Living Above The Norm

Maybe I’m just wired this way.
I can remember bringing my broken toys to my dad (he can fix anything).  On one occasion I must have been particularly distraught.  I remember him telling me this, “Son, if a man made it, a man can fix it.”  I remember being challenged by that.  I carried it into [...]

I was having a conversation with my buddy @ryancardona today and he was laughing at how just about every time he tries to share a new technology or software with me, I’ve already either known about it or have found something better – “How do you know all that stuff?” We laughed and joked, [...]

I often have the opportunity to sit down with families and help them get a handle on their finances.  Let’s face it – now a days, people just aren’t teaching their children basic things like how to keep a checkbook register, how to reconcile a bank statement or even why to keep receipts.  I was [...]

I’ve often heard it said that the two greatest days in a person’s life are 1) the day they are born, and 2) the day they found out why.
Who doesn’t want to know what their purpose in life is?  Authors and publishers have made millions off of people’s insatiable hunger to fill that longing, that [...]

I’ve been amazed at the success of Living Above The Norm. You guys are great. The site views, Tweets, ReTweets, Subscriptions, and acknowledgments have all exceeded my expectations. What started as an expression of my heart and desire to teach coupled with my fascination of people, relationships, and technology has really become [...]

Do you know or care what other people say about you?  What about your church or your business?  Just now, I was reading a new post at Ministry Marketing Coach where Kerry Bural was discussing an experience that he had with some bad ice cream.  He was showing us, first hand, how a bad experience [...]

Somewhere along the line, we became stuck in a rut.  Sure, we wanted to get better.  We wanted to grow. In fact, we even had meetings about how we could improve.  It wasn’t for a lack of great ideas.  There seem to be new ones popping up left and right.  Every book, conference, seminar, even [...]

There can be a lot of pressure on a Blogger to feel like you have to crank out some useful information on a regular basis.  Most of us aren’t able to Blog full time so we’re already at a disadvantage when it comes to finding the time to write.  I’m in that group – constantly [...]

I’ve been accused of being a lot of things in my life, but just the other day while passing in the office, @roblongmire said, “Man, you’re like an information rock star.”  He quickly assured me it was a compliment.  I’ve never really thought about it before, but I really, really like to learn.  Some people [...]

The Twitter Goal – Why I twitter and how I use it purposefully.