Competence Will Only Take You Half the Way
Most owners I work with are trying to get better at their craft. Sharper strategy. Tighter operations. A better pitch. That instinct is right. Competence is not optional, and I will say that in every room I stand in. But competence will only take you about half the way. There is a line from Paul […]
The Thing You Won’t Let Interrupt You
Friend, Paul says something about the Roman believers that most of us would love to have said about us. He tells them they are full of goodness and complete in knowledge. Both. Not one or the other. That little word both is worth stopping on. Most of us quietly collect one and excuse the other. […]
The Answer Was Never More Information
Most of the owners I coach are smart, capable, and quietly worn out from researching. When something feels shaky in the business, our first move is almost always the same. We go looking for more information. One more framework. One more podcast. One more spreadsheet that will finally make the fog lift. We treat certainty […]
Unity Was Never Going to Be Automatic
”Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” (Ephesians 4:3, NIV) Most of us want unity. Very few of us are ready for what it costs. We picture it as a feeling. A warm room. Everyone getting along. No friction anywhere. So when the friction comes, and it […]
The Ending You Won’t Look At Will Cost You Twice
Every builder meets a season that feels like a death. The launch that didn’t land. The client who left without a real explanation. The program you poured a year into that quietly stopped being asked for. The hire that didn’t work out. The location you finally closed. There is real grief in that. And you […]
The Ending You Won’t Look At Will Cost You Twice
Every builder meets a season that feels like a death. The launch that didn’t land. The client who left without a real explanation. The program you poured a year into that quietly stopped being asked for. The hire that didn’t work out. The location you finally closed. There is real grief in that. And you […]
The Real Weapons Were Never Loud
”The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world.” — 2 Corinthians 10:4 (NIV) Most of us are exhausted not because we aren’t fighting, but because we’ve been fighting with the wrong weapons. We reach for the loud ones. The sharper argument. The last word in the text thread. The plan tightened […]
It’s Where Your Eyes Rest.
”We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed.” — 2 Corinthians 4:8 (NIV) This whole summer we have been learning to sit. We sat down beside Mary at the feet of Jesus and heard Him name the one thing. We opened empty hands and let the God of hope fill us. We rose […]
The Sadness Is Real. The Sting Is Gone.
”Where, O death, is your sting?” — 1 Corinthians 15:55 (NIV) This journey began with sitting. We sat down beside Mary at the feet of Jesus and heard Him name the one thing. We opened empty hands and let the God of hope fill us. We rose to serve and learned to let God give […]
A Better Question Than “Am I Allowed?”
”So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” — 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV) The last three stops on this journey moved us gently outward. We sat down at the feet of Jesus and heard Him name the one thing. We opened empty hands and let […]