I watched an animated movie yesterday. In one of the scenes, two friends were trying to ride a two-headed dragon. The challenge was that ...

Today, I drove my son to school. It was like every other trip to his school until the faint sirens behind us became loud enough to make u...

I grew up in Sub-Saharan Africa where it is not uncommon to see a chicken and her chicks roaming around, rummaging for food and water. Th...

This morning my son reminded me of a lesson I taught him. I thought I’d share with you. Joel’s is fond of Sesame Street characters. Elmo ...

Harry S. Truman is brilliant. He came up with one of the most famous leadership quotes: “Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are...

I am on a church staff. An awesome church staff. Part of our responsibility is to create the right environment for spiritual, supernatura...

Be it cooking, public speaking, singing, and painting or writing; there is something you are naturally awesome at. And this is not in com...

What would you do different?What would you do the same? What would you do more? What would you do less? What would you push harder? What w...

Is it fame and popularity?Or efficiency and cost-effectiveness? Or success and victory? Or noted and applauded? I think BEST is about dis...

It’s easy to win, win and win again. Anybody can do that. Every strategy out there is designed to win, but the most difficult dimension o...

What other giants did David kill before Goliath? What other nations did Moses deliver before the nation of Israel? Moses again…. What oth...

Every field of endeavor has a set of rules that guides it. Be it soccer, middle school, writing code or mud wrestling; there are always g...

As leaders, our greatest challenge is the mental and psychological (and spiritual, if you’re a religious leader) alignment of the people w...

Whether we know it or not, our lives are a sum total of several patterns of varying magnitudes. From the timing of our meals to the order...

Some days ago, driving to work was a hassle. The weather report had indicated there would limited visibility—this time they were right, t...

When did amateur become the opposite of professional? When did amateurs lose the right to get paid for their craft? I did some study and ...

From the times of the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25) to this present age, every talented person is burden by the weight of his/her t...

One of the hardest things in life is waiting on the fulfillment of a promise. Often times, the usual response to waiting is an impatient ...

Let me paint a picture in your mind. You’re about to prepare a dish—your favorite dish—and you have all your ingredients ready on your co...

Often times we love to quote, “The steps of the righteous man are ordered by the Lord.”1 However, when we pass through tough times we fai...