Last month I invited you to jump in on the next three books the Three Action Thursday Community is planning to read. Here’s my take on the second book, Called to Create by Jordan Raynor. My book summary in two sentences: This book dispels the myth that unless you’re a pastor, missionary, or a church volunteer, you’re not doing God’s work. Our highest calling is to leverage our God-given gifts and skills to help others and become the best version of ourselves. Three Action Thursday Takeaways: Work is a vocation. We are called to work daily. The book centers a lot on entrepreneurship, but the examples I think are beneficial…

Three weeks ago I invited you to jump in on the next three books the Three Action Thursday Community is planning to read.  I wanted to touch on a few things that I learned in the first book, Atomic Habits by James Clear. My book summary in two sentences: An atomic habit is a regular practice that is small and easy to do but is also the catalyst for incredible achievement and personal change – an immense source of power. Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if you’re willing to stick with them for years; goals are pointless, you must have systems. Three…

Last month I gave a Breakout talk at the 2018 Tech at the Gap Conference.  I would love it if you’d take a look at the video. Click the image below or click here. I talk specifically about our three domains of personal finance, personal/professional development, and building authentic relationships. Bummer though…they didn’t give me a video of the Q&A. Which I think was the best part. I’ll see if I can get my hands on it.  Feel free to shoot me an email response with your constructive feedback. Do you agree with me Next week I’m going to go over some of my thoughts on Atomic Habits: Tiny Changes,…

Time to grow! So you read these emails each week…GREAT! I appreciate it, but they are only going to get you so far. It’s important that we keep growing and learning about what it means to improve in our three domains of personal professional development, personal finance, and building authentic relationships. A great way to expand our knowledge base is through reading (or listening) to experienced individuals who have wisdom to share with us. To this end, I thought I’d share the next three books I plan on reading. Typically I recommend books to our 3AT Community that have had a significant impact on my life and how I personally…

Last week, we looked inward with my piece entitled “Pull up Your Pants, Your Ego is Showing”. Today, though, we are going to swing the pendulum in the complete opposite direction and explore the effects of technology on our money, our personal development, and our relationships. Bottom line up front: I believe that the technology growth trajectory has outpaced or is beginning to outpace a human’s ability to react to the changes, and has already outpaced society’s ability to cope with the changes. It’s imperative that we adjust our own habits and double down on a growth mindset when it comes to our personal development, how we plan to provide…