Continued from part 1 We looked up a definition of diligence. Let's talk about synonyms of diligence, meticulousness, conscientiousness, thoroughness, carefulness. Still, these synonyms do not convey Solomon's full meaning. To understand what Solomon was talking about, we need to add qualities from Proverbs 20:11,

This is a five-part article. Be sure to read all of them. It's stout stuff. We're going to talk about something that many people think they know, but they don't know. Blind spots. And blind spots are what get us. It's the

A few days ago, I wrote about being decisive. I want to revisit that theme today. I want you to focus on your decisive factor. Practice this with little things. When you order food. Have you ever sat with somebody, and it takes them five minutes to order? How annoying

I wanted to share something that I think is pretty cool. I am hiring some cold callers for one of my businesses. And I'm a big believer in working ON my business and not IN my business. That is a recipe for scale and lifestyle. If you build

Today, we're going to talk about a few things. The first is decisiveness. This is something that I've been working on recently. It's something that I've been coaching my kids on, and the reality is that wealthy people make decisions fast and

Question for you? Do you want to "Operate" or "Build" a profitable and consistent business? Most people start from scratch. They have to first "Build" the business and then once it's built they have to learn to "Operate" the business.

Monday was fun. Some guy ran a red light and smashed into the minivan my wife was driving and my 4-year-old was in. We are a grateful family...Everyone is okay. After he whacked into my wife, his car continued over the intersection about 50 feet across another intersection and

On the first day of class, Jerry Uelsmann, a professor at the University of Florida, divides his film photography students, into two groups. Everyone on the left side of the classroom would be in the “quantity” group.   They would be graded solely on the amount of work they produced.   On

We know more about "what is wrong" than "what is right". Let's class knowledge into two categories: 1. Negative knowledge (what is wrong, what does not work) 2. Positive knowledge (what is right, what works) Negative knowledge is more obvious to error than positive

Order: routine, efficient Chaos: random, new, wandering The way to grow is to try something until you find a “configuration” that works. Then you go all in with that “configuration”. You optimize it and squeeze it to extract all the juice you can from that.  But at some point, someone

We thought it would be easy. We thought it would be fun. Ten 12, 13 and 14-year-old girls...what could go wrong.. I’ll spare you all the details but one. We spent the night at a local hotel because our daughter wanted to have a pre-party with her 5

When Henry Ford first met Thomas Edison, he had not yet built the first car... ...and he was discouraged and ready to give up. He had tried and failed a bunch of times and was at the end of his rope. Ford was introduced as the man "who was

My grandfather is 90. A little while ago, he fell at home, had to be rushed to the hospital, and has been in “rehab” ever since. We traveled from Charlotte, NC, to Buffalo, NY, to visit him. I walked into the “rehab” center, and it stunk. Smelled like a cat’

What is another reason we fail to launch our own business? We have the best of intentions. We've prayed about it and feel drawn to get started. But where do we start? How do we go about that first step? There are SO many options these days... Who

Not sure where to start your business? Have you tried some “system,” blueprints, or ideas that didn’t pan out for you? Did you get some “training” from a YouTube guru, but it was too basic or incomplete? You’re not alone. Right now, there are a lot of “gurus”

I like what George Anders said: “There is an art to clearing away the clutter and focusing on what matters most. It is simple, and it is transferable. It just requires the courage to take a different approach.” On June 23, 1885, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Andrew Carnegie addressed the Curry

Many of us stand on the promise in Deuteronomy 8:18, which says basically, “God has given us the power to get wealth.” The rest of this verse is really important, in my opinion, and it’s easy to skip. Why does He give us this power? “To establish His

Let me share one HUGE mistake I made. Had I know this, I would have only needed three businesses, and my last one would be an 8 figure one. I was so focused for so long on creating a business machine that kicked off monthly profit, I ignored, how to