The situations that have been the biggest wins for me have been because I was forced to think differently.
All people – all lives – are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.
Until a person takes responsibility for where he is, there is no basis for moving on. The bad news is that the past was in your hands, but the good news is that the future, my friend, is also in your hands.
I’m not saying find someone and ask them if you can mow their grass for ten dollars. I’m saying find weeds that need pulling and pull them.
People who other people value get job offers, they get opportunities, and they get encouragement all because they are valued.
I tell people that I’m not necessarily any good, it’s just that there is nobody like me. I just promise you will not be bored.
Anytime God wanted to reach people he always used people to do it. So, anytime the Holy Spirit wants to reach other people, it is always through people.
It’s also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!
We have to prepare our teenagers and our children for a world away from us. That requires explanations. That requires understanding.
We think in our society today that the way people change is that they have to have a deep desire to change or that the way they change is they have to hit rock bottom. But neither of those things is true.
We’re not trying to raise good kids. We’re trying to raise kids who become great adults. That’s a very different thing. We all know parents who had kids that when they turned 18 left the house and went nuts.
I always want to teach things that help people with their personal lives, their financial lives and their legacies, so this was a huge thing for me.
I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.
People tend to read books about a guy who goes back in time or a guy who is living under a pier.
I started finding humor in everything. I used to watch a lot of TV, and I finally figured I didn’t need to watch TV to find funny stuff. I just watch the commercials. I mean, the commercials just blew my mind.
I understand that what I am to do is to be a bridge between the people who would never set foot in a church in their entire lives and people who would like to get them there. So I write books that Christians can give to their non-Christian friends that they will actually read.
I was not called to be a preacher. I am a speaker who is a Christian. I’m not a Christian speaker.
What I’m doing when I’m doing my speaking engagements is that I’m delivering serious material with humor. So, instead of delivering humor without a particular point other than to entertain people, I’m delivering comedy in a serious way.
There are so many common occurrences in raising children that people just can’t seem to figure out.
It’s a lot more interesting to learn and discover real-life principles when they are revealed in the form of a story.
I am not a “Christian author.” I am an author who is a Christian. While my books reflect my faith, they are not intended as teaching tools for a Christian audience per se. My books are stories created around principles that work for everyone and they work every time.