There is a difference between being excellent in one area of your life and being a person of excellence.  I can be an excellent tuba player.  I can be an excellent inventor.  Neither of those things makes me an excellent person. If I am a person of excellence I am trying to be successful in…

No one achieves success overnight. Every successful person first has had to go through challenges.  They have had to learn to wait and to develop the skill of patience. Patience isn’t a quality. It is a skill that we develop over time.  Of course, some of us are naturally more patient than others.  Nevertheless, we…

Here is a little secret that no one likes to talk about with regard to success. It doesn’t matter whether you went to college.  It doesn’t matter if your parents are rich or poor.  It doesn’t matter if you are fabulous looking or funny looking.  It doesn’t matter if you are young or old.  All…

“May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.” Colossians 1: 11-12 We all face times in…

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