John Bonesio

This week I’m exploring the nuances of giving and taking. Today I’m discovering why we may not be generous even though we’re giving. Often times we have this idea of what is good and what is bad especially when it comes to giving. I’ve seen an attitude in both the giver and the receiver that giving … Read more

Much of our society is built on transactions. People watch our economy every closely. And it’s not just with money, we trade all the time – with family, with friends, with our bosses, and sometimes even with God. Today I’m going to explain how taking makes everyone lose. give to GET First off, I’m not … Read more

This week we’ve been taking about SignifiCats. A SignifiCat is someone who lives a life of greater significance. And the world needs more SignifiCats. The world is full of normal, average and mediocre. When we wake up in the morning, we don’t expect amazing. Amazing seems like a pretty high bar, so we lower the … Read more

Last time I explained that SignifiCats are focused. You can read it here, if you missed it. This time I am explaining that SignifiCats are Insightful. A SignifiCat is someone who lives a life of greater significance. SignifiCats aren’t content with addressing only symptoms. SignifiCats work to address root causes. When living our legacy, we … Read more

We are continuing to talk about and describe SignifiCats. A SignifiCat is someone who lives a life of greater significance. SignifiCat’s lives make a big positive impact in the world, and they do this on purpose. One of the ways they do this is to live a focused life. Unfocused Focusing our efforts is important. … Read more

This week we’ve been talking about how your calling flows from who we are. It flows from our strengths. It also flows from our passions. To be passionate about something just means that we care deeply about it. When we connect our greatest strengths with our deepest passions, an amazing alignment happens in our life. … Read more

Last time I explained that our calling is unique to use, and it flows from who we are. Today I am going explore this a little more. Our calling flows from our strengths. God doesn’t gives natural talents and abilities and then expect us to not use them. Instead, God has wired us up a … Read more

This week I am going over how to discover our calling. Our calling is unique to each of us. It flows from who we are. Too often we look for our calling to be provided by some external source. We think that our calling is somewhere out there. If only we could find it. However, … Read more

To often we are defined by what we’re against rather than what we’re for. We have mothers against drunk driving (MADD). We are anti-hunger, anti-smoking, anti-bullying, and so forth. But these things only get us out of negative territory. They just get us to zero. Because of all this energy to avoid what we don’t … Read more

Back in 2005, around the time when I had my heart attack, I learned that there are different kinds of death, and there are different kinds of living. This time I want to talk about a matter of life and death. I’ve learned that we often think of things in terms of “either this or … Read more