Confessions of *Failure and Success

Recently, I have had the privilege of transitioning our Sales team into three categories.  when we were done the transition I realized a simple reality:  There needs to be a new category for OVC to grow…
One Village Coffee has grown organically and it has always had an experimental factor to our development, but with out [...]

I was told, “you are a natural leader” when I was younger.  I now believe we all lead, some of us lead well.
I have lead best out of areas of strength, not weakness.  Lately, I have lead out of weakness, this looks like leading out of fear for me.
Leadership has become a four letter word [...]

There is enough beauty in the world to be happy,
There is enough pain in the world not to be sad.
Discovering ones self and finding joy in the moment is my true quest.
I have lived most of my life with a “win/loose” philosophy.  There is something about this way of thinking I do not like.  Lately, [...]

My Dad is in Nigeria and he sends me messages from his phone everyday reporting on the trip. When he is in Africa the life he leads makes sense.
He talks a lot about the Children who will now go to school because of the work being done in the village. The times of [...]

I have been thinking about fear lately.  Halloween is a time where people embrace the “scary” and have fun with the idea of horror and death.  The community I grew up in disapproved and even went as far as to judge those who participated in Halloween.  Currently, I am kind of ambivalent to the holiday, [...]

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There is a lot at work in the world, and I am apart of this work.
Here I am use me
There are many relationships strained and people in real need.
Here i am use me
There is only hope in the belief of God, Creator, Savior and Lord.
Here I am use me.
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Fear overwhelms the heart of those who [...]

“Life is hard”, I think someone with more insight said this in the book, “A Road Less Traveled”.
Accepting life as hard is relative to ones perspective.
Sometimes my life seems hard.
Here is what is hard about my life:
I work in a start up business with my family and friends.
Sure there are a lot of [...]

This Sunday Andrea and I will have been married for six years. I have known her for eleven years and I enjoy reflecting on our experiences.
Most of all I enjoy the fact that she accepts me in my raw imperfection and transparency. There is so much to her that goes unnoticed. I [...]