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1: Hurry.  Hurry. Hurry. 

That’s the reality of the life we know. 

“If there’s anything we pick up from reading the four Gospels,” however, John Mark Comer writes in The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, “it’s that Jesus was rarely in a hurry.”

“Can you imagine a stressed-out Jesus?” he asks.  “Snapping at Mary Magdalene after a long day, ‘I can’t believe you dropped the hummus.’  Sighing, and saying to … continue reading

1: “I can’t do this anymore,” Dan Martell‘s finance said. She laid her engagement ring down on the counter.

His “once future wife” wanted out “four months shy of my wedding day, on a seemingly normal day when I’d been working since the crack of dawn,” Dan writes in his book Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Reclaim Your Freedom, and Build Your Empire.

“Apparently,” she reasoned, “if … continue reading

1: Fred Kofman was in Shanghai.  It was Day 2 of a workshop he was leading for executives at a financial services company.

“Before I could say ‘good morning,’  one of the participants said he wanted to share something,” he writes in his book The Meaning Revolution.  He was so eager that I gave him the floor.”

One of the topics the group had explored the prior day was … continue reading

1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.

Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations.  On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.

One of my goals for the year is to experiment with different approaches and tools to strengthen my relationships with the people I love and care about.  

We will … continue reading

1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.

Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.

How do we make 2024 the best year of our life?

First, we set annual goals that inspire us. That motivate us. Things we want to accomplish on the way
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1: Good question.

After all, “marriage can be the most intimate, the most satisfying, the most enduring, growth-producing of human relationships,” Stephen R. Covey writes in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“It might seem natural and proper to be centered on one’s husband or wife.” 

And, being a parent can be the most rewarding of all of life’s experiences. It is “as an area of focus and … continue reading

“I’ve got nothing to lose,” said the attendee at one of Stephen Covey‘s workshops. 

The stakes were high.  

“All of my eggs were in this one basket.  All of them,” the man shares in Stephen’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  He was trying to close a big commercial real estate deal in Chicago and all the signals indicated he was going to lose.  

“So I … continue reading