The Ultimate Investment

Kyle loved working with sound systems.  While growing up he installed dozens in cars, homes, boats, you name it, he installed it.  He bought, sold, horse traded, and even custom built systems for his friends.  It was all he ever wanted to do, all he could think of doing.  His parents were worried.  Kyle didn’t [...]

Sometimes there are roadblocks to Being who you really want to be.  Maybe you have encountered health problems which won’t allow you to get out and be the type of person you really desire.  But don’t be in despair.  It’s what’s inside that makes you who you truly are.  If you can’t realistically act out [...]

Long before Sherman found his wife and got married, he made a long and detailed list of what he wanted in a wife.  After making that list, he made another, equally long and detailed, as to the attributes he would need to be worthy of such a wife.  Sherman then concentrated his efforts on the [...]

There is another way you can work towards Being your best self.  It stems from service.  Nothing can boost your own worth faster than sincerely serving others. Christ said, “whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant.” (Matt 20:26-27, Mark [...]

You can rise no higher than the image you have of yourself, and the discipline you exercise in Being.  You control how high you rise by controlling who you become.  The more you approach Being who you have the potential to become, the more successful you are.  At the risk of over generalizing, there are [...]

The process of Being works in a simple but miraculous way.  You transform yourself into the person you ideally could become simply by doing the things that type of person does.  Then, when you’ve been doing those things long enough, you realize you have disciplined yourself into Being the type of person you would most [...]

Keeping a personal journal does more than just record history.  It can help you stay on the right track.  In your journal you will want to record the things you did right, what you learned and how good that felt.  You will also want to record what you did wrong, what you learned, how bad [...]

When you were younger, you probably had someone you really looked up to.  In some cases, the desire to be like this person was so strong within that it caused you to want to dress like that person, talk like that person, act like that person.  A mental image of being like this person began [...]

It’s a Saturday morning after a long, hard week.  I’m sitting at my computer debating on whether I should mow the lawn or not.  It’s a hot day, I have lots of other things to do and I’m tired. Of course I know I should mow the lawn.  I just don’t want to.  If I [...]

In the mountains where I live there are mostly dirt roads.  When it’s raining and traffic flows ruts are carved into the roads.  When they dry out you can drive down those roads and not have to touch your steering wheel because your wheels will be moving in the ruts. Being in a rut can [...]