WHAT IS GUTS IS THE KEY ALL ABOUT??? glad you asked……..

So You opened my BEAM. Just out of curiosity? Good.

You won’t be sorry. GUTS will keep you growing.

It will also keep you laughing, thinking, learning & inspired.

UPDATES – most recent 1st:

Updated Jan. 11th, 2024, This Page will give you an idea of what is on this site! (Plus history all the way back to my 2010-11 beginning. [site of Timothy Grant Carter – a.k.a. “Slam”] /// There are currently 660+ personally published articles on my site.

I am currently working on a possible 4th solo book about the 23rd Psalm. “THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE 23RD PSALM. I will update you with more information about this later.

I started an online fellowship to encourage Christians in their life & calling for Christ. We now have 146 members. Here is the Link. fb://group/369516058257719?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT

Christian Life Calling Fellowship.

I have turned the primary teaching tasks of my Thomasville #karate school to 2 excellent Sr. Student. Justin Fields 2nd degree black belt. The school continues to grow. We are now training at The Salvation Army Boys club gym, in Thomasville.

Additionally, Justin and I now voluntarily teach children at Salvation Army, Boys & Girls club in Thomasville. Attached is a link, to an article about this.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0wEGVS3uVKRYgCU2wj1AWnRE8eLMoRu6eF6qqeyF4UHpFFg3gwSuo4sgQ8s34YAMzl&id=100068196302122&mibextid=Nif5oz

I was the Pastor at a #Quaker church, for the last 3&1/2 years; Forsyth Friends Meeting. Attached is a link to the church website..

https://www.forsythfriends.com/

I was quite busy preaching there. Attached is a link with more than 100 of my sermons on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2iZi3Ldqnc9fttYFWT8Sh9vxqV4rBtlx

I recently sensed an important new calling on my life. I left the Quaker church. And accepted a call to Sawyersville Wesleyan.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090102280803 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090102280803

I am very excited and committed to this new work!

I invest less of my time in my Christian Calling Coaching business that I launched in January of 2022. Since I have accepted the call in Sawyersville.

My #hunting & #fishing activities continue, but a little less these days with the new pastorate. As I try to convince myself, I have semi-retiredmy old nickname “SLAM” … I am now known more as “SEEK.” A nickname given me by my brother John, since I am all about helping others SEEK God these days.

/////// 08/25/2022 // My world has taken some wonderful steps forward. For the last 2 years I have been the pastor of Forsyth Friends Meeting in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Also I am now helping people with my with my Christian calling coaching services. I have designed a 6 month program that I Assist people through zoom calls and training materials to discover, define, deepen and develop their Christian calling. Contact me directly if you want more information.. Slam-

Slam@eagle-ventures.net

/////// 04/08/2020 // #Covid19 update: It is no accident that my BEAM (blog) is named Guts Is The Key! When Christ lives in your heart and you discover that your life fulfillment is a possible dream. Then your outlook can turn from fear, insecurity and trepidation, to one of strength, sound mind and courage. There is plenty of ammo in these pages, to help you learn Guts while you are in Quarantine! // oh the branch manager bit?! That was a short-lived stepping stone.

Updated April 2020, This Page will give you an idea of what is on this site! [site of Timothy Grant Carter – a.k.a. “Slam”] /// There are currently 500+ personally published articles on my site.

If you are looking for specific articles, use the search function by topic words you are looking for, or you can find certain articles in the monthized Archives by date, in the right tab.

Read this page if you want to know more general information about the site.

This Site; Guts Is The Key, features many of my writings found no-where else. I have co-authored 3 books and Solo-authored one book as of Today’s date. My 2nd solo-authored book “Dear Life” is overdue and has been put on hold. As a 365 day recovery devotional. It is a mammoth undertaking. I still hope to release it and have completed the content for the book but still have a lot of work to do. And other projects are now more pressing.

