by Jim Chaput | May 24, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Every day we choose how to spend our time. For each choice we make, we sacrifice the other things we could have done. If you take action without thinking about it, you might end up doing the wrong things. If you spend too much time thinking about what to do, you have...
by Jim Chaput | May 23, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Closing in on the end of May, I am nearly done my second monthly growth challenge. At the start of May, I had planned to use something I enjoyed to see if I could be more successful than April. (My April challenge was marketing – it went ok, but was harder than...
by Jim Chaput | May 22, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Sooner or later we all experience failure. Many of us have “failed miserably,” but should we have? What if we recognize each failure as an opportunity to grow and improve? The failure still hurts, but we can learn from it, move forward and become better...
by Jim Chaput | May 21, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Just because an action follows another, doesn’t necessarily mean it is caused by the first. It could be a coincidence and, in some cases, the thing that happened second might have caused the earlier one. A football stadium fills up with people, then the game starts....
by Jim Chaput | May 20, 2019 | Jim's Blog
Have you ever seen Canada geese flying in a V formation? One side of the V is usually longer than the other. Do you know why that is? There are more birds in it. Yes, it is a silly joke, but it makes a good point. Just because something is true does not make it...