The Big Gremlin of Running

It was a beautiful Saturday morning you could not ask for a better time to go for a run.  The plan was to run 10 miles preparing for my upcoming 15K. I had just set a personal record for my 10K and less than a mile later it happened… I heard a small pop in…

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360 Degree Marriage

There is a powerful leadership truth that says a high-quality leader is a 360 degree leader.  A great leader has the capacity and influence to make everyone around him better.  The people he leads, the people he follows, and the people who lead beside him are all made better because of his leadership. This is…

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Emails That Set The Tone

Have you ever fired off a quick email only to have the person who received it ask, “what is wrong?”  Maybe, you had important information you needed to share with someone, only to get a response back wondering what you meant.  Email can be a difficult mode to use when trying to communicate something important. …

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Three Things I Wish I Would Have Known About Sugar Sooner

I have a sweet tooth.  I am convinced that Girl Scout Samoas Cookies, Cadbury Creme Eggs, and Dr. Pepper are from heaven. Now, I know they are not the best for me, but can eating this stuff daily really hurt me?  I exercise 5 days a week and my wife is amazing about cooking us…

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I’m Losing Twenty Pounds in Eight Weeks!?!

Monday, January 16, I started my quest.  I signed up run a 15K (9.3 miles) to take place in early March of this year. My desire is to run the race at 185 pounds. Currently, I weigh 205, so I would need to lose 2.5 pounds per week.  In order to do that I set…

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Just Un-Unfriend Me Then

What in the world is going on? You jump on social media and if you are like me you see people who you know are friends going at each other like wild jackals. It is starting to feel more like Wrestle Mania than Social Media. Maybe it’s because famous people are doing it, a computer…

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Inspiration behind No Deletes

Can you think of a sound that you wish you could never hear again? I can; it is the sound of my oldest daughter, Hannah, hitting the back of her head on our concrete porch. It was the first warm day of spring that year.  My wife had just brought Popsicles out to our back…

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A New Way to Start a New Year.

Heading into the New Year many of us will set some new goals.  Most will start off towards their goals like a freight train; full steam ahead. Only to look up two weeks later and feel more like a firework, streaking out, burning bright and then pop. Feeling defeated and waiting until next year to…

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Motivation

What motivates you?  Motivation is the key to getting to where you want to go.  No long term goal as ever been accomplished without it.  Without motivation we join a gym the first of January and we stop going by the middle of the month; with it we are still going strong long after the…

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