“Dear Life” will be a daily meditational reader designed to help anyone who has or is trying to recover from some type of Brokenness. Many things trip people up in their lives, such as alcoholism, addiction, abusive relationships, bad habits, eating disorders, and many other personality problems, habits and brokeness. Dear Life is designed to help people see that recovery in their life is VERY possible with God’s help. In fact not only possible but will definitely happen if they follow these principles based on Christ centered, 12-step thinking.

My first book was a success & I am still marketing this book. And it is still available from Amazon or directly from me.

I am currently working on a possible 3rd solo book about the 23rd Psalm. I will update you with more information about this later.

So You opened my BEAM. Just out of curiosity? Good.

You won’t be sorry. GUTS will keep you growing.

It will also keep you laughing, thinking, learning & inspired.

[IF YOU ARE HERE FOR SALES PURPOSES ONLY; GO TO THE “SALES TRAINING” CATEGORY! 🙂 ] https://gutsisthekey.com/category/work-related/sales-sales-training/ or See: http://www.timothygrantcarter.com/

Who is Tim G Carter? “SLAM” ; @CCCDynaPro on Twitter with more than 50,000 followers; a Speaker, Entrepreneur, Author, Outdoorsman, Shotokan YonDan Karate Trainer. Known for Original sayings, & visionary insight and Motivational KeyNotes!!!

Why BEAM?

Sounds better than blog doesn’t it?

[what I’m all about. See below]

************************************************************* Do you like original sayings, slogans that shoot straight, drive hard, tell the truth & hit home? Do you want more Inspiration in your life? Do you want to improve your work and work to improve??????? How about sales tips you can use? ….. If so, to any of these.

You’re in the right place.

Why GUTS?

Meet me: Tim Carter, a guy with GUTS.

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Author, Karate Teacher,

Outdoorsman,

Entrepreneur,

Speaker & Writer.

Yeah that’s me.

“Inspirational but a little rough around the edges.”

Yeah that’s me too.

Guy who’s been through a bunch of stuff, thrown down hard repeatedly and still gets back up with enthusiasm to win. Yeah thats me also.

Why write this blog? Because I’m supposed to.. / [Bosses orders]

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OH AND I DON’T LIKE THE TERM BLOG. SOUNDS LIKE YOU

HAVE MIXED BLACK, BOG & FOG. GROSS! SO I WRITE BEAMS.
Only use the word blog so you will understand me. So my
BEAMS are meant to be exactly that: Beams of light to
strengthen and help your life. So I am BEAMing daily.

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BEAMS = Fresh, Clean, Original Brainstorms & Heartstorms, Word

Game Creations, Unconventional reverence, Colloquialisms &

earthy thinking, life celebration & Supernatural Messages that

are rough around the seams, like I am.

This picture? It’s a seed. Turning into

a plant. It has been my personal logos for many years. Notice

it grows up and down. (Yeah, if we don’t grow a root; we are

not going to be healthy. So we have to grow down too!)
So anyway, read my blog & we will grow together like
this seed. That’s what GUTS is all about!!!!!
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Updates:

/////// 08/25/2022 // My world has taken some wonderful steps forward. For the last 2 years I have been the pastor of Forsyth Friends Meeting in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Also I am now helping people with my with my Christian calling coaching services. I have designed a 6 month program that I Assist people through zoom calls and training materials to discover, define, deepen and develop their Christian calling. Contact me directly if you want more information.. Slam-

Slam@eagle-ventures.net
/////// 04/08/2020 // #Covid19 update: It is no accident that my BEAM (blog) is named Guts Is The Key! When Christ lives in your heart and you discover that your life fulfillment is a possible dream. Then your outlook can turn from fear, insecurity and trepidation, to one of strength, sound mind and courage. There is plenty of ammo in these pages, to help you learn Guts while you are in Quarantine! // oh the branch manager bit?! That was a short-lived stepping stone.

