Don Howe Success

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a good reminder that activity is not necessarily accomplishment. It’s very easy for people to work hard all day and never actually do the things that are important. Doing things right leads to “efficiency,” while doing the right things leads to “effectiveness.” However, […]

This blog post is taken from my Seminar Notes, and it’s simply a poem written by Myra Brooks Welch. It goes like this… ‘Twas battered and scarred, and the auctioneer thought it scarcely worth his while to waste much time on the old violin, but held it up with a smile. “What am I bid, […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a good reminder that it’s important to have the “correct mental roadmap.” To begin with, please imagine that you wanted to arrive at a specific location in Chicago, and the map that you were given was labeled “Chicago,” but that it was actually […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s one of my favorite stories to illustrate the power of words. It goes like this… Once upon a time, there was a wise old man who lived up in the mountains. One day, as he passed near a village, he was approached by […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and I find it interesting that most of the parables that Jesus told had do with money or possessions. There are more than 2,350 Bible verses that discuss money or possessions, and “giving” is mentioned 2,285 times in the Bible. I think this is because […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and I’d like to start out by asking you a couple of questions. My 1st question is: “What is it that motivates you?” My 2nd question is, “What is it that you’re passionate about?” Without passion, there’s no energy, there’s very little motivation, and for […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a poem entitled “Sermons We See.” It was written by Edgar Guest, (born in 1881), and it goes like this… I’d rather see a sermon, than hear one any day;I’d rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way. The eye’s […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it’s a good reminder to make sure that you maintain a positive mental diet. A positive mental diet includes reading good books, listening to good audio, and associating with positive people. Keep a positive book next to your bed and read something good each […]

This blog post is taken from my book Golden Nuggets, and it provides us with a simple way to “get things done.” James Clear designed (what he calls) the “2-Minute Rule” to prevent procrastination. The first part of the 2-Minute Rule says that if it takes less than 2 minutes, then do it now. The […]

This blog post is taken from my Seminar Notes, and it’s a good reminder that how we finish is more important than how we start. I was reading in the Bible that Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His father (Ahaz) had been a wicked […]