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40 Life lessons to learn before you turn 40
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43 Life Lessons from Bible characters.
Birthday’s are times for reflection for me. I want to continue to learn. Here’s 43…
3 ways to help your friends who have a disabled child.
My son has DMD. He’s in a wheelchair. He’s 12. He can’t run, jump, or…
26 Life Memories that made me who I am
Here they are. In no particular order, of importance or impact. 26 Life memories. It’s…
40 Life lessons to learn before you turn 40
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We are all Ray Rice, Andrian Peterson. 3 steps to take to not go there.
Unless you’ve been under a rock lately, the issue of domestic abuse and child abuse…
What a pacifier sucking 3 year old taught me about detours: Life Lesson #39
Detours lead to “Oohh” moments. My daughter was a pacifier addict. Binkey, Nook, Dummy,…
Crazy people aren’t the only ones who hear voices in their heads. Life Lesson #33
Be very careful of the voices you allow in your head. Most of us keep…
Some people should be fake. Life Lesson #32
Always be real. Unless you’re always real negative. Then be fake till you change. Please….
The difference between kissing up and a giving good compliment.
Life Lesson #30 Learn to give good compliments. I know that people like different things….
Monkeys don’t have solutions: Life Lesson #29
Monkeys don’t have any solutions. My friend John Fernandez is one of the best…
The worst news is there are no shortcuts to character: Life Lesson #28
Developing character is the most important, life long process you’ll ever engage. The summer of…
How to be popular: Life Lesson #27
The secret to popularity. The first popular kid I remember from school was in 4th…
Life is not school. Life Lesson #26
Life is not school. “Man, I got in trouble for that one.” A friend told…
Free Coffee is not a human right. Life Lessons #25 .
” The precedence of privilege tends to lead to the assumption and demand of right.”…
Learn to talk to a human. Life Lesson #24
Learn to talk. (credit to my older, wiser brother, Stephen Porter, on the original idea…
Why the way you apologize is wrong. Life Lesson #23
Learn to apologize. Saying “I’m sorry” takes practice. For some, the process is akin to…
Everyone is interesting #22
Everyone is interesting. This is an idea that takes some time and some effort. Skip…
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At least learn from it. Life Lesson #21
What are the learning opportunities here? Jim Ferriera is a long time friend and mentor….
Have someone edit you. Life Lesson #20
Everyone needs an editor. I may have mentioned before that I like to tell stories….
Why Starbucks gifts certificates are better than Amazon Gift Certificates. Life Lesson #19
Don’t give gift certificates (except to Starbucks) My wife loves cards. When we were dating,…