I was really excited to pick up a copy of The Structure of Success: A Framework To Help Build Your Business Better by Patrick Esposito in the early fall of 2023. I had seen a few of posts from the author on LinkedIn, and I’m always keen to learn about the practices that have enabled the success of others. The book
This past month has been filled with emotional turns in a way that I can’t recall anything similar. As the month started, like many people I was savoring and enjoying the exploits of the Olympics. Every time the Olympics return, I find myself encouraged and inspired by the stories of individuals overcoming incredible challenges to compete, by the examples of
As each year comes to an end, more and more print and email correspondence starts coming from businesses and nonprofits we love. It is both understandable and expected. Whether it is a nonprofit like Nuru, Team Rubicon, International Justice Mission, or Voice Of The Martyrs reminding us to think of others beyond our immediate scope, or Target, TRX, or Amazon
After a long battle with a variety of physical challenges, my uncle, Kenneth Leon Williams, died on June 3, 2019 at the age of 69 in his hometown of Parkersburg, WV. He’s the one on the far right in the photo above. That’s my dad, Uncle Russell, Uncle Bill, and Uncle Kenny from left to right–four of eight siblings in
On June 5th, at 1452 EDT (2:52PM) our wonderful son, Simon Charles, entered the world wide-eyed and alert. He weighed in at a whopping nine pounds and one ounce, and was twenty-three and three quarters inches long. He is handsome, and we are completely thrilled to meet him. I feel like we have once again been sharing tears of joy
Over the last couple of years, I’ve witnessed the untimely death of long-time friends as well as major health crises that could have resulted in the loss of others. It’s had me considering more and more the value of time, and the importance of cherishing our days. An ancient songwriter wrote a prayer that we would learn to number our
A number one New York Times Best-Seller, Jamie and I had skimmed portions of this book on many visits to Barnes and Noble before we took the plunge and decided to purchase it. In her book, the life changing magic of tidying up: the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing by marie kondo, she lays out a methodology as well
A few years back, one of my coworkers at Nuru, Charles Molloy, recommended The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality For Real Life by James Martin, SJ, to me as a good book to read regarding spiritual formation. For those who know me, this has been a topic of interest for me for many years, and one in which
As I continued my training, I knew that I wanted to push through to be able to complete as much of the training as possible with the amazing group of people with which I started this journey. In order to do that, I had to travel to the West Coast and conduct one part of my training at the international
A few years ago I stumbled onto a blog that shared seven exercises to undo the damage done to one’s musculature from sitting. That blog included a recommendation of another book by Kelly Starrett called Becoming A Supple Leopard, which I quickly read and reviewed. I seriously devoured the book in a couple of days because I was so fascinated