An Open Letter

Upholding and fulfilling the American Mission is a task for ALL of us and is only completed by each of us unapologetically being the BEST possible version of ourselves… every day. What does the best version of yourself look like? What impact could they have on the world?

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James Ward
You're Never Going to Feel Like It

My pride wouldn’t allow me to go back the way I’d come, and my fear wouldn’t allow me to move forward. I wanted to dive, but my motivation retreated when I came face-to-face with the reality of it. So, I did what a lot of other first-time divers have done – I hung out and waited for the motivation to return. I was stuck

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Picking Up Pennies

The rest of the walk, I twirled the penny in between my fingers wondering how I, the rescuer of lost currency, had gone so long without seeing a stray, let alone making a rescue. I made the realization that I had lost the habit of looking- gradually, gradually, then suddenly. I was so fixated on where I was headed that I almost went past this one without a second thought. I shudder to think of the opportunities I’ve missed over the years because I gave up the habit of looking while on my march toward today.

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The Million Dollar Bookshelf

What typically happens to the powerful ideas and notes from a training event as soon as you get back to the real world? If you’re anything like the typical business owner, you have the best intentions to implement but then life gets in the way. A previous mentor of mine used to call this the “Million Dollar Bookshelf” because of the unrealized value of all those ideas.

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