[January 22, 2025] Taleeb Starkes at Prager University has a popular video that addresses the top 5 issues facing black Americans. Spoiler alert: racism doesn’t make the list. Problem Number 5: the Victim Mentality. Nothing holds a person back more than seeing themselves as a victim because a victim is not responsible for their situation. Everything is… Read More »
[December 4, 2024] There have been some serious discussions in academia, particularly among psychologists, that we see our lives through stories. We can say, with some certainty, that those stories have undergone inspection and reinforcement by people who were part of that story and significant others in our lives. This helps ensure that any particular story is believable,… Read More »
[May 20, 2024] I went to High School with Jonny Dirt, at least that is what he called himself. Jonny was a senior, and I knew him only because he sat beside me during my sophomore English class. He’d repeatedly failed English and was retaking the course for the third time, and Jonny was not someone you would… Read More »
[May 16, 2024] A question posed by Dr. Jordan Peterson goes something like this, “Can you be less afraid of death?” That is a classic question for Dr. Peterson; he does this for our benefit. Put another way, in my words, “Do we fear death too much?” Dr. Peterson attempts to answer that question in an interview, and… Read More »
[May 8, 2024] Not long ago, at a week-long Boy Scout camp, I was sitting at a lunch table with a small troop of young boys. I immediately noticed their lack of table manners. We were at our annual campout learning outdoor skills, but just as important, they were learning how to get along with others. They had… Read More »
[February 12, 2024] The dating game. It sure has changed over the past decade, and if you’ve not been paying attention, then you’ve missed some fantastic debates among men and women. Rich Cooper “is an entrepreneur, private equity investor, content creator … and high performance coach.” He often discusses “red flags” for women and I have a list… Read More »
[December 20, 2023] There are probably more books written on advice for newlyweds than anything else, except for romance novels. Dr. Jordan Peterson was asked what advice he had for newlyweds, and his answer was classic Peterson. But he gives a few hints that I found striking. He begins by advising newlyweds never to stop dating (themselves, of… Read More »
[June 30, 2023] I was a bit naïve as a child, perhaps too insulated in our small Southern town, tucked away in the rural forested flatlands of Louisiana. And school was a place you had to go; that’s how it was, and I lacked the motivation to do well academically. I liked running free, skipping through the woods,… Read More »
[March 1, 2023] The importance of writing cannot be understated. The best way to improve your thinking, develop your logic, and expand your ability to function well is to learn to write. The difficulty in learning to write is that it is time intensive. When I accept (or reject) guest articles in my leadership blog, the best ones… Read More »
[July 27, 2022] For a long, long time, I’ve looked at what made people effective at what they do for a living. The CEOs, politicians, religious figures, military Generals and Admirals the greatest among them, and they each have something in common. They willingly accept responsibility for what they do. There is a common refrain we hear today… Read More »