Category Archives: Self-improvement

One of my mentors, Seth Godin, said this on a recent blog titled, Compared to what? Image courtesy of Glory in the End Zone – Catherine Nelson (catherinemoorenelson.com) Organized sports, particularly for school-age kids, present a real challenge. The results are easily measured and are on just one axis. Points scored. Winning vs. losing. IfContinueContinue reading “Win Humble”

Have you ever had a problem that appears to have no solution? Has your heart hurt for healing and burned in hope for a rescue? What’s the key to seeing an opportunity for good in all the mess and chaos? How can someone look at what everybody else looks at, but sees what nobody elseContinueContinue reading “Heartbreak Into Victory”

I’ve always been different. My entire life, it seems like I have been placed into situations and environments where I didn’t fit in. I’ve always wondered why. Why do I always feel like the anomaly? It would be so much easier to simply fit in with the crowd, to row with the current, not againstContinueContinue reading “Not On My Watch”

Are you a conduit or cul-de-sac for truth? Are you a pipeline that allows truth to pass through, or does truth reach a dead end with you? Here are four traits upon which to reflect: Pride vs. Humility Do you look out on the family you have, the career you have, the reputation and influenceContinueContinue reading “Conduits, Not Cul-De-Sacs”

Our best-laid plans won’t survive the first contact with reality. When life punches us in the gut, our actions will default to the level of our training. We need an action system to prevent us from freezing and to keep us moving when adversity strikes. How do you train to take life’s punches? Do youContinueContinue reading “God’s PPP Loan”

The happiest people in the world are not those who spend and buy for themselves, but those who spend and give for the good of others. Pursuing happiness in this way, however, is countercultural in a world of buyers, spenders, and savers. Genuine happiness, a.k.a. pure joy, is when happy people give and serve othersContinueContinue reading “Looking for Joy in All the Wrong Places”

A thorn in the flesh is precisely what we all need to heal our relationships. We are broken, competitive, and needy people. A thorn in the flesh provides humility. As long as the thorn is in our side, then we feel discomfort. The discomfort creates awareness that we are not 100% and need help fromContinueContinue reading “Thorn in the Flesh”

This book reveals the secret thread that forges friendship despite enormous differences in class, temperament, culture, race, sensibility, and personal history. Friendship that is about something. An underlying commonality that builds the most powerful, cohesive team. Our commitment to express neighborly love is only possible AFTER we love God first with all our heart andContinueContinue reading “Neighborly Love, Launched!”

Any student of finance can describe the concept of net worth. Net worth is a measure of wealth. Net worth is the sum of all assets owned by a person, minus any obligations or liabilities. It’s an attempt to assign value to your life, and we often fall into the trap of believing that ourContinueContinue reading “Net Worth”

Did you ever pause to think about a world without forgiveness? To forgive is stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw or mistake. Such bitterness fuels improper motives, hurtful results and inequity in society. To live unforgivingly is to live unlovingly, for love and anger cannot coexist in a human heart.ContinueContinue reading “A World Without Forgiveness”