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Man says, ‘Show me and I’ll trust you.’ God says, ‘Trust me and I’ll show you.’ ~Unknown …we are currently taking a look at the Spiritual section of our Wheel of Life Focus Areas. Yesterday I referred to my spiritual growth mantra: Trust God, Clean House and Help Others. Today we continue with what…
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No matter what your spiritual condition is, no matter where you find yourself in the universe, your choice is always the same: to expand your awareness or contract it. ~Thaddeus Golas
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I promise if you keep searching for everything beautiful in this world, you will eventually become it. ~Tyler Kent White No matter how hard we try to do the next right thing, life has a way of reminding us that crap is always going to happen. Over the past few weeks our family has been…
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 Over a five year period in the 1980’s, my wheel of life was slowly destroyed by the cunning, baffling and insidious nature of drug addiction. The first area to go was my spiritual being. Instead of turning to God when life wasn’t going like I wanted it to, I turned to drugs and alcohol….
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“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” ~Audre Lord Yesterday I wrote about the importance of investing time in preparing ourselves for our Mission so we can achieve our Vision. Whenever I coach people I have them complete the following exercise:…
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The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today. ~Elbert Hubbard As a former basketball player, March Madness is my favorite time of the year. I very rarely watch games during the regular season, but when the NCAA tournament begins I watch as many games as I can. I picked Michigan…
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As I pointed out yesterday our Mission Statement is our commitment statement. In business, the Mission Statement is the promise to the customers. In our personal life, our Mission Statement is our promise to those who will be touched by our Vision as well as a promise to ourselves. I recently had one of my…
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This is day forty-six of our journey in creating a playing field for our life. I started with having you identify your Purpose and continued with having you create Guiding Principles, naming your Strengths and Gifts, listing your Priorities, finding your Passions and creating a Vision Statement for what you aspire to be. The final…
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What a powerful quote! Do you believe it? Or more importantly do you believe in your ability to live out your purpose? I hope you are enjoying this journey of building your life playing field. We only have one life so why not make it the best life possible? I thought I would pause and…
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I mentor a fair share of young men…it’s part of my life purpose and vision today. I recently met with a gentleman who is in his early twenties. He has a vision for his life and it is always exciting for me to hear him talk about it. Every time we meet I ask him…
I started this blog in 2008 because of my passion for helping others take their lives to the next level. My hope is that, through sharing my life experiences as a business leader, husband, father, and recovering drug addict, I will positively impact your life.