I feel like a piece of fuselage, smoldering on the beach. In a beautiful place, surrounded by the good life, but still pretty much a hot mess. I’m Wrecked. But what I’ve learned recently is that while I might be in a place right now that’s not comfortable, that’s not pretty…it’s important.  This is the place where I grow.  This is the place where I will make decisions that shape the rest of my life into one of deeper compassion. This is where I choose what matters to me. A Different Path In most of the western world, we spend […]

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Travel is today’s theme…but not for me this time! Today, two blogger friends of mine are out of the country for two very different dreams. The secretly incredible Jeremy Statton is growing his family by adopting two amazing children from China. The extraordinarily energetic Kimanzi Constable is living his dream as he speaks in Australia. I’m honored to guest post for both of them today. At Jeremy’s blog Living Better Stories, I’m sharing the story of how my selfish life changed through adoption. For Kimanzi’s Tales of Work, I’m sharing Three Secrets to Living Your Dream. Go check them BOTH […]

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I’ve been searching my soul a lot lately. At the beginning of the year, I set some goals.  One of them was to talk to y’all three times a week.  I did that, and then life got in the way.  I got busy. I lost my mojo.   I focused on one tiny category, and failed to see the mojo of my life in its totality, and to make sure the pieces were woven together efficiently.  I dropped the ball on several of my other goals that are also really important. I have so many things I want to say, […]

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I need this vacation more than I know.  But instead of relaxing and enjoying it, I’m catching up on lots of things that had fallen behind. So…no brilliant, insightful blog post today.  Just a couple images that we’ve captured so far.   * * * By the way…those of you who subscribe via email should see a big change today–I just switched email delivery providers.  Starting tomorrow morning, your new email should look a little more like the site, and should give you some better options for changing your subscription. Let me know if you see any weirdness? And if […]

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This is a guest post by Joseph Iregbu. Joseph leads on purpose and is passionate about raising the next generation of leaders. He blogs at selahblog.org and is a Coach and Mentor to young leaders. He is the author of a book (Even in the Well) and is married to Temi. They live in Germany. You can find him on Twitter | Facebook | or his Landing Page For 5 years, l sent mobile text messages to over 100 recipients everyday. That’s thousands of texts!  I called it my own version of the “Daily Word.” Why?  To encourage! A good number of my […]

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