WITH INTENTION BLOG

I’ve had the fortune of playing on some really good teams, both athletically and in business. It’s a topic that really fascinates me. What makes a great team versus a good team?? What’s the difference? I believe there’s a fine line between a good team and a great team….although that fine line is ver...

I’m learning more and more about this concept from coaching. It’s funny how our brains work but I can’t stress how much I’ve learned from coaching youth soccer. Not just about the game, but about business and life. It’s a daily lesson in human psychology. Hats off to all the youth sports coaches out...

In 1940, researchers at Harvard decided to test a group of students. Over 100 sophomores performed in a study where they were asked to run on a treadmill for up to five minutes. The angle was steep and the speed was fast – the average of the 130 students was four minutes with some running as little ...

There’s a lot of talk these days about success and what makes a person successful.  First off, success is individual.  Each person has their own identity when it comes to success.  Some think of success as simply achievement.  I set out to do X and I accomplished X.  Or, I want to make X amount of m...

The year – 1924. The scene – The Paris Olympics.

A young man was running in the Olympics – his best event was the 100-meter race. He decided not to run. He made a courageous decision. Eric Liddell, the Scotsman, decided to not run in the 100-meter race because it fell on a Sunday. His faith and rel...

I recently heard Chip Ingram talk about Leadership. Chip’s a well-respected Christian Pastor. He said a Leader is simply someone who “makes stuff happen”. I like this. I think we tend to popify leadership these days. We try to put some fancy words behind it. You’re a leader if you simply make it hap...

A Sunday afternoon in early Spring. Heads hung low. One kid is crying…then another. Like Dominoes. Blaming each other. Blaming the ref. 10-1. Final Score.

I have the privilege of coaching my son’s soccer team. They are 7 and 8 yr olds. Young…very impressionable. We walked off the field a few weeks ...

I had the opportunity recently to dive into the minds of over 35 business executives, entrepreneurs, business developers, key project leads, etc. My findings were pretty fascinating and I thought I’d share some of this with you.

What started as a small project back in November as I reached out to a...

There is no Easter without Good Friday. I read this last night…a blog I follow by a guy named Chet Scott who runs a coaching firm, Built to Lead, in Columbus. He was talking about prayer and the fact that we typically pray for circumstances to change. Chet cautions about this – he says that we are i...

I read this parable many years ago and once again saw recently in a Jimmy John’s as I was with my son, Gabe. I think it’s a really great lesson for anyone chasing success and wondering what really matters. It’s a question all of us should ponder consistently as it’s easy to get caught in the trap of...

Today, I write this with the heaviest of hearts. Sunday night I was planning my week. I went through a process that I learned from my friend Scott where I look back at the week before and made a list of my accomplishments. Then, thought about where I fell short. That led to planning the week ahead a...

So, Gabe, my seven year old, and I are driving Sunday night and I asked him what the coolest thing he learned last week in camp was. He said, “to face my fears.”

I love that my seven year old is learning this. And not only was told this but got to see it in action. He was at a local camp called Sev...