If I were asked, “What is the key skill needed to succeed in today’s crazy world?” I would give my answer without hesitation. Whether I was talking to a person who wanted to be a professional communicator, a parent, a preacher, the CEO of a major company, a salesman, or a budding entrepreneur the answer would be the same. They …
7 Encouraging Tips for Running the Race of Life!
This true story appears in my book Fully Alive and has been an inspiration to me for years. Dave Veerman, a vice president with The Livingstone Corporation in Chicago, once lived in Covington, Louisiana. He’d been training for a marathon run across the world’s longest bridge over water, a twenty-four-mile structure spanning Lake Pontchartrain. Dave thought he was in good …
No Excuses in 2014
I did this video on a freezing sunny day around Christmas. It was designed to encourage you to keep moving in 2014 and enjoy this year fully alive. That is my prayer for you this year. That you will be everything you were created to be. The first step toward that goal is to eliminate all excuses and move. [youtube …
How do You Know You’re Alive?
Have you ever laid in bed at night when there is no one to impress or no reason to hide your feelings? Have you ever asked yourself, “Am just going through the motions or am I really living fully alive?” It’s an important question because it is directly tied to the fulfillment and joy we get from life. This …
Three Steps to Putting Off Procrastination
Tuesday’s post identified fatigue as one of the enemies that keep us from living “Fully Alive.” Procrastination is another enemy that seeks to keep us from doing life. If you have ever been frustrated because the things you really want to do never seem to get done this post may be the powder that ignites the fuse to help you …