Success

I re-watched the movie First Night, starring Richard Gere, with my youngest son last night for the hundredth time. The two of us love movies about honor, loyalty and especially sword fighting! In one scene of the movie, Guinevere is telling Lancelot that his past hardships have made him what he is today: fearless, passionate and a protector of the innocent. He believed there was NO PURPOSE from his painful past, but she helped him realized his past hurts made him who he is today.

Your Purpose is Birthed Through Pain! ALL of us will face hardships […]

This might be the most important question you can answer right now! Do you have what you want or do you want what you have? How you answer these questions dictate whether you will be happy or frustrated—whether you will live in the present, the future or the past—whether you will love what you do or hate it—whether you will live free or live as a slave!

Having what you want is an addiction and will lead to discontentment, loss of peace, strife, envy, bitterness and a never-ending pursuit of more! Like any addiction […]

“Stop dragging your rear end! You are leaving Butt Marks everywhere!” This is what an old sales manager of mine told me one day when he got fed up with my complaining and playing the victim. Half of my sales had cancelled or gone away and that left me with 50% less than what I was making before.

If you have a dog, then you can picture what I looked like to my sales manager. Sometimes dogs will walk on their front legs and drag their rear ends over your carpet, and it usually happens with […]

The first time I heard someone say this, it was in the Highlander movie. They were in a church and about ready to have the final battle to see who would be the last one standing when one of them stood and shouted this out “It’s Better to Burn out Than Fade Away!”

I know this saying has different meanings to different people, but it struck a chord in me and still does. To me it screams: I would rather fail continuously at trying the impossible than play it safe, walk on water than stay in […]