I sit in a rented event chair at a company’s sales kick-off event at the Hilton in downtown ATX. The room is full of a global team of individuals. The opening remarks highlight the vision of this SKO is faster, tougher, and together. The -er at the end of an adjective makes it comparative. You’re …
Discipline = Freedom Jocko Willink shared this idea in his second book, “Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual.” For me, 2023 is about discipline. Better yet, it’s about daily discipline. To achieve discipline on the molecular level, I’m INSPECTING what I’m EXPECTING. I spent the final week of 2022 preparing a daily habit, a weekly to-do, …
Any new year comes with ambitions for new hopes and leaves to turn. We sit down and judge the previous year’s failures and shortcomings. Our pencil hits the paper, and we write out the BHAGs, Big Hairy Audacious Goals, we want but continue to fail to work toward year after year. As a Christian, I …
Have you ever shown your kids a fond childhood movie, and then you find yourself crying? I wasn’t crying because they enjoyed a movie I liked as a kid. I found myself shedding tears because there was a life-altering dialogue happening. And better yet, it was a scene with the most fear-inducing figure until I …
We are the most impatient when we are thinking of ourselves. We obsessively click the “skip ad button” on the YouTube video even though it’s a 5-second ad and you are waiting the 5 seconds no matter what. SECONDS?! Patience requires purpose. Why do you do what you do?Why are you in that relationship?Why are …
In 2021, I completed ninety-three days of military training away from my family. I know it’s nothing compared to those who have served over a year in an overseas deployment. But I had some challenging moments during my days across the country without my wife and kids. I missed them. I didn’t see the kids …
No. It’s one of the shortest words in the English dictionary, but it’s the hardest to utilize. “No, I will not eat the 490-calorie Pop-Tarts.”“No, I cannot volunteer to host the Christmas gathering this year.”*receives work text at 10 PM* “No, I cannot finalize that project tonight, but I will tackle it first thing in …
“Life is not a dress rehearsal. You don’t get to hear, ‘Take two.’” -CH (BG) Andrew Harewood. Chaplain Harewood is the Deputy Chief of Chaplains for the Army Reserve. A few weeks ago, he shared this quote on social media during his “Monday Morning Minute” video series. Some of our favorite stories include the character …
My wife hates sports. At least, that’s what I would have said about her for the past seven years we’ve been married. “You have too many jerseys.”“Another football game?”“You say 2-minute warning, but I know that means 20 minutes?”“You said it’s 90 minutes. Why are they still playing?” I have heard these things from her …
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Welcome to another episode of, “Life Lessons from Anthony’s Mistakes.” My wife took my car to work a month ago, and the rear passenger tire blew on 45. Texas Roadside Assistance was near and started to help her put on the spare. I quickly switched vehicles and got two new tires at my local tire …
