Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post entitled “The Spirit of Excellence Challenge” in which I challenged every reader not to be just good enough, but to strive for excellence.  More than anything, with my writing, I was challenging myself.  I set out to be a better version of myself.  One who wasn’t content […]

My wife and I will be celebrating our first wedding anniversary tomorrow!  It really does seem like just yesterday we were prepping to walk down the aisle of that stoned-plated church floor into our destiny together. We have gone through so much in just a year!  We’ve certainly grown and evolved quite a bit. I’m […]

We’ve been duped, lied to, hoodwinked!  It’s a common maxim that we all have uttered a time or two and for a good part of my life, I was of the belief that great minds think alike.  This scenario may be familiar: You’re with your colleagues and you both come up with the similar ideas […]

When I first thought to write a blog, all I could think of was doing something that would benefit our future generations. I thought to write something that one day my sons and daughters could benefit from.  And thus The Content of Character was birthed, inspired by the teachings of the likes of Martin Luther […]

At least once a week, I play basketball at a local community recreation center.  It’s a great way for me to catch up with a group of guys that I’ve known for a long time.  We typically play with or against some young individuals most likely in their teens to early twenties.  I can openly […]

It’s the opening movie scene.  All you see are snapshots of what seems to be a culmination of earlier events that bring us to this one scene.  Usually, the scene is either a decision point where the principal actor is at a crossroads, or a showdown where two actors face-off, or the classic explosion scene! […]

I’ve never been a big believer in resolutions.  It’s hard for me to carry them out.  For instance, making a resolution to get in shape and then at year’s end not seeing its accomplishment.  This is why, in the past, I’ve been the typical “good is good enough for me type guy”.  If you’re not […]