I was hanging out one day in middle school with my best friend and he told me, “I think I’m going to start running cross country for the high school.” That sounded cool to me. So we started running together. Everyone morning he would come down to my house around 6 AM and we would [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
We Need Margin in Life for God to Use Us
I was recently listening to a LifeChurch.tv sermon on my iPod by Craig Groeschel about “being rich” rather than getting rich. One of the key thoughts in this sermon series what that we are already “rich” and we have to better learn how to handle being rich. One of the things that really hit home [...]
Perseverance is Genius in Disguise
I love watching The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch on CNBC. I always record it on my DVR and watch it while I’m feeding my son. The other night, we watched an episode where Donnie interviewed Barry Sternlicht, the Chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group. This is a $15 Billion company that owns hotels [...]
Work Fills Up Time Allotted, so Don’t Allot all of your Time for Work
How is your day set up? Do you have every minute planned out. I know most of my typical days at work are scheduled to the minute: consultations with clients every thirty minutes, just enough time to get to the court house, time to grab a quick bite to eat, then back to the [...]
Life Lessons Learned from Crown Molding
When my wife and I got married, we moved into one of her grandfather’s little rental houses. It wasn’t much and it needed a lot of work. We worked off a lot of rent by making some upgrades to the property. After the projects were completed, the house looked better and better. We lived [...]
Totally at a Disadvantage?
Have you ever felt like you have gone to a gun fight and all you brought was a knife? Totally helpless. Check out the video clip below from Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones takes on a dude with a sword. Sometimes in life, you are thrust into situations where you end up [...]
Awesome Weekend!
Wow! I just got back from spending an awesome weekend in Atlanta with my wife. One word – awesome! Last Friday afternoon at work, I was finishing up some work after meeting with some clients and I received a phone call from one of Stephanie’s friends telling me I need to talk to my paralegal [...]
Confidence Based on Past Experiences
One major issue I deal with is stress. Not just because of my position as an attorney. I definitely feel like I carry a lot of stress because I feel like I have to carry around my client’s burdens with them. But I also have a lot of stress because of the different directions [...]
Where’s the Real [Blank]? Dealing with a Lack of Confidence
Continuing on in my Where’s the Real [Blank]? series, I wanted to talk about some of the internal issues young professionals deal with. See the first part of this series: Where’s the Real [Blank]? The first is a lack of confidence. This was a problem that I faced right after I took over the [...]
Our Children Pay for the Sins of Their Parents
God spoke to me big time the other day. I was meeting with a prospective divorce client about her case and listening to their sad story. As an aside, most of my days are spent listening to sad stories full of deceit, anger, bitterness, lies, irresponsibility, adultery, frivolous spending and much more. Back to the [...]
