I like to go to Starbucks to write my blog posts. I am often there on Friday’s writing and getting caught up on things for my other business, The Sunday Punch Team. They have coffee, wifi, tables and chairs, and many other necessary things to accomplish my goals for the day. But, as I sat there last Friday, something different happened. I found myself staring at a blank page for most of the time I was there. An opened Word document that was full of possibilities…but no content. I often heard it said, for writers, that when you face the...
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves
One of my favorite Bible verses is found at 2 Corinthians 10. Paul is writing to a church in ancient times and he tells them, among other things, to "take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ." Here we see him addressing one of the biggest battles that we all must face - the battle of the mind. You see, we tell ourselves all kinds of stories. Stories about ourselves. Stories about our spouses or children or family. Stories about our friends, our church, or even our pastor. And stories that we tell about complete strangers that we...
I Need A Vacation!!
Last week, I took a vacation with my family to Myrtle Beach, SC. It was a great trip filled with family time with my wife and 3 children as well as some one-on-one time with my wife. By the end of the week, I felt refreshed and re-energized. It was just what I needed after moving through a very busy period of time for me at work. I am a big advocate of using all of the vacation time that is allocated throughout the year. I hear of folks that have unused vacation hours at the end of the year...