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January 2022

January 20, 2022

Culture is the Character of an Organization

I have always been a bit of a loner. I hated group projects in school...

January 11, 2022

Is Purpose Created or Discovered?

We work with a lot of different organizations. No matter where they are in terms...

January 03, 2022

The Power of Structures

When we talk about corrupt or broken “systems” in our world, we are often really...

November 2021

November 18, 2021

How Vision Affects Movement

There is an intimate and often overlooked relationship between our eyes and our feet. We...

July 2021

July 27, 2021

The Sports Metaphor

There is a great verse in the early chapters of The Gospel of Mark where...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

The Spectrum of Intentionality

Kylie and I work as Leadership Coaches with The Crossroad. And one of the terms we...

November 2020

November 24, 2020

Tackling the “What’s Next” Problem

For most of my life, I had three major goals. You might call them dreams;...

November 17, 2020

Why I’ve Stopped Trying to Change the World

I was reading a commentary on The Book of Proverbs a few days ago and...

October 2020

October 01, 2020

Stop Asking Yourself This Question

When I think about what derails my life, what causes me unnecessary pain, and what...

September 2020

September 03, 2020

The Value of Work

Too often, we view work as an obligation. A means to an end. A way...

September 01, 2020

Creating Crisis

Why do we wait until the last minute to do things? Why do we travel...

August 2020

August 11, 2020

Are You Lost in A Spiral of Distractions

When the whole world was on lockdown in April of 2020, I saw a social...

July 2020

July 28, 2020

The Spinning Plates of Purpose

Life is a game of spinning plates. We are all like a circus octopus trying...

July 09, 2020

The Best Leaders Don’t Make Anyone Do Anything

One of the great challenges we face in our leadership training seminars is the motivation...

May 2020

May 05, 2020

Becoming a Faithful Witness

There are two things inherent in every human life. The desire to participate in purpose...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

The Two Universal Values

For the last three years, Kylie and I have been traveling the world, training groups...

January 2020

January 07, 2020

Problems, Problems Everywhere

We are a problem-seeking people. From the time we are young, our parents tell us...

January 03, 2020

The Competing Ends of Man

At least once a week, I wake up and don’t want to go to whatever...

March 2019

March 11, 2019

We Waste So Much Time

We roll out of bed in the morning and a good chunk of our day...

March 04, 2019

The Greatest Obstacle to Utilizing Influence

We all want to live a life of purpose. We want to empower our institutions...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Does Your Life Vision Measure Up?

There is nothing that drives the trajectory of life more than vision. Where we are...

November 05, 2018

The Copernican Revolution Your Relationships Need

The relationships we are in often carry some assumptions. We have our own way of...

October 2018

October 19, 2018

4 Tips to Effective Goal Setting

It’s hard to know what to do. Even when we figure it out, it is...

October 08, 2018

Why Are We Afraid?

It hits us everyday. Fear. The act of being afraid is a universally human experience....

September 2018

September 14, 2018

How Shared Vision Can Transform Your Marriage

Relationships are hard. And as the epitome of human connectedness, intimacy, and proximity, marriage might...

September 04, 2018

What’s the “Song” in Your Head?

Ever noticed how nobody ever says, “I’ve got this sentence stuck in my head!”? There...

August 2018

August 06, 2018

The Pursuit of Ownership: What Really Belongs to Me?

From the time we are very young, we start wrestling with the idea of ownership....

July 2018

July 25, 2018

The 3 Ways Routine Leads to Purpose

Routine gets a bad wrap in today’s world. We equate the establishment of habit with...

June 2018

June 11, 2018

Why Taking Responsibility is Vital for Leadership

Perhaps the greatest obstacle for leaders is a mental one. We fight so hard for positional...

May 2018

May 30, 2018

It’s Past Time to Get Real with Yourself

Whether it be in relationship, business, or the good old fashion pursuit of identity, each...