Proverbs

  • How Survival Instinct & Comfort Zones Screwed Us Up

    How Survival Instinct & Comfort Zones Screwed Us Up

    Human beings are wired with a survival instinct.  Some call it our reptilian brains and many are quick to reference Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs as evidence. There has been a lot of more recent neuroscience to further affirm this human need for survival at all costs. This human nature, though, blurs the line between…

  • Life Lessons and Fatherly Advice from My Dad

    Life Lessons and Fatherly Advice from My Dad

    I am lucky to have gotten fatherly advice from my dad. That’s true whether he offered it intentionally or not. I like to think I’ve also given some fatherly advice to my own children during their lives. In the first chapter of Listen Up, Kids, I share one of the most raw and emotional moments that ever took place between my…

  • God’s Favor – The What, Why and How

    God’s Favor – The What, Why and How

    God’s favor. I have often prayed for it and I bet many of you have heard it prayed for as well. If you’ve read even a little of the Bible, you have probably crossed a passage or two where it talked about someone having God’s favor or otherwise seeking it. All that sort of begs…