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December 2020

December 15, 2020

Mission or Money

So, let’s be honest. We are all holding onto a secret hope. We want to...

December 10, 2020

The Breakdown Between What We Profess to Value and What We Actually Do

Conventional wisdom goes something like this: if your actions don’t match what you profess to...

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 19, 2020

When Assessing Reality is Harder Than it Seems

When we train leaders, we tell them that although meaningful organizations (and individuals) have to start...

November 03, 2020

The Process and Impact of Our Choices

Election day is one of the few days in American society where we truly feel...

October 2020

October 20, 2020

After The Crossroads

A decision has been made. You reached a crossroad and selected a choice. You have...

September 2020

September 08, 2020

What Questions Are You Asking Yourself

From the time we are babies, we are asking questions of the world around us....

September 03, 2020

The Value of Work

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

August 2020

August 13, 2020

What You Should Look For In A Relationship

When I was single, I got a lot of terrible advice about what to “look...

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...

June 2020

June 11, 2020

All The Things We Do Not Say

I am a high introvert, an internal processor, and a habitual emotion-stuffer. The number of...

May 2020

May 28, 2020

How Far Should We Follow Our Feelings?

I saw an ad recently about how to handle our emotions. It suggested the way...

May 14, 2020

What To Do About Pain

Every day we feel some semblance of pain. From agony, torture and tragedy to discomfort,...

May 05, 2020

Becoming a Faithful Witness

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

April 2020

April 30, 2020

Defending a Win

There is something intoxicating about the feeling of a win. Life is full of challenges,...

April 28, 2020

What If You Didn’t Have To Be Perfect?

I was working through a Biblical commentary on Genesis this week for a work project...

April 23, 2020

Why Prioritizing Is Harder Than It Sounds

For most of my adult life, one of the most repeated suggestions I receive when...

April 21, 2020

How To Interact With The Earth

It may not be the sexiest of holidays, but Earth Day has a strange way...

March 2020

March 26, 2020

The Two Universal Values

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

March 24, 2020

5 Ways Being Single Matters for Your Marriage

First, let me say right off the bat that being single is important in its...

March 17, 2020

St. Patrick and the Power of Celebration

One of the things we have discovered when working with organizations around the world is...

March 12, 2020

The Culture of A Family

Your family has a culture. What is it? How did it develop? Is it possible...

March 03, 2020

The Enemy in Your Relationship

When we enter into a relationship, we bring certain expectations. Sometimes they are explicit and...

February 2020

February 20, 2020

Alone in a Crowd

The Winter Season is a unique time in New York City. The streets are cold...

February 18, 2020

The Role of the President

With Presidents’ Day coming to a close and the election cycle reaching its climax this...

February 04, 2020

The Danger of Filling Emotions

Our emotions are the result of one of our values being pressed. When we feel a...

January 2020

January 30, 2020

The Greener Grass

Kylie and I have really lived an incredible life. We’ve traveled all over the world,...

January 28, 2020

Poverty and Poverty Mentality

We watched a movie recently that highlighted the difference between poverty (in a practical sense)...

January 23, 2020

The Cycle of Giving Up

There is a consistent lie swirling through human culture. We have internalized it; believed it hook, line,...

January 16, 2020

How to Turn A Dream into A Vision

Martin Luther King Jr. is a celebrated American hero. In his fight for equality, he...