Knowing Yourself Is One of The Most Difficult Things to Do
It’s A Critical Component in Being Productive This past week I listened to Michael Hyatt’s, Lead to Win podcast, “3 Actions to Beat Your Biggest Distractions”. The actions were: 1st – build a wall against interruptions, 2nd -put a leash on distractions and 3rd – increase your frustration tolerance. They spoke about how easily we […]
What Is the Most Important Journey?
That Would Be the Journey of Salvation Life’s journeys can be hard, some harder than others. In the 1065 Henry IV became king at the young age of 15. His lack of experience and wisdom at this young age including dealing with various rebellions found him in a difficult time. One of these conflicts involved […]
What Is It About Communicating That’s Missing?
It’s A Lost Practice That Is Getting More Lost All the Time Communication is the imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing or the use of another medium. It’s common for one person to presume when communicating with someone that that person understands what they mean. When, in reality, those receiving it don’t. When […]
The Worst Thing We Can Do Is Nothing
We Are Living in The Grace Period According to Wikipedia, a grace period is a period where a penalty or other action is waived after a deadline or an obligation has passed. This can apply to the starting of a new job, paying a bill, a rental agreement or the meeting of a legal requirement. […]
What Are the Benefits to Having A Porch?
How Adding a Porch to Your Home Can Change Everything When talking about houses one of the things that is discussed with pride or envy is a porch. Porches will make all the difference to how your home feels before ever stepping foot inside. You’ve probably heard it said that you only have one chance […]
What Will the Cost of the Trip Be?
It’s Important to Know the Destination Before You Start Your Journey Intentional goal setting, including writing them down, is directly connected to the successful outcome of goals. For years we have heard of how often New Year’s resolutions fail. Some statistics show that as much as 60 percent of people abandon them within the first […]
The Next Chapter in “The Saga of the Grain-Bin Home”
The Hero and Her Guide Are Defeating the Evil Budget Monster As the voyage continues, Hannah and Mark trek forward on their journey toward the allusive ‘Grain-Bin Home’. An expedition like this is not for the faint of heart. It requires the passionate desire of a hero and the experience and knowledge of a trusted […]
Closeness to God Equals Increased Temptation
The Devil Isn’t Worried Until We Begin To Get Too Close To God This week was the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is a part of the Christian liturgical calendar to serve as preparation for Easter; through prayer, penance and fasting. It is to commemorate the sacrifice of Jesus during His 40 days in the […]
The Need for A Production Coordinator
And the Difficult Process of Finding One This process is difficult because I’ve UN-intentionally made it this way. I’ve discussed this problem in a couple of previous posts; Delegating – The Thing I Suck at Most of All and Sharing the Shovels. I know that if I’m going to ever reach the full level of […]
We Won’t Have Transfiguration Without Transformation
Actions Lead to Results Most of us are aware of the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration, Luke 9:28-36, where Peter, James and John went up on a mountain with Jesus. While Jesus was praying the disciples fell asleep. (They seemed to do this often while Jesus was praying.) When they woke up, they saw a transfigured […]