The archive

Earlier stories, kept here on purpose.

• Writing 2026-02-25
• Elementor Page #3360 2026-02-25
• Opt-out preferences 2026-02-02
• TrueVoice Tuesday: On Your Terms: 10.29.24 2024-10-28
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 10.15.24 2024-10-15
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 9.24.24 2024-09-23
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 9.17.24 2024-09-16
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 9.3.24 2024-09-03
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 8.27.24 2024-08-26
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 8.20.24 2024-08-19
• TrueVoice Tuesday: 8.6.24 2024-08-06
• On Tulips, Time, and Senior Night 2024-01-25
• Run Free, Aslan 2023-10-18
• Long Live Love ❤️ 2023-07-10
• Outsourced Career Responsibility 2023-03-05
• 10 Lessons I Learned During 75HARD 2023-02-12
• Coffee with Pops: Chapter Five 2023-02-11
• What’s Coming At Us This Week 2023-02-05
• Ways to Stay Safe and Small 2023-02-04
• Podcast: Why Does Human-First Matter? 2023-02-02
• Coffee with Pops: Chapter Four 2023-01-27
• What’s Your Watchword? 2023-01-25
• To Ponder: 2023-01-24
• Stop the Be Better Train 2023-01-23
• Create the conditions this week for: 2023-01-22
• Coffee with Pops: Chapter Three 2023-01-20
• A hard-knock client care and service lesson. 2023-01-19
• The Duality of Familiarity 2023-01-18
• Worth Chasing: 2023-01-17
• Keep Shuffling Your Slippers 2023-01-16
• Saturday’s Question: Are You Living in Alignment? 2023-01-14
• Coffee with Pops: Chapter Two 2023-01-13
• Surf or Shrivel? 2023-01-12
• What I Wish I’d Learned About Problem Solving in My 20’s 2023-01-11
• The Difference Between Correction and Connection 2023-01-10
• The Responsibility to Tell the Story 2023-01-09
• Happy + Fulfilled 2023-01-08
• Saturday’s Question: How Do I Get Clear? 2023-01-07
• Coffee With Pops: Chapter One 2023-01-06
• Make It Cool To Care 2023-01-05
• The Fact That We Love Opens Us Up To Pain 2023-01-03
• Intentions & Postures > Goals & Resolutions 2023-01-02
• An Interesting Life 2023-01-01
• Farewell, 2022. A Look Back, to Move Forward. 2022-12-31
• 75 Days 2022-10-17
• A slew of things I’m learning… 2022-09-28
• What should you stop doing immediately? 2022-09-23
• The Squids Squad: Giving High Schoolers the Keys + Responsibility 🦑 💕 2022-09-20
• What are you resisting? 2022-09-17
• “The only thing that happens on the back burner is…shit gets burned.” – Matt Read 2022-09-16
• To all you builders of… 2022-09-14
• The search for professional connection starts with the realization we’re already part of the great body of connective tissue. 2022-09-13
• 10 team / culture distinctions that seem to be what many desire these days. 2022-09-12
• Put aside the bills and pressure and responsibilities for a second. 2022-09-11
• Cheerleading or Constructive Criticism? 2022-09-10
• Let the Armor Down 2022-09-09
• Against Great Odds. 2022-09-08
• It’s likely not either/or, it’s probably both/and. 2022-09-07
• The Work Itself is the Reward 2022-09-06
• What Unnecessary Gear Are You Carrying? 2022-09-05
• The Disciplined Pursuit of Less 2022-09-04
• The First Here. The First to Fly. 2022-09-03
• Radical Responsibility VS. Defensive Deflection 2022-04-19
• A Few Prompts 2022-04-16
