I have a problem. I struggle with the need to be valued by my peers every day. I often find myself looking for that one bit of validation, that “like” on Facebook, that comment on my blog, so I can keep on going. I struggle with approval addiction. Do you? Looking to get better at managing […]
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Do you ever feel a nag that you should be addressing something in your life? Like eating better or exercising? Do you tell yourself that you’ll get to that stuff later on, when you have more time or money? Or maybe you’ve finally realized that that kind of thinking doesn’t work. You know you need
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In the 1995 groundbreaking digital animation film Toy Story, we got to see a different kind of Disney movie. Pixar, who created the film for Disney, broke the rules by using their own “secret story guidelines” to tell the story. These guidelines differed from the way Disney was used to making films – in fact,
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“You’re so irresponsible!” The nurse berated my wife. “How could you get pregnant again after already having two children?” It was supposed to be a routine pregnancy checkup. But it turned into an attack on my wife. She had to endure the aggressive complaints of her nurse. It wasn’t cool with her that a young
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Marvel, Disney, Batman, Superman, Star Wars… it’s staggering how much Hollywood is feeding the world with myth. And I like it, don’t get me wrong. I particularly love the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they’ve made great decisions with characters that have been dear to me since I was a kid. But did you know there’s a
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If I asked you for a business card right now, and you could give it to me, what would it say? For some people, it’s a no-brainer: doctor, lawyer, pastor, alligator wrestler, etc. But for many, many others (including myself), there would be a lot of titles on that card. And maybe even some of those
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The Power of Myth We are all fascinated with myth. I believe that we all experience a deep dissatisfaction with reality, with what is visible with our eyes. Myth tells us that there is something beyond the world that we see only with our eyes. According to John Eldredge in his book, “Waking the Dead”,
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Too discouraged to make plans… A few years ago, I had completely lost faith in time management. I was so discouraged from not seeing the results that I wanted to see in my life. To-do lists, calendars, I chucked them all away. And you could imagine what my life, and business, looked like as a
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Be ruthless We all would like to block out distractions, be more focused, and get more work done. But I never heard it said as well as when I heard it from Alex Mathers: Be ruthless with how you protect the clarity and completion of anything you produce. My interpretation of that? Be ruthless with
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