Competition Is a Part of Life, But Not the One and Only Thing
When Everything is Just a Competition There’s No Room Left for Celebration Competition is a problem when it’s the thing that gets all our attention. When no matter what we’re doing we’re trying to be better than them, whoever them are. This won’t end in a true celebration. “Keeping up with the Joneses” was a […]
How In the World Will I Ever Get My Blog Posts Turned into Podcasts?
It’s Simple Really…Get People to Help Me Build This Dream Last week I wrote about why I want to turn my blog posts into podcasts. I discussed some of my excuses for putting this off. The why question is where things start, but if you don’t do something it’s also where things stop. Answering the […]
Don’t Go Through Life Angry at the World…There’s a Better Way
Regardless of Your Situation, Being Angry Will Only Make It Worse We all find ourselves in situations that make us mad. The question is what are you going to do about it? Gary Christian took his first step straight into his own dark, cold, hellish hole on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007. That’s when law enforcement […]
Why In the World Would I Want to Turn My Blog Posts into Podcasts?
It’s Simple Really…To Help More People Build Their Dreams As a society we are moving at a faster and faster pace. This leaves less time to do all those things we’re trying to do and we’re trying to do a lot. Add to that, the overwhelm of information that’s out there. It’s hard for people […]
Faith Is Better Than Magic… Magic Only Goes So Far
It Requires Action from Us for Faith to Do Its Magic Faith’s magic is different than magician magic. It’s not a slide of hand, distract you over here while they do the “magic” over there. There were two boys that were always trying to out prank each other. One of them stole three candy bars […]
What If You Want to Do a Construction Project but Don’t Know Where to Start?
That’s Where the Right Qualified Virtual Consultant Can Help We all have our areas of expertise. One of mine is construction processes and systems. These are a couple of things missing from most DIY construction programs on TV as well as many of the “do it yourself” internet videos. They can be helpful, but typically […]
How Can We Be Prepared for Unexpected Situations?
We Can’t Know Everything That’s Going to Happen, But We Can Still Be Prepared Getting ready for things that we weren’t expecting or wanting can be hard. Like a kid that’s told to get ready. What they hear when they’re told, “We’ll be leaving in five minutes.” is… Get undressed, start a finger painting and […]
Virtual Construction Consulting…What’s That Even Going to Look Like?
Pretty Much the Same as In Person, Except For the “In Person” Part Virtual construction consulting…that’s an interesting idea. What is virtual construction consulting anyway? Let’s start with construction. What is construction? Construction is the act or process of constructing. The art, trade or work of building. Construction is a pretty straight forward concept. Most […]
A Successful Life Is More Than Just a Big Pile of Stuff
Where Your Heart is…That’s Where You’ll Find Your Treasure Success looks different to each of us. We need to remember that success is so much more than just accumulating things. Not that there is anything wrong with having nice stuff. Real success comes from where our focus is. Is it on the stuff or fulfilling […]
Disruptions To My Routine Can Really Upset the Apple Cart
After This Past Week…I’m Trying to Get the Apples Gathered Back Up Something happened this past week that has never happened before. Since I started writing weekly blog posts in October of 2015…I’ve never missed a week. When I started, I committed to myself that I would write and post weekly. The question is…should I […]