In many of the churches I’ve attended, there seems to be an utter fear of culture. Specifically, a fear of being in the minority. The fact that culture is often running contrary to our “traditional” beliefs scares some people immensely. But when we read through scripture, it didn’t seem to bother Jesus. In fact, he […]
The best thing about having a good relationship with someone is the ability to disagree in a healthy way. The other day I had a really good conversation with someone who completely disagreed with me on a contentious issue. No insults were thrown. No personal attacks were mounted. It was just a really good conversation. […]
In our culture, saying “I don’t know” has a bad reputation. Admitting we’ll be making something up as we go along is a tough thing to do. It rubs against our pride. So we talk like we know what we’re doing. We pretend. We roleplay. And we always get through it. We don’t know how […]
At some point in your life, you realize that if you don’t do things, they won’t get done. If you’re trying to build a company, you’re the one that has to do it. If you want to ask that girl out, you’re the one that has to do it. If you want to start a […]
If you’ve ever watched, The Social Network you know a little about the backstory to Facebook. Like anything in Hollywood, it is certainly over dramatized. And like most things that do with Entrepreneurship, they focus on the idea of Facebook. It’s almost as if the only thing that really mattered with Facebook was the idea. Once Mark […]
For a long time, I’ve mused over the idea of calling. What does it mean to have a life calling? In school, they had an entire center devoted to Life Calling (it was a Christian College…..obviously). But at the end of the day, all of this talk of calling led me to more confusion than clarity. They positioned […]
I used to think it was talent was the most important thing for success. Now I’m convinced hustled is the most important thing. Talent can’t be controlled. Hustle can. Talent is good. Hustle is better. But like peanut butter and jelly, they are best together. Talent + Hustle = Unstoppable
There are literally thousands of lessons from trying to start and run a company. I’ve learned more in the past 5 months than I have at many other points in my entire life. One of the lessons that has been a theme for me over the past year and a half is persistence. I used to […]
There’s a tendency in our church culture to focus far more on belief than action. Belief is certainly important, but so often we excuse ourselves from action because we “believe” the right things. Or we waste time and energy arguing over what we should and shouldn’t believe. After all, check out this parable: Matthew 7:24-26 […]