Becoming a father is easy—no license or degree required. What I've discovered and continue to embrace is the challenge to become a difference-making dad. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge encouraged the nation to celebrate Father's Day, "identifying the need to establish more intimate relations between fathers and their children and to impress upon fathers the […]
Knowledge is a commodity. Just ask “Siri” or “Alexa.” If you would have said, “Google It,” 10 years ago, few people would have known what that meant. But today “Google It” and “Ask Siri or Alexa” are part of our daily lexicon. Thus some of us are only as smart as our “smart phone” allows us to […]
Deep down we all share the same dream. It doesn’t matter where we were born or our circumstances of life. The flame of this dream is always burning. It may only flicker at times, but you can’t extinguish your hero’s dream. The flame gets fanned with a simple question, “Why am I here?” And it […]
Reading is a cornerstone of success. 85% of self-made millionaires read two or more books a month and only 42% of college graduates read another book after they graduate. Here are a few great reading recommendations.
The average self-made millionaire read at least 24 books in 2018. Juxtaposed against the fact that 33% of high school graduates and 42% of college graduates will never read another book after they graduate should grab your attention. One of the best pieces of advice I ever received when I graduated was to keep reading. We […]
Be persistent in your purpose! Think of your purpose as your divine appointment with your greatest calling. It is not discovered or perfected in comfort, but refined in humility, grace, resilience, vision and intentionality. Purpose evolves without regard to our age. It should be our coveted companion that we care for and nuture. I think […]
Be grounded in your choices. We make choices all day long. It is estimated that we make 35,000 choices a day . But each and every day there are a precious few choices we make that largely determine the course and trajectory of our lives. Columbia University researcher Sheena Iyengar found that out of these […]
Be visionary in your perspective. DeWitt Jones, the award winning photographer and speaker, says, “Vision is the ability to see what everyone else sees and to see something different.” Vision is personal and marks your divine birthright. It’s not something foreign or undiscoverable because it was implanted on your heart. Complacency and routine hide it […]
Be resilient in your failings. We prefer comfort over struggle. If we are honest, we prefer comfort above most things. Failing brings us face-to-face with our fears. Strange and maybe counterintuitive, but when it comes to growing your influence, increasing your impact and expanding your contribution fear points you positively in the direction of what […]
Be gracious in your victories! What comes to mind first when you read this? Possibly “gracious” is not a label you’d associate with being “victorious?” Certainly not in today’s world—right? The images and words of the victors today are rarely construed as gracious. Why should you, I, or anyone be gracious in victory? Because it […]
