Last week, three events reminded me that every one of us will eventually cross one particular terrible and terrifying liminal dimension, or threshold. This week I hope to help you deal with death in a way that brings clarity and greater moment-by-moment living in what you do every day. Last... read more →
Feb
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Feb
24
Have you ever stood between two mirrors and caught glimpses of yourself cascading into an accordion-pleated tunnel of mirror images stretching to infinity? I experienced one of these moments while passing through the liminal doorway between conversations; the stories relayed by business owners and their spouses revealed behavioral financial insights... read more →
Feb
23
The place where God calls you is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. --Frederick Buechner Last week I shared how so many businesses suffer from what I called “me-too-itiis.” It is the natural tendency businesses have to want to be just like others in... read more →
Feb
22
As I mentioned last week, “Black Swan" events are ones that blindside us. We can’t predict them so they are particularly disconcerting and disruptive. (Click here to review the video: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-sea-gypsies-50109115/). Nevertheless, actuaries, and other financial gurus seek to build models that attempt to account for them. This week, I... read more →
Feb
21
As I talk with business owners, the common thread to the discussion is that “grit”—passion and perseverance for long-term goals—is the key to their success. Why do so many of us think working with grit is easier said than done? I’d like to suggest that beauty has something to do... read more →
Feb
20
And How to Become a Member of God’s Family “The scientists’ religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant... read more →
Feb
19
“Prayer does not equip us for greater work – prayer is the greater work… prayer is the battle” (Oswald Chambers). A. Situational Analysis Summary Like Pastor Shafer Parker, Jr. of Hawkwood Baptist Fellowship, ― ”I‘ve been concerned that none of us take the reality of Satan, or the personal inspiration... read more →
Feb
18
Most of us are familiar with the term WIIFM—What’s In It for Me. Great marketing is often built on this premise. Marketing communication is designed to show how a product or service addresses a client’s felt pain or pleasure. But, suppose you and your prospective partner are in the midst... read more →
Feb
17
Upcoming STAR-Denver Event "Making More Money? or Who's on First?" May 15, 2015 Lunch Meeting by Jon Hokama. Click Here to RSVP. Business owners may feel that the prospect of selling is like planning their own funeral. So unless you’re akin to Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer character who witnessed his... read more →
Feb
16
My wife Susie and I just watched Russell Crowe’s stellar performance in the 2005 movie Cinderella Man. Ron Howard’s movie ostensibly relates the rise of boxer James J. Braddock to world heavyweight champion in 1935. But it’s really a modern parable about a man who knows and lives by his... read more →
