Begin with the End in Mind

“Begin with the end in mind” – That’s another one of Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. I didn’t want to steal Covey’s “habit” for my title, but it’s a pretty good fit, so we’ll...

Obedience vs. Proactivity

The late management guru Stephen Covey said that being “proactive” is the first of seven habits of highly effective people. According to Covey’s amazingly popular book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (of course), being proactive...

The Definition of Success

For the last two weeks I’ve been promising you twelve keys to a truly successful life; but all I’ve shared with you are two commandments from the Bible. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” and “Love...

How Big is Your Neighborhood?

Last week I gave you the number one rule for a truly successful life: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Here’s rule number two: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” It’s an old one. I bet you’ve...

The One Thing

Remember the movie “City Slickers”? Three guys facing middle age and accompanying crises, wanting to reassess their lives, embark on a two week cattle drive – a sort of hyper-dude-ranch, real cowboy experience for ‘city slickers’. During the drive, one city...

Wes Smith in Haiti … the rest of the story

I hadn’t heard from Wes Smith in a while. Remember Wes? I wrote about him and his Haiti rescue team deploying do the earthquake ravaged island right after the tragic event. You can review the posts here: “Haiti Relief, January 17” and “Haiti...