A young traveler approached a river while on her journey. From all appearances, it was too deep to ford and too long to get around. After doing a bit of scouting around, […]
Virtue
What Is Your Daily Ride Helping You Practice?
I ride the bus to our downtown office most days. When I originally moved our headquarters downtown, I understood that it would take me a while to get used to riding the […]
So Much More Than Damaged Goods
I know you’ve been through a lot. I know you’re still not ready to come out and can’t see yourself the way everybody else sees you. And, I can also understand that […]
Entrepreneurship and Business-Owning Aren’t for Everyone
When I talk about the fact that some people can be authentically happy having a job, many people are surprised because I’m such an advocate and champion for small business and entrepreneurship. […]
Stand Up
“If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man […]
From Reset to Reintegration
In the last part of this story, I shared the lead-up to the reset. In case you haven’t been following, the reset occurred because Angela (my wife) developed acute and debilitating anxiety, […]
The Lead-up to the Reset
Yesterday I shared our experience with having to reset Angela and coming out of a different kind of darkness. This continues that story and shows more clearly how we got there. We […]
Out of a Different Kind of Darkness
I’m going to share a hard story with you about what’s been going on behind the scenes. It’s a story of struggle, perservance, and slow triumph and it’s still in-progress. I’m breaking […]
Getting Some Perspective On Your Epic Losses and Failures
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Cath Duncan of Creative Grief Studio and Remembering For Good. I know this is the season when we’re all supposed to be jolly, but for many people who’ve […]
Choosing Engaged and Meaningful over Comfort
Nearly two years ago, Catherine Caine sent me this topic request: While going through the idea garden this morning, I came across it again. Given some of the things I’ve been thinking […]
The Deeper Level of My Mission
I haven’t been completely transparent with you about what I’m up to – thus far, you’ve only seen pieces of what I’ve been working on all these years. Even my last attempt […]
Living Like Hermit Crabs
Finding and re-creating yourself is a lifelong journey marked out in moments. It’s an apparent paradox: we’ll never be “there”, yet we’re always trying to get there. Patience and persistence keep this […]
Be Prepared to Make Bad Decisions
I’ve been thinking a lot about planning, decision-making, and execution lately. Okay, I always think a lot about those topics, but I’ve been thinking about them even more than usual. You’ve no […]
Prove Your Yaysayers Right
It’s natural to lean on proving people wrong as a motivation to show up and do the work. They always said you couldn’t do it. They always said it couldn’t be done. […]
Cultivate Your Truth, Cultivate Yourself
One of the reasons it’s important to speak and share your own truth is that it allows you to really hear and feel it in your bones. By “your truth,” I just […]
When It's Okay To Use People
Act that you use humanity, whether in your person or in another, always at the same time as an end, never merely as a means.- Immanuel Kant You’re using me right now. […]
Are You the Root of Your Own Resistance?
Be careful about how much power you give to the concept of “Resistance.” I appreciate how Steven Pressfield writes about it and uses it, but an overuse sets up the situation in […]
What I Believe
I believe … that we should measure our worth in lives changed rather than in dollars made. we each have something to contribute to the world and it’s our life’s work to […]