The intimate breakthrough you want with your wife is on the other side of the emotional glass ceiling. One of the emotional glass ceilings you may be facing is trying to care for and fix your spouse. You are not required to fix the problems of anyone. Including your spouse. The greatest gift you can…
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We all desire transformation, but few rarely experience a deep level of leadership transformation. It’s the primary reason Jesus expressed that it is easy to clean the outside of the cup than to face deep internal changes (Matthew 23:24-26). No matter what you are leading the future belongs to those willing to choose to be…
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The power of your life’s story and your potential leadership is found in the hidden places where you take center stage and pull back the curtain. The willingness to be seen. I asked a client this week, “Tell me, how are you brave?” In the context of our coaching conversation, he began to share a…
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I am writing this from a limited view of what it means to be a husband who desires a thriving marriage. You don’t fix your wife. It really is that simple. She is not a problem to be solved, she is a beauty to be pursued. Here are three things that could be helpful to…
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The second Friday of January is known as quitters Friday. (It really is a thing.) We all need to quit. The modern world has made quitting complex because we are addicted to not being enough and having enough. Therefore, it has become easy… Easy to say yes. Easy to live in shame. Easy to live…
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One question every man must ask and answer with ruthless honesty. Who is in your corner and has access to your life? Every man stewarding his life well has men who know him and are known by him. Can you name five men right now by name who are holding you to higher standards in…
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God is in no particular hurry to get you to your ‘Promised Land.’ Who you are becoming is his transformational desire along the journey for your good and his glory. What can you say no to right now? May you be a faithful steward of the process today.
Seeking the will of God this year in your leadership? Practice a posture of indifference when making key decisions. Often times personal leadership, families, or teams have preferred outcomes to a decision that is already in place and then we casually ask God to be with us in our decision. What if instead, we let…
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How do we enter the year as faithful stewards and become the men and women to whom God can entrust the care of his Kingdom? The world has sold us a lie that we are owners and the problem with an owners mindset is that it keeps us bound to this earth. The simple answer…
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The Weapons of False Security I saw a monk working alone in the vegetable garden. I squatted down beside him and said, “Brother, what is your dream?” He just looked straight at me. What a beautiful face he had. “I would like to become a monk,” he answered. “But brother, you are a monk, aren’t…
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Emotional UnHealth is Stunting the Growth of Your Team and Marriage The way I steward my own personal emotional health can bring health and healing to emotionally unhealthy systems; ie your company or marriage. I am responsible 100% for my emotions. I am not responsible for others’ emotions. And learning the difference and coaching could be what accelerates your…
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