• Maxim #26: Have Good Defaults

    We have a limited amount of willpower. We have a limited amount of decision-making energy. Although there are things we can do to increase and improve these abilities, even at…


  • When?

    You want to do it. You plan to do it. But you never actually get around to doing it. “Why?” is often a good question. It helps us get to…


  • Eat. Move. Sleep.

    There is a lot of advice available on how to optimize your health. I read some of it. I am sure a lot of it is very good. I am…


  • What I Read in January

    The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (FICTION)I really enjoyed this book. Set in India in the early 1900s and spanning multiple generations of a family and their connections, it…


  • Self-Help and Christianity

    As someone who is convinced that Christianity is true, how do I approach self-help material? Good question. Many of the posts on my blog would be considered self-help. I share…


  • Maxim #25: Shift the Spotlight

    I did a presentation to a company recently on “Communicating with Confidence”. The most important tip to increase confidence that I shared was to Shift the Spotlight. The Spotlight Effect…


  • Maxim #24: Take Off the Tool Belt

    The phrase, “Take Off the Tool Belt” helped my wife and I move past several years of arguments and hurt feelings. We got the language from the book “Men are…


  • What I Read in December

    Inner Excellence by Jim Murphy (Non-Fiction)Well… I remember liking this book, but I didn’t take any notes and don’t remember many of the details. That doesn’t allow me to provide…


  • We Can If…

    I came across this during a training session at work. It comes from a book titled “A Beautiful Constraint” about using limitations for creative productivity. Rather than defaulting to “we…


  • Maxim #23: Focus on Process Over Goals

    As the New Year is about to begin and many are about to set New Year’s resolutions, I would like to encourage you to Focus on Process over Goals. Goals…


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