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You probably are. At least in some areas of your life.
But have you noticed that the older you get, the harder it can become to summon the same energy, enthusiasm, and determination to make lasting changes?
You try. You make progress. You slip backward.
Then you try again. But this time, perhaps ...
What If "That's Just Who I Am" Isn't True?
"I'm just not disciplined."
"I'm terrible with money."
"I'm not good at relationships."
"I've never been confident."
"That's just who I am."
But what if it isn't?
What if you've confused something you've practiced for years with something that's pe...
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Timeshare.
A 90-minute presentation. Free Disney tickets. A simple agreement with your spouse: WE ARE NOT BUYING ANYTHING!
NO. NO. NO!
Fast-forward several hours.
It's lunchtime. You're exhausted. And somehow, you're walking out with a brand-new timeshare.
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!
I know this e...
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For six years, there has been something missing from my office.
A door.
There’s a closet, there’s an opening—but no door. So with my son Kenan home for the week, we finally decided to fix it.
Buy a barn door. Put it together. Hang it.
How hard could it be?
I’ll come back to that.
Because ma...
The Way Out of Feeling Less
I’m an extrovert. I love people. I’m energized by being around them.
But I’ve noticed something about myself.
When I’m not feeling good about my own progress, I can get off my game. I become more self-conscious. More comparative. More aware of what I’m not doing, where...
progress: your superpower
Small but mighty. Why moving forward can change everything.
Maybe you remember me mentioning that I lost a 100-year-old oak tree in the storm in early July.
I LOVED that tree.
It was enormous. Magnificent. Irreplaceable.
Honestly, I've kind of mourned its loss. Every t...
I Will Figure It Out
When was a time in your life where you just had to “figure it out?”
Go back there for a minute.
What was happening? What was at stake? What made this situation different?
Maybe you had a child who desperately needed you. Maybe you were facing a financial crisis and the numbe...
“He’s One of Us.”
Five words.
That’s all it took to give me hope.
“He’s one of us.”
But to understand why those five words meant so much to me, you have to understand just how bad things had gotten.
Back in 2021, I sat in a circle with about 15 UMass football players and asked them a simple que...
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About 38 years ago, I was flying in a small plane with my dad.
I completely trusted my dad as a pilot. I had flown with him many times, and I knew he was good.
Then we flew into the clouds.
Suddenly, I couldn't see anything.
No horizon. No ground. Just clouds.
And then an alarm started screa...
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I’ve been home from Ecuador for almost two weeks now, and I’m becoming more clear on why these trips can be so transformative.
Yes, we go to serve. We build. We give. We help.
But something happens to us too.
These trips have a way of resetting what it means to be content—and even what it mean...
 Sometimes the hardest place to grow isn’t across the ocean—it’s right here, in the familiar noise of everyday life. We carry around “languish” without calling it that: self-doubt, scrolling to numb pain, overconsuming as anesthesia, fear and anger that drift in when we’re tired of trying....
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Do you consider yourself "technical?"
Can you navigate spreadsheets, edit photos, troubleshoot your computer, figure out new apps, or somehow get the TV working after someone else has pushed the wrong button?
I enjoy that kind of stuff. I don't know everything, but I've reached the point where ...
