I’m fried. I’m burned out. I need a new life because the one I’ve got is all flamed out. ...
I tucked the envelope under the stack of folders in my arm. It came in the company mail with my name on...
All creativity requires the willingness to fail, and I don't know any creative endeavor where you don't fail before you succeed
In the mid-1980’s, Henri Nouwen, famous author, psychologist and priest, left Harvard and went to live at L’Arche in Toronto, a community...
When we realize that we've messed up, it can be easy to get caught in the vicious cycle of self-blame. We analyze...
Dr. Neil Clark Warren is not the type of person you think of when you hear the word, entrepreneur. He has degrees from prestigious schools, he was a counselor, writer and academic for...
If we're honest, most of us would admit that we tend to talk to ourselves rather harshly. Daily (or even hourly), we...
Jack was ready to quit—and justified in wanting out. Ineffective boss. Deadweight coworkers. No recognition. A struggling business. He dashed off a blistering resignation by email...then hit the ...
Young Winston struggled in school. He failed the entrance exam twice before entering Britain’s military academy. ...
“But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned...
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When you discover that your unmarried teen-age daughter is pregnant, you feel anger, grief, sorrow, and shame among other emotions.
My hope for Jim's fruitful future at our church shriveled on the vine. I felt like a dismal failure as a boss.
Transcript On a recent tour for his book on George Washington, the author was both admiring and candid about the father of our country. He said, “Washington was 44 and had never led...
I had failed. Driving home, I shook my head: how could I have let people down like this?
Gideon’s failures are intensified in the judges who follow. Gideon’s son Abimelech unites the people around him, but only by killing his...
The Bible regards David as the model king of Israel, and the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles describe his many successes...
Regrettably, Job’s friends are not able to endure the mystery of his suffering, so they jump to conclusions about its source. The...
We all know the demons that plague us after failure. We second-guess ourselves during sleepless nights of self-torment. It even feels like...
A life of toil amounts to a chasing after wind, for the results of work are not permanent in the world as...
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