This year, is this going to be ‘the one’, or is it going to be ‘the next one’?
‘The next one’ is the one where the outcome is to get it done. We do enough to get it finished. It’s not the end-goal, but it keeps you busy.
On the other hand, if this is ‘the one’, then the outcome is not to get it done, the outcome is to achieve your goal.
If this is ‘the one’, then in the end if you haven’t achieved your ultimate outcome then it isn’t the end.
Is 2017 going to be a year to celebrate, or a year to fill up?
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.
We often try to outrun the storm, emotionally, physically, spiritually.
We’re entering an age where machines do our thinking before we’ve even had a chance to try.
In church the other day, the pastor gave a sermon that really stuck with me. He talked about two people.