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Giving Up on Your Dreams?
This last nine months life has been a whirlwind for me. It has been a mixed bag of everything from a nervous breakdown and health scare, sickness in my family, and more responsibility than time. In the...
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The Mile
In 2017, I ran the Phoenix Marathon. I love marathons because they are just like chasing a dream. Phoenix was my fourth marathon in my third state at the time, and I have a dream goal to run one in...
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4 Tips That Lead to Change
In the information age, we often get in this constant state of learning. There are many blogs out there including this one, and we can keep looking for new information or information we want to hear....
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Leaders Shouldn’t Be Alone
I had just had a typical day for this entrepreneur. My days start out the same, time alone in the morning followed by a day full of leading, exhorting, and vision casting. My day consists of being...
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A Happy Dream Chaser?
Inside every one of us is the dream of a destiny and a calling. Somewhere deep inside is a cry for a purpose, a calling that will reveal our place in this world. These dreams all look different, but...
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4 Keys to a Healthy Marriage While Building Your Business
Your business should not be in competition with your spouse. It shouldn’t be but there I went pitting my stores against my family. It felt like when I focused on my family my business struggled, and...
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4 Work Life Balance Questions
There is a temptation that many entrepreneurs don’t want to mention. That temptation is to ignore your family. Oh, we won’t color it up that way. We will say things like, delayed gratification or it’s...
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Walking Dead
“Most men die at twenty-five, but aren’t buried until they are seventy-five.” A famous quote from Benjamin Franklin describes most of our lives. A search for safety and security has most of us full of...
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4 Ways to Make Sure Your Dream is a Blessing
I love me some gravy! Gravy is one of my favorite foods and I eat my fair share of it around the holidays. That may or may not be the reason I’m headed to the gym more in 2018. As I was thinking about...
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Conquering Busyness
— The balloon ripped through the air knocking into a fence, then getting blown into trees, and a power line. At last, it peacefully flew straight up until it was out of sight. As I watched this poor...
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Overcoming Goal Failure
— Since November I have been working out four to five days a week. Well, for the most part. This last week I did absolutely nothing on my health related goals. Unless hurling chips and salsa into my...
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Turning Weaknesses Into Strengths
— One of my favorite speakers didn’t have the easiest beginning. Nick was born with tetra-amelia syndrome. This syndrome is a rare disorder that is characterized by the lack of limbs. Nick was born...
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Life Giving Hope or Dream Killing Expectations
— When chasing a major goal it is easy to get to the frustration point of wanting to give up. A year ago I wanted to throw in the towel. I was talking with my wife about the prospect of stopping this...
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Dream Chasing Legacy
— Both eyes should be firmly focused on the legacy that you will pass down. Often our motivation for our dreams can be self focused and small. We look at what is happening to us in the day today, but...
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Words Hurt
— “You suck at baseball!” one boy yelled toward my seven year old son. “Is he ever going to hit the ball?” another jeered. My boy at 3 My son’s eyes went from wonder and enjoyment to tears and...
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A Deeper Vision
— We all live out a vision for our life. Some have prayed, planned, and written down their vision and maybe even put that vision in picture form on a vision board. Some are not actively, intentionally...
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I Can’t Make It
— I don’t think I can make it! I was on a long distance run and I couldn’t get this nagging and insignificant thought out of my mind. The thought was growing with every step and I was tempted to stop...
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Pulling Punches and Chasing Dreams
— I’ve noticed a pattern in my life and I know that it has popped up in your life from time to time with your dream. I talked this weekend to the Oregon state-wide Chamber of Commerce. I was the...
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Building Something Together as a Couple
You are dangerous! Well, not on your own. Actually, on your own you’re pretty wimpy and before you think I am mocking you, so I am. On our own we are vulnerable, fearful, and probably even divisive....
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Waves
— A few years ago I went halibut fishing in Alaska. That was the moment it became apparent; I get sea sick. As we were going out to the spot where we were fishing at, I felt fine. The second we stopped...
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