When Life Karate Kicks You in the Face: Vol. 4

Photo by Flickr user Teuobk

Over the past few weeks, I've been letting you guys behind the curtain of my life, so to speak, with a series of posts called When Life Karate Kick You in the Face. If you need to get caught up on the first three volumes, click HERE.

The short synopsis is this:

- I was laid off from my job of six years.
- My wife is 30-plus weeks pregnant.
- My wife recently quit her job.

That's about the shape of things.

To this point, I've been positive. I've tried to share motivational words and blog posts that will encourage you if you are or ever find yourself in a similar position. But encouraging words only go so far. Eventually, you need to come up with a gameplan:

Having a Spouse Who Supports Your Dream

That's a picture of my wife. (If you wanna be technical -- and I do --  it's a picture of my son too.) 

She'll probably kill me for posting the picture, but it was a necessary visual. You see, my wife is flat-out AWESOME. As exhibited by the photo, she's gorgeous, beyond words. But that's a given. This is a post where I'm going to brag on my wife, Kim, and it's based on way more than her external looks.

Books I Believe In

Today's post is a short one but a very important one.

Every now and then, you read a book that really changes your life. Within the past year, I've been fortunate enough to read several that qualify as such.

I'd like to share my list with you. Here it is: