Following last week’s post, I realized I needed to make one clarification and add a companion concept. Another Way You may need to keep moving forward so that a single insurmountable obstacle does not jeopardize your entire endeavor. Sometimes, you need to flow like a river and navigate around obstructions.  An entrepreneur told me he has been unsuccessful in obtaining the $1 million investment...

In our hustle culture, they tell us never to quit on our dreams, lest we give up right before achieving success. They proclaim Winston Churchill’s famous words, “…never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in...” but omit these words said in the same breath: “except to convictions of honour and good sense.” How do we exercise...

After exposing my cluttered garage and pontificating about disposing of unused stuff, I had to act; otherwise, I wouldn’t be an authentic 52 Stepper. Even though I proclaimed the virtue of giving things to those who could use them, my immediate motivations were to show you I could do as I say, escape the yoke of unused possessions, and spare Little Ricky some future disposal work. Easier Done...

Despite our awareness that we benefit by forgiving others and ourselves, we deny ourselves by surrendering control over our forgiveness decisions.   Them Often, our most significant stumbling block to forgiving others is making it contingent on the offender’s remorse; “I will not forgive him until he apologizes.” However, requiring repentance is the equivalent of asking permission to be relieved...

Send Them Back We both praise and vilify the country’s leader for doing the job our laws require.  Ironically, the deportation zealots would have been better off drafting President Obama back into office.  In both terms, he deported (removed and returned) more illegals than the current President did in his original term.  Why didn’t President Obama suffer the same outrage? Are the current...