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Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Christians are optimists.  We know the Lord is with us and we always expect the best.  And yet, many of those same Christians struggle with Worry.  Why is that?  Well, maybe it's because we are so prayerful about it going right, that we haven't prepared ourselves to handle it going poorly.  And the fear of it not wo...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Everybody talks about gratitude!  I mean, everyone from the preacher on Sunday to your favorite self-help agnostic guru. And while everyone says it will make all the difference in the world... it won't.  At least, not at level 1.  It turns out, there are 3 levels to great gratitude.  When we can get our thankfulness, our...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Dale Carnegie's famous work - How to Win Friends and Influence People - is based on one central idea: that every person wants to feel important. It's just the way God made us.  So, if you can acknowledge that in relationships, you can quickly build trust into new relationships.  How?  Well, to start, learn and prope...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! What do you remember from last week? Did you do things that really made a difference and left lasting impressions in your journey to growth?  For many of us, time passes, days fly by, and we don't track much change.  It's time for Your Daily Highlight! What if, each morning, you not only journal a frog to eat (somet...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Are there areas in your life where it is time to close the door?  Maybe you've almost closed it many times, and maybe you consider it "basically closed" now.  But those approaches have far too easily failed, and the door swings right back open.  It is time to resolve things, to make a decision, close and lock t...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! What if I promised you $100/day for the rest of your life?  And all you had to do was speak more about others than yourself, even by the slightest margin, to receive it. How would that go?  If you want an indication on that, take special note of your pronouns.  They always tell the story.  To learn more and how to flip the sc...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! If we move, we live.  If we stop moving... well that's either the end, or the beginning of the end.  But good new: motion is lotion!  God built our bodies to be active, to have purpose, to be useful in His service!  God wants you to enjoy health and freedom from pain so that you can enjoy His blessings and apply yourself...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Parents! We have work to do!  God has asked us to train our children to understand His authority.  We are showing them what it will be like as adults to be children of God.  Should that include yelling at kids?  Should that include ignoring bad behavior? Let's discuss that and employ one very specific tip that can make a...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Something just happens to me when I get behind the wheel.  It's like I step into my own Me-Bubble and lose all perspective.  At least, that's the way it used to be!  Let's talk about why people get very impatient while driving and look at three easy but powerful solutions for good ole fashioned "Road Rage....

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! It is important to set a course for growth every single day.  Setting aside 60 minutes in the morning is an incredible way to do that (Ep. 2 - One Great Hour).  Part of that planning is to lay out special goals and tasks for the day.  Truthfully, some of those are important, but not very fun.  They often get pushed back day a...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Every day we have situations, environments and conversations happening in our lives.  There are many things said and done and felt and thought.  However, there is often very little focus on the outcomes we desire in those days, situations, environments or conversations.  So we get affected by outside influences and don't...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Little kids ask the most awesome questions! They want to know things, things way beyond their comprehension, and they process the answers to build greater intellect. Sadly, many people stop doing this after the age of about 7.  But if we can keep that spirit of wonder, inquisitiveness, and limitless possibilities, we can lear...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! There are four primary areas of life where people have the daily opportunity to excel.  Let's take a look at each and then see if you can pick your best and worst at present.  But here's the cool thing: a simple 5 step approach to success in just one of these will certainly set you up to do great things in all four!...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! We all have two circles:  outer and inner.  God has lots of amazing work for you to do in that outer circle!  But the power to do so comes from the energy created in that inner circle. Making intentional decisions with regard to who you allow to influence you will make a huge difference in how you influence for Christ the peo...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! God made marriage to be awesome!  And for most of us, that's exactly how it starts!  But you know, things happen after that.  Life happens.  We used to be inseparable, now sometimes maybe we feel world's apart.  I've counseled dozens of couples who were seeking to rekindle what they once had.  Consistently, tim...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! What makes something the "best"?  I mean, like "the best time," "the best year ever," etc.  And similarly, how would you define a day as the "worst" or "a bad day"?  It seems like we usually assess value based on what is happening around us and to us.  This is exact opposite r...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! We all want to get better and be more wise in life.  But often times we either don't apply our knowledge with consistency, or we try to do too much all at once and can't stay consistent.  The secret may be tiny but also mighty:  Be Wise Small.  This episode discusses the meaning of "be wise" and how lookin...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! This series of podcasts will provide a ton of practical ways to grow in your walk with God.  But something has to happen before you are able to try something new and accomplish something more.  First you have to convincingly say these words to yourself: "Just Get Better."  This resolve to move forward, to do more, t...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Okay, so if you are resolved to "Just Get Better" you've cleared a major hurdle! And if you have made the lists from episode one, you even have a vision of what that will look like.  Now it's time to take our first tangible, daily step.  In fact, I might call it "The Step."  This simple morning d...

Reach Out: Please include your email and I will get back to you. Thanks! Let's step away from our daily planning for success and just talk about what that success looks like.  Or more specifically, what it sounds like.  The value of your life is largely tied to the strength of your relationships.  And the strength of relationships depends on the incredible power of communication!  Did you kno...