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What If Life’s Greatest Trials Happened for You Instead of to You?

Struggles or blessings? You get to choose. It’s funny how we humans form our thoughts. Recently, I was blessed to discuss my own personal growth experiences with the guys on the Decentralized Opportunity Podcast. While speaking about my cancer journey, I made the comment that brain cancer happened for me, not to me. I remember […]

Startlingly Simple Ways to Improve Your Self-Talk and Your Life

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These subtle changes made me a more positive person I used to be an incredibly negative person, with a keen ability to find the cloud behind every silver lining. My negativity cost me, sacrificing my peace, relationships, and even professional opportunities. The root of the problem, for me, was my internal dialogue. That still, small […]

Drowning in the Shallows – How Our Fear of Vulnerability is Killing Us

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Develop the superpower of authenticity to stand out in a world full of phonies There’s an epidemic threatening humanity. A trail of broken careers, friendships, and marriages lingers in its wake. What is this threat? Our fear of vulnerability. “I let people see the cracks in my life. We can’t be phony. We’ve got to […]

Frustrating Truth: Sometimes You Need to Ride Around the Storm Clouds

Biker wisdom for navigating the unexpected storms of life It was frustrating, really. Last week, I found myself stuck in a hotel in Omaha, waiting. My plan for the day was to cross into Iowa, spending the bulk of the day riding my motorcycle in the Loess Hills, an area that I have yet to […]

Wanna Keep Missing Out on Life? Let Your Fears Stay in the Driver’s Seat

Strategies for overcoming life’s most difficult fears I felt mortified. I sat there, failing at my attempts to hide my fear. Spending the day at an amusement park on a family vacation, my (now ex) wife somehow convinced me to ride a roller coaster. I’m not even sure I understood how fearful of them I […]

One Alarmingly Easy Way to Stop Believing in Yourself

To trust yourself, you must be trustworthy It’s a little embarrassing, really. Even though I’ve committed to publishing at least one blog post per week, this is my first post in a month. While I could make excuses – I’d probably call them reasons – why I haven’t published in 4 weeks, I won’t. Excusing […]

Live Like You Were Living: From Survivor to Thriver

Don’t wait until you’re dying to start living Although it seems everyone I know loves it, I can’t stand it. The popular Tim McGraw country song titled Live Like You Were Dying came out in 2004. The lyrics struck me as cheesy. The gist of the song is that the singer receives a life-threatening diagnosis […]