////// 07/15/2019 so a lot has happened in the more than one year since I have updated what’s going on with me, in this site. I’ve been a pastor at a local church. I have started my home Ministry called Dear Life Ministries. I’ve held a couple karate tournaments in an organization I helped start, called the Christian Combat Arts Association. And I left the car business and I’m now a branch manager for a local furniture and Wood manufacture supply business called HardwareImagination-Tech. Many of the Articles during the last year have been about the sermons I have written and Inspirations that have come to me. There have also been some interesting outdoor articles. I have continued to develop my #Slamism quotations on Twitter. There are now literally thousands of them. And yes now I have over 50000 Twitter followers. The book dear life has been a tremendous undertaking. I will continue with this work until I get it done. It will be a 365 daily reader that will help anyone overcome problems and struggles in their life.

////// 02/20/2018 okay, so I for sure write Less on sales topics and more on inspirational topics now. I also am picking up the number of karate articles that I write. Funny thing, being the Outdoorsman that I am. I am inserting more of my own recipes, for fish, deer and wild hog. And of course I continue to can hot peppers and now also, chow chow and include some recipes for these as well. Oh by the way, now I have more than 40,000 Twitter followers. @CCCDynaPro. And so I’m including a little taste of my Twitterdom, on the sidebar of my homepage. Also, down at the bottom of this lengthy start-up page, if you will leave me a note about what you think about my beams, I sure would appreciate it! Keep coming to Guts Is The Key. Because I will keep writing fresh material! Slam-

////////06-01-2017 Inspirational and faith readers. Don’t forget to search Bible & Prayer in the topics bar. I write a lot in reference to both of these.
/////// 03-12-2017; Life is busy and so am I … But not too busy to keep sharing my ideas and thoughts with my readers. So GutsIsTheKey goes on. Changed the format of this site end of last year and this should make it easier to find writings I have produced here. Have added a search function, to help you find what you are looking for……… Currently writing a whole lot less sales articles and a lot more prayer and inspirational materials. Doing some general personal interest articles. And Sprinkling in some new karate materials here and there, as my training and teaching #Shotokan goes on and forward. Finished and promoted “Discover Your Splendor” last year. Currently working with other authors to develop their materials through Splendor Publishing. Also, have been working for some time on my next book, which I hope to come out with the end of this year. “Dear Life” . This will be a 365 day meditational reader designed to help anyone with needs for “recovery” in their life. [From broken relationships, substance abuse, alcoholism, emotional disorders and etc.] It will be focused on helping people build and rebuild a life of hope, health, and serenity based on personal adaption and application of the 12 recovery steps.

/////// 01-26-2016; The Pace of articles has slowed down a bit. I apologize but life is real good & real busy. But fear not, I will continue to write fresh material. I have a new co-authored book coming out in February. “Discover Your Splendor, In Life.” I have been blessed to help coordinate and compile this book, with my wonderful friend and publisher, Margo DeGange & Splendor Publishing. Make sure to look for this at Amazon.com.
///////07-19-2015; In an effort to make the site clearer to read and easier to navigate, I have switched from Sunburn to Gateway. I hope you like it! Also, I have redesigned the way the site works a little to make it simpler to get where you want to go! Slam-

//////05-07-2015; Make sure to visit my speaker’s page now updated to TimothyGrantCarter.com / link: http://www.timothygrantcarter.com/
//////01-09-2015; Ok, so now I have released 2 co-authored books and 1 Solo Authored book and have changed the world!!! LOL – My world at least! And from the sound of the comments of many of you who have read Positive x Positive = Unlimited ; link: http://www.amazon.com/Positive-Unlimited-High-Octane-Energy/dp/1940278198; maybe I have helped change a little bit in your world too. Keep reading here at GutsIsTheKey and we will continue to grow together… Oh!!!! By the way, thank you for helping me break records today, with more views today than any previous day in this site’s history!!!!

