It’s hard to give back from a place of instability – Gary V. This statement by Gary Vaynerchuk applies in so many ways, whether you want to give back financially, emotionally, or spiritually, you can’t do it from a place of instability or lack. If I want to have anything to give to my own…
I love a good list. I love checking things off because my dopamine spikes when check something off. The problem with to do lists is that they don’t turn into “to be” lists. The things on my list are not translating into a more fuller life. Just recently, I was reminded of that. I had…
des·ti·ny ˈdestinē/ noun the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. the hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate. Today was a hard day. Today I gave up on destiny. For years I believed in a personal destiny to become what I thought God had…
I don’t judge, I react and sell. – @garyvee I love entrepreneur and CEO Gary Vayerchucks’ directness. He’s a salesman and he’s trying to get to the sale. Gary eliminates anything that gets in the way of the sale because he values speed. Judgment gets in the way of him moving as fast as possible,…
I have been in a hole for some time. A deep hole of discouragement and doubt. This mindset is a crippling mental bear trap that once you’ve step in it, it’s tough to get out of it. I’m only now returning to the idea of encouraging myself as a way to dig myself out. You…
This is one of thoughts you get while driving. I was thinking about my choices in the way think, and yes, we do have choices. When something hits my brain I can respond to it in one of three ways (note: I know these terms have varied meanings, I’m using the terms purely for illustration)…
“but the difference is whether you decide to stop at a failure, or keep going until you get as many failures as possible out of your system until the only possible outcome is that you succeed.” – Benny Lewis I know there are some who disagree with the concept of failing fast and failing often,…
There are many in the KKK, White Aryan Nation, and other racist organizations who love to quote the Bible and espouse Christian principles but deny God’s Word entirely. As believers, it’s important to keep the conversation in spiritual terms because the racist will want to talk history, politics. and a general sort of religion. The…
I haven’t been watching the news for a whole now. It’s just too sad and disappointing. I do get alerts and I have read articles on Charlottesville and I have to confess, I’m numb to it. It’s overwhelming. It’s too much, and I’d rather go back to sleep. The young lady who was killed in Charlottesville…
If there’s one thing that makes me cynical, it’s optimists.- Julian Baggini This explains a lot. I am not a fan super-optimistic, everything is coming up roses, and farts smell like new car smell, kind of people. I’ve always been like this and I have finally embraced it. I was called a cynic the other…
