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What’s Growing in Your Head? "Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested." - African Proverb
When I was a kid, my family had a large garden down on my uncle Bob’s property. We would go there on a regular basis to tend to the garden. My most vivid memories are of the times we would go...
Who Are You Listening To? "Without counsel, plans fail, but with many advisers, they succeed." Proverbs 15:22
Thanks for checking out another installment of Provertivity, where I take a proverb or wise saying and combine it with a productivity principle. I really appreciate your comments and encouragement. If you...
Provertivity A Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Moment
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a concrete, straightforward, wise saying, widely known and shared that teaches a truth based on common sense or experience. I am always on the lookout for new ‘proverbs” that I have not heard, ready to jot them down and store...
SAY IT LIKE YOU BELIEVE IT! 5 Steps to Writing and Using Daily Declarations
Recently, my pastor spoke an incredible message on the power of declarations. A declaration is statement, not of what is, but of what will be. The Bible is full of declarations made over individuals; David, Gideon, Peter to name a few. Declarations are powerful...
IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW
This past week I had the opportunity to speak at church to a new group of interns during their summer experience. There could have been so many topics I could have talked to these young leaders about that could have added...
PUT YOUR INBOX TO THE T.E.S.S.T.™
Email is a productivity thief. If I could take the familiar passage from the Bible about Satan being like a roaring lion and apply it to email, it would read something like... "Be alert, have a plan! Your enemy, Email, roams...