Master Yourself First

Master Yourself First

The man who is always trying to dominate everyone around him is usually running from something he cannot dominate inside himself. You see it everywhere. The guy who has to win every argument, control every situation, assert himself in every room. He looks powerful...
Guard Your Energy

Guard Your Energy

I spent a long time being the person who showed up everywhere he did not really want to be. Said yes when I meant no. Smiled through situations that were quietly costing me something. Told myself that was strength or selflessness or just what you do. I am done with...
Mess Around Find Out

Mess Around Find Out

There is an old saying that goes roughly like this: ignore the warning, experience the consequence. I have lived that particular lesson more times than I care to count. And what I have learned from all of it is not that life is cruel or unfair. It is that the...
Pay What You Owe First

Pay What You Owe First

The day comes for every man when he looks around at his life and feels like something is missing that should be there. He feels owed. He feels like the universe has not been fair. Maybe it has not been. But before you take that complaint to the bench, you need to know...
Protect Your Home

Protect Your Home

Someone was in my garage at four in the morning. They also tried the bathroom window a few feet from where my wife and I were sleeping. My security system was not armed. I had left doors unlocked. In a gated community in a decent part of Las Vegas, someone got close...