How to set lifetime goals

Setting goals is a great way to achieve success and meaning throughout your life. A ten-year study of Harvard MBA graduates found that the 3% of new graduates who set clear, written goals for their future earned ten times as much on average as the 97% of their...

5 questions for finding your big “why”

People crave purpose. I truly believe that at the heart of each of us is an innate desire to mean something. You matter to God, which is the whole point of why you’re still here. I talk with people on an almost daily basis about purpose. Why are you here? What...

Taking back Mondays

What if we renamed TGIFriday’s to TGIMonday’s? How weird would that sound? Is there a reason why Monday is treated like the redheaded step-child of the week? It’s because we allow ourselves to be trapped into careers that have no meaning or purpose....

Why your calling has very little to do with you

Why are you here? This is a huge question people ask because we seek purpose: why am I here? It’s a very existential, personal, and profound question. As with many western thinkers, Christians in America (including yours truly) have turned “calling”...

3 questions guaranteed to transform your productivity

At least once a week people mention to me they wish they could be more productive. I intentionally schedule in fifteen minutes at the end of every work day to triage the next day and ask myself three questions. I first came across these questions a few years ago and...