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How Good Will Hunting Teaches Us To Engage with Our Life
One of my favorite movies of all time is Good Will Hunting. If you haven't seen it, go rent it. The movie follows the story of a young genius (Will, played by Matt Damon) with a ...
When You Have a Setback, Remember the Joy is in the Process
It’s tough when you’re working toward a goal, and you have a setback. It can be easy to get discouraged, or even throw in the towel and quit. Recently, one of the tough things I ...
How to Say No: 5 Key Strategies
Many of us struggle with saying no. For example, maybe your friend asked you to do something. You really don’t want to do it, but you feel bad saying no. Or maybe you were asked ...
How to Apply Nick Saban’s Process in Your Life
Nick Saban, the national championship winning head football coach at the University of Alabama, is famous for teaching his team to adhere to something he calls “the process.” Saban’s results speak for themselves. There’s definitely ...
Be a Conduit, Not a Receptacle
I listened to a sermon the other day, and the pastor used an example I thought was really interesting. The sermon was on the topic of giving. The pastor focused on the benefits of being ...
When Helping Others, Don’t Capsize Your Canoe
If you are a person who prioritizes helping others in need, you probably have experienced a tension in your life. You want to help and serve others, but the need is so great. In fact, ...
How To Solve Internal and External Problems
As human beings, we are designed to solve problems. Often our biggest breakthroughs in life and work come from being successful in solving our big problems. However, the flip side is also true. Our most ...
Do You Want to be Happy? Mind the 3 P’s
I listened to an interview the other day with Dan Buettner. Dan is an author who recently wrote a book called the Blue Zones of Happiness. In the book, Dan studied the happiest countries in ...
Take Your New Year’s Resolution Outside
We are in the season of New Year’s Resolutions. There’s something about the beginning of the new year that gives us a chance to think about the things in our lives that are working, as ...