Hey guys! Here is today's vlog - I hope you enjoy it! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory
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Hello there! This is the FIFTH episode of The Bible Quizzing Journey Vlog! I think we're starting to get the hang of this (maybe) :P. Enjoy! I hope you have an absolutely phenomenal weekend, and I'll see you on Monday (I'm posting an awesome Q&A, so you won't want to miss this one ;)). Of course, don't forget to keep quizzing and living victoriously! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory Heyo Quiz-Journeyers! I hope you've all had a fantastic week, leading a victorious life in our wonderful Lord Jesus! Before we get into the topic for today, I just want to tell you about my little testimony from this week. If you don't want to/don't feel like reading it, you can go ahead and scroll down to the next section :P. I hit a few bumps this week that caught me off guard, but when I hit my lowest point, yesterday afternoon/evening, a friend reminded me that I was in a prime situation to make the devil really, really mad. So I put on my headphones, turned on some worship music and started reading some small passages - from John, Psalms, Ephesians, and especially First John. I remembered, when I got to chapter 4 of First John, that verses 18-19 had been our "Verse of The Week" the week before, and that I had even mentioned it in my vlog. It was a funny moment though, because when I was getting a download from God about there being no reason to fear anything, the chorus of "No Longer Slaves" was blasting in my ears. It was saying, "I'm no longer a slave to fear - I am a child of God!". I realized that I was having SUCH a hard heart (through focusing on everything that I had opportunity to worry about) that I wasn't hearing what God was practically yelling for me to hear. I'm so glad that my Jesus doesn't give up on me - even after I fail to (and even sometimes refuse to) hear what He's trying to get across to me. But anyway... I just wanted to share that with you guys, in case you were having a harder week like I was. I think it's awesome too, that whenever we (force ourselves to) sit down and have a coffee date with the Lord, that He never fails to communicate to us how much He really loves us personally. But that's enough testimony for today - let's go ahead and skip to the part where I get to give you some quizzing-oriented value in this post! :P Like the title of this post says, we are going to be hitting on the subject of "Going Full Throttle" - I'm super excited! What I mean by that title, though, is about starting to live with 10 times the amount of energy and passion that other people have, and 10 times the size of other people's goals and aspirations - and through doing those things, get 10 TIMES the results that those people get. You might be already shrinking back, thinking, "Mallory, I don't have time to do that", or "Mallory, there's no way I can keep up a lifestyle like that". But I'm going to show you how you can live by this philosophy, and get these kinds of results, and NOT become a recluse who's always in their home just working on things and who doesn't have a life. In addition, I'm going to show you how you can do this AND avoid any kind of burn out along the way. SO LETS DO IT! First off, if you're not totally sold on WHY you should go "full throttle", here are just a few of the awesome reasons...
This is a pretty common saying in the business (and education) world, but that doesn't make it any less true :P. If you want to end up being above average, then you're going to have to put in above average actions - that means reminding yourself to have above average thoughts, goals, and habits.
I know this might sound kind of weird, but how awesome would it be to be so good that you're not only competing against everyone else, but completely dominating the quiz round? It's not pride or obsessive to try and accomplish this - it's Biblical principle to be "above and not beneath" and have everything that you put your hand to, to prosper (Psalms 1).
Again, this is obviously a very common phrase :P, but we all know it's accurate. Set your goals so high, that even if you miss your mark, you're still ending up in a better place than everyone (or most everyone) else. For example, one of my goals for this year is to get in the top five at Q2017 (specifically, 1st place :P), and I'm happy with that goal, and excited to work towards it! Why? Because even if I don't make first place, I'll still have a good shot at being in the top ten (the ones who get awards). The mindset of going full throttle, is based on determination to achieve greatness, and to be the very best. All you have to do to start implementing this way of thinking/living, is to decide that you want it the most. Once you want success as badly as you want to breathe, then you will be successful. Now, I still hold that quizzing should never actually be that important to you, and more important that everything in your life - because that's not the kind of obsession that God deems acceptable - but it's a helpful thought at times. Here are just a few practical ways that you can start to try out this mindset/lifestyle:
But anything that you can think of, that might seem a little crazy at first, would most likely result in a great "full throttle" aspiration. That's the post for today, guys - I hope you enjoyed it! Once again, remember to keep quizzing and living victoriously, like the incredible child of God that you are!
Love y'all, have an awesome week! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory Hey y'all! Here is the FOURTH episode of the TBQJ vlog series! Had such a fun time filming this one - you can probably tell I was a little excited :P. Enjoy! Oh, by the way, you will see that this vlog looks a little different than the previous three vlogs. That's because the editor I was using got discontinued, and so I'm using a different one now. But don't worry, we're gonna take this in our stride and make the TBQJ Vlogs better than ever! If you're kind of at a loss for where to start, here are some of my favorite passages on this topic that you can check out:
I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend! Also, shout out to all our friends at the Rogers Invitational quiz this weekend - good luck to everyone! I love you guys - you know the drill: keep on quizzing and living victoriously! <3 Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory Hey guys! I have an awesome post planned for today, but before we get into that I would like to make a HUGE announcement... Our brand new RESOURCE LIBRARY is now available!! As you can tell, I'm pretty excited about this launch :P. You can get more information about this on our new "Free Resources" page, but for now, here's what you need to know: The TBQJ Resource Library is completely FREE, and full of valuable and nicely-formatted workbooks, worksheets, checklists, cheatsheets, and more! Also, it is a growing library - that means that I'm adding new resources and tools to it as often as I can! I wanted to create this resource library for several reasons. Some of which, are...
