Have you ever felt like you’re constantly busy, always in motion, yet somehow making little to no real progress? It’s easy to mistake activity for achievement, but the truth is, movement without direction is just wasted energy.

I was reminded of this one day when I was thinking about something I us...

In his book "Lead with a Story," Paul Smith shares this West African Folktale.

"Once there was a wise, elderly man who spent his days just outside his village sitting under a shady tree where he would think. One day, a traveler came up to him and said, “Old man, I have traveled far. I have seen man...

It's March Madness Time! 

The NCAA basketball tournament held in March each year is the Super Bowl of college basketball.  During March Madness, brackets are posted in every office and restaurant.  Games are shown on televisions in offices during work hours.  Bars and restaurants are full every nig...

The World English Dictionary defines determination as "the act or an instance of making a decision or a resolute movement towards some object or end."  The first step of determination is identifying the thing worthy of your focus and attention.  What are you determined to accomplish?  I am not askin...

I ran across this great post on my Nextdoor app the other day.  It's a great post!  Enjoy!

"I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one-ton ...

If you have followed me for any length of time, you know I have a passion for helping people achieve their dreams and walk in their God given purpose. In order to do that, many of us have to overcome fears of some kind. My book “Faith to Conquer Fear: Inspiration to Achieve your Dreams" serves as in...

His name is Bill. He has wild hair, wears a T-shirt with holes in it, jeans and no shoes. This was literally is wardrobe for his entire four years of college. He is brilliant and very, very bright. He became a Christian recently while attending college. Across the street from the campus is a well-dr...

Now, Imagine there is a bank which credits your account each morning with $86,400, carries over no balance from day to day, allows you to keep no cash balance, and every evening cancels whatever part of the amount you had failed to use during the day.

What would you do?

Draw out every dollar, of c...