Can someone at work or a family member or a friend come to you with a request and completely trust that you will get it done? If so, you are a go-to person! “Make-it-happen” people always have a position at work because they almost become indispensable. Need a resource? They can put their hands on […]
Have you ever bawled yourself out for dropping or spilling or forgetting something? Of course you have, and I do it way too much myself. So what, right? Wrong! Destructive self-talk is like telling God He made junk when He made you. When we berate ourselves, we start believing we didn’t just make a mistake, […]
When I drove by someone thatching their lawn a few weeks ago, I saw the sweat on their brow and the big pile of dead grass in a heap behind them. I’ve thatched a lawn before, and it’s simply very hard work to do manually. There is only one reason you would undergo such a […]
At a recent prayer breakfast I attended for the National Day of Prayer, a sheriff was speaking and inspiring the crowd. He mentioned that he needed to finish up and quickly get to a high school class where he was the speaker. A lady in the audience said, “Just put on your siren and go!” […]
I chuckle when I see commercials for The Most Interesting Man in the World. He is fencing, skydiving, on a safari, attractive women on his arm. Even though it’s just a commercial, what makes him so interesting? Not the alcohol he’s drinking and advertising! I think that people are attracted to (want to hang around) […]
A seminar speaker had a participant lift up a small pitcher of water, representing his capacity in life (energy, time, resources). He was then instructed to begin pouring out the water, a little at a time, into many different glasses, each one representing one of the people in his sphere of influence (who he named) or a task from one of his […]
So, my wife and I were hiking the other day on an easy trail, when we got to a fork in the trail: either we go up a steep climb (where there was a little evidence of foot traffic) or cross over the creek on rocks and see if the trail continues on the other […]
Do you ever just chill when you enter one of those automated car washes? You pay the money, put the car in neutral, and let the machine pull you through the cleaning cycles. The other day, I went to one to get the dirt off my vehicle, but then it became more about having breathing […]
In whatever relationship you are in, or whatever team you help lead, you have a choice to be a climate-controller. Some passive people are simply thermometers, reflecting the temperature in the room or relationship or team; these are followers–spectators that are not contributing much in the role of influencing others toward more positive outcomes. Some people are thermostats, actually […]
“You give away your power when you begin to believe someone else is responsible for your happiness or unhappiness.” You are a power-broker. I’m not saying you are into power and lording over people and all that. I AM saying that you are a powerful person when it comes right down to it. There is power […]
