As we’re rounding the bend and ending out 2020, you might be breathing a sigh of relief. Elections, issues of inequality, a pandemic, financial instability, working from home for many of us, and virtual learning for our kids – any one of those on their own could have made this a challenging year. Instead, the [...]

I get it. You could care less about my snowblower. I can appreciate that, but walk with me for a moment as I share some life lessons this old snowblower taught me. I’ll make it worth your while, I promise… COVID-19 has led many of us down the path of picking up old hobbies or [...]

I bent, and I bent, and I bent… and finally, I broke. I’ve tried hard to stay optimistic throughout this pandemic and not allow the virus to steal my joy. I'm a positive, glass-half-full, life-is-good kind of guy. Every challenge represents an opportunity. There’s a silver lining to every cloud. God's got this under control. [...]

Gratitude. It's a topic that becomes top of mind in November as we prepare to gather at our dinner tables and share a Thanksgiving meal with family and friends. For one month, we collectively slow down to celebrate all that we have to be grateful for. This year, as we're enduring a global pandemic and [...]

It can be really easy to focus on what everyone else needs. What do my kids need as they're navigating the challenges of virtual-learning? What does my spouse need as they're trying to carry everything at home and work? What do my coworkers need as we're balancing all of this and trying to perform well [...]

There are so many conversations about "resilience" floating around out there right now. It's one of those words we've put on a pedestal. Just like the buzzwords "pivot" and "new normal," we've heard "resilience" everywhere we go today, so much so that I fear we've glossed over the actual depth of the word. Let me [...]

I got an email today from a vendor we've used in the past to help our clients. They're a company in Iowa who produces rubber stamps. It's been years since we worked with them, and when the email came through I almost skipped right past it. No, I don't need a stamp today. Then I [...]

We love the rewards. We love the destination, the prize, and the achievements. All of those things feel good. But how many of us love the climb? I heard Evan Carmichael mention this the other day, and it's been on my mind ever since... How many of us really love the journey? Who loves those [...]

“Bear with me… Just give me a sec… Ummm… OK... I think... Here we go…” As I was walking through my house the other day, this is the conversation I heard coming from my fourteen-year-old son’s Zoom class. His teacher was working hard to share a piece of learning content, and wrestling with the technology [...]

There are a lot of things I can't give advice on. I can, however, speak to experiencing loss and being uncomfortable. I've lost my dad, as I shared in some of my latest writing. I've lost a marriage, as I've opened up about in the past. I've lost the house I built when I was [...]