A Simple Powerful Truth
Were you ever just hit with a really simple truth? “You’re here for a reason” That sounds so cliché I almost can’t stand it. But for some...
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Mark Craven
- Apr 12, 2021
- 2 min
Redirection
You start on some paths with absolute certainty that this is where you’re supposed to be. But then you hit a few bumps, and your...
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Mark Craven
- Apr 25, 2020
- 2 min
Quarantine
I hate this so much. There isn’t one part of me that that finds anything appealing about where we are right now. Shut in from friends and...
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Mark Craven
- Apr 18, 2020
- 2 min
I Don’t Ever Give Up
Does that resonate with you? It didn’t matter how much had come against you in previous pursuits, you just kept getting up and doing what...
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Mark Craven
- Mar 20, 2020
- 2 min
We Have To Hope
The last thing I’m feeling right now is hopeful. What I’m mostly feeling right now is what most of us are probably feeling right now…...
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Mark Craven
- Mar 9, 2020
- 2 min
How to Handle the Intangible
What if I handed you a strange looking object that you really weren’t sure about? You didn’t know what it was, what it did, what it could...
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Mark Craven
- Mar 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Dad I Didn't Have
I’m going to be a dad. And I’m going to be a dad to a boy. Erin and I found out that we were going to have a baby back in December. When...
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Mark Craven
- Feb 22, 2020
- 1 min
Why Not You?
Don’t answer that! It’s a stupidly easy question to answer. I don’t have the money. I don’t have the resources. I don’t have the talent....
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Mark Craven
- Feb 13, 2020
- 2 min
Maintaining Mediocrity
A good friend at my recent book signing looked down at the five books I had on display at the signing table and asked, “How the hell do...
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Mark Craven
- Feb 4, 2020
- 2 min
Everything Hurts
I moved back to Pittsburgh from Los Angeles in 2017. My heart was broken and so was my bank account. The only thing that I seemed to be...
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Mark Craven
- Jan 28, 2020
- 3 min
Couple Things
It takes some time to figure out what you really want to do with your life. Or at least figure out something that you’re passionate...
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Mark Craven
- Sep 16, 2019
- 3 min
“Therefore I Tell You…”
Once you’ve read several different books or articles on success or watched different speakers teach on the subject of attaining that...
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Mark Craven
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
Warrior
I’ve taken some time away from writing recently. I’ve had a lot happening this summer from moving in with my girlfriend to starting a new...
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Mark Craven
- Jul 18, 2019
- 1 min
100 Things
My issue is that I focus on the one bad thing when there are at least one-hundred good things. My mind stretches toward perfection, a...
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Mark Craven
- Jul 9, 2019
- 2 min
Conditionally Happy
I’ll be happy if all of the conditions of my life meet the standard I’ve set in order to allow myself the luxury of feeling happy. If the...
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Mark Craven
- Jun 8, 2019
- 2 min
The Wins We’re Worthy Of
I always notice that the posts that get the most likes on almost any social media platform are the ones where there’s a win involved....
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Mark Craven
- May 5, 2019
- 2 min
Book Release 2019
It’s pretty hard to believe that I’m coming up on another book release. The craziest part is that it’s at Barnes & Noble. I always knew...
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Mark Craven
- Apr 14, 2019
- 2 min
Trust?
This is not something I am particularly good at. I’m very weak here actually. I definitely would not teach a class on being a better...
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Mark Craven
- Apr 10, 2019
- 3 min
At the End of Yourself
I host a podcast called, The Craven Effect, and on an episode called, “The Waiting Place”, I interviewed a great friend of mine. Pastor...
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Mark Craven
- Apr 7, 2019
- 2 min
I Believe In You
Sometimes we need that don’t we? I know I do. And that’s why I’m telling you right now that I believe with all of my heart that you can...
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