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Family
Courage isn't the absence of fear — it's the willingness to keep moving in spite of it.
This Week's Story
“It took me many years to understand what my father was really doing that night.” When I was growing up, we didn't take many vacations. When our family packed up the car, it usually meant someone in the family had died. My father had been…
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Business
A leader isn't the person at the point because he can do everything. He's at the point because he knows he can't.
★ Featured Aug 31, 2026
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” — John Quincy…
Personal Growth
You can cheat the test, but you can't cheat the lesson.
★ Featured Aug 24, 2026
The other day, I learned that one of my fraternity brothers, Roy Jones, had passed away. When someone from your past…
Personal Growth
AudioA rule somebody else gives you is one thing. A standard you give yourself is something else entirely.
★ Featured Aug 24, 2026
I got fired from one job for stealing. Then I went to work for Southwestern Bell and didn't miss a day of work for the…
Running
AudioOld age doesn't begin when your hair turns gray. It begins the day you stop showing up.
★ Featured Aug 10, 2026
The January air was cold enough to make you question your sanity. As I stood at the starting line of the Mansfield Run…
Wisdom
AudioPositive people don't have fewer bad days — they keep looking until they find the blessing.
★ Featured Aug 3, 2026
People sometimes ask me how I stay so positive. The truth is, I don't think positive people have fewer bad days than…
Storytelling
AudioComparison doesn't just steal our joy. Sometimes it steals our participation.
People have been telling me for years that I should sing. Sometimes it's after church. Sometimes it's after a speech.…
Wisdom
AudioCourage and wisdom aren't always the same thing — maturity is knowing which battles belong to you.
★ Featured Aug 31, 2026
"Wisdom is knowing the difference between what is worth fighting for and what is worth walking away from." Just the…
Wisdom
AudioDiscipline is far more dependable than motivation — extraordinary lives are built by ordinary habits repeated with extraordinary faithfulness.
★ Featured Jul 20, 2026
Every morning at six o''clock, my alarm clock and I have the same little disagreement. The alarm says, "Time to get…
Retirement
AudioLive so fully that when your time comes, you die empty — because you gave this life everything you had.
The second Saturday of every month, I attend a Men's Circle. It's one of those places where men can slow down for a…
Personal Growth
AudioYou don't have to be certain — you only have to believe enough to take the next step.
Before 1954, people didn't simply believe that no one had run a four-minute mile. They believed no one *could*. That…
Business
AudioPeople judge you by what they see, not by what you intend.
I thought I was the perfect employee. I took my breaks exactly on time, ate lunch exactly on time, and went home…
Speaking
AudioThe day I started calling myself a speaker wasn't the day my career changed. It was the day my thinking changed. Everything else followed.
During my run this morning, I found myself wondering when I actually became a speaker. It wasn't when I won my first…