I have the right to say it, but should I? As an American writer, I am an unequivocal supporter of our First Amendment right to free speech and free expression. I also believe that speech should be honest, but that’s not the rabbit trail I want to go down today. What I want to discuss [...]
As soon as they’re named, get URLs for your kids and grandkids I admit: I buy domain names the way I used to buy shoes—more than I need and some I’ll never use. But years ago, I bought some domain names that will be priceless. That collection of URLs was the .com names for all [...]
If you're writing a book, don’t be a one-trick pony. Early in my writing career, when I was freelancing for magazines and before I had the opportunity to write my first book, I was at a writers conference where I heard an editor with a major New York publishing house say this: We don’t want [...]
Excerpted from Work as Worship: How Your Labor Becomes Your Legacy In my conversation with marketplace ministry expert Mark Goldstein, I asked how workplace worship relates to today’s church. Here’s part of what he said: If you ask the average pastor, most will admit they really don’t understand business and businesspeople. And they don’t know [...]
As businesses begin to reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown, it’s an ideal time to be working on your growth plan. You’re probably thinking: Grow? I just want to get back to where I was. That’s understandable, but it’s short-sighted. Most businesses are making essential operational changes to meet the requirements of serving customers in an [...]
Can work really be worship? Watch Jacquelyn Lynn and Mark Goldstein discuss the new Conversations book Work as Worship: How Your Labor Becomes Your Legacy. Should people of faith leave their faith at the door when they go to work? Or should they make their work an act of worship and turn their labor into [...]
During the COVID-19 lockdown, members of the Central Florida Christian Chamber gathered on Zoom every afternoon for an hour of sharing and relationship-building. During one of those sessions, I gave this presentation on 10 characteristics high achievers have in common based on information in my ebook, The Mindset of High Achievers. Watch the 10-minute video: [...]
The Sequence to Success: Three O’s that will Take You Anywhere in Life Samuel R. Chand Whitaker House It’s easy to misread the title of this book at first glance. Did I really want to read another book promising success secrets that obviously aren’t secrets because if they were, they wouldn’t be in a book? [...]
Are you keeping a journal or diary during the coronavirus pandemic? You may be sharing your thoughts on social media, texting with friends, or talking out your feelings in online groups, but if you’re not keeping a structured journal, consider starting one. Here are 10 reasons to journal during the coronavirus pandemic (or any time): [...]
Finding Joy in the Morning: You can make it through the night is a book about how to find joy every morning, even after life’s darkest nights. The book includes more than 40 simple things you can do every day to feel joy. Below is an excerpt featuring two things you can do right now [...]
