Free at last, my sins are forgiven! Thank God, I’m free at last … but what does this MEAN? Forgiveness of sin means I am ...
“… intent on one purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves.” –Philippians 2:2b-3 ...
The difference between “worthy” and “entitled” is a willingness to do the work. A worthy person believes they are qualified to receive good things, and ...
My 5-year old daughter loves to find birds in our neighborhood and try to call them to come to her. “Tweet tweet” she says. “Tweet ...
Every new day is a new page, blank on one side and covered on the other with all that has come before. You cannot change ...
Have you ever had that moment where you stand on a scale to weigh yourself, see the numbers fluctuating, and try to *will* them to ...
I got lost at DFW International Airport when I was 6 years old. My father and I were there to pick up a family member, ...
“This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.” -1 John 5:4b God has shown you the pathway to ultimate victory, a salvation ...
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and ...
There is so much sin, failure, and wrong in the lineage of Jesus recorded in Matthew 1 that you might think these people would be ...
This is my Easy Button, a desktop toy from Staples that added flare and fun to my working environment for many years. I’m throwing it ...
GREAT LEADERS know when to step up, and when to step down. They are ready to step in when needed, and willing to step aside ...
A couple of weeks ago, billionaire Jeff Bezos had a really, really important conversation with a 90-year old man that could have gone really, really ...
Did you hear Captain Kirk finally made it to space for real? Last week, 90-year-old William Shatner not only became the oldest person ever to ...
On September 11, 2001, I was working at the News-Press, our local paper. Like every other American, that morning I woke to a new world, ...
Plenty of people talk about the power of organic marketing and how simple it can be when done correctly. But if you do it wrong… ...
A few weeks ago I got sick and wondered what everyone does these days… “Is it Covid? It turns out it wasn’t, but… I was ...
It’s easy to assume the current way you’re working, living, and operating is just “the way things are.” Until you discover a better way. It’s ...
Remember when the whole world lost their mind over toilet paper? Stores couldn’t keep it in stock. People hoarded it and treated it like gold. ...
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and it slithered off into the bushes, but the encounter got me thinking of a familiar phrase: “It’s more afraid of you than you are of …
TOPICS: family life
My wife just about gagged when I told her I bought frozen breakfast sandwiches with “turkey sausage.” “Turkey only tastes good when it’s being turkey,” she said. Regardless of your position on food item flavor, I think she’s on to something. Turkey is at its BEST when it’s being itself. …
TOPICS: growth, hope, love, purpose, trust
The difference between “worthy” and “entitled” is a willingness to do the work. A worthy person believes they are qualified to receive good things, and takes responsibility to go after them diligently. An entitled person also believes they are qualified, but that it is someone else’s responsibility to give them …
TOPICS: confidence, entitlement, humility, mindset, worthiness
On a bike ride with my family the other day, a black snake darted right across our path. Thankfully, we simply rolled on by and it slithered off into the bushes, but the encounter got me thinking of a familiar phrase: “It’s more afraid of you than you are of …
TOPICS: action, courage, fear, growth, perspective
This is my Easy Button, a desktop toy from Staples that added flare and fun to my working environment for many years. I’m throwing it away. Here’s why. Most of my life, I’ve been a “fixer,” finding things that are broken and investing time, money and energy into bringing them …
TOPICS: focus, priorities, productivity
It’s easy to assume the current way you’re working, living, and operating is just “the way things are.” Until you discover a better way. It’s easy to expect to be tired and frustrated and keep spinning your wheels because “that’s the way life is sometimes.” Until you see someone do …
TOPICS: change, courage, growth
Remember when the whole world lost their mind over toilet paper? Stores couldn’t keep it in stock. People hoarded it and treated it like gold. Did you ever wonder why that happened? The truth is, toilet paper is nice but not as crucial as most of us felt in the …
TOPICS: burnout, business, entrepreneurship, growth, leadership, mental health, strategy, Work
If there were a contagious condition (other than “that one”) that could take you out as an entrepreneur or business owner and short-circuit your future success, would you want to know about it? The condition is burnout, and the dominant work habits of our culture have made it more prevalent …
TOPICS: burnout, business growth, clarity, entrepreneurship, habits, mental health, millennials, purpose, schedule, strategy, Work
Did you know a recent study showed 89% of professionals were suffering from some degree of burnout? Did you know there are six powerful steps you can take to make sure it doesn’t happen to you? In the last post, we drew from over three decades of research by burnout …
TOPICS: burnout, business growth, clarity, entrepreneurship, habits, mental health, millennials, purpose, schedule, strategy, Work
First, the bad news: In case you didn’t know, burnout has reached epidemic proportions, especially among business owners and entrepreneurs, and if you’re in that category you could be at serious risk. Here’s the good news: Long-time researchers and burnout experts Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter have identified six …
TOPICS: burnout, business growth, clarity, entrepreneurship, habits, mental health, millennials, purpose, schedule, strategy, Work
