Success – Page 9 – Melissa Schlies

Back to Basics

Not too long ago, I saw a news report about a house that had been built on a cliff overlooking the ocean. It was a big, beautiful house with lots of windows to take in the incredible view. When it was built, it was probably worth millions. But do you know why it was on the news? If you saw the same story on TV, you know it is because erosion has eaten away a chunk of the cliff. A good part of the house is now literally hanging over the ocean. And no one can go inside to collect [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T15:56:32+00:00May 22nd, 2017|Categories: Balance, discipline, Health, Success|Comments Off

“So, What Do You Do?”

For as long as you can remember, people have probably been asking you what you are going to do with your life. They asked it when you were little and you said you were going to be a fireman (or fire-woman). It was all people asked your senior year of high school, and at your graduation party, when you told them you were going to be—a lawyer, a teacher, a photographer, etc. And now, as an “adult,” it is all people ask when you first meet them: “So, what do you do?” It is as if it is the only [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:10:09+00:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: Balance, Identity, Success|Comments Off

What Will Mark You?

One day, when I was a youth pastor, one of my students came into my office just to show me her tattoo. She closed the door, and then lifted her shirt up just enough to show me a bright and beautiful cherry tree stretching across her left ribs and down her side. It was new. There was still a little red around the edges, but you could tell she felt very proud of it. Then, a few years later, I sat at a Panera with another student. I listened as she described the many colorful tattoos that flowed down her [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:36:02+00:00April 3rd, 2017|Categories: Character, Identity, Success|Comments Off

Learn: Like Riding a Bike

Do you remember when you first learned to ride a bike? I am guessing, that like me, you didn’t automatically get on and ride off into the sunset. You probably had a few wipe outs and falls. Maybe you struggled with making a sharp turn. Or perhaps breaking was your problem. Either way, I am sure you have a few memories of your mom or dad putting bandaids on your scraped knees, like I do. Riding a bike certainly isn’t the hardest thing we’ve ever learned, but it wasn’t easy either. I think many of us have forgotten that fact. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:39:52+00:00March 23rd, 2017|Categories: Failure, Hope, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success, Uncategorized|Comments Off

Red Light

Do you remember the last time you sat at a stop light? Do you remember what you were thinking? Were you glad for a moment to check your phone? Did you take a deep breath and chill? Or, were you like me most days—staring at the light, willing it to turn green? Whenever we are headed somewhere—especially if its good—the last thing we want to run into, is a red light. We are excited, ready to go, anxious to get there—we don’t want to stop. We want to move. Hitting red lights is a pain. Yet the worst ones in [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:49:40+00:00March 20th, 2017|Categories: Hope, Identity, Success, Waiting|Comments Off

Are You There Yet?

It is a question so classic, it’s almost cliche. We all have heard it. Many of us probably asked it as children. On short trips or long trips, coming from the back seat of a car, someone always asks: “Are we there yet?” Little did any of us know, our family car trips as children were providing us with more preparation for adulthood than we could have ever realized. Life rarely happens when and how we think it should. The waiting to get to where we want to go can seem endless. And, if you grew up with siblings, you [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:53:58+00:00March 13th, 2017|Categories: Hope, Identity, Success, Waiting|Comments Off

Self Love, Part 2: Who Are Your Guides?

“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you…?” —Paul to the Galatians (Gal. 5:7) In Galatians, chapter five, the Apostle Paul writes to a group of people who have been mislead. After finding salvation in Christ, another group came around and told the Galatians that believing in Jesus was not enough—that they had to follow certain laws to earn their salvation. They had been moving forward on the right path, when all of a sudden they were misdirected. Their journey stalled. In our world, there are messages that sound “right” and “good,” when they’re not. Very often, [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:57:13+00:00March 6th, 2017|Categories: Health, Mentoring, Success|Comments Off

Love Learn Lead March 2, 2017

Happy Thursday! As it is week one of two that we will be talking about Self Love, I thought I’d share that recently Self Love, for me, has looked like a lot of time on the couch. Last week, I came down with a cold that wiped me out for almost a good week. But—it did give me plenty of time to read. Today, I share with you one of the books that kept me company. Here is today’s Love, Learn, Lead. Enjoy! Love This winter, PBS has been airing a new Masterpiece show entitled Victoria, about the life of [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T20:59:23+00:00March 2nd, 2017|Categories: Good Books, Identity, Lead, Learn, Love, Love Learn Lead, Success|Comments Off

Lead: There’s a Good Chance, You’re a Leader

As far as we’ve come technologically and intellectually in our culture, I find it disappointing that we still measure much of our human experience on the superficial. Worse, we base important societal roles on “the look of things,” and miss our own capacity for depth and meaning. Leadership is an excellent example of this. If I were to ask you to picture a leader in your head right now, there is a good chance you would picture someone on a stage. Perhaps they are using their hands to talk, and every word that comes out of their mouth is eloquent. [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:05:04+00:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: Lead, Love Learn Lead, Mentoring, Success|Comments Off

From the Look of Things

A famous couple arrives on the red carpet. He’s dressed to kill. She’s breathtaking in her designer gown. He places his hand on the small of her back while she turns her red lipstick smile toward the camera. They are Cinderella and Prince Charming come to life. Only, a month a later, she files for divorce. What happened? From the look of things, they were so happy. A charming old house sits on a lovely street, watching people come and go. She’s outlived generations of families, there’s no reason to think she won’t do the same with the ones who [...]

By Melissa Schlies|2018-07-19T21:06:02+00:00February 13th, 2017|Categories: Identity, Success|Comments Off

Back to Basics

“So, What Do You Do?”

What Will Mark You?

Learn: Like Riding a Bike

Red Light

Are You There Yet?

Self Love, Part 2: Who Are Your Guides?

Love Learn Lead March 2, 2017

Lead: There’s a Good Chance, You’re a Leader

From the Look of Things

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