Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2015

A Time Budget: How Managing Your Most Important Resource Can Change Your Life

by Michael Ramsey

Making ends meet is never an easy task and for that reason most people have a budget they use to track their spending. Most of us have learned that having a system to make the best use of our money is incredibly helpful. It allows us to meet our most pressing financial needs, plan for […]

Posted on Friday, March 6, 2015

3 Healthy Ways To Handle Criticism

by Michael Ramsey

Few things have the power to crush your confidence any more than receiving harsh criticism. We live in a time in which social media has made it easy to criticize others, oftentimes anonymously. News and talk shows live off of criticism, some valid and some less so. While criticism can be very painful, it’s a […]

Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2015

A Book You Must Own At The Best Price Ever

by Michael Ramsey

When I stumble upon a book that has been valuable in my life at a good deal, I like to pass it on. A.W. Pink’s The Attributes of God has encouraged and challenged me since I was given a copy back in college. It’s a relatively short book that works through various attributes of God. […]

Posted on Tuesday, March 3, 2015

What The Bachelor Teaches Us About Us (And It’s Not Bad)

by Michael Ramsey

After 19 seasons, The Bachelor is still one of the most popular shows on tv. While I’m sure that our fascination with the show says some less than flattering things about us, it also reveals some very good things about those who keep tuning in week after week. One thing in particular stands out as […]

Posted on Friday, February 27, 2015

That White/Blue/Gold Dress And The Fragility of Perception

by Michael Ramsey

Is it white with gold or blue with brown? This confusingly colored dress is gaining tons of attention and causing waves all over the internet. Wired has a great article as to why the dress pictured above is causing so many disagreements. You can read it here: Wired Article While looking at this picture with […]

Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2015

The One Thing That All Smart People Know

by Michael Ramsey

The most brilliant people on the planet all share one piece of knowledge. They all know something that adds to their greatness and allows them to achieve remarkable things. What is that one thing they know? They know that they don’t know everything and thus greatness never occurs in isolation. To put it another way, […]

Posted on Monday, February 23, 2015

How To Take Care of Your Most Valuable Asset

by Michael Ramsey

I enjoy cooking and playing around in the kitchen. We have a new knife in our home (a very generous wedding gift), and I adore it. It is balanced and razor sharp. I am constantly looking for things to chop, dice, or julienne. Most people think that the sharper a knife is, the more dangerous […]

Posted on Friday, February 20, 2015

How To “Really” Love The People You Love

by Michael Ramsey

I fit perfectly with the stereotype of a young man born and raised in the south: I loved my mama. My mom was incredible. She was sacrificial and loving in ways I only hope someday to be. When my mom was hit by a recurrence of cancer I made the 6 hour trip to see […]

Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Why Leaders Fail: And Two Things You Can Do To Avoid It

by Michael Ramsey

A DailyMail.com article found that nearly 40% of the highest paid CEO’s in America had faced action due to poor performance in the past 20 years. These leaders were the best and the brightest, and were paid incredible amounts of money to bring success to their companies. This trend doesn’t only exist only in the […]

Posted on Monday, February 16, 2015

An Open Letter To The Church In 2015: Be Known For Your Love

by Michael Ramsey

Dear Church, I know that you are frustrated with being known for things that don’t accurately reflect who you are (You are not responsible for the crusades or for those who foolishly protest at funerals). You can’t always control what people think of you. You can control your actions and the decisions you make, so […]