3 Ways to Create a Life where Everyone has a Higher Purpose (Mark Zuckerberg’s Harvard Commencement Address)
I have already watched this talk two times in two consecutive days and will certainly watch it again. I recommend it. Here are some highlights from the talk. Mr. Zuckerberg says, "It's not enough to have a sense of purpose for yourself, you also have to create a sense...
Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT): The way we think affects the way we act and feel
It isn't so much what happens to us in life that matters but how we think about it and how we respond to it. What we think affects how we feel and behave/act. What we feel affects how we think and behave/act. What we do (behavior) affects how we think and feel. ...
7 Core Values of Success in Everything I Do
If you ask my two elementary school aged boys, "what are our core values?" They will tell you our family's 7 core values without hesitation. "Praise, Passion, Relationship, Accountability, Innovation, Servanthood, and Excellence." If you ask all the orphans in our...
Why you may fail to live out your full potential
We all want to live up to our full potential. No one wants to reach the end of their life only to regret having only experienced the tip of the iceberg of their full potential. Yet, we do things every day to sabotage living up to our full potential. Canadian...
What is the rate limiting step?
This morning I overheard a surgeon talking to another about his internet speeds. "My Spectrum internet has been really slow, what is the rate-limiting step for getting faster internet speeds in our office?" I felt a warm feeling when I heard that question. I had not...
Motivational Interviewing: A Conversation Style that Facilitates Behavior Change
“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.”― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What is Motivational Interviewing? A simple definition:...
New Blog Series – Hosting a Fundraising Event
If you've stumbled upon this blog site, you must have a heart for orphans. Maybe you just came back from a short term trip that changed your life and you don't know what to do with this new-found passion. Perhaps you have a dream of starting an orphan care ministry,...
Agenda Mapping: Developing a Shared Agenda
Agenda Mapping or Agenda Setting Agenda mapping basically means setting the agenda. If you work in any role where you have to collaborate with others to get things done within a certain time limit, then agenda mapping could help you. If you are a doctor, counselor,...
The Skill of Self-Confidence
Dr. Ivan Joseph nails the skill of self-confidence in this video. He says you develop it by: Persistence. Repetition and not quitting. Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000 hr rule. It took 1,000 to 10,000 trials for Edison to make the light bulb. He didn't quit....
Good Food on a Tight Budget
We have allowed the food industry to make and sell proceed foods that cause us to be fat, tired, depressed, and sick. It's time to take back our health. And the way to do that is through the food we eat. To fight back, I encourage all my patients to start making the...