We often don't think of being broken as a good thing, but actually brokenness often leads to our greatest breakthrough. Kintsugi is a type of art that intentionally breaks perfectly good works of pottery into pieces and then works to gently repair and put it all back together with gold. This process not only makes …
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Plucking Pride
Pride is a nasty thing. Ironically, we may be good at spotting it in others, but can miss it in ourselves. Some symptoms of pride include always trying to one up another person. Meaning, if they caught a "big" fish, our fish story has to be bigger. Perhaps, we also have a hard time admitting …
Don’t Sell – Solve.
Not many people like to be "sold" something, or enjoy being approached by someone who is always "selling". We know those folks, who to their credit are fearless in their pursuit, but their boldness almost always comes off as pushy and insincere. I remember early in my career, I had to make "cold calls". For …
Don’t Crumble From A Fumble
We all make missteps and mistakes - that's a part of being human, but it's how we recover from those mistakes and continue to move forward that shapes our character for better or worse. In the business world I have personally seen people crumble from their mistakes. Whether it's corrective feedback they received, or mistakes …
Make Waves
The world loves winners - being first is the name of the game, and in an effort to win, countless hours are invested in training, practicing, enduring, persevering, and aspiring. It requires an all consuming focus and intensity to be number one and remain a winner. As much effort as we put into winning at …
Walk This Way
Sometimes it may feel impossible to live the Christian life - to do and be all the Bible teaches; and, in many ways it is, when left to our own strength, and ability. In fact, it is nearly impossible to live out an authentic Christian life apart from Jesus Christ - and that's the point. …
Out Of Control
We're all in the people business. Meaning, much of our life is centered around relationships - either building them, repairing them, mending them, helping them, and even exiting them at times. As such, people can often be the source of many of our challenges. Perhaps it’s in the various areas of our disagreement, disregard and/or …
Idol Pursuits
There are three primary Bible verses that speak to my heart deeply and serve as key life verses for me. These are: to keep my eyes off worthless things, to be strong and courageous, and for God to restore the joy of my salvation. These verses help encourage and remind me to my purpose, my …
K.I.S.S.
It's seems so easy for me to over-complicate things. I have a tendency to take on way too many things to fill any spare time I may have. I look forward to spare time and yet, I feel as if I have spare time, I must have more time to take on more. Makes no …
Fleeting
My daughter's pet cat, Joey, recently passed away. We enjoyed his company for over 8 years, and he is missed. It has been a reminder to our family just how fleeting life is, and how much that remains are the memories. It is also a catalyst to consider the kind of memories I am creating. …
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