Beware of Fatal Flaws
A massive rain across Southern California taught me a hard life lesson. I had worked on our badly designed church roof for the last twenty years, patching and repairing, then re-roofing the entire flat roof section of the building. Then more patching and repairing. Then more after that. And more after that. Then finally in early January, I concluded I had finally conquered the perennial roof leaks. Yea! My diligence and painstaking care had paid off. Then came the trilogy of rainstorms that drenched us for a week. To my astonishment, grief, and indignation, the roof leaked more than it…
Habits, Habits, Habits!
What’s the difference between a New Year’s resolution that typically fails and a life-long growth commitment that succeeds? It’s usually in the little things, boring habits that go unnoticed. Whether growth is personal, relational, financial, professional, or spiritual, it rarely happens in one big leap. People want it to be that way—and that’s why they fail. I’ve failed more times than I’ve succeeded. That’s why I’m learning the value of habits. Growth, and resulting success, happens through thousands of little steps. And if we do make a big leap, it’s because we’ve first made thousands of small steps. In countless,…