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Wisdom
Courage and wisdom aren't always the same thing — maturity is knowing which battles belong to you.
This Week's Story
"Wisdom is knowing the difference between what is worth fighting for and what is worth walking away from." Just the other day I was shopping in the Clearfork area of Fort Worth, one of those beautiful places filled with upscale boutiques,…
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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…
Family
AudioCourage isn't the absence of fear — it's the willingness to keep moving in spite of it.
“It took me many years to understand what my father was really doing that night.” When I was growing up, we didn't take…
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…
Storytelling
AudioWhen you tell a personal story, make someone else the hero.
Over the years I’ve attended countless meetings, conferences, workshops, and speeches. Somewhere along the way—I’m not…
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.…
Running
AudioOld age doesn't begin when your hair turns gray. It begins the day you stop showing up.
The January air was cold enough to make you question your sanity. As I stood at the starting line of the Mansfield Run…
Running
AudioWe often discover our greatest supply only after making a greater demand on ourselves. Don’t let your first limit become your final destination.
This morning, somewhere around mile three of my run, I found myself back in an economics classroom. Funny how that…
Personal Growth
AudioMost of our biggest challenges are too overwhelming if we try to tackle them all at once. But almost anything becomes possible when we simply focus on taking one more step.
Every year my nephew, Lemuel, calls with the same invitation. “Uncle Michael, are you coming to Seattle for the stair…
Family
AudioThe values our parents instill become the foundation we build our lives upon—and that foundation carries us farther than talent, luck, or circumstance.
One of the things I can tell you about life is that a good foundation matters. When we look at a building, we admire…