What’s your goal? Where are you headed? What do you want to be doing in 5 years? Where do you picture yourself in 10 years? All fair questions, but all bad questions. Time to get rid of your goals and make commitments to your identity.
Weekend Challenge #27: Ditch Your Goals and Start Declaring Who You Are Read More »
When was the last time you found time to think? Scratch that. When did you last MAKE time to think? Our society will bombard you with distractions that can make you feel productive. Bouncing from project to project. Busy but not productive. More than ever, you need time to retreat to return better.
Weekend Challenge #26: Retreat to Return Better Read More »
What can be learned from a month and a half with a foster dog at your house? Two months ago, I would have said, “how to get rid of ticks on dogs?” in my perhaps too present sarcastic tone. But today, I am older and wiser than I was then and now I know you can learn a lot more.
Weekend Challenge #25.2 – What True Love Is: Lessons From My Wife And A Foster Puppy Read More »
What I learned most from Little Girl wasn’t how to care for a foster puppy, it was how amazingly blessed I am to have my wife. I learned the only real “LIFE hack” is to be incredibly careful with who you surround yourself with like the Council and especially with who you choose to be your partner for life.
Weekend Challenge #25.1 – What True Love Is: Lessons from My Wife and A Foster Puppy Read More »
What does it mean if people like you? Or, I guess the real question is, what about you would make people like you? I think all the LIFE principles make you more likable, but I might argue maintaining integrity is the pinnacle of the four to make you more likable.
Weekend Challenge #24: The World’s Easiest Way to Be Liked Read More »
I’ve found myself saying “check-in” a lot. When I’m about to take off for a run that I know will be tough, I check in at the trail head. When I’m heading out into the gym for my second workout of the day, I check-in and start my warm-up.
Weekend Challenge #23: Why You Have to \”Check-In\” Read More »
I’ve found myself saying “check-in” a lot. When I’m about to take off for a run that I know will be tough, I check in at the trail head. When I’m heading out into the gym for my second workout of the day, I check-in and start my warm-up.
Weekend Challenge #23: Why You Have to \”Check-In\” Read More »
As our nation faces division, fear, and conflict I’ve been hearing – and have been told myself – what I think is the worst LIFE advice you’ll ever get. It is meant to help us focus, to not step on toes that we don’t understand but its real effects are so much bigger and so much worse.
Weekend Challenge #22: The Worst LIFE Advice You’ll Ever Get Read More »
The bottom line is that abiding in the LIFE Principles of love, integrity, fellowship, and excellence is the equivalent of the longest ultra-endurance event you can think of. In fact, it’s longer. For an event to match the endurance needed to fully live by the principles, the finish line would have to be six feet in the ground.
Ah, the weekend is here. Time to kick-back, relax, and not think about anything…oh, wait, our world is losing its mind? Well dang, I guess we have to step up and contribute to society. No excuses to sit on your laurels and not make moves to learn right now.
Weekend Challenge #20: The 3 Things You Need for LIFE-long Learning Read More »