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Michael Phelps – setting and achieving goals
Last week when we were on the Oregon coast, after freezing in the Pacific Ocean for a bit, I decided to warm up on the beach and make a sand sculptor. Since all of our family had been cheering on th...
Finding your own personal sweet spot
In the world of business there’s this little thing called the COP model. COP is an acronym where each letter stands for “Competency”, “Opportunity”, and “Passion&...
Four reasons why hope breeds success
A larger vision “Don’t get your hopes up” the world so often says. Being hopefully optimistic leaves you open to disappointment, and the result? Hope aversion. But naturally opti...
There is beauty all around
I woke up this morning, hearing my almost two-year old in the next room calling out in his soft, toddler voice “Daaaaaadddd”. This is how he lets me know he is awake. I crawl out of be...
What are YOU waiting for?
I posted this video a while back over on my business blog, relating it to innovation, but there’s a broader and more significant application to life. So often in our lives we simply sit aroun...
To teach or not to teach
This week I was reminded of an important principle that I wanted to share. As I mentioned earlier, we just had a baby (what an awesome experience). After delivery, once mom and baby had rested a l...
Can’t we all just get along?
NBC has an article I found today about a man named Greg Pike, of Santa Barbra, who trained his cat, dog, and rat, to all get along. He did it to prove that nothing is impossible in life. He says t...
The blessed nature of simplicity
Life seems to have become so focused on how much more you can take on. How much more you can do. How much more you can acquire. But all too often, we mistake complexity for progress. Whereas compl...
Just be yourself!
I stumbled on some images on worth1000.com that dramatically illustrate an important point… the fact that we’re constantly being pulled to be someone we’re not. Forces all around...
Don’t take on the USS Montana, unless…
I ran across this YouTube video the other day, and just loved it. It makes me wonder at how often we blind ourselves to advice and promptings which would otherwise ensure our own spiritual safety. ...
Abundance Mentality
Have you ever met one of those people who just always give? They give and give as though that’s all they care about. My wife is like this (bless her heart). Regardless of how tired she is...
Someone who decided to make a difference 2
I just read another inspiring story over on CNN (you can find the full story here). But here’s a summary…Ann Mahulm, who lives in Philadelphia and is a veteran marathon runner, got tir...
The National Spirituality Index
Economic indicators are key measurements that have proven particularly powerful at predicting the performance of the economy. There’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), unemployment, consumer confi...
A windshield wiper for life
Have you ever tried driving in a rainstorm without your windshield wipers? I don’t recommend it, but the other day the windshield wipers went out on my Jag (not surprisingly), and I got to ...
The role of the temple
We know from a careful study of the scriptures that God prepares us in stages, in steps, line upon line, and precept upon precept, here a little there a little. First he gave us the true gospel of C...
The cross we bear
The following cartoon sequence came to me in email the other day, and I thought it was worth posting here… If anyone knows the creator or source of this cartoon, please let me know, so I can g...
Do you want a donut? A lesson on the atonement.
The following story came to me in email today. If you happen to know who originally wrote it, please let me know so I can give them credit. Until then, thanks… somebody. Do you want a donut?...
Phantom Leg Syndrom - repentance and hope
I read an article the other day on CNN about Phantom Leg Syndrome. It’s something I’d heard of before but never really given much thought to.Phantom Leg Syndrome describes a medical cond...
Cycle Time - the power of frequency
In software development, there’s a term called “cycle time”, or the amount of time between one event and the next. Releasing features regularly, with short times in between, gives ...
The power of packaging
There’s an old saying “form follows function”, and I disagree with it. Basically it’s saying that the value of any given thing is predominantly placed in the function of that...
Gravity’s lesson on influence (watch your environment)
So yesterday’s experience of returning my Jaguar caused me to reflect on a principle I’ve often taught and thought about. It’s the power of gravity.Gravitation is the natural pheno...
The years of the Jag - a story about generosity
Okay, as a bit of background, 4 years ago, my incredibly generous boss (the owner of the company) called me up and said I should take a trip to our main office in Oklahoma City and suggested that I st...
There must be opposition in all things.
Today, one of my favorite bloggers and business thinkers, Seth Godin (http://www.sethgodin.com/) posted an interesting post in his Blog titled “The forces for Mediocrity“, in which he desc...
Opportunity is like a bar of soap
I remember one day at school we did these soap carvings. I was about ten years old; you remember how exciting that was. I remember the day distinctly. I had come with my bar of soap and my littl...
Self-imposed limitations
When elephants are freshly caught in the wild and taken into training, their trainers will take a strong chain and tie their leg to a long steel pole which they drive deep into the ground. The eleph...
The 3 D’s of Exalted Living
Decisions Determine Direction. The point is that everything matters, even the small things. They matter to God (he’s Omnicaring), and it should matter to you, because every decision you make ...
God is Omnicaring
There are many “Omni’s” that we hear about in describing the character of God: Omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence. The one that’s missing is that he is omnicaring. It m...
Litigation Atty’s property - and others are starving.
I’m not usually one to point fingers, and because of that, I’ll leave the name out of this, but I am one that won’t hesitate pointing out problems as outrageous as this. The followin...