Author: John Rue

...is BTL's worldview about the real, authentic you. What you believe about you matters. Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right — Henry Ford If you don't believe you are freakin' magic in the making, you have an identity-crisis, the root of which is a worldview-crisis. “Our deepest fear … Continue reading Day 45 (Freakin’ magic in the making)…

...is a goodie but oldie. Here's a re-make of ten commandments that make good BTL principles. Don't have other gods. Choose your master wisely, or you'll be enslaved. Hard labor you will disdain as you tire, OPUS you will sustain as you tire. Make your big why about something bigger than yourself. Those who choose … Continue reading Day 44 (Ten things everybody ought to know)…

...is another core BTL principle. But, how you live it out depends upon which of two competing worldviews you hold. Let’s be a good journalist and dig deeper. We’ll start our story by examining the self-centered/other-controlling worldview. Does it compete? Yes. Who does it compete with? Anything and anyone in its way. What does it … Continue reading Day 43 (Compete)…

...and quench your deepest thirst as you read this post, a toast to Paul Harvey. Michael (Mike) King was a dad and a preacher from the deep South. In 1934, after completing the dream of a lifetime -- a pilgrimage to the Holy Land -- he finished his trip by attending an international conference for … Continue reading Day 42 (Be like Mike)…

...is a Latin word which translates as "unconquered, or unconqerable." But as we'll see, it's way more than that. As you'll read in Day 41 of Toto's book, Invictus was the title of Nelson Mandela's favorite poem, by William Ernest Henley. For Mandela, it became the mantra of his worldview he recited to himself from … Continue reading Day 41 (Invictus)…

...started out like a normal infant -- self-centered/other-controlling, a screamer, full of B.S., and milking mom for everything I could get. If your trajectory doesn't change, you journey from the state of infancy to the state of tyranny. It's not cute anymore. You get older, but no less infantile, just maybe a little more sophisticated, … Continue reading Day 40: (The tyrant known as me)…

...is a core BTL principle. Love is measured by what it gives. Or, as author Bob Goff says, by what LOVE DOES. Mostly, love is real, hard, work because it involves messy, work-in-processes like you & me. But if you want to be a better leader with a better team, better marriage, better family, better … Continue reading Day 39 (Love harder)…

...is core to the BTL worldview. The opposite is there's not enough (or never enough). A scarcity mentality believes there's not enough to go around, so you better fight for yours, and once you get it you better guard it with your life -- because your life depends on it. A scarcity mentality sees life … Continue reading Day 38 (Enough)…