To Inspire: January is a great month for each of us to examine our lives to make sure that we’re living out our own unique purpose with great passion and a sense of real contribution to those around us. In The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, bestselling author Steven Covey encourages us to build […]
To Inspire: We continue our focus on great daily habits that help us live great lives and become the best version of ourselves. Below are excerpts on an article on how to bring more joy into your life written by Mark W. Merrill, also known online as the All Pro Dad. Perhaps one or more […]
To Inspire: Last week’s CBS Sunday Morning shared a heartwarming story about 3-year-old Quinn Waters of Weymouth, MA. Aside from immediate family, no one is allowed in the house to him. More importantly, Quinn can’t go out: Quinn’s natural immunity was temporarily wiped out after he got a stem cell transplant a few months ago […]
To Inspire: I (Matt) am just back from a week’s vacation in Yellowstone National Park with our youngest daughter, Mary Grace. It was an awesome father/daughter trip! We both were struck with the incredible beauty we witnessed. From the Grand Teton Mountains on the southern edge of the park; to the deep gorge through which […]
To Inspire: Last week I (Matt) shared a story from Dr. Henry Cloud’s book, Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality. I shared Cloud’s story of a man that became a surgeon simply because his father and grandfather were surgeons and wanted him to be one too. Not having any real passion for […]
To Inspire: I (Matt) recently read Dr. Henry Cloud’s book entitled, Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality. Great book. I’ll share one story from it in this issue of WealthNotes and another story from it next week. Cloud, a psychologist, shares that one client he counseled was a surgeon but had chosen […]
To Inspire: We’ve been discussing the power of forming good habits as a way to live lives of purpose, passion, and joy. There’s another kind of habit that also is essential to living this kind of life – the habit of living with humility. If greed is the root of all evil (as the Bible […]
To Inspire: We came across this post on Guideposts.org. Written by Roberta Messner, it offers 9 tips for living a satisfying life. We’ve reprinted the post below – enjoy! Source: vimeo.com Health. Happiness. Success. It’s what we all seek in life, what we’ve been told leads to a satisfying life. Too often, however, these […]
To Inspire: We continue our study of building better habits as shared in James Clear’s book, Atomic Habits. Let’s continue our discussion of the two-minute rule. Clear calls these small habits gateway habits because they lead to the important habit that moves us towards the best version of ourselves. Recall Clear’s example of Twyla Tharp […]
To Inspire: We continue our discussion on habits that move us closer to our own personal version of a great life. In today’s WealthNotes, we discuss the “2-minute rule,” as shared by James Clear in his book, Atomic Habits. The premise is that it is tempting to pursue a new habit by starting too big. […]