Too Comfortable?

When I catch myself feeling content and self-satisfied in business, I know something is wrong. I’m too comfortable and therefore not growing. The same can be said about my faith. When I’m lazy and unchallenged in my devotion to God, I know my journey has stagnated or stopped altogether.

All for One

One of the best things I have ever done for my work was to involve God and His Gospel. I humbly admit that I have not perfected it, it’s a constant work in progress, and there are days when his word gets lost in the shuffle, but when he is truly the CEO, only then am I able to serve the work, my company, and my employees. Only then is my outcome remarkably different and fruitful. When we tweak the purpose of our work to serve the One, only then can we truly serve all. Hiring God to be our CEO has allowed our company to serve our clients, be transparent in our goals, and set a precedent of how best to succeed. It has made all the difference.

To Do Good

Once upon a time there was a young man who learned the art of the deal. He realized that a good real estate deal could reap so many financial benefits in so many ways that he built a lucrative empire on this understanding. He bought properties steeped in equity and then pulled out all the surplus cash and either lent it out to other real estate investors, or bought other deals ripe with equity. This strategy worked really well until the housing bubble burst and with it his dreams of grandeur. He learned a few huge life-lessons in the crash: 1.) Don’t overextend yourself, and 2.) Don’t work solely for the almighty dollar. 

This is a true story… It is my story. When I first started buying and selling real estate, I was driven by an insatiable desire for palatial homes, lots of toys, and big bank accounts. When I lost it all, I realized I wasn’t fulfilled by my previous motivations. Even though I had everything before the crash, I became nothing without it. It was a very hard lesson, but an extremely valuable one.

Say My Name

The motivational writer Dale Carnegie once famously wrote, “A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” Most people put a lot of value in their name. It’s part of who they are, their identity, their verbal fingerprint. It’s why people will sit up and listen when […]

It Has Been Prepared

There are many people in the United States who are claiming that the end times are upon us. I’ve had people ask me my thoughts on the subject. The truth is, this isn’t the first time in recent history where the “signs of the times” have pointed to the end. During both World Wars, we […]

Have you RSVP’d?

The other day I was watching our daughter play with her brothers. My beautiful little girl has hit an age where we’re all deftly aware of how fleeting her moods are. One moment she’s giggling and full of light and love and the next she’s full of tears, a dark mood suddenly befalling our house! […]

Is Your God a Lesser God?

We are all children of a lesser god at one time or another in our lives. What I mean to say is we have all formed God in our head to meet our needs and often this picture is much less than the God on high and a lot more like ourselves. We put God […]

Patience is a Virtue

Have you ever waited for your children to climb into the car, get into their seats, and put on their seat belts? It’s a simple task, one that adults do automatically and without much thought. However, it’s a laborious, drawn-out process for a child, wrought with distractions and bickering over who gets what seat, all […]

Hard Pill to Swallow

I’ve always had a problem with authority. Fortunately for me and unfortunately for others, I’m a natural-born rebel (my parents and wife can attest to this). It’s what has caused both incredible friction and abundant blessings in my life. This instinct to buck the system is what fueled my motivation to build and own my […]

Who is the Author of Your Story?

I love self-help books. Give me a motivational book, chalk-full of usable, transformational information and you have me hooked for the next few hours. Give me a fiction book and I’m snoozing in ten minutes. That being said, although I believe these books are helpful, I also believe they do us a disservice too. Why? […]