For my birthday nine years ago, I wrote A Letter to My Younger Self. Today I am rewriting that with the benefit of another decade of wisdom. I should preface this by saying I’m happy with the life I h

I have opinions about pretty much everything. So when Lori and I are doing things, I usually have a strong preference about what we do and how we do it. However, I try to make room for her preferences

Over on Quora last week I had a drive-by attack from someone screaming that marriage is one man with one woman. It was odd since I agree with that. Apparently not adding that to every post about marri

One more Seth Godin inspired post. Today, Be careful what you wish for. Seth says that pursuing what we wish for changes what we do, what we see, and the sacrifices we make. As he put it, “our wishes

“Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” [Hebrews 13:4 ESV] I’ve mentioned before that this verse shoul

This is another Seth Godin inspired post. Today, One sigh per yes.  Be it business or marriage, you will often be asked to do something more than you want to do or be asked to do something when it’s n

This is another post inspired by a business idea shared by Seth Godin. Today Encouragement and reassurance, in which Seth says “reassurance always runs out.” However, encouragement says Seth, “means t

You may have noticed that from time to time I link to posts by business guru Seth Godin. I became aware of Seth almost fifteen years ago when a friend went through his alternative MBA program. Seth is

A few weeks ago I told the ladies on The XY Code that Guys Like Gifts Too. I’ve used my image from that post here because it clearly shows something you need to know. As the man in the picture opens t

“… unfettered criticism doesn’t show strength; it’s evidence of weakness and insecurity. It masks itself as strength because it wants to establish dominance at the expense of relationship. It comes ou