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Keep your eyes on your goal The normal bedtime routine for the English house starts with the telling of a story. Most of the time, I contrive some sort of imaginative situation where a little boy or girl goes off and does something spectacular. The story ends after a grand adventure with the little one feeling so tired that they “go home, get in their bed and go to sleep.” The End. ...
Only rejoicing I’m writing this during the Feast of Tabernacles, which is the fall feast mentioned in Leviticus Chapter 23. The feast brings with it two purposes. The first is a remembrance for the Children of Israel of how Yahweh made them to dwell in booths for the 40 years they were in the wilderness prior to entering the Promised Land. During those years the Children of Israel were...
I had an opportunity this week to evaluate some qualities one needs in order to be successful as a full-time investor or real estate professional. It started Monday morning as I was heading to the office for our weekly staff meeting. The project at forefront of my mind was completion of the rehab on a flip that was about to sell. We were running behind on it and needed all hands on...
So, I had an epic fail this week … in front of everybody. We have a praise day at my congregation a couple of times a year. The praise offerings range from the reading of psalms and other verses that have spoken to the reader to recitations of poems — and then, of course, music. I had planned to sing and play a special song on my guitar that had spoken to my heart. ...
As I was going through the TSA checkpoint at Hartsfield International Airport, I got an opportunity to practice some principles I learned from Dale Carnegie in his book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” As we waited in the crazy long line at the security check, I noticed some of the TSA agents didn’t look thrilled to be at work. I decided to interfere with...