Surround yourself with prompts that remind you who Jesus is. Bob Goff More Quotes by Bob Goff More Quotes From Bob Goff When you identify with an organization and you want to do stuff [but] you get this inexplicable 'no' - a lot of people get off the end and think, Well, God must have said no to me. No! The organization just said no to you. Find what it is that you were made to do and get on it! Go do what you were made to do. Bob Goff organization people thinking You don't want to pick a fight with just the guy at the deli, [you want to] pick a fight somewhere in the world and just run towards it. Run because the fight is going to go on without you if you miss it. Bob Goff guy fighting running There's a difference between a caper and a prank. A prank is like playing Ding-Dong-Ditch, you know, you ring the doorbell and then run and hide in the ditch. That's a prank. It has no shelf life, like reassembling the principal's car up on the roof of the gym. It's cute and everything but there's no shelf-life, and it can actually be kind of destructive. But a caper is different. It's something where everybody has made it in. Bob Goff differences running cute One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time. What would be the first thing I'd add back? Jesus. It sounds a little bit like a Sunday school answer, but that's what I do. Then what's the next thing? And I'd say, well, loving people. And then the next. Bob Goff zero school jesus If we pick recognition over influence we'll be known for all the wrong stuff. Bob Goff recognition influence stuff Living a life fully engaged in full of whimsy and the kind of things that love does is something most people plan to do, but along the way they just kind of forget. Bob Goff whimsy doe people If a door is shut, go up and wiggle it a little - don't assume it's locked. Bob Goff door little go up I'm a lawyer; I win arguments for a living. Bob Goff win living lawyer I have the sense that whoever here on earth we couldn't get along with, Jesus will make us roommates in Heaven. Bob Goff roommates will earth heaven You know... life can be like a big game of Battleship. The enemy knows where your ships are and is trying to call the right number and sink them. But he can't sink you if you're with God. Bob Goff game you god life Some of us have been told what we want our whole lives. We've been told we should want to go out for sports or not. We should want a college education or a graduate degree or a particular career. We should want to date this person and not the other. Bob Goff person college education sports I live in constant anticipation of good stuff. It's not being 'Pollyanna' about things, but most stories don't have the ending we would give them right away. The better endings come later. Bob Goff ending live better good On the morning of September 11, 2001, I rushed home before the kids left for school and gathered them around our dining room table and told them what had happened. Like everyone else, we struggled for words to describe to our kids why such a thing would occur. Bob Goff words home morning school I'm trying to surround myself during my life with the eight people I'd surround my bed with on my death. Bob Goff my-life myself life death Instead of picking your career and backfilling your life behind that, what if you pick your life and backfill your career with whatever is left over? Bob Goff behind your you life If you wanna get a report card on your faith, see how you are dealing with people who are really difficult to deal with. Bob Goff your you faith people The people that are my friends and are easy to get along with, they make me feel like I'm a boss at loving people. Bob Goff me boss friends people Wouldn't you say that most of us are a reflection of or a reaction to the people who have been closest to us? I'm a reflection of my grandmother. Bob Goff say you reflection people My worst subject in school was school, but it turns out I'm great at starting them. Bob Goff great starting worst school I literally get one hundred calls a day. I can't get anything done, but I'm happy about it. Bob Goff anything day done happy
