Just Love Them

growth relationships Aug 03, 2025

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We’ve all been there—watching someone we love go through something hard, wanting to make it right, say the perfect thing, or pull them back. But sometimes, the answer isn’t solving— it’s one less letter...

It’s loving.

Not fixing them.
Not judging them.
Not rescuing them.

Just loving them.

That doesn’t mean staying silent.
It doesn’t mean pretending to agree.
And it doesn’t mean tossing out a passive-aggressive one-liner.

It means showing up—again and again—with a heart that says:
“You matter more than your choices or your circumstances. I’m here. I’m listening. I’m not going anywhere.”
Or this: “There’s nothing you can say or do that will make me love you any less.”

Jesus told a story about a shepherd who left the ninety-nine to find the one.
The one who wandered.
The one who got lost.
The one who chose their own path.

The shepherd didn’t bring punishment.
He brought presence.

That’s a different kind of love.
It doesn’t keep score.
It doesn’t retreat when ...

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Books to Lead - "7 Habits of Highly Effective People"

growth habits leadership Oct 21, 2021

Paul and Rick crack open the top books on leadership and life on the Breaking Average Podcast. For this week's episode the book in the spotlight is a classic, "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" written by the legendary Steven Covey

You're going to love this episode. 

 
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2021 Summer Reads - Some Fun in the Sun!

books growth Jun 23, 2021

The kick-off book for our summer reads is "Greenlights" by the illustrious Matthew McConaughey.  Yes. You guessed right, the famous Action, Adventure, RomCom actor from the big screen. He shares the art of "catching greenlights". 

What's a greenlight?

It's a metaphor that indicates "permission to go."  There are greenlights all around us, but we're often blind to see them. When we don't see them -- we hold back, and fail to be who we are meant to be.

Reflecting from his own incredible journey, McConaughey offers us a fresh and fun perspective on seeing greenlights and creating them.  It's suited for any entrepreneur, adventurer, or dreamer -- or just a person who just wants to be entertained.  (I recommend the audible book for full entertainment value).

The second book we have queued up is "W1NNING: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness" by Tim Grover.  This is a gem of a book. Grover was the personal coach for Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and hundreds of athletes and busine...

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Rebuilding Your Business

“If you were going to do it again, rebuild from scratch, what would you do different?”

That question was asked of me a few years ago -- and then resurfaced again in the midst of COVID-19. The original questions was centered on the business that I had a part in launching over a decade earlier. The follow on question asked recently was centered on how to recover after dumpster fire year.  Often, when someone asks a business building question, my mind races back to the beginning.  But COVID adds a whole knew wrinkle. 

The first few years we passionately set up shop with great expectations, only to be frequently disappointed. The big contracts that we were fishing for, just weren’t biting. Still, we ventured out, explored, tried to turn over each stone of opportunity we could, but – on the big ones – we failed again and again. For three years it seemed we were perpetually rebuilding ourselves.

Rather than giving up, which we had strongly considered, we fought through the temptation. As ...

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