In regard to a person’s life, what is it that defines greatness? What are the things great people do? Obviously when talking definitions, we could go right to Mr. Webster and ask but true greatness in a person cannot be found in a by-the-book, letter-by-letter explanation.
What is it about a person’s life that motivates us to call them great? I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and have concluded that those who are great do all of these things: Continue Reading…
At some point we’ve all had that day that just doesn’t go our way no matter what we try to do. Everything and everyone, it appears, have conspired to throw us down and keep us there.
It all seems hopeless; we wonder why we even got out of bed this morning. So, we do what comes naturally — we dig in our heels and we push back. The recipients of our push-back can be many: kids, spouse, manager, co-workers, other drivers on the highway, a professor, our parents, the barista that was due for her break half an hour ago that suddenly realizes she’s having the same kind of day you are and wants you to know it. Continue Reading…
If you’re not familiar with Jon Acuff, I think you should be. He’s one of the most humourous, thought-provoking, and engaging presenters of our time. He is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Quitter and Stuff Christians Like and a member of the Dave Ramsey team.
In a recent blog post of his, he shows a video of himself explaining something he calls The Thumb Test. The basic premise is that you ought to be able to hold your thumb up in front of an area of your blog or some other material that is unique to you and the rest of it should still speak about you on its own.
This is a well thought out idea and one that deserves a lot of attention from those starting out with a blog, book or some platform, myself included. I just saw this last night and I have already taken these thoughts to heart. Continue Reading…
There has been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere lately about the topic of the best hour of the day.
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You might ask, “what is the ‘best hour of the day?’” It differs slightly from person to person but generally you’ll see it described in a couple of different way as something along these lines: Continue Reading…
Regardless of how you say it — intentional, by design, planned, on purpose — the same idea comes across: don’t live your life by accident. Live deliberately.
In recent weeks I’ve been reminded over and over again about the critical importance of this element of life. As you can see, it can be phrased several different ways, each with a slightly different interpretation on the outcome. Continue Reading…
The continuing, encouraging process of clearing the clutter from my professional life. You need to do it too! I’d like to help.
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