It’s Harvest Time!

It’s Harvest Time!

The Key to Harvest is a decision to plant.  Did you put any seed in the ground?  Did you decide that you were willing to put in the work, invest the time more than money and then invest in your future enough to even be looking for a harvest?  There are some people out there who truly want something for nothing.  There are other people out there that know that if you are going to get anything out of this life, it is how much you are willing to sacrifice, learn, relearn, sacrifice some more, stay up late, get up early, sit down and listen to an expert and then go back to doing more work to live the life and receive a harvest based on the seeds that you have sown.  I’m sorry but Jesus paid it all for my salvation and eternal life but it is going to cost me something to live the abundant life that He died for me to have.  

So my first three questions to you are:

1.  What did you decide to harvest, invest in, write a book about or sow into you future?
2. Did you prepare the ground, your life, your friends and family for the new seed, venture or project that you were about to embark on?
3. Finally for this newsletter, did you sow or even start?

There is more to come but know that these first three questions will let you know if you will have a harvest and next time, let’s talk about what you planted vs. what you harvested. 

If you need help, let’s have a conversation.  Visit www.talkwithroyston.com and schedule your conversation today so that you will get that seed in the ground to reap a harvest that it’s going to take a TEAM to bring in.  Let’s go!

Julia

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Motivating You to Live Your Best Life

Welcome August!  Back to School!

Welcome August!  Back to School!  Most school districts are realizing that they must start earlier so that they don’t lose so much of the information and knowledge that the students acquired last year.  As a retired educator, I totally get it.  It’s a new month and a new season.  Summer is almost over and we’re running into Fall.  Do you have anything new to start in this season?  Are you still tied to the old systems or activities that are rendering the same results or nothing at all?  What do you have to complete?  What do you have to start that you didn’t do back in January?  Don’t lose momentum.  Don’t lose the fire, passion and drive that you had back then by letting doubt and fear creep in and steal the goals and dreams that kept you up at night or got you jumping out of bed in the morning.  Life is still short.  People are still dying every day without fulfilling their purpose.  I am still encouraging you until my dying day to Live Your Best Life.  If not now, when?  If not you, who?  If not the final product or finish the project, write a chapter of the book, make a phone call, visit the website for more information or finally send that email.  It’s a new month.  It’s a new season.  Try something new if nothing else but to say you did it, didn’t like or maybe, LOVED IT!  Let’s go!

If we need to have a conversation, schedule it at www.talkwithroyston.com.  For all of my products, visit www.juliaroystonstore.com.  For all of my online stores and websites, visit www.juliaakroyston.com. 

Julia

#bookbusinessboss

Half Way to Where?

Because Brian and I travel so much, I keep up with the mileage and how far we have to go until our destinations.  Whether on a plane, car or train, I can tell you about when we should arrive and at the half way point, how much farther we have to go.  When we were kids, it seemed like we would never get to the theme parks and vacations but our parents knew how long it would take, where we were and how much longer it should take barring any traffic or accident.  As I’ve gotten older, it looks like it is not taking long at all for things that I don’t want like monthly bills, car repairs, health scares or death but blessings, opportunities or things that we really want seem to take so long.  Lord help us all!  I feel you and totally understand.  We’re at the half way point of the year.  How much further do we have to go until year end?  A little less than 6 months.  We’re half way in the year.  But where is the destination?  We’re halfway to where?  Where are we trying to get to in the next in a little less than 6 months?  Are we just waiting on the next 6 months of monthly bills to arrive or is there a goal to reach, research to answer, book to finish or question to answer?  You are believing God for what?  You are working 40+ hours a week for what?  You are dreaming of what?  You are planning to do what?  The destination is left up to you.  I can’t tell you where you are, where you should be unless you know where you WANT to be.  As a coach/mentor/motivator, I can advise, point you in the direction and give you ideas of how to get somewhere but I can’t, if you don’t know where you’re going.   We’re halfway.  But Half Way to Where?  It’s left up to you.  Sit down, think and pray about it.  

Write it Down.  

Plan it out.  

Get moving and Let’s get there with the other half of the year that we have to go.  

Remember to not quit.  

Don’t stop until you reach the destination.  Let’s go!

Julia

Preparation for What’s Next?

Being prepared can happen in a number of ways.  Some people would argue that some things you are never prepared for like death, tragedy or situations beyond your control that feel like it is going to ruin your whole life.  But from a person that has ‘control issues’ I like to be as prepared as possible.  Preparation for me comes from the past, present and the unknown future.  I rely on the past to prepare me for what’s happening now.  I rely on the present to warn me that if I stay in this same situation, I could have a not so fun future.  My unknown future helps me to align, plan and pray harder than I have ever prayed before.  Finally, preparation happens along the way, in the moment, tried in the fire of the situation to actually see what you’re made of.  It’s no fun but when you come out, you will have an experience that you will never, ever forget.  Whether it turned out wonderful and everything worked out or every thing blew up in your face and nothing turned out right. I can truthfully say that no matter what I post on social media, I have had more of those ‘nothing turned out right’ experiences than I want to say.  Did it make me quit?  I wanted to but I kept going because God was settling me up to have something to say or a story to tell that would help someone else in a group or one on one to make sure that they didn’t quit either.   I know you’re thinking, why prepare for what’s next because you’re never fully prepared or it’ll be horrible right?  Nope.  What if you actually win?  Sell out, have more clients than you ever imagined, get the promotion, they actually agree to the contract or you get the grant of your life!!  Would preparation be worth it?  You better believe it.  

Join me on Saturday, June 10th at 11:00 a.m. EST for the BK Royston Publishing Virtual Summit.  Register at www.bookbusinessbosstraining.com.  Don’t miss out because you really do want to prepare for what’s next!  Let’s go!

Julia

#bookbusinessboss

What will May Bring?

The saying is “April Showers Bring May Flowers!”  But what will May bring this year?  There are the celebrations of May.  In Louisville, Kentucky everything the first week centers around Horse Racing and the income opportunities that it will bring.  Then there is Mother’s Days which is wonderful for us who still have our mothers with us but it is bittersweet for others who don’t have their mother’s physical presence.  Then there are graduations, Memorial Day, backyard barbecues and summer is in full swing.  As a business owner, May is the middle of the second business quarter.  What have I done this year, what did I get done in April and what do I still have to get done the rest of the quarter and year?  I’m not quite at the middle of the year but we’ve done a lot in the year already.  What is pressing?  What is absolutely necessary?  What can I celebrate with others that will inspire, motivate and put that spark in their life to move forward with their goals and dreams? 

1. Be intentional.  Make every moment count for you.  Don’t compare yourself to others.  What you may or may not do is left up to you and God. 

2. Love and care for yourself without restraint.  For me, this is hard because I have been called to serve others and often, put myself last.  Working hard to take better care of and love me.  I realize and maybe I’m not the only one but I have to take care of me so that the best ME can show up again. 

3. Pray about everything.  I used to read that scripture, “Pray without ceasing,” and think I’ve got work to do, I can’t just pray all day long.  But the older I get, the more I pray so that I don’t waste time, energy or effort heading in the wrong direction and doing a good thing but not a GOD thing. 

What will May bring?  I pray that you live the abundant life that HE died for you to have and receive overflow into your life that will require help to bring in the harvest from heaven.  Let’s go!

Julia

#May29baby