I heard that when toddlers learn to walk they fall down on average 17 times per hour. If you don’t have a few bruises you may not be growing. Critics and cancellers highlight the falls exclusively. What if we celebrated the fallen, identified the obstacles, and joined hands toward continued [...]

One challenge that I repeatedly confront is a lack of focus and mental clarity. In my love for knowledge, I often get lost in the fog of excessive information. As the saying goes, “Don’t lose the forest for the trees.” What to do? There are many ways to confront this [...]

This year I am regularly tutoring my children in Maths. I call it “attitude class”. One of the biggest roadblocks is not their ability, but their attitude. In fact, they are each highly capable, yet what keeps one of them from progressing is perfectionism. PERFECTIONISM The inner voice of perfectionism [...]

I have heard it said, “A genius is someone who makes complex things simple.” I agree. That kind of genius is helpful, and it can be a lucrative skill to possess. People like answers. People need answers. People want answers, quick. We live in a complex world. We need easy-to-remember [...]

Be perfect. If you ask people on the streets if they are “good” you’ll get a fair amount of affirmative responses, but “perfect” is a different ask altogether. Human perfection, impossible. Those that demand it of themselves eventually find themselves crushed. Who in the world can be free of faults, [...]

I remember the question that was asked when I was in my teens and twenties was often, “What would you like to do when you grow up?” I think it is a good and valid question. It is a question that helps us to explore what we like, what our [...]

It is difficult to describe the internal development that took place in my life over twenty-six years ago. One of the ways I describe it is that “God got a hold of my life.” Another way I could say it is that I had a revolutionary experience at my core [...]

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin I have found the above words attributed to Benjamin Franklin as a helpful reminder. I sometimes need memorable axioms that may not convey all there is to know about a subject, yet help me [...]

Right now I have a picture frame sitting on a shelf in my office. Placed within that picture frame is an image of my wife and I sitting down with three of my children. Only ten years ago I had no idea that I would be married to my now [...]

Could simply moving a plant in your office increase your creative aptitude? Could taking the time to solve an outrageous problem like getting a pair of your shoes into outer space get you on the path toward creative genius? According to the science of creativity, “Yes!” There are actually a [...]