Just don’t talk about, dream about, or wish about who you want to meet, where you want to go, and what you want to have.
Read MoreTo say that someone’s audio doesn’t match their video is to say that they are talking a good game, but not playing one. On its face, that phrase is not a compliment. At best, it is a criticism. At worse, it is a condemnation.
Read MoreWell, one of the rediscoveries that I made last year is that it is impossible to like yourself for long if you keep on breaking your own rules.
Read MoreNo matter how smart, driven, creative, resilient, or anointed you may be, you can’t achieve anything worthwhile alone. As one great preacher used to say, “anyone wrapped up in themselves is a small package.”
Read MoreWe assume that what is being advertised is all that there is in stock. But I am learning that there is always more on the menu that may first appear. And since there is more on the menu that may first appear, we should never settle for the options that we see. There is usually another option.
Read MoreI am deeply stirred in my spirit to encourage someone reading this: you are so much closer than you think! You are only inches away.
Read MoreThere is no drug more intoxicating than nostalgia, which according to one definition is “a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.”
Read MoreIn fact, you can make anything cheap look good with the right decorations. Some tinsel here, a wreath there; a light here, a candy-cane there, and even a chintzy artificial tree can be made to look far more valuable than it is.
Read MoreAttributed to legendary investor Warren Buffett, the expression Skin in the game is an expression that means to have a personal interest, risk, or investment in a decision or an outcome.
Read MoreThe more deeply I researched the science, logic, and benefits of autopilot, it dawned on me that autopilot is not just a software program. It is also a philosophy.
Read MoreHow much time do you spend talking or thinking about the actions, attitudes, and agendas of other people? Let me answer that question for you: probably far too much.
Read MoreSince there causal relationship between how you think (mind) and where you sit (behind), the only way to understand your position is to grasp your cognition.
Read MoreWhen I look at the critical events, decisive moments, and turning points of my more than half a century on this earth, names figures much more prominently than numbers.
Read MoreAnyone who won’t tell you that you have spinach on your teeth may be nice. But they certainly are not kind. Or Christian.
Read MoreGod orchestrates seasons in our lives to help us “unlearn” whatever is hindering our purpose.
Read MoreThe trumpet of toleration reverberates in every corner of our culture: be tolerant of other religions! Be tolerant of other lifestyles! be tolerant of all cultures! This idea of toleration has so saturated our society that rarely do most of us really think about it, let alone question it.
Read MoreSome victories are not for you. Some of your victories are designed to verify your value for others!
Read MoreSome lessons can’t taught from books, absorbed from mentors, deduced from case studies, or gleaned from conferences. Some lessons can only be learned on the battlefield and in the arena.
Read MoreUnfortunately, working smart is one of the most neglected variables in most of our equations for success.
Read MorePerhaps many of us have not received what we have asked from God not because we haven’t asked for anything, but because we have not been specific enough!
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