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How one sentence changed my life (and can change yours too)
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How one sentence changed my life (and can change yours too)

You are getting bored at your job. Everyday feels like groundhog day. You worked hard to finish Q1, and then BAM!, another quarter starts...
Are you in the ‘waiting room’?
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Are you in the ‘waiting room’?

This blog originally appeared in the Faith Driven Entrepreneur website. One of the hardest things many of us experience is waiting for...
Do you need help getting out of a rut?
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Do you need help getting out of a rut?

This post may be for you if you are the provider for your family? Or are you an over-achiever? Maybe you are an Enneagram 3 like...
4 reasons to stop being passive at home.
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4 reasons to stop being passive at home.

Recently I had the opportunity to speak to a few different women’s groups to share concepts from ‘Win at Home First’. The talks went...
What!?!?  Why did it take 2 years?
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What!?!? Why did it take 2 years?

When I received the below email, I got fired up. I remember the conference they are referencing, as well as the talk. Matter of fact,...
What is the hardest question to answer?
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What is the hardest question to answer?

The other day I was invited to do a keynote to 50 Christian business leaders at their Friday morning session. Due to family logistics,...
Do you think you matter? Make sure you do.
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Do you think you matter? Make sure you do.

Christmas and New Years were incredible for my family. During the break, we celebrated in three different cities – Cincinnati, Kansas...
Have you reviewed this in your life?
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Have you reviewed this in your life?

This is the time of year we think strategically about next year – both at work and home. Next year budgeting, New Year’s resolutions,...
Do you know where your actual treasure is?
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Do you know where your actual treasure is?

A few Sundays ago, Chuck Mingo, a pastor from our church, Crossroads, gave a great teaching on the verse ‘for where your treasure is,...
Is Your Enneagram Number Helping or Hurting You at Home?
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Is Your Enneagram Number Helping or Hurting You at Home?

The Five Capitals leadership team has done an incredible job building an Enneagram workshop for businesses. Just in the last couple of...
‘Win at Home First’ was in Forbes!!
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‘Win at Home First’ was in Forbes!!

Holy cow!!!! My book ‘Win at Home First’ was just in a Forbes article!!!! Forbes magazine’s article, ‘7 Books Everyone On Your Team...
Do you feel like you are wandering?
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Do you feel like you are wandering?

Holly and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this summer with an incredible trip to Napa / Sonoma. I will share more of that trip...
Will this choice really lead me to destruction?
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Will this choice really lead me to destruction?

Recently I had a few long flights that gave me an opportunity to watch two documentaries, both with contrast outcomes. Yet, both had a...
Four lies you need to overcome to go off the grid for a week
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Four lies you need to overcome to go off the grid for a week

I just returned back from an epic mission trip to Nicaragua with my 15-year old daughter, Kiley. We went with our church, Crossroads,...
Do you need a personal strategy day?
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Do you need a personal strategy day?

Are you struggling with paralysis by analysis? Do you need time away to just think? A few weeks ago I felt buried and was not motivated...
Why I cried when I received Brian Tome’s foreword.
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Why I cried when I received Brian Tome’s foreword.

I know the title sounds extreme, but it is true. I pulled into the gym parking lot for a late afternoon workout and checked my email one...
Do you want to destroy your competition?
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Do you want to destroy your competition?

Somedays I see other executive coaches or keynote speakers in this space and I am completely discouraged. Why do they have so many more...
How do you fire yourself up?
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How do you fire yourself up?

About twenty years ago there was a very popular and funny skit on Saturday Night Live called “Daily Affirmation with Stuart Smalley.”...
If your business decreases, you are a loser.
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If your business decreases, you are a loser.

If our business decreases in revenue from one year to the next, then we think we are a loser. For that matter, when anything we manage is...
Did they really say that?
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Did they really say that?

We recently had a very cold day of rain, followed by freezing temperatures at night, thus ice in the morning. I had been up for a little...
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