Honor.The.Gift Podcast

Throughout our lives, we will each be faced with moments of harsh clarity. Clarity of what is, a real awareness of what must change, and an emerging desire to align with the vision of what we know we can become. It’s in these moments we are rocked to the core of our present existence. It’s in these moments we are tested against our potential to become. It’s in these moments of potential, that our...

In The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday shares this profound insight from Epictetus: “The beautiful and good person neither fights with anyone nor, as much as they are able, permits others to fight...this is the meaning of getting an education - learning what is your own affair and what is not. If a person carries themselves so, where is there any room for fighting?” - Epictetus, Discourses, 4.5.1; 7b-8a...

Tom Bilyeu stated that “Humans are designed to grow: Literally designed to do it. So, since you’re human, if you’re willing to focus and push yourself, you will grow. And that’s awesome. And you’re awesome simply by being human. You don’t need to have made a single right choice in your life up to this point. You have the raw material, now it’s just a matter of shaping it. Love yourself for that. B...

“Enlightenment could be defined as the absence of resistance to what is, the total intimacy with whatever is taking place without any desire to reject or replace it; so intimate that there is no room for a self to separate itself out from the whole.” - Rupert Spira   LIFE is not an individual sport. We were designed for relationship. The relationships we foster in this life through selfless engage...

ARE YOU AWAKE? This foundational question, is very much the premise of Dave’s steady work in the field of leadership development and personal growth.  IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE you’ll meet Dave Graff, the Chief Operating Officer of Shipley Communication and Shipley Coaching. He’s a 20+ year veteran, having served the industry as a Senior Consultant for Franklin Covey, Executive Coach for Shipley, as...

Ed Mylett said that “Being an entrepreneur is the most tremendous personal development program in the history of the world, with a massive compensation package attached. It is also one of the greatest self-awareness and self-discovery processes you will ever go through.”   For those of you that have been there, or are there currently, you know this. You live it. Entrepreneurism is the grand experi...

For each of us, we will at some point in our lives, find ourselves entering THE WILDERNESS. It will be a place of vulnerability and high risk. It will be a place riddled with choice and accountability for solving the new. It will also be a place where the comfort and safety of what once was no longer exists.    IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I’ll share with you some of my thoughts on THE WILDERNESS, and...

29,029 you say? Why not start at the top of the mountain? For Dave, the reality of life and the growth it affords in the challenges we each face is tangible. In his return to the figurative mountain, Dave bravely laced up shoes and kept climbing. 2020 would prove to be one of his toughest years yet, as he learned to navigate the open seas in a new and unfamiliar life that continues to demand his v...

In a world caught up in EGO’s declaration, I find myself looking within to ask myself, how am I part of the problem?    With so many moving parts for the human race right now, I believe it is far too easy to try and levy opinion and popular speak as a way to find collectability and cover from our own level of ownership of who we really are.    IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, I’ll share with you a bit more...

Am I willing? That’s the question we’ll explore on this week’s episode on the topic of owning each day. Grab a few minutes and take a listen. You’ll find two specific challenges for this coming week, that can have a massive impact on the results you desire in life, and that can help add some confidence along the way. OWN TODAY. Make a choice to protect and honor your time. Keep that commitment.  ...

In the challenge to create and not just consume, where might it provide new opportunity?   One way then that we might create and not just consume, is to teach someone something. Reflect back in your life on the lessons learned and even the lessons you might be learning right now in this season, and then share those lesson with someone. While we are proximally distanced, we are more connected than...

It began with a personal epiphany that David had about 30 years ago. David experienced three life changing events that seemed to invite a bitter and frightening existence. He also experienced a miracle along the way. Encouraged by Donna, and a helpful group of trusted friends and colleagues, David put his experience to paper and published his first book titled The Power of TED*.  At the time, Davi...

One of my all time favorite quotes is from John H. Groberg, regarding the storms in our lives. he said this: “Sometimes the lord calms the storm, and sometimes he lets the storm rage and calms his child. we learn lessons from storms we cannot learn from calm seas."    IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, we’re talking about STORMS, and the power they have to transform our lives.     Storms vary in their season...

