Rules make life easier. — When you’re younger, you despise routine, efficiency, and worst of all, rules. It feels too structured and mundane. However, as you get older, make more extensive plans for your future, set goals, and have responsibilities and people who rely on you, rules become incredibly important. Developing your personal practices provides…

What’s it all worth to you? — Have you ever built such a focus and drive to accomplish something in your life that it consumes all your thoughts? I heard a story not too long ago about an individual leading their organization in sales. The leaders of the organization were telling their story as motivation to the…

Time is rarely what stands between us and our ultimate goals. It’s much more likely procrastination is our enemy. Nothing is more disruptive to your future goals than not going to bed, so you can wake up ready to build your future. We waste a lot of time delaying the necessary change. Instead of watching another episode or scrolling another…

It will encourage you, it will discourage you, leave you inspired, leave you uninspired, push your forward, set you back. This is the brutal truth about looking at your writing stats: views, likes, engagement. These aren’t irrelevant, not if you want to play the game. But underneath their seduction lies…

I believe the happiest people in the world are experts in making decisions. Happiness requires one to be definitive on what they want from life. Prioritizing is a skill set that deepens the roots of your life. …

A few weeks ago, my 3-year-old daughter had preventative hip surgery. Watching your child go through that isn’t easy, as you can imagine. As a parent, you desperately want to fix it and alleviate the pain, discomfort, and circumstances. But sometimes, we are forced to watch. And it’s in this…

“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” — Steve Jobs On one of the first dates between…

Do you want to start writing? I have been writing online (inconsistently) for almost 4 years now. And what I can tell you after 250+ pieces of long-form content is that to grow on any platform, grow as a writer, and develop a voice, you have to publish daily. So…

I wish I’d started writing 20 years ago. I was scared. Thought it was risky or something. Probably too lazy. Didn’t know what to write about. Some combination of it all kept me from starting something I now obsess over. Stop waiting to get started writing. Here are a few…