Rivalry
"Last one into the house is a rotten egg!" Making ordinary tasks into competitions can be a powerful way to motivate behavior. But it also…
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Hope
Sunday we lit the first candle of Advent--the Hope Candle. There's an ancient saying: "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." When our longings are not…
Prioritization
You walk into a room and you see four concerning things: 1) A four-year-old trying to start a Bic lighter; 2) A toddler crying loudly;…
Tell stories
"No organization that exists simply for itself is worth leading. Leaders what to lead organizations and movements that make a difference--that fill a need and…
Own it.
Children have a sixth sense for hypocrisy. Adults do too. There's Hypocrisy (with a capital H) that rightly ruins credibility. This is avoided by a…
Phone fright
I had a paper route when I was in middle school. It was a nice route--close to my house; very kind customers who paid on…
Fear factors
Lots of scary stuff out there. How shall we steward our emotions when bombarded? One of the first things to do is to wisely distinguish…
Emotional energy
No matter how rich or poor--we only have twenty-four hours in a given day. After sleeping, eating, bathing, working, we have a small amount of…
Names gene?
"I'm not a names person." "For the life of me, I can't remember people's names." I've heard that there's a neurological reason we find it…
You come too
The Pasture By Robert Frost I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water…