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Have you every been so excited about something only to have it turn out to be a total let down?  You hear it all the time from newlyweds – “we worked the last nine months (or two years) planning our wedding and it came by so fast that I don’t remember anything!” Graduations are similar.  [...]

I was watching an episode of the “The Office” last week. I love that show. My wife hates it. I always love to try to look at life through the lens of Michael Scott. Last week’s episode began with Michael Scott excitedly running around the office telling everyone he needed something great to write in [...]

I was reading an article in the most recent issues of Fast Company magazine and it talked about the way most Americans have more self control when they talk about the future. I’ll start my diet next week…I’ll begin saving for retirement next year…and on and on. What makes us so confident about tomorrow? We [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

    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 [...]

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 [...]

    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 [...]