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Welcome to my corner of the internet. Thoughts, journals, and whatever else comes to mind.My Favorite Oswald Chambers Reading of the Year
If you've ever read My Utmost for His Highest, you'll know Oswald Chambers was a pretty deep guy. Lots of very insightful, heart provoking stuff. Today's reading, I think, is my favorite of all of them that I've read. The moment I started reading it today, many things...
Letting go of what's good to accept what's best
Yesterday I sat down to a meeting with one our larger clients to talk about planning for the future. We talked for a while about some upcoming issues that we've been working on for awhile and needed to get on the calendar. I've recently been able to do some on-target...
My Favorite Christmas Songs
So I was thinking about my favorite Christmas songs today and had think and google some stuff to find them... and now they jotted down here, mainly for me to come back to, but also because I'm sure you'll love to watch them too: Fun Christmas Song: Christmas Cookies...
Where I stand now – Organization
This is an area where I see a huge need for improvement, and I can tell that I’m holding out. From mapping out my “ideal week” or day to planning each day before the previous day is done, I am consistently NOT doing what I believe I should. I’m...
Where I stand now – Ability to Crystallize Your Thinking
Just what does it mean to crystallize my thoughts? To me, the picture is of a solution that is mainly water, but you know that dissolved in that water are all sorts of minerals, some of them common, some of then valuable… but all of them, naturally, invisible....
Where I stand now – Attitude Development
I like this one. My attitude is definitely under development... under construction. So many things have been identified that need to be torn down, and many things that need to be built in their place have become clear. I've severed some relationship ties, cut some...
Where I Stand Now – Understanding My Needs
Understanding my needs? Nope. Not there. Just look at one of the posts from earlier tonight. The question "what does it take to motivate me?" is all over the place. I see what I want, but I don't see what it's going to take to get there. I'm the kind of guy who has...
Where I stand now – Leadership
Leadership. I've learned so much about this, both from the things I've been taught, the things I've observed in others, or the things I've learned by teaching others. I taught a lesson to the youth at my church a couple months back where we watched a YouTube video...
Where I stand now – Level of Motivation
This is a tough one. I see so much potential. I have several specific goals, both for my business/professional life and for my personal life. Some of them even cross that imaginary line and affect all of my life. A few of them I've put into goal planning sheets, and...
Today's near death experience…
On the way home with the family today when the truck next to us desides to start coming over into our lane. We're right probably 20 feet up from his rear end, and the same from the front, so there was no where to go. So we honk at him... and he keeps on coming. Ran me...
From Where I'm Standing Now – Self Confidence
I think we all have plenty of opportunities to stop for a moment and ponder where we are in life right now. So many times, for me at least, I didn't want to know. I don't want to look at where I am, where I could be, and how I was either moving away from that point or...
From Where I'm Standing Now – Self Image
One of my assignments this week is to "describe my growth up to this point in terms of" 8 different areas of life. As I look at these topics, I'm looking forward to what I get to write down. I have not gotten to where I want to be in all (any?) of these categories,...
One of "My" Glimpses of the Bigger Picture
This past Sunday I was reminded about the reality of the bigger picture, even the "more real" world that The Matrix gave us a great picture of, although it was quite allegorical. Much of my world is nice and neat, surrounded by what I would imagine are God-fearing and...
Tournament of Champions
Purpose This tournament takes the champion from each category and pits them against each other. Round 1 1. Develop my own personal response to “how are you,” that while genuine, is not as shallow as...
Tournament of Wants – Organizational
Purpose The purpose of this exercise is to look through all the wants, desires, and dreams I have listed related to ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS and find out “Which one is most important to me now?” That is the ONLY question I am to consider. Not “I have to...
Tournament of Wants – Material
Purpose The purpose of this exercise is to look through all the wants, desires, and dreams I have listed related to MATERIAL GAINS and find out “Which one is most important to me now?” That is the ONLY question I am to consider. Not “I have to...
Tournament of Wants – Spiritual
Purpose The purpose of this exercise is to look through all the wants, desires, and dreams I have listed related to MY SPIRITUAL LIFE and find out “Which one is most important to me now?” That is the ONLY question I am to consider. Not “I have to do...
Heart Freedom Isn't Free Either
As we celebrate Veterans Day today, it's rather easy to look around life and pick out the men and women who I know that have served me and my country through military service. I'm sure I'd miss some of them, but I can certainly name a few, and I thank them. But what...
