By Bob Kalle
The third principle Andrews talks about is The Active Decision. This means that when you are faced with a decision, do something. Make a decision. Action is always better than inaction. When we act, it opens the door for something good to happen. If we do not act, what […]
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In his book The Seven Decisions, Andrews talks about the second decision, The Guided decision is to seek wisdom. If we want to make good decisions toward our goals and success, we need to have as much wisdom as we can acquire. And he talks about three ways to get […]
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We might all agree that our Creator endowed all of us with free will. I do not believe anyone would dispute that we can choose whatever we want to do when we want to do it. Because we make these choices, we should believe that we are where we are […]
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Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gains understanding, For she is more profitable than silver, and yields better returns than gold. Pr 3:13-14 The book of the Bible called Proverbs is all about gaining wisdom. It gives short passages that we can relate to in everyday life. What is neat is that you can read […]
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I am the Lord, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. This is the first commandment that was given to Moses by God as he led the Israelites out […]
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As an adult, we take on many roles. We are adults, spouses, employers, employees, parents, coaches, leaders and sometimes mentors. Much of the time, we have to embrace more than one of these roles at any point in time. One of a person’s goals in life is to build and maintain healthy and long lasting […]
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Once we get to know ourselves, we can begin to understand our children. As we progress through the stages of emotional intelligence, we enter stage 3. Can we understand what drives our children? What are their personalities like? What are their values? What do they see as their priorities in life? What values do they […]
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Perhaps the first commitment a parent should make is to be a professional parent. That is, to be the very best version of themselves as a parent. We try to be “professional” in many of our other roles, so why not in our parenting role? We have guidelines to professionalism in our other roles. […]
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Charles Dickens once wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” He wasn’t talking about being a parent, but the saying sure fits. Nothing in a parent’s life feels as good as when our children accomplish something or are enjoying themselves. Yet nothing hurts us as bad as when […]
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