This is one of the fundamental Principles taught in the Dale Carnegie Sales Course. It’s the question that gives the conversation focus. It’s the question that must be satisfied. What kind of questions are you chasing an answer for? I remember the lonely nights in college (1965-68), driving gravel roads thinking and talking to myself. …
The Bigger Picture…
Two weeks ago, vandals took advantage of me forgetting to lock the doors of my truck. The next morning when I opened my door this is what I found. All the glove boxes and consoles had been emptied and thrown onto the seat & floor…except one. If you notice in the top left corner of …
How Do You Respond?
Everyday…24/7…365 days a year, year after year the Bad News bombards us. One of the songs from the TV Show, Hee-Haw was, “If it weren’t for bad news, we would have no news at all.” Yes, there are bad & evil things happening but… How are you responding? We can follow the role models seen …
Exhausted. Discouraged…Can’t Go On…
Maybe you are at the point today. It could be work, family, health, financial, or any number of things that have drained you. That’s when we begin to question & doubt everything. We feel like we are alone and…hopeless. I’ve been there many times. Here are a couple of things that have kept me from …
We Are All In the Delivery Business
Who do you deliver for? Look at people's faces, listen to their words. People receiving the news of the world are overwhelmed by these deliverers… they are mad, in fear, and have no hope. Hurting people hurt people. But there is a choice. Believers are called to deliver His Good News! And what Good News …
“Look It Up.”
As with any young lad, I had questions. But the response I really didn’t like was, “Go look it up.” First, I found libraries too warm and stuffy. They put me to sleep. Second, the Dewey Decimal System was too much like a jigsaw puzzle, I just wanted an answer with the least amount of …
The Key?
I’m a dude. Although He has changed much of my dude thinking ways since 1984 when I came to Jesus, I am still a work in process. One of the areas He is working on is my entrenched way of focusing on performance. Performance is a core attribute of our culture. Did you make the …
“Will I Be Strong Enough…?”
What do you do to build strength? Some go to the gym. But for the gym, or any physical activity to work, it requires discipline, consistency & commitment. There is another type of strength that requires discipline, consistency & commitment. It’s the strength found only in Jesus. His (Jesus) strength is developed with a daily …
When It Happens…
Where do you go…what do you do when the crisis happens? All public buildings have a fire alarm system. They do two things: alert everyone in the building of the emergency and contact the local fire station of the fire emergency. The fire alarm activates the planned response. In school we had fire drills to …
“He’s On My Trail and I’m Exhausted…”
Growing up and hunting in Arkansas there are a couple of good reasons I never encountered a wolf; I was not Davy Crocket because I make too much noise, and I am not a good sign reader. Also, wolves are not common in Arkansas. Wolves are fascinating animals. Unlike us they do not have Wal-Mart(s) …
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