Tag: Business
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#31 How Can A Book (and this blog) Help Me Mind My Business?
Your business. Think about your current job, your most recent paycheck. Is it really yours? You work hard enough for it. You pay the taxes. You incur all the costs of your life. You shoulder the responsibilities. But is it really yours? It is written in the Bible that everything belongs to God, and that…
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#23 Look For The Writing On The Wall
“For I know well the plans I have in mind for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare, not your woe! Plans to give you a future full of hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 The first time I read this verse I was several hours into a job interview that would change my life. I…
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#19 Four Ways to Defeat Your Stress!
In November of 2015 I conducted a survey of my book and article readers. I wanted to know how this largely Catholic, non-Catholic Christian and professional group viewed current stressors in their lives. When asked what they considered to be a personal struggle, the top three answers were: Feeling overwhelmed/out of balance Fighting effects of…
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Four Keys to Defeating Your Stress!
In November of 2015 I conducted a survey of my book and article readers. I wanted to know how this largely Catholic, non-Catholic Christian and professional group viewed current stressors in their lives. When asked what they considered to be a personal struggle, the top three answers were: Feeling overwhelmed/out of balance Fighting effects of…
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#17 Seven Connections Between Your Career and the Cross!
It’s Holy Week. We commemorate civilization being forever changed. Once upon a time, a cross was a medieval weapon of torture, humiliation and oppression. Today it stands tall for freedom, peace, human dignity and everlasting life. The world’s reconciliation with its Creator wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. As Christ himself showed us, our…
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Seven Connections Between Your Career and the Cross!
It’s Holy Week. We commemorate civilization being forever changed. Once upon a time, a cross was a medieval weapon of torture, humiliation and oppression. Today it stands tall for freedom, peace, human dignity and everlasting life. The world’s reconciliation with its Creator wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. As Christ himself showed us, our…
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#16 Are You Becoming More?
Professionally speaking, do you want to get better, or just be paid better? Of course everyone wants to be paid better. As a husband and father of three Catholic school students, I know I do. We all have a list of needs that a few extra bucks could be put towards. But are you hoping…
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Are You Becoming More?
Professionally speaking, do you want to get better, or just be paid better? (Of course everyone wants to be paid better.) As a husband and father of three Catholic school students, I know I do. We all have a list of needs that a few extra bucks could be put towards. But are you hoping…
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#14 Set Goals Worth Fighting For!
If you’re anything like me you’ve been thinking a lot these past couple weeks, gearing up for the new year. As I get older, I start the self-reflection and personal inventory process earlier each year. When I was a college grad, I made my “new goals” list between Christmas and New Year’s. This year it started…
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Set Goals Worth Fighting For!
If you’re anything like me you’ve been thinking a lot these past couple weeks, gearing up for the new year. As I get older, I start the self-reflection and personal inventory process earlier each year. When I was a college grad, I made my “new goals” list between Christmas and New Year’s. This year it started…
John C Connell 