The promise of America requires empathy

I hope you’re doing well, and that you’re able to be as safe as possible right now. I’ve been thinking a lot about America lately. What America is, what it isn’t, and what it could (and should) be. America is a promise. It’s a promise that a free society can work with all sorts of…

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You can’t lead if you don’t know where you’re going

Summer is almost over and little by little, we’re getting back to something resembling normal. We spent last week in Montreat, NC, and it was absolutely something that I needed to round out the summer. Montreat is a small, cutest-thing-ever of a town located in the North Carolina mountains, three and a half hours from…

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Obstacles are my allies

Twelve months of a global pandemic. Remember when we thought we might have to work from home for 4-5 weeks, and how crazy that seemed?  In reading the book, Alpha Girls (more on this book below), one of the women that the book focuses on has a phrase that I simply loved:  Obstacles are my allies. Being…

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30+ favorite books of my podcast guests

I’m a big reader. But truth be told, I haven’t always been. Around 2015 I got the bug, and ever since then I’ve read at least 30 books per year. I like to hold actual books in my hand, read on my Kindle, or listen to audiobooks through my phone. (But not all at once, I’m…

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Dream BIG…No, BIGGER!

As an entrepreneur, I’ve started a lot of things. From Spunlogic, to Dragon Army, 48in48, Ripples of Hope, and The A Pledge, and even from things you likely never heard of because, well, they failed (MATCH, HomeGrown, and yes, SportsBro 🤦🏻‍♂️). So I like to start things, is the gist. In all cases, and as they should, those ideas started…

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