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October's a free-for-all.

October 14, 2024

Fun fact: October wasn’t renamed when the Romans switched to a 12-month calendar. They tried renaming months after emperors, but October stuck. Funny thing...

Repost: Finish Well.

September 16, 2024

How you finish this year is how you'll begin 2025. True story. And because of that, I want to offer a little guidance to help you gain the clarity and focus...

Personal Philosophies.

September 9, 2024

I have three mantras I live by: People Matter Most. Work Is Good For Your Soul. Your Best Days Are Ahead Of You. These mantras reflect essential parts of who...

12 Habits for Leading Well.

September 1, 2024

Leadership starts with you. More specifically, within you. The first person we lead is ourselves. True story. Before we can inspire others, we’ve got to get...

Your internal compass.

August 26, 2024

"Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them they are free." - Poetic Outlaws These words cut right to the...

The War Within.

August 20, 2024

In his best-selling book, Stage II Recovery, addiction counselor and pioneering author Earnie Larson describes recovery as nothing less than a civil war...

Sub-traction.

August 13, 2024

Life runs deeper than we often realize. True story. For me, the constant busyness and the rush of everyday life can distract me from slowing down and truly...

August as a slingshot.

August 5, 2024

A few weeks back, I had a coaching session with a young client about living with greater intention as we move through the last third of the year. We're both...

Healthy. Wealthy. Wise.

August 2, 2024

I’m pretty sure that the idea of a good life can’t just be summed up with the pursuit of health, wealth, and happiness. For starters, a pursuit sounds like a...

15 (must have) soft skills.

July 26, 2024

Forbes recently tapped into the wisdom of their Coaches Council—a diverse panel of experts in leadership—and compiled a list of 15 essential soft skills for...

Stop Your Yapping

July 18, 2024

Confession: I hate small talk. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m not very good at it or if those superficial conversations lack depth. One thing I am certain...

Who gets access to you?

July 11, 2024

A few years ago, one of my favorite clients asked me to give a keynote talk on excellence at their annual meeting. While preparing, I came up with a simple...

10 cheat codes for selling.

July 5, 2024

Once upon a time, a global conglomerate paid yours truly tens of thousands of dollars to create an advanced sales training manual. This little manual went on...

A handful of life-affirming truths.

June 29, 2024

I believe that most of the world runs on fear. Which is why I strive to live the opposite in my daily affairs. In my own journey on this spinning ball of...

Changes.

June 22, 2024

Crazy as it sounds, learning to let go is one of the easiest things to understand and one of the hardest decisions to make. People hang on for lots of...

A few thoughts on the inward journey.

June 16, 2024

For most of my life, I've lived with the tension of being a sensitive soul in a competitive world. Growing up, if I couldn't live up to an ideal, I'd simply...

Thoughts on a fruitful life.

June 9, 2024

There’s this passage in the New Testament that talks about the fruit of the Spirit. It’s written by the Apostle Paul. He lays out what a Spiritually fruitful...

You little dog, you.

June 3, 2024

As I keep ticking off years on the calendar, I find myself constantly vigilant against the creeping cynicism. It's so much simpler, isn't it? Easier to cast...

Three game-changing qualities for influence.

May 28, 2024

"You can't give people what you don't have." Those words might sound simple, and familiar. But if you put pen to paper and really meditate on them for a...

Your beautiful weaknesses.

May 24, 2024

One of the most damaging and liberating memories I have from growing up was my dad sitting me down at about the age of 14 and telling me I was wasting my...