Most of us could be encouraged to raise our expectation level a little. I love the quote by Ralph Charell, “Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations.” Great quote Ralph. There is a direct correlation between what we expect and the results we get in
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How are you doing with those New Year’s resolutions? “Well….and the excuses begin. “I just haven’t gotten around to it.” “I just haven’t felt like going.” Now, before you get defensive. I want to encourage you that it is not too late to get started. If you are feeling a bit discouraged, then maybe you
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Are you “Busy” or “Effective”? “I am so busy.” Yet when asked what are we so busy doing the response might not be so definitive. Somehow, we just don’t know where the day went, but we do know that we are busy! I find most people are really good at being busy, including me as
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“The Light of the world has come and in Him is no darkness at all.” When we think of Christmas we tend to think of the lights and glitter of the season, but the world that Jesus came to certainly did not resemble anything like our serene Christmas scenes or postcards. It was a dark
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What is my passion and purpose? Want to know? I believe a good starting place is to ask these three very important questions. 1. What am I passionate about? When I ask this question, many people are unable to tell me. We get so caught up in the routine and monotony of life that we
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When we were children, dreaming was as natural to us as breathing. We had no problem envisioning all the various possibilities of life. We wanted to be doctors, nurses, astronauts and explorers. Nothing seemed impossible and our dreams were as big as the sky. Sadly, when we became adults, we started to believe it was
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I have been thinking about identity a lot lately. It is certainly a topic that I like to coach around. It is interesting to consider this question… Who am I? If I were to walk down the street and put a microphone in front a person and ask the question who are you, I am
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I don’t mean to get on a soapbox here, but I have been noticing lately that as a society we seem to be becoming more casual in our approach to just about every area of life. While it is perfectly okay to be comfortable in your skin, your dress, etc.; in many ways I wonder
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When I was growing up, the message was pounded into me, be careful who you hang with, or in others words be selective about your friends. When we are young, we think our elders are old fashioned and out of touch. When we get older, we look back over our life and wish we had
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I have been thinking a lot about words lately. They fly out of our mouth so freely, if we are upset or angry or even excited! The writer of the Book of James says that the little instrument in our mouth called our tongue is a powerful thing. Like the rudder on a ship, our
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