7 Ways To Beat Procrastination Now
Trapped by procrastination? Are "later" or "tomorrow" your best times for getting things done? You're not alone.
Jones BobSeptember 19, 2025
Habits Got You? 4 Insights for Change
Every morning I am first into our kitchen. That's been a habit of 45 plus years.
Bob JonesJuly 13, 2024
Still Water: A Metaphor For Life
Toss a small pebble into a still pond and it will make a quiet splash with a large ripple effect. Soon after, the water returns to the calm state that was before. Have you noticed that still water never over or under-reacts?
Bob JonesSeptember 24, 2022
The One Thing That Changes Everything
Without this ONE thing even the smallest tasks feel impossible.
Bob JonesApril 20, 2022
8 THINGS TO STOP DOING TO YOUR LIFE
A friend answered opportunity's knock in 2012, and followed her dream to study medicine in London, England. It meant she had to stop believing she couldn't cope without friends, familiarity and her usual routine. In the long run she not only received an education, she found a lifetime partner while in England. They were married in April 2014.
Jones BobAugust 4, 2020
THE WISDOM OF WINSTON: 5 DAILY DECISIONS
My mother's family endured the Luftwaffe's relentless bombing of London during World War II. Hitler sought to destroy London in an attempt to demoralize the population and force the British to come to terms. In a time of war, words don't carry as much weight as bombs - unless you're listening to the words of Winston Churchill.
Bob JonesJanuary 4, 2020
25 LESSONS FOR LEADERSHIP HOPEFULS: MAXWELL
Don and Jim, two leaders I liked and respected insisted that a 7 hour round trip to hear John Maxwell would be a great beginning for my new role as lead pastor of a large church. I had never heard of John Maxwell but once we met there was no forgetting him. That daylong seminar in Calgary, Alberta in 1994 started a decades long appreciation for his work.
Bob JonesMay 10, 2019
11 OLYMPIC CLASS ATTITUDES
Every Olympic medal winner has attitude. In fact medals aren't won without a winning attitude. The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude is more important than facts, than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. You have a choice everyday regarding the attitude you will embrace each day. 11 Olympic Attitudes 1. “Hard days are the best because that's when champions are made." Gabby Douglas, Gold medal 2012 2. "I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has been a big change."…
Bob JonesAugust 10, 2016
16 KEYS TO LIVING FEARLESSLY
Fear of rejection, heights, looking stupid, not getting the job, or not being good enough - whatever the fear, it can cruelly twist you out of shape. Fear may be good for keeping you safe but it will sideline your life from doing things that matter. I know that to be true because the list above holds some of my fears. I've relied on the following keys to persistently face fear. 16 Keys to Living Fearlessly Key #1 - A fearless life does not mean you fear less, it means you've found a purpose more powerful than your fears that emboldens you to act in spite of your fear. Key #2 - Living fearlessly is not acting foolishly or behaving…
Bob JonesJanuary 3, 2016
8 TO TO BE GREAT: RICHARD ST JOHN’S STORY
Richard St. John knows adventure. * He spent a year on a ten-speed bike cycling halfway around the world. * He has run over 50 marathons (26 miles) on all seven continents (fastest time: 2 hours, 43 minutes). * He and his wife Baiba have climbed Kilimanjaro in Africa, and Aconcagua in South America. * They have been married for over 35 years, a success in itself these days. A teenage girl seated beside him on a cross-country plane trip sent him off on his greatest adventure. She learned that he was a millionaire-business owner and told him she wished she had lots of money just like successful people. She asked him... He told her, "I guess so." Then she…
Bob JonesOctober 25, 2015