Category: Prosperity

coronavirus

I Have Been Arrogant, Insensitive, and Stupid. A Confession…

A couple weeks back, I wrote a blog about who I wanted to become when this whole pandemic was in the rearview mirror.  (ICYMI, read it here.) The message seemed to resonate with a lot of people who shared both online and off, the many things they desired to achieve during their time isolating at home.  It was wonderful to see people committing to better health, personal development, and seeking wisdom.  Even though I came down with COVID-19 myself, I still made great progress on my list.  Judging by the response, it seems a lot of you did as well.
coronavirus

Loving to Hate

In America today, we absolutely love to hate each other.  (This post is about United States, but if you change the labels, it’s probably accurate for the situation in most other countries.)  Of course, pitting one group of people against another group has been standard operating procedure for immoral political leaders for centuries. And this is certainly the case with our culture wars now. The Hillary haters and the Trump haters never took a break after the election. Each side just reloaded their arsenal and the vitriolic fight rages on, with the coronavirus pandemic as the new battle ground. There is a suffocating amount of evidence that this fighting has been inflamed by foreign governments emotionally manipulating us like puppets, with social media platforms as a powerful conduit.  Now the coronavirus pandemic enters at a perfect storm of fear, anxiety, and helplessness. People want to lash out…
money

How Much is Enough?

“So how much is enough, anyway?”  Depending on who is asking the question and the context they’re asking it, that question either is: A brilliant inquiry that takes us deep into a well-questioned premise on what makes us happy. Possibly one of the most prejudicial, slanted, and lack-centered statements ever uttered.

Take the #2021Challenge

Today, I have some homework for you.  I want you to write something.  A journal entry of your perfect day.  But not just any perfect day.  This entry will be dated January 1, 2021.  And it’s going to be a celebration of the fact that 2020 was the best year of your life.  Really.
purpose

Why You Do What You Do

I used to think I wanted to write books to be famous.  Then I used to think I wanted to write songs that made the whole world sing.  Next I thought I wanted to write movies that won me Oscars.  Or TV shows that won Emmys. 
friendship

The Friends You Lose…

Twenty years ago, I had dozens of friends.  Or what I thought were friends at that stage in my life.  In reality, none of those people were ones I could count on, or really become close with.  Kind of like all those Facebook friendships you’ve probably developed. 
prosperity

Detours, Reroutes, and U-turns

It took getting fired for me to recognize I was born to be an entrepreneur. It took the tax authorities seizing my restaurant and auctioning it off for the unpaid taxes to help me discover my true purpose in life. It took getting shot and left for dead for me to truly live life.
discernment

Think for Yourself…

Imagine you were a screenwriter and you went to a Hollywood studio to pitch your movie idea about a coronavirus pandemic that threatens the world.  You wouldn’t be able to sell the concept. Because the studio exec would tell you that your script was so implausible, that only the most dim-witted moviegoer would believe such a preposterous plot.  Think of the outline you would present…