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There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. Simon Sinek I just re-read Simon Sinek’s book, Start With Why, originally published in [...]

Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice. James 3:16 “I hear you’re a man of faith, do you mind if I say a prayer before we eat?” So [...]

We love big moments. We live for the Grand Slam, the Hail Mary, and the overnight success. Of course, the big moments don’t spontaneously happen. Even the lottery winner had to walk down to [...]

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year. It is today that we fit ourselves for [...]

Do you have photos on the walls and shelves in your home or has the quaint concept of printing and displaying them gone the way of phone booths, cassette tape decks, and old fashioned letter [...]

The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it – rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful. Clayton Christensen One of the [...]

THRASH/THraSH/verb: Struggle in a wild or desperate way to do something. Ex. “two months of thrashing around on my own have produced nothing” The day sits before you and you find [...]

“I miss spending my days with Phillip.” Such was how my wife, Sally, described what she now missed most about her time on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. After over 500 miles of [...]

A recent Facebook post caught my attention as it challenged parents to reconsider how they push their children toward achievement:

Can you remember your graduation? High school? Undergraduate? Graduate? To graduate is to complete a course of training. The experience is a gateway to the future.