I recently read that “hope” is a skill. Candidly, never thought of hope as a skill.  Maybe an attitude.  Maybe wishful.  But not skill. But someone broke it down this way: Hope happens when we set goals. Setting goals directs our view to the future.  Gives you a target.  Refines your focus.  It’s the first step toward building a future. Hope […]

I read a devotion by performance coach Tim Kight. He made this point:    We engage in a “process” in our life’s pursuit every day.  The question is whether your action each day is well designed and leading toward a goal? Or is it haphazard and ill-defined leading nowhere?   Kight offers a few important insights […]

“If you love ‘the process,’ the process will love you back.” – Matt Campbell, Iowa State football coach I was reflecting on activities or habits we develop, which done repeatedly yield unexpected fruit.  A commitment to lifelong learning is one of those things. Lifelong learners trust the process of learning for learning’s sake.  They open a book, […]

OVERRIDING “AUTO PILOT” “We want big sexy gains, but there is much more power in the small, dirty, and unsexy marginal gains added up and compounded over time.  Don’t fall for the trap everyone else does.  Focus on pounding the stone and finding all those little improvements and trust the process.” – Joshua Medcalf, author.  […]