Nobody hands you a checklist for building a memorial golf outing out of nothing. I’ve been thinking about that all week. This past Saturday was the fourth annual René Rangel Jr. Golf Outing, and I kept thinking back to the very first one. Before that first year, the people who built it had never done anything like it. It reminded me of something I believe all the way down: you can do anything you put your mind to. I know, it sounds like a poster in a school hallway. Stay wi

For years, every time I asked a question, I got the same reaction. People got defensive. Their shoulders would tense up. Their answers got short. And for the longest time, I couldn't figure out why. Now I understand it completely. And once I did, it changed everything about how I show up at work, and honestly, at home too.

Some days are hard. Some weeks are hard. And sometimes, entire seasons of your life are just plain hard. I'm not going to sugarcoat that for you, because I've been in one of those seasons myself lately. If you're wondering how to get through a hard season in life without just faking your way through it, that's exactly what we're talking about today. I talk a lot on this blog about staying positive, finding the bright side, and leading with a good attitude. All of that is sti

The result? They look like a diamond. Their coworker looks like a chunk of coal. And nobody actually did anything different. One person just decided their shine required someone else's shadow. Here's what I know about people who build others up. They are magnetic. People want to be around them. People want to work for them and with them. They create environments where everyone does better, because when one person wins and it feels safe to celebrate, the whole team gets more

There is a phrase that has been rattling around in my head lately: perfectionism is the enemy of done. That is not permission to do sloppy work. It is not an argument for carelessness or cutting corners. It is a recognition that at a certain point, the extra hours we pour into something rarely return anything meaningfully better than what we already had. The energy we spend chasing perfect is energy we are not spending on the next thing, the next person, the next project tha