Success is a planned outcome, not an accident. Success, casually defined as getting what YOU want out of a relationship, a job, or just life in general, is a very good thing.

This is what normal, hard-working, mentally healthy people want for their children and it’s what normal, hard-working, mentally healthy people want for themselves as well. But, this success won’t just happen by accident!

Success, as well as mediocrity (chronic underperformance), are both absolutely predictable because they follow the natural and immutable law of sowing and reaping.

Simply stated, if you want to reap more rewards, you must sow more service, contribution, and value. This is a no-nonsense, common-sense formula for being a good steward of your time, talent, and treasure.

God’s blessings have prerequisites! If we want to reap, we have to sow. Sometimes the sowing won’t work out so well, so we must wait longer than we’d like to reap success. Sometimes we clumsily and unknowingly plant the wrong s...