• I Used to Think, But Now I Think I Think… 2022-04-09
• Choosing To Stay Trapped 2022-04-03
• Why Not Us? Why Not Now? 2022-03-31
• Nitpick Hope Instead 2022-03-30
• Scanning for Bad News 2022-03-28
• Attitude in Adversity 2022-03-26
• 5 Years Sailing a Startup Sea 2022-03-25
• The One Skill I’d Tell An Intern To Learn 2022-03-24
• In Search of Solitude 2022-03-16
• 3 Unsuspecting C’s of Connection 2022-03-11
• 3 Components to Foster Misery 2022-03-10
• Bombarded with Doom and Despair 2022-03-08
• Gone Are The Days 2022-02-27
• 60 Minutes without the iPhone 2022-02-26
• The Listen First Leader 2022-02-25
• Pursuing Reality Reality instead of the Virtual Variety 2022-02-24
• You’re on Mute. Please Don’t Be. 2022-02-23
• A Virtuous Cycle 2022-02-22
• The Real Force of Resistance 2022-02-16
• On Ground Up Tennis Shoes, Cockroaches, and Radically Orienting Around Your Customers 2022-02-16
• Lesson from Sing 2: Guts. Stamina. Faith. 2022-02-13
• Saturday’s Question: Are You Sure? 2022-02-12
• A Mile of 🐷 💩 2022-02-11
• But What If It Works? 2022-02-03
• The Boring Basics 2022-01-31
• Saturday’s Question: Where Can You Take Radical Responsibility? 2022-01-29
• In Lieu of Flowers, We Sent a Story 2022-01-27
• Saturday’s Question: Can You Do It for a Day? 2022-01-22
• A Few Thoughts On Sales 2022-01-20
• How Your Enneagram Type Shovels Snow 2022-01-17
• From 0-18 in 5.4 Seconds 2022-01-16
• Ruled by the Riptide 2022-01-14
• Is This Really My Life? 2022-01-12
• A Story About My Friend Tod 2022-01-11
• MOM{IN}ENT 2022-01-09
• Consistency in the Prevailing Winds of Perfection 2022-01-07
• My Complicated Relationship with Alcohol 2022-01-05
• A Reminder for Marketers: It’s Not About You 2022-01-03
• Soundtrack – The Songs I Loved in 2021 2022-01-02
• Saturday’s Question: What Do You See? 2022-01-01
• Happy Nothing is New Year 2021-12-31
• The Whispers Within 2021-12-30
• 21 Things I’ll Take From 2021 2021-12-29
• What’s Your Clear + Compelling Vision for 2022? 2021-12-28
• On Being Contagious 2021-12-27
• On Shepherds and Sherpas 2021-12-23
• Don’t Be Daunted 2021-12-20
• Change Takes Place in the Dirt 2021-11-29
• The Promise of Pain 2021-10-22
• Chores, Coveralls, and The Carhartt Legacy Deluxe Work + Weekend Pack 2021-10-21
• Lead Role in a Cage 2021-10-20
• The Funny Thing About Fire 2021-10-19
• The Creation + Consumption Continuum 2021-10-18
• Get Them Into Their Emotion 2021-10-15
• A Little More Otherish 2021-10-14
• The Super Secret to Leadership 2021-10-13
• The Clutch of Kindness 2021-10-12
• Curiosity Leads to Clarity: 10 Questions to Help You Find It 2021-10-11
• Saturday’s Question: What’s Holding You Back? 2021-10-09
• Where Is Your Energy Flowing? 2021-10-07
• The Residue of Trust 2021-10-05
• The Tyranny of Today 2021-10-04
• Saturday’s Question: When Are You At Your Best? 2021-10-02
• End on a Make. 2021-10-01
• Don’t Give Your Pen Away 2021-09-24
• Continuous Expansion 2021-09-22
• Ask Him About the Land 2021-09-21
• Saturday’s Question: What’s Your Inside Voice? 2021-09-18
• Inspiration is an Illusion 2021-09-17
• The Climb 2021-09-16
• An Identity Crisis 2021-09-15
• What Will They Say? 2021-09-11
• 5 Ways I Attempt to Focus 2021-09-07
• What Are You Grateful For Today? 2021-09-04
• Step Out of the Shadows 2021-09-02
