Leadership is Stewardship, it is temporary and you’re accountable – Andy Stanley Today I had the privilege of guest blogging on Nuggets for Nobles. Here is a little excerpt: “I’m going to give you two spankings” My sister-in-law told my 3-year-old niece. “One for not listening, and the other for leading your brother to do …
Category Archives: Life Lessons
Do you have the impostor syndrome?
Despite external evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the success they have achieved. – Wikipedia.com Joe Benjamin via Compfight Can I tell you a secret? yeah? okay here it goes… I’m a very very very blessed woman. Extremely blessed. Sometimes I feel like …
Do you ever say what you mean?
Photo Credit: Jaskirat Singh Bawa via Compfight My former boss was celebrating his 40th wedding anniversary a few months ago and I asked him what was the secret of staying together for so long. And he said “Communication.” “Of course, communication is important” I thought to myself disappointed because I was expecting something more profound, …
I'm tired of wishing
I’ve been doing a lot of wishing lately… I’ve been wishing that I hadn’t said that, or hadn’t done that, or that I had taken the opportunity when I had a chance… I’ve been wishing you could understand, wishing you would ask me about it, wishing I could speak boldly and clearly… I’ve been wishing …
If it was up to God Whitney Houston would still be alive
I wrote a post on facebook recently that “if it was up to God Whitney Houston would still be alive” and I got mixed responses. The thing that pains me is that some people speculated that maybe her purpose in life was to bring people to Him through her funeral. This is why many non-christians …
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I've decided that I'm not going to die (lessons from The Help)
I recently listened to the audiobook “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (affiliate link) and the main character’s mother (Skeeter’s mother) said something that was so profound. Skeeter’s mother was dying of cancer, and there was so much going on, she was throwing up, she couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep, she lost her teeth, lost her …
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Where do good ideas come from?
It only takes one good idea to make millions of dollars. So where do you get good ideas? How soon can you come up with your million dollar idea?
Stop making excuses and just start
We’ve all heard your excuses. We all know that you would have been successful by now if so and so had helped, or if you had the right connections or if…blah blah blah… We’re tired of your excuses. We need you to just start. Start Now. No funding needed. from Derek Sivers on Vimeo.
Leaders are Losers
These days people talk about how we all have to be leaders, and we all have to have goals for our lives… Don’t get me wrong, I believe in having dreams and ambitions, and aiming for more, but the problem with having random goals is that no one knows the future, and what you think …
The NO-COMPLAINTS REVOLUTION week 4 | iyasostuff
Wow we’ve made it to week 4… magnifique! Remember all you have to do is: 1. If you feel like complaining, don’t say anything 2. When you feel like complaining, find something to be thankful for instead. — So how have the weeks been so far? Hope you’ve found ways to encourage yourself and not …
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