You Better Plan On It Podcast!

Subscribe to my YouTube Channel:  @GregMac-t5v   Although we cannot and will not live forever, life should never be taken for granted. However, we all do so more than we ever know. In fact, we hardly realize that we are doing so because we live life based on daily plans or patterns that we almost never want to change. Now, as we head into Winter, we graciously prepare for those amazing family time...

So let's discuss the topic and definition of "To Assume"... To accept something as true without having any proof or concrete evidence.  Do you ever take the the time out to ask yourself if you assume far too much versus simply operating off the truth? I mean, I believe that we are all guilty of making assumptions about people and situations every day because we know those people and...

Dreams about life come and go daily. We dream about things involving happiness, sadness, fear, etc. Sometimes we dream about others that leave an indelible mark on our thoughts which can lead to life-changing decisions. In this case, click the play button and capture a personal view of my dream that has already left a significant mark on my life and the plans I have to ensure eternal life. Afterwa...

When I think about our military service members and what they go through when it comes to overseas deployments involving combat readiness, I think intently about the Sailors aboard USS Abraham Lincoln.  I watched, learned and read about the shipboard issues involving food, hygienic and mental health concerns and that really bothered me. I served 22 years in the USMC and I spent a lot of time on ov...

FAILURE: The state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, or the cessation of proper functioning. Simply put, you just did not get it done! Have you ever heard or been told the words, "failure is not an option?" Well, I can tell you that those words serve as both a true and a lie, depending on the situation one is in. You see, being told that you can never fail me...

Listen...Regardless of who you are, everyone has encountered the "fear of failure." You have had a great thought or idea and made the decision to shoot for the stars, only to realize that you are too afraid to go forth with the matter so you simply stop. I mean, you took a great deal of time and effort to sincerely hone in on what was exactly needed to implement the idea. What's eve...

The art or process of influencing, guiding and inspiring a group of people to work together toward a shared or common goal is called "leadership." To further the matter, leadership includes (4) core qualities, including integrity, communication, empathy and courage. While closely looking at the aforementioned definition of leadership and its (4) core qualities, do you believe the current...

It is said that an estimated 800,000 to 1 million residential burglaries occur in the United States each year; an average of roughly one break-in every 26 to 30 seconds, as reported by "The Zebra," the nation's leading independent insurance comparison site. Additionally, household members have faced violent victimization in an estimated 266,560 burglaries each year.    So, with such...

Participating in my "Seven Truths About You Exercise" is perhaps a credible way to learn a lot about yourself, regardless of whether a truth about you is good or bad one. The exercise should provide you with an opportunity to carefully assess and then formulate a plan that mitigates your bad truths while continuing and/or even bettering the good ones. Keep in mind that this is a personal...

Think about this, between 1999 and 2025 , there have been an average of 6 active shooter events in K-12 schools per year, with exactly 55% of the shootings to date happening in high schools. So, whether rich or poor, popular or unknown, scary or fragile, we live in a world today full of K-12 children who live lives filled with dark thoughts. Whether they are pressured by their parents and families...

The gift of life is a blessing that everyone on Earth has today, despite the fact that many people live in poverty. God has given us a specific life to live and it is how we live it while we are here that matters and determines whether we shall have eternal life in the end. So, when we think about life, we must also think about death. We obviously do not know our exact dates of death but there is...

It takes a lot of discipline and is always important in life to establish, adhere to and maintain an effective daily plan no matter who you are, where you are from and what you have in life. Having such a plan grants peace of mind and flexibility in the event the plan changes at a moment's notice. This is call "The DISCIPLAN!" So I offer you this 2-day and beyond spiritual challenge...

Send us Fan Mail As a member of society, I believe that we are all responsible for looking out for our elderly. I know a lot of people find elderly people to be a problem, but in reality so many of them truly need our help. It doesn't matter the situation, but as someone of sound, mind and body, I am fully aware of situations and times when I can clearly see when someone elderly needs my help...

Send us Fan Mail One of the greatest moments of my life occurred when I officially became a stepdad on November 16, 2002. I have been blessed with 3 amazing and loving stepchildren, 2 boys, Arturo and Daniel, and 1 girl, Devina, and it is something that I will eternally cherish. When I knew that I was going into a relationship with someone with children, I immediately understood that the relations...

Send us Fan Mail Although I do not believe that people ever go out of their way to effectively plan the exact words they will speak over the course of each day, I do believe that some words, especially culturally sensitive words implemented by a specific race, are simply spoken as part of everyday language for so many people of different races. For instance, we live in a world today in which the u...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine living a lifestyle in which your so-called effective daily plan involves always reminding others that your money and power gives you dominion over them. Now, further imagine being told by someone that they are better than you; that your kind does not belong; that you need to get out of here before something bad happens to you; that you are filth and can't measure up t...

Send us Fan Mail Do you have "command presence?" Do you know what it means to have command presence? Listen, having command presence means that you have the ability to project calm, confident, and professional authority that earns trust and respect, rather than inducing fear, particularly in high-stakes situations. It combines poised demeanor, ethical behavior, and effective communicatio...

Send us Fan Mail No matter who you are or where you are from, going with God is the greatest achievement in life, bar-none! So many times in life we go through difficult challenges and are unsure of which direction to go. Well, if you haven't tried Him for yourself, then give God a shot! Over the past 5 years, I have watched millions of people around the world pour their lives into Christ and...

Send us Fan Mail Many of us around the world frustratingly sit in a particular situation in which we feel grounded in mud and unable to move. You are either too afraid to move or you have been in your respective place for so long that you are unsure if you can move. You simply need to "make a change." Now, imagine being at a job or school or somewhere that you greatly dislike and remaini...

Send us Fan Mail The weight of death can be the most demoralizing situation an individual, a family, a community, a school, a workplace, etc., can go through. Imagine a family of four; a young mother with three children under 10 years of age encountering a fire inside their 2d story apartment building. Mom awakens to the smoke detectors repeatedly going off. She gets up immediately and gathers her...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most tumultuous, dangerous and cancerous words today is "Hate." The word has a damaging kind of radius that can destroy the life of one, a few or many. Sure, many of us use it on a regular basis but it is not meant in harmful nature. For instance, you will often hear someone say, "Man, I hated that game winning shot on last night because it cost me money,...

Send us Fan Mail Having an effective plan in life-threatening situations can be critical to the lives of others. So, when it is said that, "what goes on in another man's home is not anyone else's business," well, I simply call this a truthful lie. In truth, your home is supposed to be your business and no one else's. However, it is also a lie because if there is ever a sit...

Send us Fan Mail Here in America, we continue to experience racism because of being a particular race and one's skin color. It is truly amazing that our country still has this issue to date and it doesn't appear that we will ever see it entirely go away, at least not in this lifetime.  I know how this works because I have lived and experienced racism many times as an African American mal...

Send us Fan Mail I believe the "Weight of Death" is for real. The reason I believe this statement is because the loss of someone that you love and miss dearly can outweigh the loss of others that you love and miss dearly. For instance, I lost my  amazing Uncle Freddie Foster and my dear cousin Terry Carpenter within the last week who are actually blood relatives that I've known sinc...

Send us Fan Mail This episode focuses on military deployments regarding young first and second term military service members. What I learned not only early in my career, but later in my career and today as a Retired Marine, young service members often depart for deployment with important tasks left incomplete on the homefront. They simply focus intensely on unit responsibilities and making sure th...