Stay humble. Stay hungry. Stay teachable. Keep learning. Keep getting smarter. But for goodness’ sake… MOVE! “I’d rather have ignorance on fire than knowledge on ice.” I look back at the first eight or nine years of building Atlas, and if I had to describe a lot of what we were doing, it would probably … Read more
You don’t need to see the next ten miles. You just need enough light for the next step. I’ve thought about this a lot over the years. What if leadership came with a crystal ball? What if, before you ever took a leap of faith to launch a business, start a church or non-profit, took … Read more
Decide today what you will no longer negotiate, tolerate, or excuse. Raise your standards so high that average becomes super uncomfortable. Do you sit down with a notebook at the beginning of the new year, start writing out goals for the year ahead, and almost immediately begin comparing those dreams to what happened last year? … Read more
“Discipline equals freedom.” – Jocko Willink When I first heard Jocko say that, it stuck with me. At first, they seem almost contradictory. How can discipline create freedom? But the more I’ve reflected on them, the more I’ve realized they’re true in every area of life. Discipline creates physical freedom. Financial freedom. Spiritual freedom. And … Read more
Motion Is Not Momentum. One of the most dangerous places a leader can be is busy. One of the easiest ways to destroy a perfectly good engine is to ignore the warning signs. Most of us know this. Yet every day, people continue driving with a low oil light on the dashboard thinking, “I’ll get … Read more
This Blog was inspired by the message at church this past Sunday, and one statement kept sticking with me long after service ended. We should not be spending more time worrying about life than actually living the life God has called us to live. Because if we are not careful, we can become so consumed … Read more
Another truth that separates people more than anything else is this: start before you’re ready. There’s this lie that creeps into leadership, business, and life that sounds really logical on the surface… “I’ll do it when I feel ready.” “I just need a little more time.” “Let me think through this one more time.” And … Read more
Grace isn’t lowering the standard or letting yourself off the hook – it’s recognizing that you’re human while you pursue that standard. Last week’s blog struck a chord. “If it was easy, everyone would do it.” A lot of you reached out saying you needed that reminder, and I get it – because leadership is … Read more
There is no greater God-given privilege than being trusted with somebody else’s future. We’ve all heard that before. It gets thrown around in the locker rooms, job sites, podcasts, and conversations when things get hard. Most of the time it’s meant to fire you up – to remind you that the difficulty you’re facing is … Read more
“Most leaders try to predict people. Great leaders build people.“ You can learn a lot from history. But you can also get yourself in trouble when you start treating history like prophecy. In the financial world, people stare at charts, trends, and past cycles and assume the next season will behave like the last one did. “This … Read more