Author: Ash Dadd

Our culture teaches us that if we want something in life, we have to “look out for number one.” It says, “Life is a game, a race, a competition, and you better win it.” Schoolmates, work colleagues, even family members are seen as competitors—the more they win, the less there is for you. Of course…

Life in our cell phone society is increasingly complex, demanding, stressful, and absolutely exhausting. For all our efforts to manage our time, do more, be more, and achieve greater efficiency through the wonders of modern technology, why is it we increasingly find ourselves in the “thick of thin things”—subordinating health, family, integrity, and many of…

The children of blame are cynicism and hopelessness. When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation andstagnation. “I am a pawn, a puppet, a cog in the wheel and can do nothing about…

Wherever you find a problem, you will usually find the finger-pointing of blame. Society is addicted to playing the victim. “If only my boss wasn’t such a controlling idiot… If only I hadn’t been born so poor… If only I lived in a better place… If only I hadn’t inherited such a temper from my…

People want things and want them now. “I want money. I want a nice, big house, a nice car, the biggest and best entertainment center. I want it all and I deserve it.” Though today’s “credit card” society makes it easy to “get now and pay later,” economic realities eventually set in, and we are…

So many people today are gripped with a sense of fear. They fear for the future. They feel vulnerable in the workplace. They are afraid of losing their jobs and their ability to provide for their families. This vulnerability oftenfosters a resignation to riskless living and to co-dependency with others at work and at home.…

We all face challenges and problems in our personal lives, families, business, (including Church and Govenment) unimagined even one and two years ago. These challenges are not only of a new order of magnitude, they are altogether different in kind. Many people do not think this way, at least consciously. In fact, you will increasingly…