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The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night.God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.”Solomon answered:“O LORD, my God, you have made me, your servant, kingto succeed my father David;but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act.I serve you in the midst ofContinue reading “One Wish: Wisdom”

“Serve Who Shows Up. No matter the size of a group, I show up and give them my best. I’ll bring the same energy and heart to a room full of five people that I will to a room of 500. And I’d suggest you do the same. Truth be told, you’ll never know howContinue reading “Two People In The Audience”

If a country is governed wisely,its inhabitants will be content.They enjoy the labor of their handsand don’t waste time inventinglabor-saving machines.Since they dearly love their homes,they aren’t interested in travel.There may be a few wagons and boats,but these don’t go anywhere.There may be an arsenal of weapons,but nobody ever uses them.People enjoy their food,take pleasureContinue reading “Vacation”

“Whether you have ten years left or a hundred years left, your life is an incredibly brief moment. We know for sure you won’t be here in a century. But today? Today you are in the Great Game. And this moment you have right now might as well be the most important moment in theContinue reading “Play The Great Game”

“Why is improvement hard? Part of the issue is everyone wants to improve, but nobody wants to destroy. Change often requires destruction. Or, at least, unlearning. Let’s call it gentle elimination. You may have to leave little habits, update current beliefs, eliminate comfortable patterns. When you want better outcomes, your daily norms may need toContinue reading “Self Destruction”

“The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived.” -Leo Rosten “The world will offer you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were madeContinue reading “Work For Comfort”

“All art is quite useless.” -Oscar Wilde The point of making art is to make art. Art For Art’s Sake. That is the best kind, the only kind. For more inspiration, read Billy Oppenheimer’s “The Point.”

How many times have you heard someone sayIf I had his money I’d do things my wayHmm, but little they knowHmm, it’s so hard to findOne rich man in ten with a satisfied mind Hmm, once I was wading in fortune and fameEverything that I dreamed of to get a start in life’s gameBut suddenlyContinue reading “A Satisfied Mind”

“What is the ONE thing you could do right now such that by doing it, everything else would be easier or unnecessary?” -Gary Keller Gary Keller’s advice above is great, but don’t let it paralyze you from starting. Just pick a task, any task, and go COMPLETE it. Do this again and again. Day inContinue reading ““What’s My One Thing?””

“There is no greater mystery than this, that we keep seeking reality though in fact we are reality. We think that there is something hiding reality and that this must be destroyed before reality is gained. How ridiculous! A day will dawn when you will laugh at all your past efforts. That which will beContinue reading “Reality”