It was 7:45 on a Friday evening, and I found myself walking by my favorite coffee shop (coffee at 8:00 is another story). This particular shop is a meaningful spot for me, as I drop in a couple of times a month to hide for deep work. I made it just in time, 15 minutes…
Reclaim the joy of the gift. A gift is given with the assumption that the receiver will be glad, happy, full of passion about the gift. A gift is given assuming there will be stewardship of the gift. The one giving the gift is excited for the receiver and the blessing on that person. The…
We desire what we don’t have. This is the beginning of most major problems. This is the root of relationship issues. This is the cause of a bad attitude. When one journeys alone or as a couple, one naturally desires what one can’t have. And, with children, many different journeys exacerbate the desire. The desire…
Philip was a fisherman, just having a normal day. Maybe tending to his nets, getting his boat ready. Maybe he was cleaning fish or checking the weather. Maybe he was relaxing after a long day on the job. Philip knew what the prophets had said. He knew the words that Moses had written. He knew…
The longer the journey of life, the more one perseveres. One learns to stand. One learns to endure. One builds faith. Perseverance builds a company, a career, a marriage, a family, a life. The initial hope, excitement, passion fills the cup of the entrepreneur as the journey begins. All is an opportunity. The market will…
Life’s greatest lessons are caught from others. The most impactful life lessons are learned from observing people on their daily journey. Think about people that have impacted you the most. It wasn’t the one-on-one lessons that they taught you. Anyone can be buttoned up for an hour and give a great message. Rather, it was…
The tendency is to move toward the easy, avoid conflict, delay hard decisions, silo the fires, hoping that avoidance will solve the issue. Right now, your transparency, your action, your decision, can change someone’s life. Making the call that you need to make, having the conversation that you need to have, addressing the situation that…
This week, I heard a man tell the story of a construction manager who was hired to build the foundation of the tallest building in Oklahoma City. The foundation took 4 years to build. The foundation of a skyscraper can range from 65 to 165 feet, with some reaching 325 feet. Imagine a football field…
As I woke up this morning, something was off. My mind quickly raced through my family, my kids, my job, and, then, it stopped. I remembered. Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday, on the eve of 9/11. The brutal murder of a husband, dad, and public leader was on full display yesterday, impacting most I assume,…
“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” Viktor Frankl wrote this in Man’s Search for Meaning, describing how he was able to survive a Nazi concentration camp for three years. The only way to survive each day was to hold on to the hope for the future. One’s why…