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Jesse SteeleFebruary 11, 2019February 11, 2019

An “-er” worldview always seeks to compare something to something else. If your goal is to be “better”, no doubt everyone else will eventually think that you think you are better than everyone else—and the truth will be that you probably won’t be.

With taxes and politics its “higher vs lower”; neither is attainable. “Lower” taxes isn’t a number; it is a direction, not a destination, so, by definition, it can never succeed; same with “higher” taxes.

Rather than trying to be “more” or “less”, just be you and your best. Choose clear goals, reach them, then choose another. · · · →

In The Letter

Oftenly Pronoun… and I mean frequently!

Jesse SteeleFebruary 9, 2019February 10, 2019

I was talking with a random guy on the street, somewhere in Asia. English was clearly his second language, though my Mandarin clearly had no comparison to his English. He didn’t speak Mandarin, though. Things got interesting when he used the word “oftenly”.

“I skate oftenly,” he said.

Oftenly…

Technically, oftenly is not usually a word, but technically it is, but technically it’s the wrong word. The word he meant to use was “frequently”. If he wanted to say that he skated from time to time, specifically times that are so frequent that they “occur oftenly” (proper usage because the verb occur is about time), it would have been proper to say, “I skate often.”

What’s the difference and who cares, anyway!?

English speakers love to argue about grammatical distinctions that clearly provide no further clarity—and may even be right—or even wrong and right differently—and to make such arguments about these clearly unclear differences about right and wrong usage differently, even though they have nothing to do with the difference between right and wrong. · · · →

In The Point

Higher Picture

Jesse SteeleFebruary 4, 2019February 4, 2019

The bigger picture trumps most problems. If you’re having trouble, think big. But, there is a picture even higher than the “big picture” we often think of.

God is constantly and proactively transforming Earth into something amazing. The more we focus our efforts on “amazing transformation”, the more worthwhile any of our efforts will be. This is true of nations, families, businesses, and everything between.

When a society perseverates on an inbred, self-focused culture, business, religion, or entertainment, health and economics decay. But, macro to individual, when we escalate foundational transformation at our core being, life abounds in uncountable magnitude. · · · →

In The Point

Go Time

Jesse SteeleJanuary 28, 2019January 30, 2019

It never feels like the “right time” to step out onto the field. Every athlete wishes for more preparation. Every coach longs for “one more practice”. Good athletes may know that they are ready, but it indicates overconfidence for one to hope to not be more ready than one is.

When it’s showtime, show.

Wars aren’t won and businesses aren’t built by people who are ready; they are won and built by people who aren’t ready, but who take on the odds anyway.

If you have a choice, prepare. But, when the time calls your name, get in the game.

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