Living Above The Norm

Needless to say, it’s been a crazy few months.  With the addition of my son to our family back in August, our schedules have been completely turned up-side-down.  Don’t get me wrong, I love my new schedule and the numerous opportunities throughout my day to spend playing with my now 12-week old son are precious [...]

Ever heard the phrase, “Picking the lesser of two evils?” This is a little different. I’m sure if I were to ask you to list your various roles and relationships in order of importance or priority each of you could give me some very good answers with little thought. It would likely start [...]

Yet again, another thought provoking image from Someone Once Told Me.
This time, it reads, “Never Surrender Your Dreams.”
Then I asked myself, “OK. So why then are you gambling?!?”
It’s Had Me Thinking
In his new book, The Principle of the Path, @andystanley teaches that its your direction, not your intention that determines your destination. In other [...]

I recently came across a pretty cool site, Someone Once Told Me So.  Every day, give or take, they post a picture of someone holding a quote.  The premise is this, “Someone once told me… [then they fill in the blank]“.  I’ve subscribed to the RSS feed so I don’t have to keep going back [...]

In a country full of self-made men and home grown businesses, how is it that some people are at the top of their game – giants in their areas, while others are not? There has to be something unfair about the American dream. Do some people just have what it takes while the rest of us have to live with what we have? Here’s how I develop mentors and relationships to help me develop myself as a leader.

Great information on how a well-planned agenda can help streamline the productivity of your meetings. Whether you work for a ministry or business, chances are at least some part of your weekly routine involves attending a meeting. Using these tips, you can make the most of everyone’s time.

How many meetings are in your schedule each week? Are they unproductive or too time consuming? Here are a list of absolute must-haves for ministries or business that conduct regular meetings as a way of getting things done.

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 [...]

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 [...]