The ultimate test of your goals, convictions and priorities is going on vacation. At the very least, vacation is a break from norms for the sake of relaxation and time away. But the break from routines often has implications of abandonment from all sorts of other developments. Breaks are needed to avoid burnout, but there’s […]
My Commit App ping’d me daily asking if I was going to write, but unfortunately I ignored it. Preparing for a two-day cross country drive followed by a two week vacation had drained me. Like yesterday’s washcloth hanging on the side of the tub, my creativity’s been dormant and dry. My scenario only lasted a […]
He said his dream was the ability to move the heart of God, but his assignment was the work/ministry/public platform people knew him for. And thus no matter how famous he was or how unknown, that didn’t affect his dream, his value or how he defined success. The beauty of this perspective is the freedom […]
It’s a new day. And if I want to get better in the areas I value, i.e. writing, prayer, family time, etc., I need to do it daily. Yes, yesterday could have been glorious. I may have hit the ball out the park, but today still needs it’s due. For example, you can’t workout twice […]
I like to take every advantage possible to meet my goals. One such is riding the winds of momentum. Momentum helps to mobilize your entire platform or context so if you slow down or are tempted to stay still, you can continue coasting from past efforts. In order to get momentum though, you would have […]
What if we chose to put into practice only the ideals we already have.Nothing new, nothing special. Simply listing out 5, 10 or 15 principles and values we already think are important, but only now, becoming accountable to them. How many of us find ourselves constantly being the student, continually feeding our minds with new […]
I remember in undergrad a friend mentioned how they had to earn their sleep. It was a figure of speech they picked up about making sure you accomplish your priorities for the day before heading to bed. I also recall once being questioned by an executive coach about how I handled my business tasks. He […]
When we fail to follow through on our personal goals there is rarely a consequence. But if we delay too long on paying our electric bill we’ll be spending summer nights baking from the heat. Everyone has values they aspire to live by. Deep seated purposes and dreams we wish to accomplish. We set yearly […]
Prayer that serves only as a spiritual discipline doesn’t work when you’re no good at time management. Prayer that serves only as a solution to a problem isn’t too beneficial when your life is free from emergencies. Prayer that serves only as a boost for the lowly soul isn’t desired when your life is full and […]
After feeling stuck or perceiving that your life is going in predictable cycles, you now covet an escape. After serial procrastination or always deciding to take the easy road, you now long to live from the heart. After trying to fit into a typical success model that doesn’t connect to your DNA, you now realize […]