What’s the one thing you need to avoid failure in this life? Are you one of those people looking for “the one thing”? The one thing to get your business up and successful? The one thing to make everything right again? Are you looking for that one special thing to take you from despair to delight? If so, do you have any idea what … The rest of the story…
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How to Put the YOU in Unique Lasting Motivation Part 3 Fingerprints. DNA. Brainwaves. Know what they have in common? You have all three, and so do I. But yours aren’t the same as mine or anyone else’s. And mine belong completely to me. Think about it. Something as tiny and seemingly insignificant as fingerprints help make you the one and only YOU. And these … The rest of the story…
The first step to building a house is laying the foundation It’s only one of several steps in the whole process. If you stopped there, you wouldn’t have much of a house. So, what comes after the first step? Sticking with the house-building analogy, let me put it like this… Let’s say John Q. Smith has a home-building company. He hires… a concrete company … The rest of the story…
Can you teach an old dog new tricks? My Golden Lab, who’s about 13 1/2 years old, and his chocolate brother woke me up too early this morning. They sleep a lot in the daytime, now, so they don’t always sleep through the same night hours as my wife and me anymore. And once the morning coffee started to clear the fog in my … The rest of the story…
It’s always important to love your neighbor as yourself… And it’s even more important to know how. Love doesn’t mean you have to be a doormat, always turn the other cheek, or simply keep your mouth shut. In fact, most of the time, if you’re doing those things, you might not love your neighbor as yourself as much as you think you do. The … The rest of the story…
Where Do Good Ideas Come From? Yeah, I know.”Where do good ideas come from” ends with a preposition. So who made up that rule anyway? And let me ask you something. Have you ever stared at a blank white screen or page, and it seems to stare back at you? Taunting you? Daring you? You could almost hear a voice saying “Na, na, na, … The rest of the story…
Get This Limited Time Offer While You Can Remember…This Is A Limited Time Offer Hurry, While Supplies Last Sale Ends Tonight at Midnight Any of those lines look or sound familiar? In marketing, whether it’s online or off, they say one of the best techniques for selling is the tried-and-true limited time offer”. I’d have to agree. If you think this deal you’re looking over might … The rest of the story…
Wanna fulfill your ministry? Here’s how… Maybe you saw the headline and thought to yourself, “Hmm…that’s not me. I don’t have a ministry. I don’t even work in a church.” Guess what? If you’re a Christian, it’s important to know how to fulfill your ministry because you DO have one. And you don’t have to be a preacher, a deacon, an elder, or even … The rest of the story…
Would you say you’re abounding in faith with thanksgiving? If you’re a Christian, you’ve probably been taught that faith in Jesus is essential to attain eternal life. And that’s true. But do you have a faith that appears more like you’re barely clinging to your last shred of hope? Or do you wake up each day abounding in faith with thanksgiving? Are you thankful … The rest of the story…
My Phoenix Imagination It arises from rainbow ashes. It takes flight on crystal butterflies. Once forgotten and then forsaken… Now it glows above translucent skies. And it’s all mine…imagination, A Phoenix, a ruby lightning rod. I’m transported up through the heavens, With a blink, into the house of God. I love wordplay. I love alliteration. And I love juxtaposed metaphors and impossible phraseology. I love working with words. … The rest of the story…