Last year I gave myself a quiet resolution to speak affirmations more. In my work through the years I have observed and noticed a lot of individuals growing into amazing people and do some amazing things. Sadly, I often have held onto those noticings under my own self-talk of “they don’t want a creeper”, “I…
Geoffrey Owens & Brother Lawrence
Over the course of the weekend a lady snapped a photo of a recognizable actor (for those whom certainly grew up in the 80’s) that was bagging groceries at the local Trader Joe’s. For whichever reason & through some method she distributed her snuck photo and thus sparked a story that bordered on job-shaming. If…
The Places You Will Go
This is grandfather‘s book. My mother’s father. I knew him as ‘grandpa’. He was born in a small coal exporting town in the south of Wales. I remember him talking about his childhood there when I asked him to answer some interview questions for grade school class on audio tape. He never actually answered one…
Pronoia
Are you a giver or a taker? What would the world be like if we were driven by a rule of life of giving? Some interesting thoughts here. As a business owner, you control your culture. What would it be like to create a culture of givers within your business? How might that be a…
Resistance to Listening
From Spiritual Direction by Henri Nouwen Develping “ears to hear” God takes time. We all have strong resistances to listening. First of all, we find it very hard to create empty spaces in our lives and to give up our occupations and preoccupations, even for a while. We suffer from a fear of the empty…
The Wall Of The Lens
Back in January, I had the opportunity to go on a bit of a missions trip with KORE Foundation. KORE is a relatively new organization to the poverty relief efforts and I have quickly become a fanboy of their work. It is not the thoughts behind this post but I’ll share why I am such…
