You Can Do It--Even if Others Say You Can't

John Mason

• Publisher: Revell
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN:
  9781441233325
• Topic: Theology & Religion

Change your way of thinking and you can change your life. In You Can Do It--Even If Others Say You Can't, bestselling author John Mason offers readers inspirational truth in bite-sized pieces, making them easy to remember and apply to life's issues, big and small. He powerfully shows that the past does not equal the future and readers can live fruitful and fulfilling lives when they step forward in faith, believing that God will provide the means to accomplish the impossible.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Safety Last!
• 2. If God Is Your Father, Please Call Home
• 3. Fear Wants You to Run From Something That Isn’t After You
• 4. Get Up One More Time Than You’ve Fallen Down
• 5. Even Postage Stamps Become Useless When They Get Stuck on Themselves
• 6. Climb Out of the Grandstand and Onto the Playing Field
• 7. Your Best Friends Are Those Who Bring Out the Best in You
• 8. There’s Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos
• 9. There Is No Future in the Past
• 10. Procrastination Is the Fertilizer That Makes Difficulties Grow
• 11. Stay Out of Your Own Way
• 12. Smile—It Adds to Your Face Value
• 13. There’s No Excuse for Being Full of Excuses
• 14. Always Say Less Than You Know
• 15. Paths Without Obstacles Don’t Lead Anywhere Important
• 16. The Nose of the Bulldog Is Slanted Backward So He Can Continue to Breathe Without Letting Go
• 17. An Original Is Hard to Find but Easy to Recognize
• 18. When God Is All You Have, Then He Is All You Need
• 19. Are You Ready?
• 20. The Secret to Living Is Giving
• 21. Your Problem Is Your Promotion
• 22. The Key to My Success Is Hidden in My Daily Routine, So Today I Will…
• 23. When You Make Your Mark in Life, You Will Always Attract Erasers
• 24. Continually Frustrate Tradition With Your Creativity and Imagination
• 25. God Will Use You Right Where You Are Today
• 26. Do You Count Your Blessings, or Do You Think Your Blessings Don’t Count?
• 27. Winning Starts With Beginning
• 28. It’s As Important to Know What God Can’t Do As to Know What He Can Do
• 29. Don’t Spend Your Life Standing at the Complaint Counter
• 30. If You Pluck the Blossoms, You Must Do Without the Fruit
• 31. Do More…
• 32. Only Hungry Minds Can Grow
• 33. Pursuit Changes Everything
• 34. Do What Others Say Can’t Be Done
• 35. Know Your Limits, Then Ignore Them!
• 36. Our Daily Motto: “Lord, Give Me the Determination and Tenacity of a Weed”
• 37. If the Shoe Fits, Don’t Wear It
• 38. Expect Something From Nothing
• 39. Broken Promises Cause the World’s Greatest Accidents
• 40. Status Quo (Latin for “The Mess We’re In”)
• 41. You Can’t Get Ahead When You’re Trying to Get Even
• 42. If Envy Had a Shape, It Would Be a Boomerang
• 43. Pray Until You Pray
• 44. Have…
• 45. Passion Is the Match for Your Fuse
• 46. Impatience Is One Big “Get-Ahead-Ache”
• 47. Adopt the Pace of God
• 48. Keep Your Temper—Nobody Else Wants It
• 49. The Man With Imagination Is Never Alone and Never Finished
• 50. Eagles Fly Alone; Crows Fly in Groups
• 51. Think Thanks
• 52. Start With What You Have; Don’t Wait on What You Don’t Have
• 53. Versus
• 54. Ideas Go Away, Direction Stays
• 55. Something Dominates Everyone’s Day
• 56. Expect the Opposite
• 57. Be…
• 58. Let Go So You Can Lay Hold
• 59. Everyone Needs a Faith-Lift
• 60. One Thought Driven Home Is Better Than Three Left on Base
• 61. Say No to Many Good Ideas
• 62. Would the Boy You Once Were Be Proud of the Man You Are?
• 63. Better Is Better
• 64. Miracles Begin in the Heart
• 65. Change, but Don’t Stop
• 66. Never Surrender Your Dream to Noisy Negatives
• 67. Fear and Worry Are Like Interest Paid in Advance on Something You May Never Own
• 68. Go From…
• 69. The Most Natural Thing to Do When You Get Knocked Down Is to Get Back Up
• 70. One Action Is More Valuable Than a Thousand Good Intentions
• 71. The Less You Associate With Some People, the More Your Life Will Improve
• 72. All People Are Born Originals; Most Die As Copies
• About the Author