A Lot of Things are True…But There is Only One Truth
Belief is Important, But Not as Important as WHAT You Believe in We are bombarded with information that is presented as true. The flood of information that is out there today makes it hard to know what to believe. We take something at face value only to find out later that it isn’t true. Knowing […]
Capturing Thoughts When We Have Them is the Best Way to Keep Them
It’s Easier to Find a Note Than to Try to Remember a Thought That’s not to say that finding notes is easy. What I am saying is that whether it’s remembering a thought or finding a note…both require an intentional plan. I’m sure you’ve had great, earth-shattering ideas when you were in the middle of […]
Children Are Not Restricted by the Impossible and We Shouldn’t Be Either
If We Continually Put Our Drop in the Bucket…It Will Overflow Have you ever noticed how often we put restrictions on ourselves? We put up barriers between us and our dreams. We are our own worst enemy. We tell ourselves, “I could never do that.” Children on the other hand…don’t see any difference between possible […]
Note Taking Done Right Is Like Having a Memory Filing Cabinet (part 2)
In Addition to Expanded Memory, it Can Also Serve as Meeting Preparation Over the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing the issues of note taking and how this can be an overwhelming and daunting thing. We started out with the importance of determining the why before the how. Next, we discussed the struggle of deciding […]
How Would Your Balance Sheet Look if God Took an Accounting of Your Life Today?
This is a Question We Should Be Asking Ourselves Continually Every Day A young man who was working at his first job had made some mistakes. He was called into the boss’s office and demanded an explanation for the poor work and mistakes. The young man began making excuses and blaming other people. Then the […]
Note Taking Done Right Is Like Having a Memory Filing Cabinet (part 1)
It’s Up to You to Determine If You Need the Additional Storage or Not Last week I promised that we would look at my note taking system and how you can have a system that works for you. Previously, we discussed the how’s and whys of note taking and the pros and cons of different […]
People Love Drama and Will Give it Their Full Attention
If You Catch on Fire, People Will Watch You Burn Why is it that when people drive by an accident along the road we want to slow down and look. What is this attraction? Why are we so captivated by car crashes? According to Roland Maiuro, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Washington, […]
Digital vs. Paper – What Are the Pros and Cons of These Systems?
This Needs to be Determined Before We Can Decide Which System to Use Last week we discussed the how’s and whys of note taking. At the end of that post, I told you that we would look at my note taking system and discuss how you can have a system designed to fit your specific […]
We All Need Grace, and Getting It Comes Down to a Choice
This Is True for All Life’s Important Decisions Our whole life is made up of decisions. It’s up to us to make the right choices. Too often we don’t. Sometimes it’s because our life situation is all we’ve ever known. This was the case for Johnny Lee Clary. He grew up in a family full […]
How Do You Know the Best Way to Take and Store Your Notes
The Hidden Secret to “Note Taking” Success is in the Word YOUR Note taking is a complex challenge that’s been around for a long time. It’s the practice of recording information from a variety of sources including classes, discussions, meetings, podcasts, books, etc. What’s the best system or method? How and where should notes be […]