• Grounded Leaders Ask Questions 2021-08-31
• What Bullshit Do You (and I) Believe? 2021-08-28
• A Lesson I’m Learning On Kindness 2021-08-25
• The 10 Commitments We’ve Made 2021-08-24
• 10 Healthy Ear Food Meals 🎧 2021-08-08
• What if They Knew? 2021-08-07
• Play the Long Game 2021-08-02
• Saturday’s Question: Will You Show Up? 2021-07-31
• On Building a Team: Room to Rise 2021-07-20
• 10 Questions to Uncover Your Client’s Story 2021-07-19
• Running into the Rain 2021-07-18
• On Marketing: More Connecting, Less Convincing. 2021-07-15
• On Leadership: Careful What You Ask 2021-07-13
• The Haunting Simplicity of Your Word 2021-07-12
• Saturday’s Question: Is It Enough? 2021-07-10
• What Business Are You In? 2021-07-08
• Clear the Path 2021-07-05
• Saturday’s Question: Do You Have The Gumption? 2021-07-03
• Saturday’s Question: What Do You (Really) Want? 2021-06-26
• Open Up the Throttle 2021-06-25
• A Story About My Friends, Justin, Mitch, and Rex. 2021-06-24
• Stay Put, Like the Oak Tree 2021-06-14
• For the Ego or From the Heart? 2021-06-14
• Saturday’s Question: How Will You Handle the Storm? 2021-06-12
• Find the Trailhead 2021-06-11
• The Heart, at Work. 2021-06-10
• Saturday’s Question: What Would It Take For You? 2021-06-05
• The Irreplaceability of Humanity 2021-06-04
• Perform an Input Audit 2021-06-02
• Saturday’s Question: What Are You Afraid Of? 2021-05-29
• When You Fall off the Horse 2021-05-28
• 10 Ways to Create (Instead of Criticize) Company Culture 2021-05-23
• Saturday’s Question: What Story Are You Telling Yourself? 2021-05-22
• The War on Work 2021-05-19
• Saturday’s Question: Can You See? 2021-05-15
• Problems Pave the Possibilities 2021-05-12
• 10 Ways to Improve Your Writing 2021-05-10
• Tough as a Mother 2021-05-09
• Saturday’s Question: What Would Happen? 2021-05-08
• The Numbing of Our Dreams 2021-05-07
• Start Small. But Start. 2021-05-06
• Extraordinarily Decent 2021-05-05
• Tiny Steps Forward 2021-05-04
• When Passion + Promise + Purpose Collide 2021-05-03
• Saturday’s Question: Is It Time? ⏰ 2021-05-01
• A Podcast About Running Scared 2021-04-30
• The Long Lens 2021-04-29
• Curiosity Before Conclusions 2021-04-28
• The Secret Ingredient to Success 2021-04-27
• Drifting Towards Discipline 2021-04-26
• The Years Sail By 2021-04-24
• Monitor 2021-04-24
• Three Word Story 2021-04-23
• The Stewards of One of America’s Finest Stories 2021-04-22
• I Picked Up My iPhone 228 Times: A Shallow Reflection 2021-04-21
• The Craving of Connection 2021-04-20
• Climbing Trees + Chopping Wood 2021-04-19
• Where Will You Place the Dynamite? 2021-04-18
• The Possibility of Liberation 2021-04-17
• The Greatest Risk 2021-04-16
• A Story About My Friend, Darren Prenger 2021-04-16
• Are You a Thermostat or Thermometer? 2021-04-14
• Be Still. 2021-04-14
• Run Downhill, Alright? 2021-04-12
• 5 Ways to Dissolve the Defensiveness 2021-04-11
• You Can’t Outsource Approval 2021-04-10
• The Trappings of Mentality 2021-04-09
• It Is What It Is 2021-04-08
• Wiggle Room 2021-04-07
• Losing Your Way Somewhere Along the Way 2021-04-06
• 10 Marketing Mistakes You May Be Making 2021-04-05
• On Being Fired, Unraveling, and the Gift of Pain 2021-04-04
• The Cubicle You’re Living In 2021-04-03
• The Scared is Gone 2021-04-02
