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The Impact Hour: Passionate Pursuits

We are rockin’ our fourth episode of the The Impact Hour talking about your passions. We talk about why it’s so important to be passionate about your life’s legacy. You can listen to the episode here. Our radio show is now available as a podcast. You can find The Impact Hour on iTunes, Google Play Music, […]

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What Kind of Person Are You?

What kind of person stands in front of crowds and shares his dream to change a nation’s discrimination culture? What kind of person will go rescue abandon babies in India and give them a place to live? What kind of person will spend their weekends and evenings mentoring others? Are these kinds of people born […]

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Game-Show Interactions

I grew up learning a certain style for interpersonal interactions. It was so pervasive that I didn’t even notice it. I thought it was normal, and I didn’t even know there was a different way. Sometimes it still is the only style of interaction I have with certain people. Sometimes the other person is driving the […]

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The Impact Hour: Living Intentionally

Check out our 2nd radio show episode: The Impact Hour. This episode is called: Living Intentionally. In this show, we talk about what it takes to live intentionally. If we don’t live with intention, pursing our passions, making our impact, we’ll just be living someone else’s passions and impact. You can join the conversation, too. You […]

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Working for Comfort or Effectiveness?

I believe there is a battle within each of us. It is a war about our life and what we are working towards. Are we working toward comfort or effectiveness? What is the predominant driver in our life? Comfort Our culture has emphasized comfort. We value the pursuit of happiness. The American dream is to […]

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Why Does This Keep Happening?

I was sitting in a meeting with my boss and a co-worker. My co-worker and I were in conflict. What I was hearing from my co-worker was, “I’ll do the real work. You just do whatever as long as you stay out of my way.” In this message I heard that his opinion of me […]

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Living to Get

In my life, I have had an undercurrent – a mode of operation if you will. In this undercurrent was a drive to never be swindled or taken advantage of, and at the same time get out of every situation as much as I was due and more. I thought this was a prudent approach. […]

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Spot the Lie: Going, Interested, Can’t Go

Can you spot the lie in Facebook’s choices given for an event? They changed it recently. The choices use to be “Going, Interested, Can’t Go.” Even the new set of choices, which are “Interested, Going, Ignore,” skirts the real issue. Can you spot the truth that Facebook is avoiding? The Lie Is in The “Can’t […]

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Do You Have Confirmation Bias?

Recently I saw two different posts on social media. Both were citing the same study results from NASA. One said it was proof that global warming is not occurring, and the other said it was proof that global warming is occurring. How could this be? The answer lies in Confirmation Bias. Confirmation Bias causes us […]

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My Problem is …

So often, I think the problem is out there. I’ve blamed other people or my circumstances. I’ve believed that I’m just fine, the real problem is out there somewhere. But my problem is in me. I am learning that the biggest influence on what I experience in life is in how I move through the […]

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