Motivation

Unleashing the Power of Surrender to Go from Breakdown to Best Year EVER

This is not a story I like to tell. It’s one of the most humiliating things I’ve experienced in my life. And yet, every time I tell this story—whether during an in-person conference keynote or a virtual session like the one seen here—someone tells me how it connects with them. I remember one gentleman came …

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10 Years of Mastering the Moments – How It Started, How It’s Going

It was 10 years ago this month when I first shared the words, “this moment matters,” with a live audience–at the annual convention of the Independent Community Bankers of America at the Gaylord Opryland Resort right here in Nashville. Oh, how far we’ve all come since then! Getting in front of that audience was a …

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Feel Like You’ve Hit the Wall? (Look Again)

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August 2008: Depressed. April 2014: Bleak. November 2016: Empty. September 2019: Burned out. Those are a few of the times in my life where I felt like I hit the wall. Like I had come to the end. According to Grammarist.com, “hit the wall” is a term that athletes use to mean “the point in …

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What Is Calling You? Honoring the Divine Voice Within

When I was 20 years old, considering what to do after college, I had a very strong desire to attend seminary, on the path toward becoming a pastor. I had scouted schools, requested brochures (remember when that was a thing?), and envisioned the reality of my future life. Ultimately, though, I didn’t enroll because I …

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What Knight Rider Taught Me About Prayer That Oral Roberts Never Could

At this moment in time–and really, at any moment in time–it’s easy to look around and see all the problems that are present. Do you know what is simultaneously present, though–and invisible? POSSIBILITIES. So, let’s talk about problems, possibilities, and prayer. To start, though, you’re going to need the back story on the video above… …

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