At 38 years old, Navy Seal Chris Kyle was among the military’s most accomplished sharpshooters. He had become a best-selling author by writing about his time in combat. Kyle spent much of his time working with ailing vets…especially those struggling with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. So when Jodi Routh reached out to Kyle to help her [...]
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Trust men, and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.” How does a leader treat others greatly? Here are three basic truths to consider. 1. We respect others by developing them according to their uniqueness, not our expectations. People know when [...]
Trust is always at the foundation of a growing and healthy relationship. Without trust, a marriage seldom lasts. A friendship without trust is no more than an acquaintance. A team can never achieve its purpose unless it is built on trust. In their book, The Leadership Challenge, authors Kouzes and Posner explain what happens when [...]
Just as each person has a unique fingerprint, so each marriage has a unique “marriageprint,” a distinctiveness that belongs to each couple alone. God unites couples to do together what they could never do alone. God has brought you together as man and wife to do what no other union in the world can do. [...]
So…we want our children to grow up with the virtue of respect embedded in their hearts. How do we make that happen? How do we plow the ground for respect to grow? How do we mentor, model, and monitor respect? My friend, Dr. Robert Freado, has served as a teacher, coach, and principal at all [...]