As I've matured in years, I've come to appreciate my military service more than ever. I realize as a young 17- year old high school...

We all have those friends who “like” us but don’t necessarily “get” us. Many of my closest friends think I’m crazy as I appear to be...

You can never learn enough especially if you want to rock at work. I’ve found the more I think I know - the more questions I have....

Should our wealth or success be defined according to what we have, our social status, power, or the size of our bank account? I mean if I...

A close friend asked me the other day why I like to blog, podcast and share ideas. While it was rooted in concern for my time - it was a...

Yesterday I received a video from a colleague. It was hilarious and yet struck me profoundly. It reminded me of some words I read in the...

It had been two years since I went golfing. This is strange for me as it used to act like couples’ therapy for my marriage. Shanna and I...

Have you ever been homesick? Early in my career as a young single guy, I found myself moving from state to state. It was invigorating at...

The neighborhood kids are all back to school and the mornings seem a bit darker. Even though I hate to admit it, summer is all but gone....

Can you believe I'm saying that? It's true, I think we should stop chasing dreams and start following our strengths. Let me explain......

This past week my family and I discovered a bat in our house. It’s not the first, but it has been about eight years since the last. You...

There was a time in my career when I stopped loving my job. For whatever reason, work seemed like a grind, and I no longer felt the...

For the last several years my team and I have been studying what it takes to raise engagement levels in the workplace. We went on this...

Becoming a certified John Maxwell Team (JMT) coach, speaker and trainer was a great decision. It’s hard for me to fathom that it’s been...

Leadership is influence. Influence is tricky. Just ask anyone who has recently taken a promotion and moved from peer to boss. The truth...

When I began to ask if Signature Performance, the company I serve, should invest in a positivity program I had my doubts. However,...

​It was my mom who taught me that I'm full of talents and strengths. She was the one who refused to give up on me when our educational...

For a long time, I believed that constraints were a bad thing. As a young leader I thought they served as a barrier to creativity. I...

Napoleon Hill found from over 20 years of study that highly successful people had grit as a key factor. To be fair, he said “persistence”...

Meaningful work is important. Ask the 15% or so of the American work force who, according to Gallup’s research data, is actually engaged....