Daily focalPOINT – “Super Life”
February 5th, 2012
“The genesis of wisdom is one’s ability to come to grips with one’s own stupidity.” ~Jay Meyer Today is Super Sunday as the most watched sporting event of the year takes place. To be honest with you, I enjoy watching the game but even more enjoyable for me is reading the real life stories written [...]
Daily focalPOINT – Perseverance
January 24th, 2012
“I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.” ~Tom Hopkins When I reflect on my business career I would guess we [...]
Daily focalPOINT
January 13th, 2012
“Anyone can achieve success at the expense of others; it takes a special person to achieve success for the benefit of others.” ~Jay Meyer Last year our pastor asked us on the day prior to the day someone predicted the world was supposed to end to reflect on what we would change if we knew what [...]
Daily focalPOINT
January 11th, 2012
“Character isn’t something you were born with and can’t change, like your fingerprints. It’s something you weren’t born with and must take responsibility for forming.” ~Jim Rohn Character, plain and simple is one’s ability to handle the demands of reality. Running from reality and/or creating your own reality is quite common in the addiction community…been there, [...]
Keep on keepin’ on…
January 8th, 2012
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving forward. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ~ Conrad Hilton So we are one week into the new year and I must ask you; how are you doing with your New Year’s resolution(s)? Hopefully you recall my January 1st blog about setting and [...]
Daily focalPOINT
January 4th, 2012
“Forgiveness is me giving up my right to hurt you for hurting me.” – Anonymous I don’t know if there is anything more difficult yet liberating than forgiveness. It is quite draining and tiring to carry a back pack full of resentments and grudges every day. Some acts against us are harder to forgive than [...]
Rights
December 21st, 2011
So I am on my way home from work Wednesday evening and my wife has notified me “I’m on my own” as far as dinner goes. Knowing I need to get some gift certificates for a friend’s Christmas present, I figured it would be time-effective to sit at the bar of my friend’s favorite restaurant, [...]
PEG and an unconventional Winning Formula
December 17th, 2011
Philippians 4:6-7, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (NIV) 1 John 5:5:, “Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who [...]
All Means All
December 8th, 2011
Jeremiah 17:5-8, This is what the Lord says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future. They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited [...]
Leading is Leading
December 4th, 2011
2 Timothy 2:15, “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” (NIV) I came across the following recorded from the Chinese founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu. What amazes me is he had these beliefs about [...]