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Discover Key Insights Learned After a Storm to Make Better Decisions

A monster storm can pack valuable insights for future decisions.

Life is risky business and risks are easily ignored.

Monster storm risky decisions
Large trees downed in Houston, TX, on May 17, 2024, following a powerful storm/Photo by Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto via AP

A good example is city leaders in Houston.

They ignored catastrophic flooding risks and Hurricane Harvey devastated thousands in 2017.

A few days ago, the culprit was 80 mph winds knocking over thousands of trees and power lines.

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How a solar eclipse increases your hope and faith

Everyone is hopeful to see the totality of a solar eclipse.

Hope in solar eclipse
The moon covers the sun/Amanda Carden/Shutterstock

Reminds us of the sun’s immense power. 

Power that is overwhelming yet uniquely toned down by our ocean.

Why is the sun’s power toned down?

Our seawater has an amazing filter that unexplainably accommodates living organisms.

How does this happen? Why does this happen?

Pause just a minute and allow three messages from the solar eclipse to rekindle your faith and hope.

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How a solar eclipse increases your hope and faith

Discover the atomic habit you’re overlooking for big results

One atomic habit makes a difference for all of your results.

Atomic habits big results

Presence. And nothing enhances your presence like addressing others by their name.

Jesus did this. He used atomic habits.

Their impact left . . .

  • lawyers speechless
  • crowds astonished
  • soldiers kneeling

It’s not just the way he looked at you. It’s the way he said your name.

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How the best keep going and never give up

A friend recently told me, “I feel like quitting. I’m tired of being told things will work out in the future, that relief is out there somewhere. Just give me the keys. Drive away. Leave everything behind.”

The best keep going

And then I told him the amazing turnaround story of Edwin Booth, the brother of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

If anyone could ever justify quitting, it was Edwin Booth.

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How the best keep going and never give up