WordPress Love I love using WordPress. It is as easy or as deep as you want it to be. You can spend minutes or hours depending on your need and level of expertise. It’s a great fit for me. If you need a website – for anything – I highly recommend giving WordPress a shot. […]
Of myths and giants (and team)
Myth David defeated his giant Goliath alone, so I must defeat my giant alone. Reality David had a king and nation at his back. David had a God at his side. David defeated Goliath with a team. David stepped forward, picked out 5 smooth stones and walked out to to face the giant, but he was never alone. When […]
On getting Fat and Happy
Kid Dynamite I was not a boxing fan growing up. I didn’t have much of a chance of that living in a single mother house with 2 women (mom & sister). I’ll never forget, though, one boxing match I did watch. I was staying with my dad in the summer, and we were at a […]
How to have a bigger story.
Big Story. Small World. When forced to work within a strict framework the imagination is taxed to it’s utmost — and will produce its richest ideas. Given total freedom the work is likely to sprawl. -T.S. Eliot Our lives are works of art. I’m convinced of this. In order to have a bigger and better […]
Big Story | Small World
Big Story I believe in living life to the full. Yeah, that’s pretty cliche. Maybe I read it on a scrapbooking website or something. Being completely honest, though, I believe it. I believe we all live life as a story, our story grafted into a much larger story. As a Christian, I believe the larger […]
Oh man, that feels good!
My drug of choice. My last post, I summarized a portion of Simon Sinek’s book, Leaders Eat Last. In it he contends as a culture we are increasingly becoming addicted to 2 natural chemicals in our body – dopamine and cortisol. Every time you achieve something find or something you are looking for you receive shot of dopamine. Cortisol […]
My Drug of Choice.
My addiction. Last week, I finished Simon Sinek’s book, Leaders Eat Last (for you keeping track at home, I’ve now started and finished 3 books in 2015. Working on 2 more right now). When it comes to our religious and spiritual views, Sinek and I aren’t compatible. He writes Leaders from the perspective of man being an evolved animal. I don’t […]
What makes a Great Leader?
Chicken or the Egg Any great cause, organization, business or strategy has an equally great leader. Growing up, my mom told me time after time, I was a leader. An interesting thing happens when you are told something over and over – it happens. It’s definitely the chicken or the egg debate. Am I a leader […]
God. Blessings. Bigger.
Blessings. I’ve been meditating on the blessings of God recently. I’ve been thinking about what hinders the blessings of God. I’ve been pondering why God blesses when He does. I don’t believe in a series or set of steps to ensure blessing. No magic beans or wands involved in receiving good things from Him. I […]
Work-Life Balance
ATTACK Last week, I shared how I am ATTACK-ing 2015. ATTACK is my 2015 Word of the Year. You can read more about how I’m starting, but I left one thing off my list: Reading. I want to read more books this year – at least 2-3/month. So far, I’ve ready Creativity: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that […]