Being vs. Experiencing Failure
Winston Churchill said, “Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” That’s a good definition that fits well with how God defined success when He said in …
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Edison on Failure
It took Thomas Edison a long time to invent the light bulb. The problem was finding the right material for a filament that would glow but not quickly burn in …
Read More Shake it Off
An old farm dog fell into a dry well and began to bark and howl for his master. After considering the situation, the farmer concluded the dog was too old …
Read More You Don’t Know what You Don’t Know
I once worked for the Palm Beach County Florida School System teaching English to Spanish speaking adults. One night a well meaning volunteer showed up to help with my beginner’s …
Read More September 11 Delays
For those of us who constantly strive to make the best use of our time, delays can be frustrating. Good time management can eliminate many unnecessary delays but in the …
Read More Grumbling Employees
Several years ago, two ladies became so focused on the negatives of their workplace, and thus unhappy with their jobs at Western Union, that they secretly made a plan to …
Read More Great Managers
Success has been defined as “Achieving the great works God planned for me.” That’s a great definition, but it requires good time management, among other things, to achieve. Management expert …
Read More Graveyard Decisions
Where do you go when you need to make an important decision? We all have our favorite places to go for reflective thought and prayer when we need to make …
Read More Thomas Edison’s Knowledge
Someone said to Thomas Edison ‘You are a very knowledgeable man.’ He replied, ‘What I know is like a grain of sand while the knowledge available is like the ocean.” …
Read More Taxi Meters
There have been very few times I’ve ever taken a taxi. That’s because whenever I’m in a big city I always notice the rate charts they post on the vehicle …
Read More Much Given, Much Required
Perhaps the most frightening verse in all of Scripture to me is Luke 12:48 where Jesus said, “Unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required.” It is …
Read More Two Steps to Creativity
An article by the Character Training Institute explains how creativity is actually a mental discipline that arises from two things: 1. How I view a situation 2. What data I …
Read More Endless Hope or Hopeless End?
I saw a sign in someone’s home recently that read, “Man’s way leads to a hopeless end. God’s way leads to an endless hope.” I thought that was a very …
Read More What You Didn’t Do
Mark Twain said, “20 years from now you will be more disappointed over the things you did not do than by the things you did which failed.” Many of us …
Read More Bathing for a Lifetime
Wife: Henry dear, don’t you think its time you took another bath? Henry: Listen Alice, I had one when I was 18. That`s only been 32 years. I’ll let you …
Read More Wisdom and Time
What distinguishes a wise person from a foolish person? A large part of exercising true wisdom is simply being wise in our use of time. Many of the key verses …
Read More Job Worries
What are you afraid of? When we spend time worrying about all the things that can go wrong, we are generally not spending time trying to improve our situation which …
Read More World’s Tallest Man
At 7 ft 8 inches Radhouane Cahrbib of Tunisia is the world’s tallest living man. Radhouane is one of 11 tall brothers and sisters. He enjoys playing basketball and not …
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