The truest measure of a leader is the good they consistently do for people who they lead and/or for those can’t repay them. When service is the motive, trust becomes the result.

Every battle can be a teacher. Win or lose, you come out knowing more about yourself. Sometimes you learn you fought for something false, or let pride steer, or paid for a decision that wasn’t wise. Don’t beat yourself up. The winner takes the lesson seriously. Notices the pattern. Corrects it. Doesn’t repeat it.

A child shows three simple actions and attitudes most adults forget:
1. Be joyful without needing a reason.
2. Stay engaged, do something useful, even if it’s small.
3. Ask boldly for what you truly want. Not passive. Not apologetic. Whole-hearted.

Nothing is wasted. Some things are painful. Some things are unavoidable. That doesn’t make them meaningless. Our job is to separate the temporary event from the lasting lesson. The event always passes. The lesson should stay and make us stronger.

The science backs the anecdotes, the more good we look for, the more good we see. 

Act with discipline. Wait without worry.

Most of our feelings of unhappiness are a direct result own of our personal selfishness.

Often saying less is the best way to say everything you need to say. 

Energetic, focused, and clean thoughts create habits of diligence and order. And those habits, over time, lead to a life that feels lighter, more inviting, and more full of possibility. We need to be intentional in the way we think, to steer our minds toward truth and goodness. As we do, our circumstances begin to align with the quiet, steady work happening in our souls.

We learn that courage, discipline, and steady effort don’t just happen, they grow from the thoughts we allow to stay in our hearts. When we think with purpose and act with integrity, we begin to experience success, abundance, and freedom in ways we once only hoped for. As all prophets remind us, “by small and simple things are great things brought to pass.” Our thoughts are among those simple things.