The movie True Grit opens with a quote from the book of Proverbs: “The wicked flee when no man pursueth”. A statement containing powerful truth, for sure. But as I sat in the theater watching that movie, I had the nagging sense the screenwriters had left something out. So when I got home, I looked […]
I have this acquaintance… let’s call him Nicholas. That’s not his real name, for reasons that are about to become glaringly obvious. You see, Nicholas repels people. He’s a genius. Yet it seems nobody wants to hear what he has to say…
Yesterday at church, I got into a conversation with my friend Wayne, who is a CPA. It’s tax season here in the US, which means it’s his busiest time of the year. Wayne does the taxes for a lot of business people and entrepreneurs, and he made a comment that caught my attention. “I think […]
I do not choose to be a common man, It is my right to be uncommon … if I can, I seek opportunity … not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen. Humbled and dulled by having the State look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; To dream and […]
Last week I attended Michael Hyatt’s Platform Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. I came away with a raft of valuable insights, and in today’s post I will share some of those insights with you. I attend a lot of conferences. Most of them are held in a hotel ballrooms. This was the first one I have […]