Failure & Fear

As a father of two kids, I have always been called to be their protector. Leadership has the same calling. It’s a Superpower that is only entrusted to those responsible for the well-being of others.

Dear Ashtyn, an open letter from the depths of a dad’s heart to his daughter who just graduated high school.

What are the spoils of fear?  The things that become rotten in our lives when fear consumes us.  When it dominates our hearts, minds, and spirits. Bearing Fruit I have an opportunity to lead a…

Falling short comes with the territory of high expectations.  The higher the expectations, the longer the fall to reality.  Falls to reality hurt, are sudden, generally are unexpected, and create future fears of repeating them. …

Gritty people earn the admiration of others.  That admiration is earned through their ability to arrive at their desired destination regardless of the twists, turns, roadblocks, and detours that laid in the path of their…

Sometimes you are the cow. Bear with me... There is a great story I heard from speaker and author Kevin Paul Scott about A Cow and a Buffalo. Basically, the story goes that a cow…

"Don't bounce it" are not words of encouragement in a big moment.  This past Thursday was opening day for Major League Baseball.  It is baseball tradition to have an honoree throw out the first pitch…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said, "Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase." As humans, we tend to want to know what awaits us at the end…

"That's my bad" can be commonly said when a person declares to others that they have made a mistake .  Being able to willingly admit that we made a mistake is a mark of a…

Throughout our lives we are told to be fearless, but isn't it more attainable to fear less?  When I think of fearless, I think of the complete absence of fear.  That just doesn’t exist.  Regardless…