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The “Someday” Deception
Last week I was asked to speak about Lifeonaire to a group in church. When I get asked to do things like this, there are various related topics I can share on—like overcoming debt, giving, managing money and what it means to live a truly abundant life. The person who invited me leads a local group of people through Dave Ramsey’s popular Financial Peace University and he asked me to share openly on one salient topic: “What’s the missing ingredient in the myriad of financial teachings in the world today?”…
The Disease Of Being Busy
Busyness–the arch enemy to living an abundant life. I’m always talking about this and encouraging people to just slow down and enjoy life. Sometimes I even need to take the advice myself. And modern technological advances have not helped…
Parenting Ain’t Easy…
As I drove home from an appointment recently, I saw my sons bicycle in the street at a friends house who lives a little ways up the road. Now I’ve asked my son a a number of times now to pull his bike up close to his buddy’s house when he goes…
The 4 Stages of Financial Prosperity
I have a video and interview that I want to share with you. This interview between myself and Steve Cook contains information that literally changed my entire view on finances. I’ve changed my entire business as a result of this information that we’re now sharing...
Prosperity Through Simplicity
The theme of my teachings this year will revolve around the title of this article, “Prosperity Through Simplicity.” But before we can begin to grasp this concept, we need to understand prosperity. What does prosperity mean to you? We live in a world where the first...
Facing My Irrational Fear Of (fill in the blank)
I have made a commitment to attempt a Half-Ironman coming up in Austin, TX. In theory, preparation for an event like this is pretty straightforward: Swim a lot, bike a lot, run a lot and repeat often. I am making great progress with this…
Do You Have Possessions Or Do They Have You?
I was completely awe-struck, I couldn’t believe it. How in the world could he possibly do that?! I was literally moved to tears. Once again, I, a grown man, born in the land of opportunity and affluence, was being humbled and taught by a little boy who had almost...