Is there any area of your life that your wish was better? Perhaps it’s a relationship that you would like to be strong and positive, but today is less than great. Or maybe you are carrying a few more pounds of belly fat than you’d like. Maybe your financial situation is a struggle, and you dream of days where you can go shopping for shoes and clothes without feeling guilty. Whatever the area that you’d…
Imagine your ideal life—how would it be different than what your life is like today? Spend a few quiet minutes thinking on this, and you’ll find the key areas where you’re ready to set a goal. Make your goal bigger that what you think you can do, in order to stretch you and challenge you. This exercise can be inspiring, motivating, and exciting, but soon comes the hard part of getting it done! Can You…
What do you do when you negative things come your way? When a friend disagrees with you and puts you down, do you lash out? When your brother cancels your poker game at the last minute for the third time in a row, do you yell at him for being so irresponsible and unreliable? What about when a coworker belittles your ideas and makes you feel small? Do you react by gossiping about her behind…
Those who are financially free are those who know, and have applied, something that the rest of us don’t. In fact, not only wealthy people, but every person who has success in any area of life has learned and applied a secret principle. Although these people are not shy about sharing their secret formula with others, the principle remains elusive for most people. And of those who know this principle which guarantees success, a great…
Imagine I had a very valuable and powerful computer, capable of extraordinary things and able to make me healthy, happy, and wealthy. What should I do with this incredible machine? If I asked you who I should have program it for me, who would you recommend? Should I allow random coworkers, family members, or friends to load whatever content they want into my computer? Your Incredible Mind Guess what—you do have a very powerful computer…
My wife Michelle and I were greatly blessed yesterday to welcome our third child into the world! Hannah was born happy and healthy at 7:15 in the morning, and mom and baby are both doing great! Our other two, Lydia and Nathan, were excited and intrigued to meet the newest member of our family! Michelle was such a trooper all through the labor and delivery, and all the nurses fawned over how tough she was…
We are busy people. If you’re like most of us these days, you fill your plate to overflowing with activities, work, fun, family, church, sports, and many many other things. Often, these things bring benefits to our lives, although they can sometimes make us feel overwhelmed. Worse still, we’re not always too accurate in our estimation of how many hours a new commitment will require, and this can lead to a schedule packed full of…
What does it mean to be spiritual? Does a person with a strong spiritual life simply keep all the rules? And what’s the point of living in true spirituality anyway, when it seems like all you get for your sacrifices is some undefined goody-goody feeling? Today we’ll explore these questions and more, and learn what the world’s greatest teacher had to say on the subject. Actions Speaking Louder Many of us have had less than…
Do you know any, or would you perhaps consider yourself to be, a football fan? How do you know that this person is a fan? Do you have to search hard for clues in order to determine that they love the game? Do they keep a checklist of duties, such as buying tickets to games, talking about football for a prescribed number of minutes per day, or reading football blogs and magazines? What Drives Action?…
In my garden out back of our house, I planted tomato, pepper, and squash plants this spring. I did not plant only a single seed of each, but many seeds of each type. What would you think of me if I say I am disappointed today that I have no apple trees, cactus plants, or strawberries growing? Would you think me foolish? What if I went further to say that I am frustrated that so…