“Experience isn’t the best teacher, evaluated experience is.” -John C. Maxwell

I thought I’d share some of the most important lessons I’ve learned this year with you. I hope that they will add value to your life! Here they are:

Work harder than anyone so you have the freedom to do whatever you want! – My fiance Laura taught me this. She said it while we were having lunch one day. I know that it’s true that there is no indispensable man, but we can all work hard enough to make sure we’re not the most dispensable! 
If you want to be a hero, do what God wants you to do  – This lessons was from the Leadership Summit in Mamma Magie Gobran’s talk. When she made this statement I realized that the only thing I can focus on is what God called me to do. If I’ll do that, God will take me places I never imagined and I’ll make a bigger impact than I ever could without Him.

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Top 10 Viewed Blog Posts of 2011:

• Drugs 
• Opportunities (Part 2) 
• What to do When You Don’t Know Why
• Don’t Forget Who You Are
• My Favorite Tony Horton Quotes 
• 25 Years of Life and My Conclusion So Far
• Your Choices and God 
• Feeling Hopeless? Find Hope this Christmas!
• Are You the Underdog or the Favorite? 
• Grow Something (more…)

I don’t post funny videos often, but these two videos have made me laugh harder than I have in a long time! Thank you, Cory Vogan, for showing me this! Watch them them in this order:

Haha! I know you’re going to have this song stuck in your head for the rest of the day!