You should know that a much better professional website is under development but at this time I intend for that site, to market my professional services and not effect what I do here at all. You can look forward to getting fresh doses of inspiration and my writing right here at GutsIsTheKey.com for a long time to come. SLAM

//////09-10-2014; So those of you who have been with me a while have gotten to see me grow some. Part of that growth has been co-authoring a couple of books. Now, I am coming out with a book of my on, in November. It is called Positive x Positive = Unlimited. It is designed to not only help you add more satisfaction and fulfillment to your life (particularly your work life). More than that, it is designed to help you get multiplied positive results. And yes, some of the material was developed right here on gutsisthekey.com. – – Stay with me on this writing journey and I will continue to supply you with fresh, insightful and inspirational [original] material. “Slam”

///05-26-2014; Thanks to you Guts Is The Key readers who have been with me all the way. It is obvious that I have grown a little. This site now features over a million words; the equivalent of about 10 books. LOL but really. Last year, I co-authored my first published book. This year, I will co-author another AND come out with my first solo book, the end of this year. I promise to keep coming at you, with inspiration, career fulfillment guidance, sales tips, karate articles and straight talk on how to have a good life. I know that my strength comes from a Higher Power than myself; so don’t worry about me getting a big head or getting off track. Keep reading Guts Is The Key and I will stay faithful, to the task of supplying you new Positive Material. Tim …. a.k.a. “Slam”

/// 11-21-2013 So its official, in addition to other duties; my primary career aims for the rest of my professional life are in the field of public speaking and sales training. Here are links to 3 articles I have written about this announcement. GutsIsTheKey is a reflection of me. So I just wanted my readers to know what I am up to. https://gutsisthekey.com/2013/10/15/pregnant-with-possibility-see-link-below/
https://gutsisthekey.com/2013/10/30/why-would-you-hire-me-as-a-public-speaker/
https://gutsisthekey.com/2013/11/19/the-importance-of-power-tools/

/// 8-10-2013 Two years ago; 213 BEAMS (articles) later & 350,000
words ago: I first began 2 write my thoughts here…

/// 7-31-2013 @DaleLongenecker was a guest author here in July &
wrote a great piece for GutsIsTheKey on developing wisdom and a
strategy for personal Social Media efforts. He offers the insight of
homespun values coupled with the savvy of an electronics &
computer expert at:
https://gutsisthekey.com/2013/07/30/social-media-using-it-wisely/

/// 1-10-2013 – Last year in Review: This is what the numbers
say about GutsIsTheKey Readership for last year; 2012.
https://gutsisthekey.com/2013/01/10/

/// 9-6-2012 I would like to thank those who have been with me
for a while now, at Gutsisthekey and welcome those who are new
readers. I try to keep personal topics coming, even though the
professional writings have grown in number. Sales Tips are now
a regular feature of Gutsisthekey. But like all the rest of my
writings, even though professional; they are still reflectors of
me & “a little rough around the edges. Stay tuned as I will
release more of these sales tips, 100 at a time, as I continue
to write and release BEAMS of inspiration & courage.

/// 3-22-2012 Gutsisthekey is a reflection of me and as such, its
flavor will change with my life’s directions. A major part of my
life has been my sales career. Professionally, it has been the
largest part of my life. I have had seasons where ministry was
full time But For The Most Part; my career has been sales related.
Like so many areas of life GUTS really is THE KEY, in a successful
sales career. I am making a major career move into Sales training;
particularly in the area of sales fulfillment. This will benefit
companies by improving the morale, performance and profits from
their sales dimension. This will benefit individuals by helping them
sell more; BUT MOST ESPECIALLY help them, by aiding in the
satisfaction they get from their selling positions. This is a
big, positive change for me and I believe it will also be a big
positive help to some of you. So look for the Selling Category to
increase in size & content. But as always GUTS will be the Key!

///02-17-2012 Yes, I like old sayings. A personal fave is “Hindsight

is 20/20.” Meaning of course that we can always see perfectly

what we should have been doing, looking back. So we have 20/20

vision when seeing what we should have done. Yet, when we take
what we have learned looking back & apply it to what is happening
looking forward; we may not have 20/20 but we for sure have
clearer vision, than if we don’t inventory from time to time.. —

So in order to enhance GutsIsKey going forward; I took a good look

back to see what I could learn. The results of this review can be found

at :

https://gutsisthekey.com/2012/02/10/twitter-review-1/ .

