Can you for a moment imagine how much mockery was endured by the person who first desired to go the moon? Who knows who that person was? Perhaps they lived at a time when people still thought the world was flat – and theirs was the voice crazy enough to desire such a (then) obscene…
It’s quite startling to me that while (for the most part) I’m great at encouraging and coaching people on how they can be successful, at times, I neglect to apply the same principles I share to my own circumstances. I was reminded of this recently. Upon this realization I chose to reboot and act as…
Recently I wrote about a young man who’d spoken with me about a financial issue he was faced with. I wrote about how teachable he seemed. This led me to believe his willingness to learn would result in him making the right decisions with his money. I don’t know much about money but I thought…
A young man contacted me this week about a financial conundrum he was facing. I think he’ll do just great and will make a real success of himself. My main reason for this strong belief: he seems teachable. As a young woman, in my early twenties, I was very ambitious and like most young people:…
As a kid my parents were very particular about who I hung out with. In my teens this became problematic as my parents reined me in, became overly protective and pretty much dictated who could and could not be my friends. I was resentful and felt so hard done by – but I was raised…
I’m currently reading about a young man, Tony Hsieh who at age 24 sold a company he co-founded for $265 million. At 34 he sold yet another company he’d co-founded for $1.2 BILLION! What I’m getting from his story, so far, is not that he’s ultra rich now or that he became a sterling success…
Someone recently asked me what this new found passion I’m pursuing was. Here’s the thing I can tell you and it won’t make one ounce of difference to your life. The issue is not what I’m doing with my life; it’s what you’re doing with yours. In my post The Pursuit of Wow I wrote…
What Father says about interracial marriage A young man who loves God contacted me a while ago and asked me about my marriage. He was white, Afrikaans and living in what was a predominantly conservative white community in South Africa. He was in love with a black woman. I cannot say what he wrote to…