June 12, 2013

Three hidden fees your job extracts from you

How much are you paying to work at your job? Paying to work for someone seems silly, right? Sure, we might say we love our jobs so much that we’d pay to work there, but we don’t really mean it. ...

June 10, 2013

Is linear thinking holding you back?

Do you know your ABCs? Of course you do. And you know your 1,2,3s as well. You learned them in first grade, second grade, third grade… You get the idea. We’re saturated with linear and sequential processes. First this, ...

June 7, 2013

Review: “How to Find Fulfilling Work” by Roman Krznaric

In his day, Henry David Thoreau observed, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” How much more fitting a description of our day, when so many are unfulfilled in their work. Into that longing Roman Krznaric’s book, ...

June 5, 2013

What’s your personal start-up routine?

Last year I bought a new computer. I love that it’s nearly instantly ready to go when I turn it on. My previous laptop took several minutes to complete the start-up process. When I’m ready to work, those minutes ...

June 3, 2013

The relentless pursuit of better

What do you want do better than anyone? Recently, I read an article where the author suggested that the answer to that question is the key to finding your purpose. His idea is that the thing you want to ...

May 31, 2013

The casualty of exactness

I can be a stickler for detail. More than once my wife has called me “Mr. Exactitude” after correcting a detail in a conversation we might be having. She even bought a replica of the famous Exactitude poster by ...

May 29, 2013

Risking the known for the uncertain

I’m making a trade-off; risking the known for the uncertain. Tonight I’ll give my last message at IronWorks, a ministry I co-founded nine years ago to sharpen men in the applying biblical principles to their very practical world. It’s ...

May 27, 2013

Three questions to start your day

There are days I wake up confused. Can you relate? Like me, you may have so many things on your plate, you don’t know where to begin. I like to start here, by asking myself these three questions: What’s ...

May 24, 2013

How to recycle habits to get more done

When we first started recycling in our home, it took some time to get the hang of it. Something as simple as making sure the right things make it to recycle bin required discipline and a conscious decision. More ...

May 22, 2013

Becoming the advocate you’re looking for

Not many years ago I opened a fortune cookie that read, “Someone you know believes in you.” Right then I felt a little lighter. Despite the corniness of it, I wanted those words to be true. I wanted to ...

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