The influence we have in our lives is a choice. It’s up to us to decide what we want the impact of our lives to be. Let’s look at three aspects of our life’s ultimate impact: width, depth and length. Width: How many people did we influence? We may influence a couple people, a dozen […]
Your calling is going to be awesome! When you figure out what your calling is, it’ll make perfect sense to you. It’ll be just the right fit. And it’s going to be really exciting! At Simply Great Lives, we define a calling as “the unique way we combine our strengths and passions to impact people’s […]
People talk about the new year being a clean slate, but it’s not really, if we’re hanging on to “stuff.” The new year can be a clean slate, if we want it to be. Now is a good time to assess our “slate” and see if there’s anything we want to clear before we get […]
We want to use our strengths a little bit every day. This includes utilizing our strengths as we live our calling and live a legacy. Often times we have a good idea of our strengths, but sometimes we haven’t thought about the full extent of our strengths. Here is what everyone needs to know about […]
We would like to wish you a happy new year. Our hearts wish for you to find 2014 a year filled with meaning an purpose. Happy new year.
Movies based on comic book characters are popular theses days. We watch movies about Superman, Batman, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, and more. What makes these characters superheros is that they have super powers. If we were to ask each of them what their super power is, we might get answers like: I turn into […]
http://youtu.be/LA_uwWPE6lQ/embed] It’s really easy to want to play it safe in life. Why not? Every one else is. So we play it safe in many different areas–in our career, where we live, and how we invest, to name just a few. But by playing it safe, our lives will have a very limited impact. Because […]
On this day of gift-giving and receiving, let’s celebrate the best gift of all: God’s incredible love for us expressed in His son. Happy Birthday, Jesus! In the upcoming year, we pray that your life will be a blessing–a real gift–for many people whose lives will never be the same because of you! John and […]
Sometimes we have our plans all set and we’re ready to go, then life happens. it’s impossible to avoid. We might as well plan on having it happen at some point when we are working on our calling. It requires some flexibility. I know about it from my own experience. I have non-age-related macular degeneration. […]
When our older son Nathan was just a little guy, he would say, “Me do it! Me do it! All my by self.” At that age he was hungry to new experiences and he wanted to try and learn everything. Sometimes I get this same way. I want to do it “all my by self.” […]
