Finding your own personal sweet spot
COP is an acronym where each letter stands for “Competency,” “Opportunity,” and “Passion,” where they all intersect is the sweet spot, the…
Tag: 16 Elements of Engagement
Michael Phelps – Making your dreams come true
Michael Phelps set the astonishing goal of winning eight gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. People like Phelps make their own reality by daring…
Little Lin Hao – a survivor, hero, and example
The inspiring story of little Lin Hao, who set an example of courage, commitment, and love in the face of trial and turmoil.
Suffering in Silence
An important lesson learned from a dream about being aware of those around you.
Principle based leadership
A good leader sees the principles that lie at the heart of every issue and instructs on those principles as they’re naturally encountered. Learning…
It’s all about attitude
Porter is an example that we should relentlessly pursue our dreams in spite of whatever disability we might have that would otherwise stand in our way…
How to reconcile hope with failure
Optimism and disappointment are not antithetical. They co-exist in perfect harmony. In truth, the relationship between hope and disappointment is symb…
Lessons from the Apple iPhone 2.0
We all market ourselves. Consider ways that you might change your message or your approach. Pick a few things that matter the most, and make them more…
To teach or not to teach
You never know when the lives of those who hear you will be divinely aligned in just the right way to prepare them for what you have to say.
Can’t we all just get along?
Is it possible for a cat, a rat, and a dog to get along? If animals can be taught to get along, so can people.
The blessed nature of simplicity
Life seems to have become focused on how much more you can take on. How much more you can do. How much more you can acquire. All too often, we mistake…
Stop trying to be someone you’re not
At this moment, is anything trying to pull you into being someone you're not? For in reality, the more you try to become someone you're not, the sill…
Of Royal Birth
A simple poem that shows the worth of an individual and the implications that we are capable of greatness. Whatever your belief system, understanding …
Abundance Mentality – an undiminishable reserve
Some people seem to have a particular mindset, often called Abundance Mentality. It’s as though they feel like there’s an undiminishable reserve a…
Our children cannot breathe
We’re surrounded by pollutants to our mind and our emotions as much as to our health. Each of these makes it difficult for us to breathe the sweet f…
Life Sculptor
LIFE SCULPTOR articles In association with “It is what you make of it” and “The Builders,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, here’s another beautiful poem supporting…
It is what you make of it
IT IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT articles Once upon a time, there was a child whose father gave him a set of blocks and…
Be merciful to me, a fool
Sometimes we do things that cause damage. Sometimes it’s to ourselves, sometimes it’s to others, and often it’s unintentional. What matters most…
A brief history of me – why I think we’re not limited by our past
The burdens I had have prepared me to be who I am. I wouldn't be the father I am today, nor would I have the understanding I have, had those experienc…