Like I said, I believe that the tools already in this resource library (and the tools still yet to come) have the ability to totally revolutionize your quiz experience. Before I wrap up this section, I just wanted to thank everyone in the Newsletter tribe for being SO supportive (they get to find out about the new TBQJ extensions ahead of time). The response to this has already been so amazing, and I want to make sure that y'all know how much I really appreciate that! But that's WAY enough plugging for one post - let's get into the actual subject for today! :P As you can see from the title, we're going to be talking about pulling off a killer comeback. To have a comeback, you obviously have to have something to "come back" from, right? And that's okay - it's okay to fall down, because you get back up afterwards. (I actually just wrote a whole post on "falling down", if you'd like to read some more about that: The #1 Steppingstone To Success). In addition, there's all different types and sizes of comebacks. They can be in regard to any area of life (schoolwork, relationships, productivity, creativity, etc..), and they can be over any amount of time. One of your comebacks may take three months, and another one may take three days - both of these can be totally acceptable and healthy! Let's talk for a minute about why comebacks are so cool (and fun!). Hopefully, after reading these things you'll be totally motivated to pull off your own comeback, if you're in line for one! After that, I'm gonna share with you what I think is the cornerstone to each and every comeback - so stay tuned.
When we fall down, make a mistake, fail, it can be really discouraging! Sometimes it can make us feel like "I can't do anything right", but that's obviously not true. Even so, there's something inside of us that says, "Oh no? Then prove it." and it's hard to be satisfied until we actually do prove it. It brings us a sense of being right, stronger than whatever make you fall down in the first place, and it just overall improves our confidence. I really enjoy this part of pulling off a killer comeback.
This is also a very fun part of it. I don't think it ever gets old to really surprise people, in any area of life - but this also gives you a sense of pride (hopefully a humble kind) to make a comeback that others can see. Obviously this is kind of similar to the sense of pride we get whenever we accomplish anything, but it just feels 10x better when you're overcoming a setback - am I right?
Coming back from a failure is hard - it's really hard! In addition to all the work that you had to do to get to the good place you were at before the setback, you have to fight against the doubt that you can't do it again. If you're anything like me, that doubt can be stronger than the initial doubt that you can do it at all. Overcoming your fears and doubts is vital if you want to make a strong comeback, and sustain it. Doubts and fears come when the setback has gotten into your head - that's why quick turn arounds are so powerful, when you just "shake it off". Even though it's small, having a really good round directly after having a really bad round is one of my favorite kinds of comebacks!
Commitment is a hard thing - a lot of problems are created when people don't commit to things, and people can get hurt. But I'm not talking about commitment to anything other than quizzing. How bad do you want to succeed in it? It has to have a secure place in your priorities box. Chances are that we've all been around long enough to see quizzers come and go - they might have even been really good at quizzing, and placed well, and been excited about it. But for some reason they decided to up and stop it all together, and you probably won't see them again. Why is that? Because they forgot why they committed to quizzing - and that's honestly pretty sad to me, because I've seen and experienced first hand how much good TBQ can do for a person. So when you pull of your comeback, you can be proud and satisfied in the fact that you didn't shrink back in the face of failure - you overcame it! And that's pretty awesome, I gotta say. Earlier in this post, I told you I was going to share with you what I believe is imperative to each and every comeback. So here it is. I've been wanting to write a post on this very subject for a while (and I'll probably give it it's own post in the future), but it's not a matter of ability. I'll say it again. If you want to make a comeback, there's no question as to IF you can do it. Nothing in life is a matter of ability (unless you want to operate in someone else's God-given gifts, of course). Like I mentioned in my post "Tips For Making a Regional Team", until you get that lens of "I don't know if I can do this" taken off, you'll be the one and only person holding you back. So put that lens away, and instead look through the lens that says "Yeah I can!". You didn't really think that I was going to drop the whole resource library thing, did you? Haha, nope! Guess what? I made a special workbook that will help you do just what I've been talking about! Go ahead and click the button below to snag your copy ( + full and unrestricted access to my entire library)! I hope that you guys really liked this post, and I'm sorry if I might have been plugging to hard :P.
On another note, I've got some super cool guests coming in to collaborate with me on some posts here pretty soon, so you can be looking forward to that! Anyways, I love you guys so much, Quiz-Journeyers - and remember: We quiz, and we live VICTORIOUSLY! Have an amazing week, y'all, and I will see you next week! Keep calm and quiz on (and out)! Your fellow quizzer, Mallory |
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