Annual Reading – Purpose Driven Life – Part 2

Recently I started sharing with you my notes or thoughts from my first time reading Rick Warren’s “The Purpose Driven Life”.  I’ve appreciated the response I’ve received and am pleased to continue forward with this series. However, before we get to today’s installment, I promised a Dustin over at Engaged Marriage that I’d share a little about how I became...

Link Round-Up – No Rest For The Weary Edition

Hey everyone, I trust that today’s edition finds you well.  I’m a little compressed for time as my next deadline is quickly approaching and having just recently boasted as to my 6 month streak, I wanted to get something out even if I’m relying on others for all the heavy lifting. One of the treats in maintaining a site like this is the chance to interact with folks with whom I’d...

“Got…. an original idea?”

Do you remember the original “Got Milk?” advertisements?  The print ads displayed a stack of Oreo cookies next to a tall glass of milk.  The image with the solitary words communicated more than simply a message.  Rather, it perfectly encapsulated an essence. It was a true original.  Now the “Got………?” ads are ubiquitous. “Got Insurance?”  “Got...

Annual Reading – Purpose Driven Life – Part 1

I have spent time sharing some of my goals – or at least my approach to crafting my personal goals.  In this and in 2 upcoming articles I want to share more information related to one of my goals. Specifically, I want to focus on one line item from my inventory of Spiritual Goals. As a lead in, I want to reiterate a quote I’ve heard and probably shared multiple times before: ‘In...

Third Time is a Charm

  Indeed, the third time is the charm!  Twice before I’ve been the recipient of misdirected questions.  Visitors looking for Ramsey were stuck with Ozment. But today, the training wheels come off.  I get my very own question to engage.  Granted, my first inclination was that I had been misidentified again, but validation rang through.  Indeed, the question was mine.  I trust I fared...

U-Hauled – A Case Study in CEO Letter Writting

Continuing to take the same actions while expecting new results has been called the definition of insanity.  For this reason, I sometimes cringe when Dave Ramsey advises callers to contact an offending organization daily until an issue is resolved. Calling “an idiot in an cube 300 miles away” over and over again may yield results but it also wastes time and causes much stress and frustration...

Same as Cash is NOT the Same as Cash

We see it in print and over the airwaves.  We hear it on the radio or even over the in-store loudspeaker.  We hear it so often that its meaning begins to evolve.   The words begin to lose their individual meaning in favor of the refined collective.  “SAME AS CASH” This phrase is usually surrounded by such contextual scene setters as “ZERO % INTEREST*” or “NO INTEREST*”. ...