The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness. Pope Benedict XVI In 1979, I won the Boston Marathon. I was 10 years old. Nevermind the fact that the race was held in Boston, Indiana and totaled just over 600 yards. In that moment, jockeying among those […]

‘What is this I hear about you? Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward.’ Luke 16:2 The Face of Ruthlessness The bottom line. The end result. The point of it all. The truth of the matter. At the end of the day. Ultimately. When we net it […]

“Nobody does amazing anymore,” he said as we stood talking. Conference attendees milled about, grabbing coffee and chatting with exhibitors and peers. The scene could have been cut from this conference space and pasted into a thousand other conference spaces seamlessly. The booths. The continental breakfast. The vendors. The carpet. The scene was so familiar […]

The line it is drawnThe curse it is castThe slow one nowWill later be fastAs the present nowWill later be pastThe order is rapidly fadin’And the first one nowWill later be lastFor the times they are a-changin’ Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin’ Driving home this week, I noticed a single leaf floating down […]

I absolutely love the quotation above. It captures the essence of any project worth doing and has been particularly applicable in my own entrepreneurial journey. It is the edge. That place we stand, facing the possible and experiencing the discomfort of the risk in leaping toward it. Age and experience don’t matter – there is an edge […]

Can you remember the last time you awoke to something new and different? A time and place where the old routines disappeared and all your expectations and habits retreated into the hazy memory reserved for all that was long ago? What about a moment when all that was to happen next was unknown and you […]

If you’re reading this, it means you woke up this morning and found yourself blessed with another day. Congratulations! That, my friend, is a gift. Every breath is a small miracle. So small, we don’t even notice them. If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you also survived COVID, a potentially deadly descent into having […]

During a recent walk, Sally and I were sharing highlights from our day. As I was describing a conversation during a recent meeting, I found myself saying in conclusion: ”I really like him. He’s one of the good guys.” She said in response, ”I could tell by the way you described your conversation.” Something in […]