Monday Motivation: 10.5.26: Duane the Macabre

Mark 9:21-24 NIV 21 Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. 22 “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” 23

Monday Motivation: 9.18.2026

💡"Business is a funnel mechanism of the hardest and worst problems related to the things you supposedly love." - Alex Hormozi This video does an excellent job of dispelling the myth of following your passions. It's not that that is bad advice, it's just doesn&

Monday Motivation: 9.7.26 - Exorcising Demons

The gym coach walks into our classroom and whispers something to my teacher. She looks up. "Duane, can you come to the front of the room?" My mind starts racing, trying to figure out what I did. I take a few timid steps to the front. "Coach

Monday Motivation: 8.31.26 The View of Other's Cup

Taken from a conversation from Kuldeep Madan and Rick Hu: You look into my cup to see if I have more than you. I look into your cup to see if you have enough. That's the mindset of abundance and growth. When you look at other people'

Monday Motivation: 8.24.26 Flourishing vs Fulfillment

I want to own an F-word. Given that the best of them is taken, I will have to settle for either flourishing or fulfillment. The words are similar, but I believe they feel quite different. For instance, would you rather live a life that is flourishing or one that

Monday Motivation: 7.20.26

“Motivation is when you inspire somebody to do something for their own good. Manipulation is when you get somebody to do something for your good. Leadership is when you persuade people to do something for your mutual benefit.” - Zig Ziglar

Here's Your Permission Slip to Do

I was at a conference this past week, and one of the speakers, Ryan Leak, drove home a point I thought was important to share: "There's something you don't have to do... that if you did... would make a huge difference." What have you

40 Bits of Unsolicited Advice

I recently turned the big 4-0. I was inspired by one of my favorite writers, Kevin Kelly to mimic what he started on his 68th birthday (and later turned into the excellent book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wished I Knew Earlier). Here's 40 bits of

Letter To New Graduates

It's graduation season again. The caps, the gowns, the family pictures. Somewhere in there is a 20 something-year-old walking off a stage with a diploma in one hand and a phone full of congratulations in the other, trying to figure out what comes next. I remember