• A Story (and Podcast) About My Friend, Mike Farag 2021-04-01
• Your Identity ≠ Your Job 2021-03-31
• Listening is Hard 2021-03-30
• Monday’s Mantra 2021-03-29
• The 7 W’s of a Wonderfully Grounded Day 2021-03-28
• Compartmentalized + Disintegrated 2021-03-27
• Put On Your Hard Hat 2021-03-26
• A Story About My Friend Josh 2021-03-25
• The Treasure of Time 2021-03-24
• 5 Ways to Write Copy That Connects 2021-03-23
• Action > Analysis 2021-03-22
• Do You Want to be Right? Or Do You Want to be Free? 2021-03-21
• 10 Things I’m Grateful for as Guild Content Turns Four Years Old 2021-03-20
• Untethered. 2021-03-19
• Pain. Patience. Persistence. 2021-03-18
• More Questions. Fewer Answers. 2021-03-16
• Sing Your Song 🎶 2021-03-16
• The Antidote to Anxiety 2021-03-15
• Clarity Comes When You Face the Cowardice 2021-03-14
• Harmony > Balance 2021-03-13
• Will You Guide Me? 2021-03-11
• You’re Not an Imposter 2021-03-10
• Enjoy the Trip ✈️ 2021-03-09
• Story 2021-03-01
• Podcast 2021-03-01
• Personal 2021-03-01
• Marketing 2021-03-01
• Home 2021-03-01
• Business 2021-03-01
• Making Room So Something Beautiful Can Grow 2020-04-10
• The Craving of Certainty 2020-04-05
• The Battle For Morale: Reflections on a 40th Birthday Party & Being Over The Hill 2020-04-01
• 10 Ways To Put Fear In Its Place During A Pandemic 2020-03-23
• A Gentle Reminder to Wake Us Up 2020-03-21
• When Your First Baby Girl Turns 16… 2020-01-16
• The JV Race of Life 2019-09-23
• Finger Prickers, $12,000 Puppies and Beautiful Bravery 2019-05-12
• Try Again. A Little Less Needy This Time. 2019-05-03
• Slog Away At It. 2019-04-30
• When the Raccoon Falls From the Tree 2019-04-30
• TikTok You Don’t Stop 2019-04-22
• Spring Has Sprung 2019-04-21
• The Winds of Resistance 💨 2019-04-20
• Lurking in the Shadows 2019-04-18
• That’s Rich. 2019-04-17
• What Are You Running From? 2019-03-25
• The Strength to Look at the Struggle 2019-03-19
• Fear Dies When You Face It 2019-03-06
• Set the Secrets Free 2019-03-05
• The Art of Being Defensive 2019-03-04
• Kick Me and Wake Me Up 2019-02-28
• What Mary Poppins Told Me 2019-02-21
• Windmills, Whiteouts, Wind-chills, Whiskey & Wipeouts 2019-02-20
• The Tension Between Creating & Consuming 2019-02-01
• The Crippling Pursuit of Perfection 2019-01-31
• The Sabotage of Self-Protection 2019-01-24
• Make it Through 2019-01-22
• When the Rain Won’t Relent 2019-01-17
• What Will the Next 15 Years Bring? 2019-01-15
• Hustling My Way to Death 2019-01-11
• What If Everything’s Not OK? 2019-01-10
• The Path Forward Isn’t Always Straight 2019-01-08
• Finding Your Worth 2019-01-05
• Survival isn’t Living 2019-01-04
• Be Kind to Yourself in 2019 2018-12-28
• The Thrill of Hope 2018-12-24
• Not Sure How You Do It 2018-12-23
• Boatloads of Shame 2018-12-20
• Share Your Goodwill 2018-12-20
• Keep Going 2018-12-14
• Buried Alive 2018-12-14
• The Dirt is Better than the Platform 2018-12-13
• Crack in the Windshield 2018-12-12
• Gotta Get It Out 2018-12-11
• Are We All Just Using Each Other? 2018-12-09
• For Worse. Or Better. 2018-12-07
• Dirty Laundry & Dog Poop 2018-12-04
• When the Applause Isn’t Enough 2018-12-04
• The Sunday Shakes 2018-12-03
• Picking on a 14-Year-Old Referee 2018-12-02
• Let Your Symptoms Be Your Guide 2018-11-30
