Posts

, , ,

What a Cold Bath Taught Me About Failure (Video)

About a year after my wife and I got married, we decided it was time to buy a house.
, , ,

Keep Your Eyes on Jesus

My focus is not on my financial situation or the state of my country. My focus is on Jesus.
, , , ,

Who Has Influenced Your Life? Whose Life Are You influencing?

These are just some of the influences in my life. I hope I am an influence in other people’s lives the way they have been in mine. Much of who I am is because of their influence and I am thankful.
, , , ,

Climbing to Our God-Given Potential Together

I am investing the rest of my life sharing my experiences and lessons through speaking, writing, and coaching. For those of you who have joined me on this journey, I hope I get to see more and more of you as we take this journey together. I know this journey may not be everybody’s cup of tea, but for some of you, this is exactly what you want out of life.
, , ,

First Roadblock: Denial; Blockbuster: Positive Self-Talk

Consistent denial of our abilities and responsibilities will stop us in our tracks. We cannot climb to our God-given potential when we deny the fact that God has made us for greatness.
, , ,

Busting Through Roadblocks to Your God-Given Potential

What is your spark? What is it that you love to experience so much that you must help others experience the same thing?
, ,

One Ingredient All Healthy Relationships Must Have

“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces” (Matthew 7:6, NIV). Most people teach that Jesus is telling us here to not waste our time trying to lead people to him who are not willing to follow him. I do not believe that is what Jesus is teaching here at all.
, , , ,

Are You Wasting Your Life?

To say, “I am the same person I have always been” is to say “I have never grown up” or “I am not any smarter now than I ever was” or “I just don’t give a crap about getting any better in any area of my life”.
, , , ,

Are You Going to Dream or Are You Going to Climb?

Sometimes I hear people talking about waiting on God. God has made it very plain that waiting is what we need to do, then wait. However, most of the time we are just trying to spiritualize our reluctance to take action. I get this strong feeling that God is probably waiting on them.
, , ,

How I Went From a 6th-grade Flunky to 4.0 Grad Student

I wrote a blog about how I went from a 6th-grade flunky who always struggled academically to a student that excelled in a Master’s program with a 4.0 GPA. Someone made the comment that the school must not have been very good if someone who always struggled academically was able to do so well. I think his insinuation was that it was not a “real” Master's from a “real” school.