It’s the possibility of making a dream come true that makes life so interesting. I know how I feel about dreams and the process. I hate the process, but I love it because the deep work is done there. In the process of creating dreams, something powerful is built. We often look at huge companies […]

It’s crucial to dig deep when establishing your foundation because your brand must be built on something solid. What is your “why”? It’s the driving force behind everything you do the reason you get up, push forward, and make bold decisions. Your “why” crafts your vision, shapes your mission, and pushes you through adversity. This […]

I know when you read this title, it probably felt a little misleading. So, I think it’s fair to give you the backstory. My wife and I were having a deep conversation about life, and at the end, she said, “I want to be empty when it’s time for me to die.” She was saying […]

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 […]