• Stakes

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    Stakes matter. When we experience loss or failure, it’s tempting to want to keep the stakes low, so we won’t lose or fail again. This is the path to misery. As we learn and grow, it’s natural for the stakes to rise with us. Responsibilities need people capable of having them entrusted to. Parents to…

  • Weekly Focus 9/21/25

    Engage fully with the present moment.

  • Grounding Questions

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    If not now, when? If not me, who? The answers don’t have to be “now“ and “me”. But the answers are worth seeking unless you are satisfied with expecting no one to ever make it happen. The point is, don’t delude and call it hope. Make a plan if it’s important. It could be now,…

  • Perspective

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    How much of what we experience can be wildly different based on our perspective? I would wager it’s a significant portion. Most of life is subjective. Whether you view life is happening to you or for you changes how you think and live. Recognizing that, what’s the action for us to take? A daily self…

  • Today

    A gift. A chance to be present. An opportunity to live well. A mystery. Full of thousands of moments. Passing quickly.

  • Infinite Game

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    The book Infinite Game by Simon Sinek (which I have started but not finished) expresses the idea that life should be treated as such – an infinite game in which there is no conclusion. This encourages a growth mentality and mindset – that you are never and will never be ‘there’, but should always be…

  • Important work

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    We spend a huge portion of our lives working. This is how life has always been. Therefore what work we do is incredibly important. What makes the work itself important? Is it the necessity of the work? The benefit it brings to the world? How many people are impacted or how impacted those people are?…

  • Level of our training

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    We don’t rise to the occasion, we fall to the level of our training. I can’t recall where I heard this. It may have been from Navy Seal Commander Jocko Willink. It’s a great reminder of the importance of training. The legends in many different fields that we look up to all take training incredibly…

  • Phones – the right tool for?

    My dad loves handiwork and one of his mantras is how important it is to have “the right tool for the job”. Many tools have a specific purpose they are uniquely designed for and perform well at. Others are multi tools with several functions that they may be good at. Our phones are an interesting…

  • Fiction or nonfiction?

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    Growing up I was an avid nonfiction reader. I loved reading Harry Potter, Star Wars, and all sorts of fiction books. In most of my adult life I’ve exclusively read and listened to nonfiction, personal development type content. I enjoy it and feel like I’ve learned from it, but I also feel there is something…