It's amazing how quick folks get upset if they feel like they are being bossed around. I had a couple come to see me once about how to raise their…
Have you ever heard of "imposter syndrome?" Yeah me either, until I discovered it was something that a lot of leaders struggle with. I was being coached by a professional…
It shouldn't be surprising to any of us. How we think, what we think, when we think, and when we don't think, shapes our choices, our priorities, and our actions.…
It was embarrassing. But, in my defense, it was an automatic response. I was walking with some friends at a mall and we were passing by a candle shop. The…
"What you don't know won't hurt you!" Really? I've found that, sometimes, what I don't know hurts me pretty bad.
But what's worse is misunderstanding what I actually do know. In…
"Father, you simply have to MOVE!" With that, my doctor, who was in the Marines as a young man, made it clear I had to change my sedentary lifestyle if…
Both of my daughters are really different. But, to their credit, I really do like them as persons. I find their differences endearing and fascinating. One daughter is most at…
Ideas have consequences. If the underlying philosophy of a society is flawed, the effects are real and, if the flaws are bad enough, they spell destruction for that society. When…
What's the difference between Inspiration and Motivation? Well, Inspiration usually comes from the outside. I'm inspired by that act of charity, or that life well lived. Motivations, however, are usually…
Listen to this quote from St. Symeon the New Theologian: "In the future life the Christian is not examined if he has renounced the whole world for Christ's love, or…