Category Archives: Self-improvement

Get to know the mind of Christ by asking “What would Jesus do?” The outcome of daily battles that occur in your mind between the you want to be and your old self, pop culture and Satan is determined by what and how you think.  Knowing your enemies and the strategies and tactics they employContinueContinue reading “The Battle of the Mind (Part 2) – What Would Jesus Do?”

Whether you realize it or not, every new day when your eyes open, heart beats, lungs breathe, and blood flows is a gift.  It is a new day of opportunity and possibility.  Be grateful for it.  Be a good steward of it. To do that, you must recognize that your day will be a seriesContinueContinue reading “The Battle of the Mind (Part 1)”

I reject the premise that there are unmotivated people.  I believe everyone is motivated by something.  We’re just motivated by different things.  Motivation is an art, not a science.  The trick is to first learn and then lead.  Learn what someone wants, then you can lead them to do what you want. Most people I’veContinueContinue reading “Just Keep Looking, Looking, Looking”

If you want to know who you really are, what you’re really like, then there’s an easy litmus test: How do you act when no one is looking? … or a slightly modified version is: How do you act when your son, daughter or spouse is looking? Having the mental awareness to ask yourself theseContinueContinue reading “When No One is Looking”

On a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being in complete control, where do you rank yourself on self-control, i.e. having control over your feelings or actions or showing restraint over your impulses, emotions or desires? Today I give myself a 9.  Five years ago, I was a 2.  To change, I had to learnContinueContinue reading “Self-Control”

Self-sacrifice is giving up something you want or desire for the greater good of another.  Self-sacrificing love is giving up something that would benefit you to demonstrate to someone else that you genuinely care about them and that your interests are subordinate to theirs. It is at the core of leadership.  For great leaders, it isContinueContinue reading “Self-Sacrificing Love”

Historically, I’ve had trouble dealing with delay. I don’t like it. It’s especially challenging when I have to wait to get what I want. It’s as though my ego doesn’t allow me to see anyone else’s perspective, and I want what I want now. I don’t want to wait. I’m inherently impatient. That’s an unattractiveContinueContinue reading “Patience as a Habit”

We are controlled by our habits. Some are bad and some are good. They form when our brain forms an automatic pattern response to a trigger. Our brain learns to remember the pattern because there is a reward at the end of the routine. The habit is a closed-loop cycle: trigger, routine, reward; repeat. ThisContinueContinue reading “The Habit of Doing the Right Thing”

I just learned that my grit score is 4.75 out of 5, which makes me grittier than at least 90% of the US population. I’d like to thank Bill Hybels and The Global Leadership Summit Podcast for telling me about the Grit Assessment, a research study and voluntary online survey published by The University ofContinueContinue reading “Grit”

People often confuse pressure with stress. They are different. Pressure is a compelling force or influence. It is good for you. It will push you toward a course of action. It enables the right thing to be done. Pressure is a positive multiplier, the catalyst for maximizing your brain power. Pressure will always direct youContinueContinue reading “Pressure vs. Stress”