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Ready or not, Christmas is almost here. And according to the traditional telling of the story, we will find out whether we have been naughty or nice. Sooner or later though, we discover Santa doesn’t really care whether we have been naughty or nice. Or if he does, his method of tracking it is severely […]

In order to move forward into a better, more purpose driven life, we need to deal with the past. We need to face our failures and hurts, and release our accomplishments. Your past may hold some of the richest nuggets of treasures to equip you for the future. But it most likely also holds some […]

If goals are to become more powerful than a simple wish list of New Year’s resolutions, than it is critical that you assess why you wish to achieve it. Where your goals are the clear action steps that help clarify what you need to do today, your why is the engine that drives you to […]

Hundreds of thousands of Christians will never live the life God called them to live simply because they are paralysed by fear. They will never make the difference they were designed to make. And like many things, we either move towards what God intended for us, or we move away from what God intended for […]

To be a Servant Leader has become fashionable. But only as far as it is also the modern leadership buzzword. True Servant Leadership requires self sacrifice, or sacrifice for the sake of the greater cause. And that, my friend, is where Servant Leadership proves itself as unpopular as ever. You see, dying to self will […]

Last week we talked about finding a few specific and clear “Push Goals” for 2015. To help us do that effectively, we’ll talk about defining your win this week. If we are going to find our “Push Goals,” We need to know what winning means to us Why do you want to do the things […]

Perfectionism will stop you in your tracks more often than it will help you succeed. We don’t care if your product isn’t perfect, we care that we get it. It is true, we like quality. Aiming for quality is a requirement for success. We need to be the best we can be. We need to […]

In order to avoid taking offence, give others the benefit of a doubt. Choose to trust their hearts. Choose to believe that their intentions were true, even when what they did or said hurt. This last week I sat down with a friend and as we chatted, I was reminded how easily we take things […]

In about exactly a month, millions will make long lists of New Year’s resolutions. And most of them will never amount to anything. Why do we even bother with such a seemingly useless tradition? The answer is, we need to believe that we can improve this year over the last. We need to believe that […]

Once when President Woodrow Wilson was asked how long it took him to prepare a speech, he replied: “that depends on the length of the speech… Shorter speech takes more time to prepare. “That depends on the length of the speech,” the President replied. “If it is a ten-minute speech it takes me all of […]