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Prioritize and execute For the last two weeks, I’ve been on my eighth reading of a book called “Extreme Ownership, How U.S. Navy SEALS Lead and Win” by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. (Well, technically I’m not reading it. The authors are reading it to me via Audible. But this is the eighth time I have listened to it.) This book is awesome. The authors, Jocko and Leif, are two Navy...
How do you measure success? I was standing in a store the other day buying materials for a project when I saw a friend I haven’t seen for years. He also happened to be buying things for a project he was working on. We talked for a while, catching on up on the past. Toward the end I said, “So, you’re still at it” in reference to his house buying endeavors. He responded with, “Well…...
Evil’s greatest tool I read a story recently in a book called “Chop Wood, Carry Water” by Joshua Medcalf that I would like to share with you. It goes something like this: Once, there was an evil old witch who was going out of business. As such, she decided to have a yard sale to get rid of all the ‘tools’ she had used over the years in her terrible trade. At the sale, you could...
“What Box” is coming I’m often asked where I go to learn about real estate investing. Truthfully, Ashley and I have been blessed to meet, befriend and attend seminars with some the most creative real estate investors out there. And we go back to the same classes time and time again. Chances are that if you are reading this column on Sunday morning in Bartow County, I’m...
I am, I change Today, I would like to revisit a topic that I’ve written about before. It resurfaced recently. Once upon a time I invited you into a night ritual that I had with my then 3-year-old daughter. She’s now 6. The ritual went like this: I’d lay her on my chest while we sang songs and prayed. Before I’d lay her down, I’d ask her: “Are you beautiful? Are...