The difference between a goal and a wish is a plan — or a system to achieve the goal. For example, my goal was to read 104 books in 2016 but I had no plan. I managed to read only six books and even that was an achievement. OK, so this year my goal is … Read more
I’m experimenting with the Ivy Lee method to get more done this 2017.
Welcome to 2017. God gives us many special blessings. A particularly good one is the gift of restart, the grace to begin again. Here be opportunity to dream, do, be, become; a time to live and love anew, a time to embrace purpose, to get on with our work, to sow and harvest, to prosper … Read more
2016 Scores: Built EverCreed.com, The Christian Q & A Site Edited 1 Book Read 5 Books Wrote 41 blog posts Had 154 views 2017 Goals: Read 12 Books Learn a programming language Learn a language Join a speaking course Write a blog post every day
My opinion on MMM
How many friends do you have? When was the last time you hung out with a pal? Or held conversation with someone, anyone without thinking about your importance or the principles you needed to defend? People do not hate you, they just do not remember you. Well, some may hate. But most folks are too … Read more
It’s easy to get carried away, bogged down with work, an endless cycle of dullness given energy by the worker’s soul, while your real work suffers. It’s easy to find your satiation soon but temporarily, in that mild-to-tepid sort of way, rejoicing in solving daily issues for people and organisations, some merely trivialities worthy of … Read more
Today’s web gems: play, pain, and books. Five ways that play can save the world Pat Kane tells us,”Play is an essential component of human nature – and one of our better parts. The more we express it, the better we become.” He shares four more ways play can save the world. Ranking the Pain … Read more
I always thought I cared about people. Then again, it’s easy to excuse myself: loving people (like me) busy with daily living might lack the necessary apparatus for expressing their care toward others. No matter, I plan to amend the situation somehow. Back then at the university, there was a guy ready always with a compliment for … Read more
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away. -Arthur Helps, writer (10 Jul 1813-1875) Maybe it’s because kindness requires precious emotional energy; but preaching is often a performance.