we want to learn.

2. Deliberately practice. Rather than doing things automatically and not improving, we can apply the proven principles of deliberate practice so we keep improving. This means doing things like taking time to get honest feedback on our work and practicing specific skills we want to improve.
3. Ruminate. This helps us get more perspective on our lessons learned and assimilate new ideas. It can also help us develop slow hunches in order to have creative breakthroughs. Walking is a great way to process these insights, as shown by many greats who were or are walking fanatics, from Beethoven and Charles Darwin to Steve Jobs and Jack Dorsey. Another powerful way is through conversation partners.

4. Set aside time just for learning. This includes activities like reading, having conversations, participating in a mastermind, taking classes, observing others, etc.

5. Solve problems as they arise. When most people experience problems during the day, they sweep them under the rug so that they can continue their to-do list. Having slack creates the space to address small problems before they turn into big problems.

6. Do small experiments with big potential payoffs. Whether or not an experiment works, it's an opportunity to learn and test your ideas."

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http://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/five-steps-to-peace-in-a-really-bad-situation-11632298.html

"How do you get peace in a really bad situation? You may be in the fight of your life financially and about to lose your home. It may be that you've been diagnosed with lung cancer as my father-in-law was. It may be that your marriage is falling apart. You fill in the blank. We're either headed into a crisis, in the midst of one, or coming out of one. Now, coming out of one is great. We can see what God was up to in part, and we get a measure of peace from that. But how can we get peace if we're headed into or in the midst of a crisis? God tells us how to do just that in Philippians 4:4-9.....

"Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I will say rejoice" (Philippians 4:4)......

"Blessed be the name of the Lord" (Job 1:21)......

"Let your gentleness be known to all men; the Lord is at hand" (Philippians 4:5).....

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God" (Philippians 4:6).....

"the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard [our] hearts and minds through Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:7)......

"God is telling us what to do in the midst of a troubling state of affairs. He's telling us to focus on Him and others; to think about Him, to pray to Him, and to think about Him again. It's not enough to pray. Once we pray, Paul says we're to force ourselves to think about the things of God and not what's bothering us. It's not easy; that's why it's called a battle. But the way we fight is to change what we're thinking about.....

 "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy--meditate on these things" (Philippians 4:8)....

 "the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly" (Psalms 84:11)....

"But there's one more thing. You've moved your focus from your troubles to God and others. Paul says now to make sure you keep doing that. Keep doing the things God has told you to do. "The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you" (Philippians 4:9)....

"And that's what you need to realize; God is with you and will see you through one way or the other. And that's not resignation or defeatist. That's confidence. God has a plan for you and it's good. You walk with Him because He's walking with you. That's how you get peace in a really bad situation."

Rise Sister Rise - Rebecca Campbell

http://rebeccacampbell.me/lightisthenewblack/

RISE SISTER RISE

When your plans and schemes and your hopes

and dreams beg for you to let them go.
Rise sister rise.

When the life you have so consciously

created all comes crumbling down.

Rise sister rise.

When your soul is heavy and your heart broken in two.

Rise sister rise.

When you gave it your best, and it wasn’t quite enough.

Rise sister rise.

When you’ve been beaten and defeated,

and feel so far away from home.

Rise sister rise.

When you find yourself in a thousand pieces,

with no idea which bit goes where.

Rise sister rise.

When you have loved and lost. And then lost again.

Rise sister rise.

When your wings have been clipped, spirit
dampened, and all you hear is a whisper.

Rise sister rise.

When you finally beg mercy to your Calling

but have no idea where to start.

Rise sister rise.

Rise for you. And rise for me.
For when you rise first you make the path brighter for She.

LIGHT IS THE NEW BLACK

Rebecca Campbell