• Vulnerability is the Gateway 2018-11-30
• Give a Damn 2018-11-29
• We’re All Running Around, Trying to Get Picked 2018-11-27
• Like a Bruise 2018-11-26
• If You Want to Change, Live a New Story 2018-11-25
• What You Feed & Water, Grows. 2018-11-24
• Stuffed. But Thankful. 2018-11-24
• Mansions and Benzes 2018-11-21
• Only Perfect Love Casts Out Fear 2018-11-20
• Playing for High Stakes 2018-11-18
• When the Heart is Sick 2018-11-18
• Longing for Home 2018-11-16
• Snakes in the Basement 2018-11-15
• Maybe Your Fear Isn’t the Friend You Think It Is       2018-11-14
• It’s Time to Go 2018-11-13
• No One Is Fine 2018-11-12
• It Ain’t Easy. But Stay In It. 2018-11-11
• The Head and Heart Speak Different Languages 2018-11-08
• The Addiction I Didn’t Want to Face 2018-11-07
• How Cross Country Mocked Me 2018-11-06
• Flipping Hamburgers in a Fraternity and a Friend Named Clyde 2018-11-05
• You Can’t See the Opportunities from the Shore 2018-11-05
• Take Some Silver Linings Out of the Playbook 2018-11-03
• You Are The Heartbeat of This Team: A Reflection On A Brave Basketball Player 2018-11-02
• Halloween’s Over, It’s Safe to Take Off the Mask 2018-11-01
• Day 1 of 1,000 – A Story Untold is a Story Shamed 2018-10-31
• The Very Thing People Love You For is Killing You 2018-02-27
• Tattoos, Tears and 15 Years of Marriage 2018-01-11
• We’re All Trying to be OK 2018-01-08
• Hairspray on a Hamburger 2017-12-19
• Would You Stop Fighting For Something That’s Dying? 2017-12-12
• Are We Making a Mistake? 2016-07-16
• Do One Thing That Terrifies You Today 2016-06-28
• How My Lost Wedding Ring Reminded Me to Fight for My Marriage 2016-06-28
• Work the Field, Pray for Rain 2016-06-28
• What I Learned From a Great Uncle & Storyteller 2016-06-28
• Shut Up and Listen 2016-06-04
• The Story Door & Fighting For Things That Matter 2016-04-18
• We Need Each Other Like We Need Beefsteak 2016-04-12
• How Nervous Farts Showed Me I Need a Guide 2016-04-06
• Don’t Be An Ass 2016-03-25
• We’re Playing with House Money 2016-03-23
• 4 Ways to Combat the Disease of More 2016-02-29
• 6 Ways I’m Different After Having a Son 2016-02-22
• The Messy Mundane 2016-02-19
• What Kind of Story is Your Life Telling? 2016-02-17
• How to Keep Moving Forward 2016-02-16
• Together, We’re Better 2016-02-16
• Opposites Attract in Marriage 2016-02-14
• 12 Awesome Things About Having a 12 Year Old 2016-01-15
• What is Your One Word for 2016? Mine is Rich and It’s Not About Money. 2016-01-01
• Love is the Common Language 2015-12-27
• 10 Qualities That Will Serve My 10 Year Old Well 2015-12-23
• My Favorite Coach Pinkel Story: When I Interviewed Him About Parenting 2015-11-21
• Bookends: A Parent’s Journey From the Oldest to the Youngest 2015-11-18
• 7 Life Lessons I Want My Kids to Learn From Veterans 2015-11-12
• Pinky-Swears, World Series Crowns, and Our Town 2015-11-02
• A 5 1/2 Hour World Series Game With A 5 Year-Old 2015-10-28
• It’s Tough To Be a Man – Especially at 14 2015-10-20
• Playoff Baseball, White Castle and My Son 2015-10-15
• 5 People Who Are Living Not Drifting 2015-10-13
• 4 Roadblocks to Pursuing Our Dreams 2015-09-24
• Four Reminders for My Daughter After She Was Called Fat 2015-09-16
• Let’s Cheer FOR Each Other, Not Against 2015-09-13
• 10 Ways We Changed On Whole30 2015-09-02
