His greatest advice was to a young mentee who was stressed, full of angst and consumed with “the chase.” You know the type of chase I’m talking about here. The type of chase that keeps leaders up late and up early in the morning. Perpetual effort and “hard-work.”

Our maker has assured us that if we search for him seriously we won’t be disappointed.

Do we really need any more incentive than this?

How do you know if you are living by faith?

You are purposefully pursuing a dream. A dream that you cannot fully fulfill on your own. 

Great faith inspires great dreams.

Great dreams require great faith.

Children have a lot to teach us!

They’re the purest representation of ambition we’ll ever witness.

Children approach the “impossible” every day with an eagerness to challenge themselves, learn something new, and grow from the experience.

They know no limitations, because their entire existence is one big limitation gradually being overcome.

Some of the best marketing and advertising campaigns in the last 50 years came from one epicenter. Widen & Kennedy in Portland, Oregon. 

“Just Do It.”

“Bo Knows.” 

“Air Jordan”

“Livestrong”

“This is Sportscenter”

“Coke Side of Life.”

All Wieden & Kennedy or their associates. 

At any given moment we’re either living in a way marked by God’s design or we’re drifting into “those old grooves.”

Those old grooves are so comfortable. Even though we hate where they lead us when we’re in those old grooves. They’re just so easy to slide into.

We often navigate life as if we’re tight roping between our yearnings to fit in and our desires to stand out. 

Drift has us deceived into thinking these are mutually exclusive

To make matters worse, Drift has us convinced that the path to either requires us to be less ourselves and more like everybody else, which only serves to erode our authenticity. 

Actions speak louder than words.

Most of us are familiar with this is a simplified version of a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson where he said, “Your actions speak so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.”

In the age of funhouse mirrors, it’s tough to even tell if what we’re seeing is reality. Is who we’re drawn to who they really are? From the outside, everything looks clean, impressive and important. But what about on the inside?

We’re the only ones that really know if we’re making the most of any opportunity.

There’s this quote that says, “Hell is to meet the person you could have been at death and realize you’re not even a shadow of that person and that heaven is to meet the person you could have been and to see yourself staring back at you.”