If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business—you have a job.

When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary.

Discipleship means joy. In the modern world it seems so difficult to walk with absolute certainty in the narrow way of ecclesiastical decision and yet remain in the broad open spaces of the universal love of Christ.

I define love thus: The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.

Discomfort is growth: To constantly improve, and to be more resilient and adaptable, whenever there is a fork in the road, choose discomfort over comfort and you will grow.

The meaning (or thinking) we give an event is what determines how we ultimately feel about it.

Avoid warrants, as they complicate the whole thing.

Successful crisis management is best achieved when people are truthful with one another— immediately.

Deep Work is focused and uninterrupted work. Distractions and conflicting demands hinder deep work.

Skill consists of identifying important elements and grouping them into a meaningful framework. The name psychologists use for such organization is chunking.