August 14, 2013

3 signs of a career change: Winning Careers Talk Show broadcast

Yesterday I had the privilege of being on the Careers with a Purpose Winning Careers Talk Show hosted by Richard Yadon. Careers with a Purpose is a fantastic ministry that coaches men and women across the country to find ...

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 ...

January 11, 2013

Embrace the Race

The race is on. As of this writing, the seventh Vendee Globe is in it’s 62nd day. The Vendee Globe is the extreme Olympics of sailing. Twenty captains set out from France in specially designed 60-foot yachts to circumnavigate ...

October 26, 2012

Reclaiming a better view of work

It’s time we reclaimed the word work. Let me prove it. When you think of the word work, what comes to mind? Frustration? Agony? Long hours? All of us have had those experiences with work. And we’ve become so ...

October 8, 2012

Redeeming frustrated ambition

We’ve all experienced those times when things just don’t go our way. All the planning and the resources in the world can’t prevent the frustration of our ambitions, no matter how noble. As the wisest King of his day ...

July 16, 2012

Embracing your Rich Dad

A number of years ago Robert Kiyosaki wrote book about being raised by two fathers. Each taught him a different perspective on money management. Rich Dad, Poor Dad went on to become a New York Times best-seller. It’s no surprise ...

April 17, 2012

Is there a murderer in the house?

The sixth commandment is one that we often don’t pay much attention to: “You shall not murder” (Exodus 20:13). Yet, there’s more to this commandment than meets the eye. In this 30 minute presentation, I explore the deeper meaning ...

May 26, 2011

What Became of A Real Man of Genius?

This is the time of year when we celebrate the new geniuses among us—graduates. But whatever happened to, arguably, the first real genius, the man who observed that "much study wearies the body?" This half-hour presentation examines the life ...

February 22, 2011

Just Show Me Humility

The world is watching how we live our lives. How are we pursuing our goals? Does our confidence come off as arrogance or have we become dispassionate altogether out of misguided sense of humility? Can we be ambitious and ...

February 17, 2011

Just Show Me Loyalty

The world is watching how we live our lives. From whom do we take our cues? Are we passively following the flow of the world's value systems or actively going counter-culture as Jesus did? Where are our true loyalties? ...

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