After years of maintaining a beautiful lawn with a gas-powered mower, a decision is made to venture out and investigate the latest battery-powered mowers, so upon opening the large cardboard box after making the final purchase, my first step was to Read the Manual. Now, there are many items that once purchased, such as a …
Category: Flourishing
Get Better
This pilgrimage to comprehend why some people flourish, even in difficult times, while others, who appear to have an easy path, seem to flounder, is generating more questions than answers. Although days exist when it would be enjoyable to uncover a one-size-fits-all approach to navigating relationships, careers, and life in general, in order to experience …
Sunglasses and Hearing Aids
If you find it impossible to see yourself in any of the content Eggerichs shares in Cracking the Communication Code, such as Michael and Tom’s hunting story, the misunderstanding in the airport terminal, or the hamburger question, then you have NEVER had a genuine conversation with a member of the opposite gender! Laughing out loud …
TransforMissional Leadership
Some people may call it coincidence, but I do not; I choose to believe in Divine Direction which is exactly what occurred when I uprooted the book Fit & Flourish from the bookshelf in my home office on a recent July day. Considering the book has been in my possession since before life changed with …
Listening Tour
In the world of education, we frequently discuss the importance of feedback to the learning process, but no one is immune to how vital feedback is in all areas of life, whether communicating with someone we love, acquiring a fresh skill, or mastering a new sport. Often that feedback is interpreted into some form of …
Gift of Failure
Regular visitors to this blog will be familiar with the concept of controlled floundering and the continuum that ranges from flourishing to failure; however, if this reading is your first visit to the blog, I encourage you to examine those ideas to provide a framework for this post on the Gift of Failure. Although Lahey’s …
Craftsman Mindset
Craftsman-what image fills your mind when you read, or even speak, this word? Is it seeing the transformation of raw wood into a stunning piece of furniture? Does your mind conjure up an artist compelling a breath-taking visual image from colorful globs of paint? Maybe you picture the Master Craftsman’s exquisite method of painting the …
Corner Four Relationships
“Don’t paint me into a corner!” I have friends, and even students, who have uttered some variation of this idiom (hope that’s the correct term for my English teachers) when the discussion of assessment tools arises. Whether the assessment is investigating personality, love languages, or career anchors, some people are opposed to being classified into …
The Three, the Twelve, the Others
It’s a daunting challenge to equip younger generations with the essential skills that are required to navigate this world when so much learning comes simply with experience and age. Living through seasons of floundering and even failing relationships are necessary occurrences to develop and grow into the person God created us to be, but because …
RQ
Walking along the two-mile route on campus early the other morning, as Christie and I were discussing a myriad of topics, attempting to solve all the world’s problems in one hour, she posed a vital question to me; and it’s one that I have invested hundreds of hours over the last year attempting to answer, …
Flourishing @ Life 