There will be days when you are building a brand and you might say, “I quit.” Then the next day, you come to your senses and say to yourself, “If I don’t do this, then it won’t get done.” This is how entrepreneurship feels most days: pure exhilaration one day and close to depression the […]

There are days that I have to cling on to optimism with everything that is in me. Life gets tough, entrepreneurship gets tough, family issues get tough. You know, my saying: life be Lifing. It will do us good to remember that there are two sides to everything, and I know we get caught up […]

Something interesting happened the other day. My wife and I were at Dunkin’ Donuts, enjoying the weather. We were sitting on the patio, talking about what we were going to get. I told her, “You know what I like? I just need a hot coffee and that sour cream doughnut they have.” She said she […]

In the fast-paced information age, the question of how much content is too much often lingers. Time, the most precious currency, becomes the focal point of reflection. The realization that time is irreplaceable propels the intentionality to use it wisely. The analogy of a hypothetical million-dollar check, contingent on trading one’s life, starkly illustrates the […]

He formed you in your mother’s womb. Hold up—wait, what? So often we breeze over scripture without grasping the full weight it carries. We hear things like, “no one has the same DNA or fingerprints as us,” and while we know it’s true, we tend to treat it as something ordinary instead of seeing the […]

I was on my daily grind of reading books and I heard this statement about community and confession. I couldn’t agree more. I have been in a lot of church settings, and while there were some confessions, you knew that people were holding back—that it wasn’t deep, just surface level. It all starts with vulnerability—vulnerability […]

I woke up this morning with a thought on my heart: you haven’t failed enough. It’s something I’ll tell anyone building a business from the ground up, and it’s something I have to remind myself. I’m working on new design concepts, and honestly, I don’t know for sure if they’ll work. We can always feel […]

It is not an easy task to take something from concept to conception. To dream about it, imagine it, and then actually put the wheels in motion. It takes grit, it takes grind. Now, imagine you’re still working your 9 to 5, taking care of your child, trying to provide the best way you can, […]

The diversity of influences never fails to fascinate me, showcasing the unique gifts bestowed upon each individual by a higher power. It’s a reminder that within the vast marketplace, there’s a place for everyone willing to authentically be themselves. Take, for instance, a lady who started her journey as a manager at Target and transitioned […]

When I first got started in business, I was very timid, and although that wasn’t my character, I felt like I was infringing on people’s privacy when I had to follow up with them on services they contacted me for. Man, I was so nervous I was like, “What do I say to him? How […]