William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army, was once asked. “What’s your secret?” Booth thought pensively for a moment and said, “God has had all there was of me!” Few can really say that. But some can, with all honesty and candor. One of my spiritual heroes,...
The world changes constantly, and we must be versatile enough to adapt quickly to keep up with the time. Therefore, a vital key to success in the 21st Century is to stay relevant in the changing circumstances. Versatility also refers to a person's wide-ranging skill...
The Dead Sea is five times saltier than ocean water; and consequently, it's almost impossible for someone to drown in it. A certain visitor to the area, not knowing this, fell off a pier into the water and wildly began to flail his arms and legs because he couldn't...
"Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends," wrote Harriet Ward Beecher. Most of us, however, never get to the cemetery with those faults. We file them away in our memory banks, we store them in the closet; and then when...
1. Accept your setbacks but don't resign to them. The quicker you accept, the quicker you'll move on. Your setback could be a setup for more incredible things ahead of you. 2. Reset by visualizing yourself accomplishing a new and fulfilling purpose. Cultivate an...
Before they put astronauts aboard the spacecraft that were sent to the moon, scientists used a rather elaborate system to keep the rocket on the right path in space. It seems that, in spite of their great accuracy, the rockets would deviate from the correct trajectory...
Our priorities reveal who we are and what direction we have chosen for our future. We always walk in the direction we are facing. David said it so clearly, “One thing have I asked of God and that will I seek, to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my...
Being adventurous can be beneficial, according to Dr. Bianca Wittmann, Ph.D., of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Behavior, the University of Marburg, and Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany. A study published in the journal Neuron stated that adventurous...
On his sickbed prior to his death, the British preacher, Charles Spurgeon, said, “If you do not wish to be full of regrets when you are forced to lie still, work while you can. If you desire to make a sickbed as soft as it can be, do not stuff it with mournful...
Michael Fortino is a time-management specialist. He is one of those capable individuals who analyze businesses and tells management how to be more productive, balanced, and efficient, but Fortino has changed his mind about some things. In the 1980s the personal...