Would you like better relationships? Have a more satisfying career? Live a more purposeful life? Then go see a Heartometrist, a specialist that diagnoses defects in empathy in order to prescribe corrective spiritual lenses. Most of us go to an optometrist every year or two. In elementary school, we learn it's a good habit toContinue reading "The Eyes of Your Heart"
What’s Your Baseline?
Would you believe me if I said the reason you have stress in your life is because of you? You've allowed it into your life. You've opened your mind and your heart to external elements that affect your emotions. They affect your state of happiness. It's taken me a long time to learn that circumstances,Continue reading "What’s Your Baseline?"
The Prodigal Workplace
There was a business that had two cultures, one for sales and one for service. The salespeople said to the VP of Sales and Service, "Give me the freedom and flexibility to do whatever it takes to get new customers." And they were given that ability. Not many days later, the salespeople gathered most ofContinue reading "The Prodigal Workplace"
Creating Conditions for Replacement
Who buys bars of soap anymore? As I reflect on this question, I am reminded of the time my mom taught me a valuable lesson by washing my mouth out with soap. Certainly, Baby Booomers and Gen X'ers know what I'm talking about. For Millennials, kindly let me enlighten you. Washing out the mouth withContinue reading "Creating Conditions for Replacement"
Special Mission
Have you every done a special project, a project for which you were so motivated, so laser focused that nothing could distract you from completing it? Please pause for a moment to reflect on that project. How did that project feel? Was it always easy? Did it ebb and flow? Did you have to pushContinue reading "Special Mission"
Courage. Own It.
Every organization needs courageous people. People who have the quality of mind and spirit to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear. People who aren't afraid to stand up for what's right, even when it's not popular or goes against the grain of what the corporate bureaucracy dictates. There's no middle ground with courage. YouContinue reading "Courage. Own It."
Balancing Patience with Action
In one of my morning rituals this week, I studied Exodus 14:14, "The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." In that verse, Moses is speaking to the Israelites on the shore of the Red Sea as the Egyptian army is approaching them. However, one verse later, Exodus 14:15 says, "ThenContinue reading "Balancing Patience with Action"
Business Busyness
General Charles Krulak is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who served as the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1999. General Krulak famously referred to the "Strategic Corporal" and the "Three Block War" as two of the key lessons identified from the deployments in Somalia, HaitiContinue reading "Business Busyness"
Simple is More
Because we feel dissatisfied with our lives, we constantly pursue more. More moneyMore fameMore "friends"More "likes"More successMore stuff We confuse needs with wants. We're constantly grabbing at that which will never fully satisfy. Humanity's first sin was pursuing more than was intended for us. We thought we knew better and would decide for ourselves whatContinue reading "Simple is More"
French Fries and Facebook
If you ask someone what it means to fast, 9 times out of 10, you'll get, "It means to abstain from eating." or "It's when you give up food for Lent." Fasting has a negative connotation, in part because it's often associated with religion, which also has a negative connotation. That's unfortunate. Why? Because fastingContinue reading "French Fries and Facebook"
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