Most of a person’s future is lost in the little things. Call it a ripple effect, butterfly effect, whatever. But your small actions each day have a huge impact on your longterm trajectory. We’ve seen this in the negative. A young child makes the decision to steal a pack of of gum. He gets away…
I’ve discovered that life doesn’t work like a sloping curve. If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you won’t keep reaching new heights. You’ll eventually plateau. Instead, life works more like a set of stairs. You act one way, and you reach a new level. You’ll stay at that level, though, until you try…
My pastor says something that rings with so much truth: Jesus is the goal. Daniel Villarreal is a visionary guy. He understands dreams. He understands risk. He’s living a life that’s all about that. But he understands that ultimately, the dream isn’t the end result. Jesus is the end result. He’s the completion. There’s a…
When I look back on it now, I realize how ridiculous I was being. But it didn’t feel that way when I was in the middle of it. You see; up until recently, I was hosting my main flagship site on a web host that cost $8/month. That small investment was running my site which…
Every now and then I’ll go to the “Discover” section of Instagram. I’ll stumble on someone whose profile is the epitome of cool. They’re always at the coolest beaches, drinking the coolest coffees, or watching the best concerts. It’s a lie. Well, maybe they really do those things. But if you look at only the…
For a while, I really hated the question: What do you like to do in your spare time? The reason I hated that question was because I always had to give an awkward answer. “Well, I like to work and spend time with my wife.” That sounds like I was a complete workaholic. Maybe I…
Have you ever noticed that the most creative people are often the ones turned off by God? I don’t believe this has to be the case. In the beginning God created. Creativity is reflective of our creative God. Everything we see was designed by our Creator. He saw that what He made was good. And…
This is the tale of two books. Two of my books. One book is about 50 chapters and 30,000 words. The other book is about 7 chapters and 7,000 words. The big book (the 50 chapter one), is already done. I wrote it in about 3 months. The small book isn’t done. In fact, I’m…
I’m convinced everyone needs some form of a coach in their life. This is someone who understands where you want to go in life and helps you get there. A coach could be someone helping you achieve a business goal, a life goal, or a physical goal. You need one, and it doesn’t matter how…
I recently got an article published on Relevant Magazine’s site. It’s called 3 Ways to Know Your Ambition is from God. It’s actually been really popular. (You can tell how popular the article is by how many hateful comments or Facebook posts you see on the article.) So how did I get published? I believe…