9 Steps to Perfecting a Better You: Practice Skills Meet Spiritual Principles: Practical Skills Meet Spiritual Principles

By Dr. Myles Munroe and Micklyn J. Lightbourne

Micklyn Lightbourne is passionate, dedicated and committed to seeing individuals get to where God has predestined them to go in their lives, hence he was motivated to write this book to encourage and help to focus the minds and hearts of individuals reminding them that time is too precious to waste, and if they have not wasted time already hopefully they will never have a desire to waste time in the future.

Where you are now, is where you and I should be, there are a lot of individuals who should be further along in their lives in terms of accomplishments. He is one of them and thats why he was moving at record speed to make the most of the time he has left and encourages us all to do the same; He call it Spirit Time Acceleration. In April of 2011 Mr. Lightbourne resigned from his job as the most prestigious Butler in The Bahamas at a five star world class resort. He was on top of his A game winning the highest honor in the hospitality industry but he was also at the crossroads of life and the decision was which direction should he take now? Should he ride the wave of fame or should he move on to the next chapter of his life? He and his wife made the decision to start their very own hospitality business. Since making such a decision God has been opening doors they never thought were even there to be opened. God has brought out some gifts in me I never knew existed but all this happened when I found out the truth, the truth of knowing I was placed here with and for a purpose said Mr. Lightbourne.

We can begin pursuing our purpose right now and if we need guidance, by reading this book we will get there. The writing of this book could no longer be prolonged because its intension is to help others put their lives in prospective. We have wasted a lot of Gods time and its time to redeem it. This book was written with the intention to convict people to hold themselves accountable and responsible for their own actions and short comings. To show how we can better our lives through daily soft skills and life skills practices and become productive leaders in our families, the work place, schools, the community and at church. We would never have to blame others for our short comings again.


Once any individual comes to the realization that they are accountable for their own actions they would begin to see life differently. We have allowed time to overtake us and it has left us so far behind that we are now battling to get our lives where it should have been years ago.

This book is centered around, getting the individual back to the foundation of their lives, to see themselves in control of their own destiny while fighting off the biggest enemy trying to stop them which is themselves, we must get out of our own way. Our Heavenly Father wants us to take our rightful positions on the earth and be good contributors and stewards.

If we cant be good stewards over ourselves how can we be stewards over this awesome Earth. In the book of (Romans 8:22-24) (NIV) it reads We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved.

We have this awesome responsibility to take dominion over the earth but first things first, these nine steps to perfect a better you is an awesome start, we have to bring back the stepping stones of how to set and accomplish goals for our lives, have the right attitudes, maintain standards, be professionals, make right decisions, get along with each other, communicate, resolve conflicts and make the most of our time.

I challenge you to allow this book to help transform your life through the application process because knowledge without application is useless. Mastering these steps would bring out the qualities that were lying dormant ins

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 10, 2012
• ISBN: 9781469174303

Dr. Myles Munroe

Micklyn J. Lightbourne is a Soft Skills Specialist, Minister of the Gospel, Motivational Speaker, Certified Butler, Hospitality Instructor, Mentor and Businessman. Mr. Lightbourne believes that every individual should take dominion over his/her own life by taking responsibility and being accountable for their own actions. He addresses procrastination, the lack of structure and loss of direction that is evident in our society in this 21st century. Mr. Lightbourne suggests that the world is not functioning at its’ highest potential; where they are, is not where they are supposed to be. We all can be more successful in our occupation, relationships, health, finances and businesses.

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9

STEPS

TO PERFECTING

A BETTER YOU

Practical Skills Meet Spiritual Principles

Micklyn J. Lightbourne

Copyright © 2012 by Micklyn J. Lightbourne.

ISBN:                      Softcover                      978-1-4691-7429-7

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Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Dedication

To the recipients who thought it was important to have this information, may you activate it in your life and be blessed.

To my beloved wife, Stephanie, who sacrificed so much to help me write this book, may God bless your unselfishness and hard work; I could not have done it without you.

To my children who are growing in strength daily through my teaching and guidance of the very principles of this book. It is my hope that long after I am gone, you will pass this information on to your children.

To my parents, without you, none of this would have been possible, and I am happy to have accomplished this in your lifetime.

Foreword

This erudite, eloquent and immensely thought-provoking work gets to the heart of excellence and aspirations of the human heart to experience quality customer service. No one wants to experience bad service and desire to be treated with respect and courtesy.

This book by Micklyn Lightbourne is indispensable reading for anyone who wants to break the barrier of mediocrity and learn the art of quality service in an industry that demands continual learning. This is a profound authoritative work by one who possesses knowledge and experience from the ground up.

This exceptional work by Micklyn is one of the most profound, practical, principle-centered approaches in service industry I have ever read. The author’s approach to this timely and global issue brings a fresh breath of air that captivates the imagination, engages the mind and inspires the spirit of the reader.

Micklyn’s ability to leap over complicated theoretical and metaphysical jagon and reduce complex theories in this specialized field to simple practical principles that the least among us can understand is amazing.

This work will challenge the intellectual while embracing the laymen as it dismantles the mysterious of the Excellence in Hospitality and service and delivers the profound in simplicity. This should become required reading for all hospitality delivering organizations, service business leaders and employees alike.

Micklyn’s approach awakens in the reader the untapped inhibiters that retard our personal development in the area of hospitality service mastery and success in our pursuit of success in the service industry. His antidotes empower us to rise above these self-defeating, self-limiting factors of short-cuts to a life of exploits in service and decency in all of life as we chart our future in the service industry.

Dr. Myles Munroe

President

Bahamas Faith Ministries Int’l.

Renowned Bestselling Author

Introduction

I    am passionate, dedicated, and committed to seeing individuals get to where God has predestined them to go in their lives; hence, I was motivated to write this book to encourage and help to focus the minds and hearts of individuals, reminding them that time is too precious to waste, and if you have not already wasted time, hopefully you will never have a desire to waste time in the future.

This book is centered around practical skills in meeting spiritual principles, in getting the individuals back to the foundation of their lives, to see themselves in control of their own destiny while fighting off the biggest enemy trying to stop them, which is themselves. Our Heavenly Father wants us to take our rightful positions on earth and be good contributors and stewards.

If we can’t be good stewards over ourselves, how can we be stewards over this awesome earth. In the book of Romans 8:22-24 (NIV), it reads, "We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved."

We have this awesome responsibility to take dominion over the earth, but first things first, these nine steps to perfect a better you is an awesome start. We have to bring back the stepping-stones of how to set and accomplish goals

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