“If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes.” ~ Einstein Questions are one of the most powerful […]
Not long ago my youngest daughter was working on her long and short vowel sounds. As she was working on recognizing diacritical marks such as: the macron (¯), and the breve (˘) she seemed a little disturbed by the symbols. She frustratingly said, “Can we just change those symbols?” My wife told her we could not […]
The other day my family and I were having lunch and we saw a sign in their gift shop that read, Lead me not into temptation I can find the way myself. I thought that was a great statement. We tend to naturally get off course more often than we probably care to admit. There is something […]
Life continuously speeds up. In fact, the older you get the faster time goes…or at least our perception of it. There have been numerous studies conducted about the effect of time on our psychological and physiological energy. The truth is as each year passes by we need more recovery time. Our lives were designed to […]
Decision making makes or breaks your quality of life. Coach John Wooden said, “There is a choice you have to make in everything you do. So keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make, makes you.” Our choices dictate our direction in life. So it is of the utmost importance that we […]
Stress is on the rise. People are getting more and more busy and yet wonder why they are always stressed about life. Everyone seems to be in survival mode. This happens to all of us. Too many people have an over-stocked schedule with an under-satisfied life. But this isn’t the life we were meant to live. This […]
You were created to be a rubber band…the more you stretch the farther you’ll go. Though God is a God of safety and security in terms of salvation, He is everything but that in terms of your mission on earth. God wants to stretch you to your limits. He wants to push you out of […]
“Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” ~ Aristotle If you are going to do anything of significance in this life you WILL face opposition. You cannot step out into greatness without there being grouches. In fact, the higher you go the more critics there are. And […]
There is a huge trend happening in our culture that you already experience everyday. People are so engrained in their smart phone on social media that they are actually missing out on what is happening around them. They are busier telling people on Facebook about being on a date than they are talking to their […]
How do you know if you are going in the right direction in life? How can you tell if where you are at in life is pushing you forward? These are just a few of the great questions I get asked all the time as I coach individuals, dreamers, teams, companies, and even organizations. Let […]