How We Waste Time Time, time is something that has been emphasized time and time again as being something of great importance. Especially with the new year being a fresh slate, many a new resolution is drawn on determining what needs to be accomplished. …

The Time For Reflection It is the end of the year once again. And time to reflect on the little that has been done and the mountains yet to be reached. Well I started off the year in Tanzania and ended in Benin. Lot’s of trials. …

Shove At Your Limits… With Both Hands We all have limits, one way or another. There are only so many miles you can run, people you can call and problems you can solve. But the thing is, there have been limits, restrictions and rules placed upon us since birth. We were born not knowing how to speak…

We Are the Sum of 5 People This one is a bit more of a sensitive topic, and I don’t want to go on record saying anything too out of the ordinary, but to start out, this one is regarding how to read people. …

Jesus Preaches to His Hommies Now I rarely get into any Biblical discussion. The realm of the secular has always been far more interesting to me. But bear with me, many would say that the good news of Jesus Christ accounted in the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John (collectively known as the Gospel)…

The Capital We All Know and Love The last and final piece of capital that we have yet to cover is that of financial capital. Out of the personal, emotional and social capitals we’ve already discussed, financial is arguably the most straight forward. …

Defining Social Capital It’s not what you know it’s who you know, or as we’ve put it in prior posts, it’s not who you know it’s how well you know them. Which brings us to our 3rd type of capital that we’ve been discussing, that of social capital. To recap, there are many…

Building Off Interreliance It’s been said that no man is an island, which is true. We cannot do things all by ourselves. We need help. And if that is the case, wouldn’t it be nice if we had a strong network of people around us that would support and encourage us in all…

Naked as a Baby Now imagine you were thrown naked into a new and foreign environment. Think of one where you look different from everyone else, and you don’t speak their language. Far away from modern civilization. What do you do? How do you survive? You have absolutely nothing with you, so what now? …