by Scott A Stonehouse | Feb 16, 2026 | Personal Growth
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 some of the underlying reasons for the things we think, want, fear, do, etc. For example, why we aren’t doing...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Feb 12, 2026 | Habits, Personal Growth
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 sure much of it is not. The sheer volume of it, and the amazing specificity of it, can be overwhelming. It doesn’t need to be. It...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 29, 2026 | Bible, Books, Christianity, Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
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 what I have learned from books, other people, and personal experience on habits, routines,...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 22, 2026 | Leadership, Maxims, Personal Growth
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 is when people think that everyone is looking at them, thinking...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 19, 2026 | Books, Maxims, Personal Growth
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 from Mars, Women are from Venus” by John Gray. This short phrase encapsulates an entire...
by Scott A Stonehouse | Jan 5, 2026 | Leadership, Personal Growth
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 can’t do that” you default to “We can...
