The Inner Voice of God and The Gravitational Pull Of Humility

October 31, 2019 By Adam Paterno

A Overly-Healthy Serving of Humble Pie I will reinforce it ever more; humility can never be emphasized, advocated or preached enough. Seriously, go as far as to be a glutton for humility. Why I am saying this; because when you learn, you should be honest enough to share your wisdom and serve others. The last 2 years of my professional life have been painfully disappointing; marked by bad examples of leadership and management, incomplete, haphazard training and negligence, hypocrisy, flaky,... Read more

Mysteries, Prophecies and Legacies; Redefining Motivation on Your Own Terms

October 28, 2019 By Adam Paterno

The Mystery Behind Motivation Is there such a thing as motivation? Many inspirational speakers will swear by the importance of being self-motivated and how in the end, it all comes down to the power of your self-determination and guts especially when it comes to change, growth and blazing down and through the path of excellence. Others will say there is no such thing as motivation; it’s all about discipline; forcing your rear end out of bed to work out even... Read more

The Rock Solid Teacher; the Power of Stability in Leadership

October 26, 2019 By Adam Paterno

The Profound Interconnection This proverb popped up as the verse of the day in my bible app not long ago and it me took off guard completely: Proverbs 29: 4; “by justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who exacts gifts ruins it.” I was taken aback by its simplicity, truth and its matter of fact tone. And looking back on my professional life the last couple of years and at those leaders that had a direct... Read more

The Highness of Holiness; Giving Yourself and God the Respect and Dignity You Deserve

October 23, 2019 By Adam Paterno

Going all in on Holiness Let nothing stop you from receiving God’s grace and the opportunity for holiness; excellence on all fronts. That means confronting sin with the complete confidence in the fact that you can carry your own weight in the everlasting battle against sin because of God’s grace and his desire to impart his holiness on us. We may or may not have a very linear view of sin; we may or may not have a tendency to... Read more

God is Confidence; Pursue at all Costs

October 19, 2019 By Adam Paterno

Where does Your Hope Come from? You can spend a preposterous amount of time reading all the self help books and attend the conferences and create vision boards that are noble peace price worthy; by all means proceed. A highly large amount of this stuff is good for you. By the same token, we can streamline a good majority of this material and narrow its prescriptions down to a few important ingredients; one of them is being able to muster... Read more

No Apologies, No Expectations; Being You to the Fullest

October 16, 2019 By Adam Paterno

Living a Double Life It took repeating the same mistakes, falling into the same traps, chasing my own tail foolishly and crashing emotionally speaking twice in 2 years and some deep, deep soul searching as a result of all of this, to realize that the ball and chain that kept me from moving forward in life in several areas was false expectations. What do I mean? We live an unauthentic life, one that is not wholly ours, when we are... Read more

The Transformative Grace of Gratitude; Asking God and Ourselves What Really Matters

October 13, 2019 By Adam Paterno

The Lights are on, but are you Home? One particular conceptual trend and topic many of the self help gurus reference and emphasize is the need for more gratitude in our lives. And this being the eve of Thanksgiving in Canada, I figured what better way to set the tone for this holiday weekend than by scrutinizing how we tend to be appreciative and by providing a good, real life story to illustrate what I mean. So, here is to... Read more

Fireproof and Faithful; The Godly Truth About our Lives

October 10, 2019 By Adam Paterno

The Onslaught & Your Divine Defense Anybody with Anxiety knows the process; the feeling and the bother of the inner critic; the annoying voice in your head that just won’t zip it; the growl, bark or ungodly screaming of low self esteem and limiting beliefs about yourself. The main ingredients of this mess and noise are falsehood and manipulation; none of which possess any truth in any shape or form. Anxiety exaggerates your shortcomings into a sad, demoralizing drama of biblical... Read more

The Words of Your World; Speaking Life into Your Everyday

October 5, 2019 By Adam Paterno

Do Your Words Love or Hate? Let’s keep this real; we have every imaginable media outlet and gadget available to speak our minds and the liberty to say a word any time: All the time. Everyone has an opinion and a potential avenue to let it all out; whether we like it or not. What the consequences are for engaging this liberty is a totally different discussion I don’t feel like addressing any time soon. My question today is; how... Read more

The Option to Move; Your Genesis by God’s Grace

October 2, 2019 By Adam Paterno

The Chaos and the Beauty What I find so terribly beautiful about crashing emotionally and spiritually speaking is the promise of starting anew. It’s terrible to feel that low, humiliated, crushed and hopeless. You are surrounded by the emotional wreckage of your life or buried underneath it; it’s heavy and heart crushing; you feel completely immobilized on every front. But if you are thinking and feeling as painful as it may seem, you are alive and likewise is the possibility... Read more