S.M.A.R.T Feedback
Have you ever been given negative feedback that after everything was done, you didn't know exactly what actions you did were wrong or perceived as wrong and as a result didn't know how to go about correcting the mistake that you apparently made even though you are...
Orphan Care Bases
We often advise people who set out to start an orphanage not to focus on starting an orphanage. Instead, we advise them to focus on what the orphans' needs are. Sometimes, it may mean starting an orphanage. At other times, it may mean starting orphan bases.An orphan...
One Reason Why Going Small is How you God Big with Habits
Momentum=Mass (M) x Velocity (V) A little while back, I was giving a sex education talk to a group of high school students in our community. During the three hours I spent there giving my lecture to three different groups of students, I heard the science teacher...
Fight, Flight, Freeze Response to Stress & Conflict Resolution
It is common knowledge that we have three basic physiologic responses to stress. When we are faced with a stressful situation, our cerebrums with their executive functions that help us with advanced thought processes, problem-solving, peacemaking strategies, team...
3 Ways You Can Love At-Risk Children More Effectively
This post is written by Amber Kelly and Danielle Chambers, two students at Servants University. They both have a strong love and passion for orphans, strive to get proper training to equip themselves, and work regularly with Shaping Destiny, a nonprofit orphan care...
The Magical Number Seven, plus or minus two
George Miller wrote a classic paper in 1956 titled, “The magical number seven, plus or minus two: some limits on our capacity for processing information.” In it, he argued that there was a limit to what our short-term memory could hold and that limit, for most people,...
Our level of confidence in a diagnosis correlates poorly with its accuracy
When asked, what is the biggest mistake a leader can make, here is how some influential leadership experts responded: “Failing to embrace uncertainty. The biggest mistake a leader can make, I believe, is being certain. Things are constantly changing. Times are...
Praise: The Catalyst of Great Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a beautiful thing. It's good for the body, heart, mind, and soul. It's beneficial to the person who is grateful and to the one who is appreciated. We know that in recent years scientific research has shown the benefits of thanksgiving. For example,...
Dont’ Kid With Your Demons
The Bible tells us to flee from temptation (2 Timothy 2:22) but that's not always what people do. Sometimes, we think that because we have refrained a bit, or gone some time without giving in, that we are strong enough to always resist it. However, in this post, Dr....
Trust behavior, not what people say they would do
Scott Cook, founder of Intuit says he doesn't trust what people say in surveys. He trusts what people actually do. When people say in a survey that they would buy a product or do something, there is a 50% chance that they would do it. It's a coin toss. It's better, he...