Do you hide in the baggage? Something hit me yesterday that I found interesting. I was reading in the Old Testament about Saul. He had been chosen by God to be the first king that the nation of [...]
Determination. There are so many words for it. Perseverance, resolve, will-power, purposefulness, persistence. How about grit, backbone, spunky or sticktoitiveness? The Urban Dictionary [...]
When I was a contractor, I used to bring my kids on various construction job sites to help me and to learn good work ethics. Years ago back in North Dakota I built a deck on the back side of a house[...]
What a great line! It comes from a movie called After Earth. A father and son (and an alien creature) are the only survivors of a space ship that crash lands on earth in the future. The father [...]
Do you believe in what you are doing? This month we have been talking about doing things with excellence. No matter how small or menial a task is, we should do it with all our heart. Do nothing [...]
I have been thinking lately about being faithful in the little things. Many people are familiar with that phrase and it is also a sound business principle taken from the Bible. Jesus said if you are[...]
In Loving Memory - Ted Lowrie at Shorinkan Family Karate About six weeks ago I mentioned Ted in my post about goals and how my wife and I have implemented his business strategies to help us create [...]
So how did you do on your goals this past year? I achieved some but not all of mine. One of my main goals this past year was to grow our karate school. We more than doubled the size of our school [...]
"Never ever ever give up!" Probably the most famous quote about not surrendering. Taken from a speech given on October 29, 1941 to the boys at Harrow School by Winston Churchill. The full quote is[...]
Well alright then. Don't you think it is about time to roll up those sleeves and put a little elbow grease into it? I was listening to Dani Johnson's Radio Show this morning and got fired up like I [...]