The Man Who Never Told Anybody
This is the practical center of this. The question Who knows the truth about your life? Not the summary. Not the version at church or at…
What is the question nobody at your table will ask out loud?
Writing on faith, finance, and focus. Some of it is practical, some of it is uncomfortable, and none of it is written by somebody who studies this from a distance.
A Man Under Authority
One more thing before the end, because there is a failure mode this could produce and it is worth closing off. A man who stops performing…
Standards Explained Simply
What is a standard? Not the poster. The floor. A standard is whatever you have demonstrated you will let pass. It is established the first time…
6 Yellow Flags in Your Own Finances
You cannot say what a month costs If the number in your head was assembled from the bills that arrive monthly, it is wrong and it…
Approval Explained Simply
What is approval seeking? Running your decisions past an audience in your head before making them. It is not vanity. It is a normal appetite pointed…
What’s the Difference: Managing vs Leading
What does managing cover? Scheduling, standards, resources, sequence. Making sure the right work happens in the right order to the right quality. It is real and…
Delegation Explained Simply
What does real delegation involve? Three parts, and most men do one. Give the outcome rather than the method, so there is something to aim at.…
What’s the Difference: Saving vs Investing
What is saving? Putting money somewhere safe where the amount does not fall. The return is small and the point is not the return. The point…
Emergency Fund Explained Simply
What is it for? It exists so that a broken transmission does not become a card balance, which does not become a minimum payment, which does…
What Is a Business Actually Worth?
What do buyers actually pay for? A buyer is not purchasing your revenue, your equipment, or your reputation. He is purchasing a future stream of profit…
What’s the Difference: Guilt vs Shame
What is guilt? Guilt is about an action. It says I did that, it was wrong, and it needs putting right. Guilt is uncomfortable and it…
What’s the Difference: Urgent vs Important
What makes something urgent? A deadline, a ringing phone, somebody waiting. Urgency is about timing and it is almost always assigned by somebody else. Urgent work…