"I'll Pay You $10" A few years ago, I read the following fable from a blog post I had stumbled upon. A son walks into his father’s home office: SON: “Daddy, may I ask you a question?” DAD: “Sure son, what is it?” SON: “How much do you make an hour?” DAD: “Well, that’s kind of rude to ask. But if you must know, I make $100 an hour.” SON (lowering his head): “Oh….” SON (hesitantly): “Daddy, may I have $50?” DAD: “No, because you’re only going to use the money to buy some silly toy or some other...
over 2 years ago • 5 min read
Measuring What Matters I recently had the opportunity to be a part of an Accountability Group - for lack of better term - with six other individuals in my profession. We met weekly for seven weeks, and we were each tasked with identifying One Thing we wanted to make significant improvement on over the course of seven weeks. It didn’t have to be career-related - just something specific we each wanted to achieve. Each week during our standing meeting, we would each be held accountable for the...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Enough: A Child's Perspective The idea of Enough is one of my favorite topics to explore. There’s so much there. It’s one of those topics I can’t seem to get enough of, mainly because I don’t feel like we - as imperfect humans - can ever “fully arrive” at having mastered it (enter Lifestyle Creep). My friend Jeremy has written about Enough on multiple occasions. There is very little - if anything - I can add to a topic he’s publicly explored so well over the past few years. I also attend a...
over 2 years ago • 1 min read
Live a Life That Matters The past few weeks have been heavy. Downright heavy. They’ve reminded me just how quickly life can change. Numerous people close to me - or close to someone close to me - have experienced life-altering health events. All just days apart from one another. Some are family members. Some are (roughly) my age. Some are in seemingly perfect health. Some are all three. Our lives can change on a dime. And without warning. For some of those above, we celebrate what all signs...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
First > Most I was recently plugging various expenses into our budget (I am unashamedly a spreadsheet nerd when it comes to our finances) when I had a very humbling realization. Our monthly tithe isn’t the largest line item in our budget. This shouldn’t have been a major surprise to me. I’m religious about keeping up with every penny we spend and I can tell you—or at least my spreadsheet can—every dollar our family has spent since my wife and I got married in 2014. I know our numbers inside...
over 2 years ago • 12 min read