Your View of Success Is Hurting You
If you think about it, most of the decisions we make and the things we commit our lives to stem from our understanding of success. If your definition is the…
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Jared Lafitte
God thinks about success much differently than you do.
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Jared Lafitte is a life and leadership coach who serves individuals, businesses and ministries. Check out his website at lafittecoaching.com and follow him on Twitter @jaredlafitte
10 Ways to Do Adulthood Well
It’s hard to say when a person reaches adulthood. Leaving mom and dad’s house, finishing college or getting a job don’t seem to automatically make a person an “adult” these…
Why You Should Start a Business in Your Twenties
In the not-too-distant past, I was an ambitious 22-year old who had driven 1,400 miles from my home in Mission, Texas to attend graduate school in Louisville, Kentucky. With less…
The Wrong Way to Criticize the Church
There comes a point in the journey of every Christian where cynicism starts to look inviting. Even mature. I remember experiencing this in college. I sat at tables where passionate…
Don’t be a Slave to Expectations for Yourself
It’s funny how the word “average” comes across as a less-than-favorable way to describe something. When it comes to things we can’t control like height or skin tone, we describe…
4 Ways Selfishness Ruins Your Life
I drive quite a bit for my job. As I navigate from point A to point B, I often see people switching lanes without checking their blind spots. And I’ve…
5 Things I Wish I’d Done Before Marriage
There’s no doubt you need to have a certain degree of personal maturity in order to have a healthy marriage. Even though you can’t be totally “ready” for something like…
You’re Never Really Ready for Marriage
My wife, Mandy, and I had one of those frozen-in-time moments the other day. We were hanging out in our new kitchen when I walked over to her, gave her…
5 Reasons Marriage Cynics Are Wrong
In the Church, it seems we have a hard time finding the balance of talking about marriage. Often, we elevate marriage to be the utmost goal of a young person’s…
There Is No Such Thing as ‘The One’
You’ve seen the plot: Guy meets girl. Guy likes girl. Girl likes guy. They hang out pretty frequently and text/call each other almost every day. Everything’s coming together, and their…