Hi, this is TheCandidConservative with today’s minute on a brand new year…

2012 is surrendering to the rush of another new year. This is as good a time as any to reflect on three of the most important questions any leader, teacher, parent, politician or other person trying to make a difference can ask. What’s working – what’s not – and what can I do to help? Putting those three questions to the people around you is a great way to start your new year – and theirs. Going forward we’ll need a lot of this kind of thinking. For fortifying the coming on a personal level, you can’t do much better than the Wisdom of Solomon. Though he didn’t always follow his own advice, toward the end he put his experience to good use in contributing Ecclesiastes to the Bible. Per Solomon there are really only 4 things in life worthy of sincere effort – worshiping God, loving others, working, and celebrating the gift of life. As 2012 fades, you’ll be hard pressed to find a better plan for 2013.

I’m Dr. Carl Mumpower and you just spent a minute with a candid and blessed conservative…