An Incredible Book for Husbands: What Radical Husbands Do

I am so grateful to have been impacted by Regi’s life. He was an incredible man! 

From Amazon: 

What Radical Husbands Do is a book written by a man for men about marriage. It gives people things to DO not to BE. No ‘psycho-babble’, ‘religion’, or ‘feel-good frills’. Just straight up advice from a guy who has screwed up and learned how to make his marriage work through hard times. Marriage isn’t a game of chance. Are you willing to put your chips on the table and go ‘all in’ to win and keep your wife’s heart? This book shows you how.

A Great Book & Podcast: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

My friend, Jim, recently recommended serveral resources around the idea of eliminating hurry from our lives. I binge-listened to all the episodes of the podcast and started reading the book mentioned below. All of it has been really helpful. 

Podcast – Fight Hustle, End Hurry
Book – The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Teaching Series – Unhurrying with A Rule of Life 

A Quote I’m Thinking About

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein

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A Book I’m Revisiting – The 12 Week Year

This book has helped me speed up the execution of important projects. It is essentially a guide to shortening your execution cycle down from one year to twelve weeks. Give it a shot; it makes a ton of sense.

From Amazon:

Most organizations and individuals work in the context of annual goals and plans; a twelve-month execution cycle. Instead, The 12 Week Year avoids the pitfalls and low productivity of annualized thinking. This book redefines your “year” to be 12 weeks long. In 12 weeks, there just isn’t enough time to get complacent, and urgency increases and intensifies. The 12 Week Year creates focus and clarity on what matters most and a sense of urgency to do it now. In the end more of the important stuff gets done and the impact on results is profound.

Whole Food Supplement I Trust – NeoLife

My friend, Josh Clark, first introduced me to NeoLife several years ago. His personal experience is compelling – his mom’s life was literally saved by using their supplements. 

One of my focuses for 2020 is to put less of an emphasis on managing my time and focus more on managing my energy. NeoLife’s whole food based vitamins are helping in a big way. I am currently using the Vitality Pack and NeoLife Tea. I have used their shakes and detoxs in the past.

If you’re looking for a healthy solution, I’d encourage you to give NeoLife a try. You can order as needed, or subscribe to have it delivered to you automatically each month. I haven’t been involved in the “business” side of things, but there are great discounts and perks if you decide to become a Club Member or a Promoter.

A Fascinating Church History Podcast – Paradise and Utopia

One of my mentors — sometimes tormentor 🙂 — suggested I listen to this podcast before our trip to Israel. It is chocked full of interesting church history from an Orthodox Church perspective.

This is a series of forty reflections on the history of Christian civilization, or Christendom (and will include additional introductory and concluding episodes). It is divided into two halves tracing the “rise” of Christendom in early times and its “fall” in modern times. The entire podcast is organized around the theme of “paradise and utopia” – that is, of the civilization’s orientation toward the kingdom of heaven when traditional Christianity was influential, and of its “disorientation” toward the fallen world in the wake of traditional Christianity’s decline in the west following the Great Schism.

A Quote I’m Thinking About

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” — Nido Qubein

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A Book I’m Reading: An Unhurried Leader

From Amazon:

What does grace-paced leadership look like? Spiritual mentor. Pastor. Executive director. Parent. Professor. Spouse. We have many roles and relationships. And in the midst of all we do, we’re tempted to frantically take control of situations in hopes of making good things happen. Alan Fadling, author of An Unhurried Life, writes: “That kind of unholy hurry may make me look busy, but too often it keeps me from actually being fruitful in the ways Jesus wants me to be. Jesus modeled grace-paced leadership. To learn that we begin not with leading, but with following.” In these pages Alan Fadling unfolds what it means for leaders to let Jesus set the pace. Through biblical illustrations, personal examples, and on-the-ground leadership wisdom, this book will guide you into a new view of kingdom leadership. Along the way you just might find that the whole of your life has been transformed into a more livable and more fruitful pace.

A Inexpensive, Convenient Way to Buy Clothes: Amazon

Did you know Amazon has their own brand of clothes? I’ve been wearing a number of their sweaters this winter. They look great and don’t cost a fortune. I wore a sport coat a few weeks ago that definitely didn’t look like it cost $49. Win!

A Weather App that Predicts the Future: Dark Sky

Dark Sky is one of the few apps that warns you before it starts raining. With down-to-the-minute forecasts, you’ll know exactly when the rain will start or stop, right where you’re standing. It’s almost like magic.

A Quote I’m Thinking About

Marriage has the power to set the course of your life as a whole. If your marriage is strong, even if all the circumstances in your life around you are filled with trouble and weakness, it won’t matter. You will be able to move out into the world in strength.” — Tim Keller

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