So anyway the bottom line is 1) I have confirmed that God still

wants me to do this thing & 2) that there were some things, I

needed to modify a bit about GUTS direction. But overall, you
can count on Gutsiskey to be an ongoing source of courage,
inspiration, motivation and sales help. Oh, by the way: Guts

is going to feature some guest authors from time to time.
Want more? Good. Read on:

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///01-16-2012 Another old saying goes that “Time Flies when you
are having fun. I suppose. But I have found that Time flies no
matter what. Since I began this endeavor in mid September 2011,
I have written over 90 BEAMS. In other words, I am averaging
about 4 & 1/2 posts a week. —– Thats a lot of writing. – – –
Some things have changed since I first started gutsisthekey and
some things have stayed the same. Things that are the same:
the general idea behind the BEAM, the celebration of courage
and people with it, the addition of more acrostics and word games
that teach a lesson; and me being ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES.
Things that are different: See timeline below for significant previous
developments. Also, recently I have been giving the existing
BEAMS (posts) a face lift. I added an additional category and
developed and incorporated 100 tags into the posts, to make
it easier for you to locate posts by the topics you are interested in.
The top 50 tags will be plain for you to see & pick other BEAMS
to read. This re-edit has been a fruitful task & made my site more
useful to my readers. So guess what. I am going to do it again.
As I do this re-edit, I reintroduce these topical posts on twitter
but still continue to publish new BEAMS. For now, this process
will continue. As “Time Flies,” I will continue to try not only to

offer you “fresh” content but to improve the content that is

already here. More GUTS to you!!!!!! Tim-

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///12-25-2011 Funny thing about being a messenger

of God. He gets to choose when He will use you. He

can use you anytime He wants. But The Boss gets to

choose when & where you can speak for Him.

Sometimes you think you speak for Him and you’ve

got a ways to go. And other-times you are surprised

at the power of what comes out of your mouth, cause

you know it was God doing the talking. Did you know

Moses didn’t think he could talk for God but when

God chose to use Him; all he had to do was be willing.

Its kinda like that for me today. ——- When you speak

for somebody who’s perfect; when you blow it = you

did it. When you get it right; he did it. That’s just the

way it is.

{I’ve fought a lot of battles with God’s help. Many that people know about. Some that people don’t}.

ANYWAY, THIS GUTISKEY THING IS A GOD

THING. I AM SURE THERE ARE BETTER

MESSENGERS BUT I AM ALSO SURE HE

CALLED ME TO BE ONE. GOD SPOKE

THROUGH A DONKEY IN THE OLD

TESTAMENT. HE PROVES HE STILL DOES

TODAY; EVERY-TIME

GOD SPEAKS THROUGH ME..

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///12-3-2011 You may look forward to reading about

life lifting lessons, I have learned from my Shotokan

training in gutsisthekey. I will be BEAMing about
them, periodically.

/// 11-13-2011 So its clear by now that GUTS is the way I see

whats important in life & help you find the same; I hope.

But it is also, some pretty interesting word games &

acrostics. Check out G.U.T.S. 1-69 on the drop down menu

to the right. >>>> Yes, you guessed it. There are still more

to come. Since I have just now released G.U.T.S. (16).

/// 10-24-2011 By the way. I sell when the sun shines.
Also when it sets. Ok. Ok. I confess, I am always selling.
So I suppose I should help you sell too. Read along in the
sales section & I will do just that.
Sell. Sell. Sell.

/// 10-14-2011 OK?

I’m making a little dent now in giving you a clue what

GUTS is all about. So now that you are getting the idea that
GUTS is mostly @ helping you; some ideas would be great.

What do you need to find GUTS in??? I might just weigh in

on your subject, if I think I can help.

Keep checking back for more G.U.T.S.

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