Pastor Tom's Community

Random Proverbs for Business

  • The World’s First Business Consultant – Proverbs 1:1

    My wife chooses books by title and by reading the back cover. She also has favorite authors to whom she gravitates, but primarily, she is a title/back cover book picker. I see the author's name first. I seek out the… Continue reading

  • Left Wing/Right Wing

    Yet another reason why I resist wearing labels such as "Conservative" or "Liberal" with an upper case "C" or "L" comes to surface as I hear the word,"wing" attached to directional terms such as "left" or "right."  This comes from… Continue reading

  • The Postive Power of HUNGER

    I was a little taken back as I sat in the training session for aspiring vacuum cleaner salesmen and heard the trainer say, "I hope you are all in serious debt or financial trouble. If you are, you will be… Continue reading

  • Refilling the Trough and Other Ponderables

    "Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox." – Proverbs 14:4 The crib or "manger" here is the place where the grain is stored to feed the oxen. Ironically, it… Continue reading

  • Talking Yourself Into a Ticket

    "A fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them." – Proverbs 14:3 (NIV) I used to teach traffic school and later supervised other traffic school teachers, some of whom were police officers.… Continue reading

  • Builder or Destroyer?

    "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands." – Proverbs 14:1 Are you a builder or a destroyer? Keep in mind that whatever you do in this regard, it is to your house… Continue reading

  • Love the Process

    Do you love the results of wisdom, but hate the process? Wisdom is key to success in any endeavor. Without it, we falter at some point. For that reason, we all want it – and we want it right now.… Continue reading

  • To Do Lists -A New Book by Sasha Cagen

    I have been a long time advocate and practitioner of to-do lists. Never would I have imagined that someone would actually take the time to collect, catalog, and reflect upon the to-do lists of other people. Sasha Cagen has made… Continue reading

  • How to Ride a Horse – A REAL Horse – Plus a Bonus

    OK – ccunning@everything2.com has actually written a wonderful article on how to ride an actual horse. I felt obligated to point to it since some folks are using Google to retrieve that information and coming up with my business and… Continue reading

  • About That Horse

    So, you are trying to narrow your options with regard to a business opportunity, ministry emphasis, or project and you are exploring various vehicles (horses) that will enable you to accomplish your goals. Sometimes I ride a horse with a… Continue reading