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Are you waiting for the right opportunity to make changes in your life? Well wait no longer!

Think about it for a moment — it makes perfect sense that repeating the same action in the same manner will continue to produce the same results. Equally so, doing things differently should provide a greater opportunity to produce different (and hopefully better) results.

So why then do we get stuck on doing the same thing over and over and expect a different outcome? It may be that we are likely to believe that intention will prevail even if action remains unchanged. But this simply isn’t the case.

In order to change your outcome, you MUST change your action.

If you want to achieve new goals and you feel like you’re spinning your wheels, it’s a good time to stop, take yourself out of the situation and look at it objectively. Draft up a new game plan in your mind, and then go back into your situation with renewed confidence.

To sum it up succinctly, I like to think if it this way…

To get what you’ve never had,

you must do what you’ve never done.

Whether your goal is to move ahead in your career, become a better parent, or simply to be a better friend, applying this little ‘rule’ will help you move in the right direction.

Friends of ours ran into tragedy this September when their youngest child, Jackson, had a stroke at just 2 years of age.

He was first taken to a Windsor Hospital for assessment, and then rushed to London Children’s Hospital 36 hours later, where he’s been since that time.

This, of course, is tragic, but it also hits close to home with us because we have a son Jackson’s age, and his older brother, Lincoln, is in school with our daughter.

See the below for the original flyer from their school.

FUNDRAISER PASTA DINNER

On Saturday, December 10, 2011, The Chrysler Company is sponsoring a pasta dinner at the Scottish Club of Windsor, 1340 Tecumseh Road East to benefit one of our Dr. David Suzuki families. Jay and Serena Kunstra’s two year old son Jackson suffered a stroke on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Thirty-six hours after he was admitted to a Windsor Hospital, he was rushed to London’s Children’s Hospital.

Jackson has undergone numerous tests, has battled a stomach infection and is currently fighting pneumonia in his left lung. He cannot drink or eat orally, sit, stand or speak. Once he gets well enough to leave Children’s Hospital in London he will be transferred to Toronto’s Bloorview Hospital for a minimum of three months of physical and speech therapy.

As you can well imagine, the family’s finances have been drained to support their living accommodations in London and their future expenses in Toronto.

Jackson’s brother Lincoln is a student in our Kindergarten program at Dr. David Suzuki School. The family’s good friends, at their work, have decided to put on the pasta dinner benefit to help them out with the associated costs of their son’s medical condition.

The cost for the pasta dinner is $15.00.

Please keep the Kunstras in mind this holiday season, and consider supporting their cause by joining them for the pasta dinner.

Have you ever wondered how to budget effectively without beating your head against the wall?  I tried it a few times over the years, but I decided that I just wan’t the “type” of person to follow a budget.  Of course, year after year I found that I continued to live month to month without a plan.

A couple years ago my wife and I were invited to attend a 13-part video program (recorded from a live seminar) called “Financial Peace University” by Dave Ramsey.   It was touted (by family who attended) to be the best thing for people who’s finances are ‘out of control’.

At the time, money was too tight for us to fork out $125.00 for the program, but local attendees of Financial Peace University in past years had an unofficial pay-it-forward plan, so to speak.  The organizers had pooled contributions from generous individuals and offered it up to people who were genuinely interested in learning to budget, but didn’t have the funds.  After all, these are the people that need it the most.

We accepted the opportunity with gratitude and attended (most) every class.  Surprisingly, we found Dave to be quite humorous and very sensible in his approach to achieving Financial Peace. Near the beginning of the course we received a kit with a 13 CD pack of the entire course, the Financial Peace University hardcover book, and a custom envelope system which you can start using right away.

Dave takes you step by step through the entire process, including but not limited to; managing finances, paying bills, building an emergency fund, education fund, retirement fund, and so on.

If financial peace is something that you need in your life, Financial Peace University is a game changer. There’s no doubt about it.

To get a taste of what you may see on the FPU video program, view this short clip on youtube.com  http://youtu.be/oLX3wUY1xGg or visit the FPU home page at http://www.daveramsey.com/fpu