Failure

Encouragement

Failure should be embraced. Fail fast, fail often.  What can you learn from those failures? Ignore the critics and there will be plenty. But I have never seen  statue, holiday or shrine built to honor the best critics only those who withstood the criticism. Keep an inner circle of friends who will speak truth into [...]

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Becoming a Life Long Learner

Personal Development

da Vinci Principle #1: Curiosity Last week I started the da Vincian Life Series. The first principle of the da Vinci Series is curiosity. Webster defines curiosity as “desire to know”. It was the desire to investigate and learn that drove da Vinci. When presented with ideas he evaluated them before making an opinion. This is [...]

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The da Vincian Life Series

Personal Development

Overview of 7 da Vincian Principles Leonardo da Vinci is the original Renaissance Man.You can read more about his influence from “da Vinci – Greatest Individual Contributor of all time” that I wrote. John Maxwell defines leadership as influence. Studying the life of Leonardo da Vinci can help any leader increase their influence.   There are 3 [...]

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“Do The Work” – A Book Review

Personal Development

What comes first is the idea, the passion, the dream of the work we are so excited to create that it scares the hell out of us.  Steven Pressfield  from “Do The Work” Do you need a good kick in the butt to start a project? Or are you in the middle of the project [...]

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Planning the Funeral While Preparing to Give Birth

Encouragement

3 years ago, a doctor told me that “pain is a signal that something was wrong.” I had never thought of pain like that. Pain was something to be dominated and ignored, not listened to.  It was a transformative statement.  I had prided myself on having a high pain tolerance. Last week, I had a [...]

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Encouragement

Easter has always been my favorite Holiday.  While I didn’t always understand what it was about. I knew that Easter was the reason Jesus was born. It was later I learned that the death and resurrection of Christ began the dispensation of Grace those who believe live under. Romans 6:5 NIV For if we have [...]

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