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How to be Happy (Step 3)
Previously I wrote about gratitude and paying attention to your emotional weather (self-awareness) as steps or keys to being a generally happy person. These are two things you can choose to do everyday, and that’s … Read more
How to be Happy (Step 2)
I last wrote that the first step to being a generally happy person would be to practice gratitude. Every day. Even just for 5 minutes as you start your day. It will re-train your mind … Read more
How to be Happy?
Be honest, if you do a snap poll of yourself, would you say you’re generally happy or unhappy? We have a shortage of happy people in the world, and sometimes I’m one of the not-happy … Read more
Developing Resilience #4
And finally, the 4th installment on building resilience each day. I bet you’re curious of why the delay? To sum up, I got a bit distracted by other responsibilities and challenges. I still have a … Read more
Developing Resilience #3
Previously I wrote about Being Calm and Being Confident as building blocks for resilient leadership. The third block of this resilient foundation is to Be Connected. Let’s take a look at what it means to … Read more
Developing Resilience #2
Be Confident. The first in this four-part series on leadership resilience focused on Being Calm. Being calm doesn’t mean being passive or non emotional. It is based on the reality that God is in control. … Read more
Developing Resilience #1
As I’ve talked to hundreds of leaders in recent years, one of the common words used to describe their emotional state is “exhausted”. Leading has never been easy, because you are fighting the gravitational pull … Read more
“He’s only mostly dead”
As Billy Crystal’s character Miracle Max said in “The Princess Bride”, “there’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead…Mostly dead is slightly alive.” Like the “slightly alive” farm boy Westley, this site has … Read more
More on courage and fear
For the past few months I’ve been reflecting on the statement in 2 Timothy 1:7 – “for God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.” (NASV) God … Read more
Fear and Courage
No one wants to be afraid. Fear can be paralyzing. But it can also help to activate us toward courage and faith, if we identify it and bring it before the Lord. Often in Scripture … Read more