Are you poised to be a lifelong learner?

Are you poised to be a lifelong learner?

One of the most critical pieces of personal development is simply to keep developing. Just as we keep developing spiritually, we should continue learning as well. Becoming a lifelong learner means rather than becoming set in what you already know, you intentionally...
How do you know your time is well spent? 

How do you know your time is well spent? 

As Peter Drucker—my favorite mentor that I’ve only connected with a few times—has famously said on ensuring time is well spent, “There is nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency something that should not be done at all.”   It’s surprising how much of...

Anger management

Recently I’ve started teaching a class on anger management for teenage moms at a local high school. Parenting is hard enough even when you have all you need.  Doing it under less than ideal circumstances is even more challenging.  There are some young women taking...

Positive assumption

What I’m calling positive assumption simply means assuming the best about a person. We think about this when we are trying to encourage people by pointing out something they’re doing well, but positive assumption can be every bit as helpful when someone is doing...