Finding your place while loving the search
I love to hear about people who discover their place in the world. I’m realizing when I read stories about those revelations that often the search takes on a significant role in the discovery.
Getting (or Staying) Fit in the Summer
You can get in the best shape of your life while hanging out at the beach or enjoying the pool with your friends. Here’s three quick tips to keep you motivated.
What I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me At My High School Graduation
The Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me When I Graduated from High School (NOTE: I had the wonderful honor of speaking at my son’s high school graduation Sunday. Here’s a written version of my remarks.) Memorial Baptist Church, Buies Creek, N.C. June 5, 2016 By Steve DeVane Good morning. Let’s read the scripture for today. I’ll be reading Mark 10:35-45 from The Message. 35 James and John, Zebedee’s sons, came up to him. “Teacher, we have something we want…
The best five years? The next five years
A few years ago I was talking with someone close to me. He was lamenting the fact that he had spent what he saw as his “best five years” working for a guy who used him up and spit him out. Without thinking I said, “Those weren’t your best five years. Your best five years are your next five years.” I’ve tried to remember that insightful moment since then. Way too often we waste time thinking about what might have been….
Champions Know the Value of Preparation
Preparation pays off in business. It pays to have a system that gets you ready for any situation.
What are your intentions?
The other day I was thinking about a time in my life that wasn’t very pleasant. I went through some struggles and faced a few challenges. I began to wonder about some of the decisions that I had made back then. I started thinking about whether my life would be better now if I had done some things differently back then. After a while it occurred to me how useless that kind of thinking is. The brutal truth is that…
Use whatever life gives you
A friend of mine is a huge Tony Robbins fan. He told me the other day that Robbins says that one of the most important decisions you can make to ensure you long-term happiness is to decide to use whatever life gives you in the moment. According to my friend, Robbins says there’s nothing you can’t accomplish if: 1. You clearly decide what it is that you’re absolutely committed to achieving, 2. You are willing to take massive action, 3….
Choose your own adventure
A few weeks ago, I bought a box of Louis L’Amour western novels. He’s one of my favorite authors, and I was happy to find several of his books that I had not yet read. In the box were several books by other authors. As I was looking through them, I noticed one from a series of books called, “Choose Your Own Adventure.” I had never heard of the series, so I took a closer look. The cover said there…