It’s 5:18 AM on Christmas morning. 3 of our 4 boys were up a 1:30 AM then again at 4:30. Luckily, for my lovely wife Corene, (AKA sleeping beauty) they’re watching some Scooby Doo in an effort to give her a few more moments of Christmas snooze. 🙂 Someone came to visit us yesterday and told us …
In our book of the month for December, The Magic, Rhonda Byrne talks about having a gratitude rock. The idea is that each night before bed, you hold the rock in your hand and think back through all the great things that happened to you that day. Then, you pick the best one. As you’re …
Tony Robbins talks about modeling a lot. But then, I remember a story from one of his books, where a former employee was using some of his material, without authorization. Initially, this made him mad. Modeling vs. Theft, what’s the difference? If you become a carbon copy of someone, saying exactly what they say, doing exactly what they …
One great thing we’ve been doing together as a family is having a short lesson each night and discussion before bed. Last night we read a small thought from Luke which said, “A man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.” A recent story came to mind of a local man …
I was talking to subscriber and fellow freedom crusader Francisco Hernandez the other day and he said something, I thought, was wise. I asked him what he was looking for in a home business and aside from the amount of income he’s working towards and why he’s working towards it, he mentioned something extra. He …
Yesterday my mom texted that her car wouldn’t start & she needed help. Thankfully my schedule is pretty flexible so I was able to go. When I got there, she told me 2 short stories that lifted my spirits. While waiting for me to respond, she had texted, what she thought was my wife Corene’s, cell …
Have you ever noticed yourself being in the moment of a great life experience, and finding yourself being sucked out of the joy of that moment, …because you’re too busy thinking about how you’re going to post the picture of the moment on Facebook & maybe even wondering how people will respond to it? I …
Ray Dalio, in his new book Principles, said, ‘Maturity is the ability to reject good alternatives in order to pursue even better ones.’ In my first few years of home business I cycled through 14 different companies. That felt crazy. Since 2012, I’ve stayed committed and loyal to a select few. That too, at times has felt …
Arrogance: Conceit, self-importance, egotism. Arrogance cares more about being right than what is right. Arrogance gets more joy out of being seen, reading the book, driving the car or helping the person than actually reading the book, driving the car or helping the person. Arrogance is pointing to goodness and not being able to fully appreciate …
Emerson writes, in compensation, that the fruit is sown in the seed. ‘The Dice of God are always loaded.’ Eternal justice is perfect and while time may separate the blessing or the cursing from the act, as surely as night follows day, a just compensation always comes. If this is true then it’s entirely possible to …
Dope, or dopamine, seems to be a type of chemical messenger that runs between the cells in our brains with pom poms shouting “YAY, Let’s celebrate, this is AWESOME!” When this happens we get a little shot of pleasure, causing us to want to do the thing we just did, again. My friend Todd told me about …