Tension. Let’s call attention to tension. We’re ending five months of COVID-19. Our lives have been disrupted. We can’t freely go where we want to go. Can’t go see who we want to see. Our business and personal lives are altered. We’re working in altered environments and adapting daily to different situations. As tensions rise, […]

When you see something that’s off, do you speak up? I was listening to Andy Stanley talk about responsibility and authority. He said that we all have responsibility that exceeds our authority. Here’s what that means: We all have jobs that come with the authority to do them. When you see something that is off […]

“Life is difficult.” That’s the first sentence of A Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck.  I read the book about 40 years ago and it has stuck with me ever since.  I’ve frequently gifted the book to graduating high school seniors, hoping they will read it and adjust their expectations about what’s ahead in life. For me, […]

These days are challenging, aren’t they? I listened to pro-basketball Coach George Karl talk about facing a challenge. Throughout his entire career, he was hired to take bad teams and make them better.  Though he never once coached an NBA championship team, he was hired often enough and won enough to be the sixth winningest coach […]