Drew Dudley said to best during his TED talk on Everyday Leadership: “…there is no world. there's only six billion understandings of it, and if you change one person's understanding of it, one person's understanding of what they're capable of, one person's understanding of how much people care about them, one person's understanding of how powerful an agent for change they can be in this world, you...

Dr. Benjamin Hardy said it best: “In an obsessive state, you begin to justify away what you truly want from life. Yet, in a moment of clarity,  of seeing life without your unhealthy passion,   you feel immense hope and joy again for the life you seek to create.”   When things start to feel pressured and tempest, I have found that a good timeout is something that can afford us an opportunity to get...

When emotion moves from an internal feeling to an external mode of manipulation or justification, paired with a rant, therein lies the obstacle. Emotion is either rich with connection, or ripe with expulsion. As it goes, let me draw attention to three terms and/or concepts that show up for us as complex organisms thriving and jiving in imperfection:  Counterfeit Emotional Language Rational-Emotive...

When asked if he could only choose one pen to write his legacy, he chose gratitude as his go to instrument. When given a few more choices he coupled it with self-confidence, and grit, as staples in his tool belt, to create the biggest IMPACT and INFLUENCE in life.   IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE you’ll meet Ryan Harris, a dear friend, and someone who’s impacted my life for the better. The topic is IMPACT...

Without getting too long winded, and deep into my thoughts on each of these three fundamental rules. When life is in session, we can each continue to find opportunity, and more openly growth, from these guideposts:   1. Be a contributor.  2. Live the change you believe is possible.  3. Be a light to those who are looking.     IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, it’s a speed round on CHANGE and CONTRIBUTION, a...

Is it time to take inventory and realign? Can you still see your north star? Is your mind strong enough to weather the insecurities and inadequacies found in comparison? Is it strong enough to manage pain and anger? Is it built to withstand unqualified criticism?  Life is a mind game you are playing against yourself. With that knowledge should also come an understanding of the need for constant pr...

If you were asked to write your eulogy, what would it say, and more importantly what would your legacy be? Would you be proud of your impact on the world?  IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE you’ll meet Justin Batt, a dear friend, and someone who’s impacted my life for the better. It’s rare that you’ll find someone so connected with their calling in life. He’s intentional about his role as a husband, father,...

I’ve heard it said before, “When you disrespect yourself, you go looking for disrespect in others.” What does a mature approach to growth look and feel like? IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE we’re talking MATURITY “in the journey.”  On this journey to become our best self, let us find grace. BECOMING is a constant effort to BE the humans we are divinely appointed to BECOME. While on this path you’re certain...

If you were to ask your future or highest/best self to advise you in this season of your life, what would they tell you to do? IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE, we talk about the empty seat at your personal advisory table, and a qualified candidate to fill that seat on the regular.  When it comes to high performance, there exists two fundamental characters, called upon often, to help solve for key decisions...

As with seasons of change, so too comes the realization that all cannot remain the same. New growth comes only after a marked move from what once was. As a natural course of progression, one must learn to let go of the past and lean into the future. It’s that letting go that at times can feel so destructive and unsafe. I believe that the universe only holds reserved space for us in one of two area...

Hello friends and welcome to another weekly episode. In this week’s episode I’m saying THANK YOU to 2020 and I’ll share 10 THINGS I LEARNED throughout the year.  Here’s the list: Change Is Guaranteed Grace Defined The Greatest Opportunity for Leadership is in the Home  Excuses Remain the Same Intentionality as a Choice The Go-Forward Option The Necessity of Inner Work Act on Inspiration Routines a...

It’s no wonder that the words to the serenity prayer offer so much insight, eloquence, and wisdom to one suffering from the most tumultuous of internal demons found in self service and preservation. It’s an epistle, if you will, to help shape a fleeting effort to CONTROL life in a manner inconsistent with an opposite reality.  When we seek to CONTROL, we give our power to a predictable habit of fu...