• As Our Oldest Enters Middle School 2015-08-18
• Losing My Death Grip of the Little Years 2015-07-23
• 3 Surprising Lessons Learned from the Women’s World Cup 2015-07-07
• The Carousel Keeps Going Around 2015-06-30
• My Word is Stronger than Oak 2015-05-30
• Raise ’em Up 2015-05-21
• How I Screwed Up Brooke’s 1st Mother’s Day 2015-05-10
• Headgear, Horse-face and Withholding Encouragement 2015-05-02
• Pine Tar, George and Giving Cancer Hell 2015-04-23
• This Home Was Meant for a Family 2015-04-16
• Attaboy and Awkward High Fives 2015-04-07
• 11 Reasons I Quit Saying Brooke Doesn’t Work 2015-03-30
• Geronimo 2015-03-15
• Reclaim Networking 2015-03-07
• TGIF – But What About The Other Days? 2015-02-27
• Wrestling with Youth Sports: Where is the Joy? 2015-02-26
• Rewind Buttons & Broken Teeth 2015-02-19
• 8 Ways to Create Space 2015-02-12
• When The Dam Breaks 2015-02-03
• How To Break Your Child’s Spirit 2015-01-29
• What Happens When Fear Calls The Shots 2015-01-21
• Making 2015 The Year of Hope 2015-01-07
• It Won’t Kill You To Be Kind 2014-12-12
• Raising a Son: How Disappointments Led to Joy 2014-12-04
• What My Ten Year Old and a Tortoise Taught Me About Chasing Dreams 2014-11-21
• 7 Helpful After School Questions Besides “How Was Your Day?” 2014-11-14
• It’s a Great Day to Be Me & Other Lessons Learned From a Funeral 2014-11-06
• Thoughts on Leaving a Legacy and How Taylor Swift is Helping me Shake it Off 2014-10-28
• 5 Ways I Have Blown It as a Dad 2014-10-15
• New Friends from HuffPost Parents & GoodMenProject: Welcome 2014-10-04
• The NFL Has Great Guys Too 2014-09-28
• Six Workday Workouts 2014-09-26
• Your Son Doesn’t Need to “Just Suck It Up” 2014-09-23
• Reclaiming Meaning in the Things That Matter Most 2014-09-13
• Our Scars Tell Our Stories 2014-09-02
• 56 Questions to Ask During a Sales Cycle 2014-08-26
• Device Addiction: A Confession 2014-08-19
• Passivity Sucks. Initiate. 2014-08-12
• Giving Yourself Away 2014-08-05
• What Happens When You Get Punched in the Face? 2014-07-31
• Do I Matter? 2014-07-29
• How I Lost 21 Pounds in 13 Months 2014-07-24
• A Culture of Celebration 2014-07-22
• 14 Distinctions of a Loving Leader 2014-07-17
• How to Earn the Right to be Heard – 3 Practical Ways 2014-07-15
• 4 Helpful Questions as You Face a Huge Decision 2014-07-11
• Our Problem Isn’t a Lack of Information, It’s a Lack of Execution 2014-07-08
• Humility as Strength, Not Aww Shucks 2014-07-02
• Seven Questions to Ask When You’re Interviewing 2014-06-26
• Employees are not Commodities, They’re the Greatest Asset 2014-06-17
• Celebrating a Decade of Fathering Kamden 2014-06-12
• Money and Success Won’t Fix Your Problems 2014-05-16
• 10 Questions We Should Be Asking Our Teams 2014-05-13
• The Sales Process Isn’t About You 2014-05-08
• Love Will Win the Marathon in the Marketplace 2014-05-06
• Entitlement Issues in Your Culture 2014-04-30
• Empower Your Team 2014-04-24
• Genuine care for colleagues goes far beyond being nice 2014-04-22
• Are you Catholic? No, we’re crazy. 7 ideas that have helped me navigate work and home. 2014-04-17
• What if we reoriented the stereotypical sales process? 2014-04-15
• 5 ways to display love at the office – in appropriate ways of course 2014-04-08
• Nice guys don’t win 2014-04-07