When Faced With Hard Questions, Only One Ultimately Matters.

The questions life sends our way are not always easy to answer. Some of the personal challenges we have—a child’s death, for example, the betrayal of a friend, or an unfortunate financial reversal—are often not easy to reconcile, and we need the compassionate support of those around us. Sometimes the most difficult struggle in these situations is to recognize that our Heavenly Father loves us and is not punishing us, though the reason for the trial, if there even is a reason, escapes us for now.

Some of the hardest questions come when what we believe is challenged by changing cultural fashions or by new information, sometimes misinformation, that critics confront us with. At such times, it may seem that our doctrinal or historical foundations are not as solid as we thought. We may be tempted to question the truths we’ve taken for granted and the spiritual experiences that have formed our faith.

What do we do when doubt seeps into our hearts? Are there really answers to those hard questions?

Yes, there are. In fact, all the answers—all the right answers—depend on the answer to just one question: Do I trust God above everyone else?

It is impossible to stand upright when one plants his roots in the shifting sands of popular opinion and approval. … We will all face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us all have the courage to defy the consensus and the courage to stand for principle.

Four "Why" Questions To Ponder.

1. Why?

Why should you try? Why get up that early? Why work that hard? Why read that many books? Why get up that early? Why make that many friends? Why earn that much? Why give that much away? Why put yourself through all those disciplines?

2. Why Not?

The best answer to the first question “Why?” is the second question to ponder, “Why Not?” What else are you going to do with your life? Why not see how far you can go, how much you can read or earn or share. Why not see what you much you can become, or how far you can go? Why not?

3. Why Not You?

The third question goes a bit further – Why Not You? Some people have done incredible things with a limited start – why not you? Some people do so well, they get to see it all – why not you?

4. Why Not Now?

The last question is the key to action - Why Not Now? Why postpone your better future any longer? Get at it today. Get some new books, make a new plan, set a new goal, ask some new questions, make a new effort and do it now.

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(From one of my mentors - JimRohn.com)

Social Media Dopamine. "Use With Caution!"

Social Media is addictive.

Researches have discovered that social media causes the human brain to secrete dopamine, which is the "feel-good hormone". And this is one reason why people become addicted to social media.

To learn more about dopamine being secreted when a person engages in social media, do a search on: "social media dopamine"

The Internet -- while being an effective communication tool -- is also a huge distraction as people get addicted to social media, gaming, etc. 

Researchers have proven that a major factor causing the addiction is the brain's secretion of dopamine when engaged in those activities.

As the saying goes, "Use with caution!"

Greatest Challenge?

Rapid technological change is the greatest threat facing big business.

Fortune Magazine sent a survey to all the Fortune 500 CEOs and one question they asked was: What is your company’s greatest challenge? 

“The rapid pace of technological change” topped the list, besting “cybersecurity” (a close second), as well as other popular business bogeymen, such as “increased regulation,” “shareholder activism,” and a “shortage of skilled labor.” Moreover, a whopping 94% of those who responded said their companies would change more in the next five years than in the past five.

Today’s CEOs clearly recognize that new technologies are going to radically change the way they do business. And they know they need to figure it out before their competitors do.

Fortune 500 companies would prefer to be private.

The vast majority (84%) of CEOs who responded to the survey agreed with the statement: “It would be easier to manage my company if it were a private company.” Frustration with the pressures of public markets is clearly on the rise. Surviving the new technological revolution requires long-term thinking and smart investment. But public shareholders, searching for better investment returns in a zero-­interest-rate world, are demanding short-term results. Public-company CEOs are caught in the crosshairs.