Confronting Problems
A church usher noticed a man sprawled out on the pews and asked him to please sit up. The man simply groaned and rolled around. The usher said “If you …
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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 …
Two Steps to Creativity Read More Activity vs. Accomplishment
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar illustrates the difference between activity and accomplishment through the processionary caterpillar. These caterpillars get their name from their habit of always following the caterpillar in front …
Activity vs. Accomplishment Read More Bike Tire Success
One way to picture a successful day is to think of each day’s achievements as spokes in a bicycle tire. The length of each of each spoke represents the degree …
Bike Tire Success Read More Stairway to Success
Everyone wants to be successful. The problem is, most people aren’t willing to devote the time and energy required to achieve what God considers true success. A popular motivational speaker …
Stairway to Success Read More Your Feelings about the Future
How do you feel about your future? In the next three years do you expect to be in better health or worse? Do you anticipate you will have more friends …
Your Feelings about the Future Read More Not Rocket Science
It was rumored that NASA was planning a top secret mission to study the effects of weightlessness on cows. A group of Holsteins were to be rocketed into orbit around …
Not Rocket Science Read More Sears Story
In the 1800’s a railroad clerk attempted to deliver a box of watches to a jeweler. When the jeweler refused them he contacted the sender, but he refused to take …
Sears Story Read More Doing What You’ve Always Done
If you want something you’ve never had, you’re going to have to do something you’ve never done. Nearly all of us say we want some things we’ve never had. They …
Doing What You’ve Always Done Read More Try Again
An illustration I recently came across from a sales trainer read: For those who are reluctant to ask for the order more than once or twice for fear of coming …
Try Again Read More Formula for Success
Krish Dhanham set a goal as an eight year old boy gazing into the stars one night on the beach in a small town in India. He determined he wanted …
Formula for Success Read More Responding to Failure
What makes the difference between average achievers and high producers? What separates those who do great things for God from those who live lives of quiet desperation? It is the …
Responding to Failure Read More Four Stages of Growth
Professional trainer Bryan Flanagan identifies four stages of growth. In stage one, we are “Unconsciously Incompetent.” We’re naive. We don’t even realize how little we know. In stage two we …
Four Stages of Growth Read More Learning to Walk
Remember when you taught your child to walk? You were so excited, you gathered the grandparents in the living room and everyone clapped and cheered as the little one took …
Learning to Walk Read More Deepening vs. Broadening
The deepest spot in the world’s oceans is the Mariana Trench in the Pacific which reaches a depth of 36,201 feet. Water pressure in the trench is 8 tons per …
Deepening vs. Broadening Read More Deliver the Goods
A sign posted in a small business read: The 57 Rules of Success #1. Deliver the goods. #2. The other 56 don’t matter. I’m not sure I would agree 100% …
Deliver the Goods Read More Develop a Niche
A man jumped from a plane and his parachute failed to open. About half way down, he saw another man flying upward from the ground and asked, “Do you know …
Develop a Niche Read More Doubling to $1,000,000
Would you like to have a million dollars? The formula is simple enough. Just take one dollar and double it twenty times and you will have $1,000,000. Let’s suppose you …
Doubling to $1,000,000 Read More Biblical Dress
Does God care how you dress? Does what you wear have anything to do with how well you redeem the time? The answer to both questions is yes. The Bible …
Biblical Dress Read More Jonathan Edwards Descendants
Do you want to impact the world for Jesus Christ? Then consider the example of Jonathan Edwards. He’s remembered as a great preacher, used of God to bring revival to …
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