An Excellent Life
Why Gratitude is Important
Why Gratitude is so Important: Thanksgiving Reflection Let me start with a question — one that stopped me in my tracks when I thought of it: What if tomorrow morning you woke up and only got to keep what you were grateful for yesterday? What I mean by this is… What if the…
Read MoreMarriage, Relationships, and your Health
Relationships, Marriage, and your Health I was driving with a young man I’m coaching the other day—he’s working hard to prepare himself for a healthy relationship. He’s responsible, he’s been through a lot, and he genuinely wants to build a good life with someone. He told me he’d started reading the relationship book…
Read MoreWhen making a profit doesn’t profit
When making a profit doesn’t profit What Does It Profit a Man? “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?” Matthew 16:26 This lesson from the Bible has always struck me deeply, though I never fully understood why—until recently. I was out for a run today, reflecting…
Read MoreWhy doing nothing is something
Why doing nothing is something A friend of mine, a very successful businessman, once shared a story with me. It was a story his father had told him, and it became the way he ran his business. Not long ago, he caught a major error his company was about to make. When…
Read MoreWhy trust matters in hard times
“Daddy, no-I can’t look, it’s just too awlful!” “Daddy, no—I can’t look. I can’t look, Daddy,” my daughter sobbed. “Maya, you have to look,” I said. She was only four or five at the time. We were on top of a bunk bed watching a mini DVD player (no streaming back…
Read MoreWhere are the helpers? Phillies “Karen” and Charlie Kirt
Finding “the helpers” Phillies “Karen” and Charlie Kurt examples Finding the Helpers in a World That Feels Broken Why I Stopped Watching the News: I don’t usually watch the news for a number of reasons—mostly because it pulls me down. And I don’t just mean it makes me sad or depressed.…
Read MoreThe Rock, steroids, Ozempic and lessons learned from quick fixes
Steriods, The Rock, and Why Shortcuts Always Come Back to Bite You I was 19, sitting on my girlfriend’s bed, when my nose suddenly started bleeding like crazy. It had never happened before, but I knew exactly why. I had been taking steroids. At the time, I was working at a gym. I was in…
Read More3rd grade a handful of pepper and clenched fists
What fighting in the 3rd grade taught me about real power I was in third grade coming home from Cub Scouts when Mike called me the n-word for the thousandth time. This was common since I’d moved to New Jersey from Barbados. I had a thick Caribbean accent and come from a…
Read MoreIs President Trump gone a happy thought
Is President Trump gone a happy thought? Is President Trump gone a happy thought? Last week I posted on social media: “What’s the happiest thought you can think of?” I got some wonderful replies. But one stood out from a childhood friend: “That Trump was gone!” (He said it a…
Read MoreColdplay CEO Acting Normal
Cold play CEO acting normal I wrote a blog recently about a couple who were caught having an extramarital affair on a kissing camera at a Coldplay concert. The CEO and his coworker turned quickly when the camera was on them at the concert and a lot of people shared it was their…
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