“I had a good day at school today, except for recess,” my son answered when I asked him how his day was. He looked dejected.
“What happened at recess?” I asked.
“Well, I just had no one to play with,” he answered in a small voice, looking at the ground.
“What do you mean?” I asked. It sounded strange to me that no one else would be… Continue reading
You can choose to believe whatever you want.
That’s a powerful statement, because it’s true. You can believe that there are no weeds in your garden, but that won’t keep your garden free of weeds. You can believe you can afford that new house, but that doesn’t mean you have enough money to buy it. You can believe you will get unexpected checks in the mail, but that doesn’t… Continue reading
When I think about many of the bad decisions I’ve made in my life, I find that many of them were made when my emotions where very strong. I lost a good friend once because of some things I said in anger. I bought a house I really couldn’t afford because I absolutely fell in love with it. I joined poor business opportunities because I was excited about making tons… Continue reading
You may have seen business opportunities like this online… “Let me teach you how to make $90,000 in three months” and “How I turned $100 into $100,000 in only one week!” These stories may be true, but the implied message is that the person responding to the offer is guaranteed to have the same success as the person making the offer. The reality is that this may not be the… Continue reading
My son had a flag football scrimmage game today and, quite frankly, his team got squashed. Their defense was horrible, and their offense could barely move the ball. If they did move it, it was usually backwards!
Afterward, my son and I were talking about the game and he said, “But Dad, I played my best!” He said it in a tone that suggested there was nothing else to… Continue reading