What do you want to accomplish?

As you advance with E+R=O, whether just getting started or continuing your journey, you’ll continually arrive at two conclusions.

Most of you are familiar with E+R=O (Event + Response = Outcome). It is the lens through which I see the world and make decisions. Many of you have joined in, too.

Yesterday, I asked you, “Where is the fun in your discipline?”

Anything that lacks joy becomes a burden. That's why discipline must be joyful, not joyless.

A calling (or purpose) brings great joy, deep fulfillment, intense fear, and sharp pain. That surprises us and leads to conflicting feelings of confusion and doubt.

Every calling shines its light, but that light also casts shadows.

As much as we'd prefer to believe our problems began somewhere else with a source other than us, we know better. Our desires and expectations are often the root cause of our deepest challenges. Let's uncover a few.

For me, losing in a competitive game or even getting my teeth kicked in is more fun than not losing because I didn’t play. The challenge within a competition is what I’m after, and winning is a hopeful byproduct of competing well enough. If I can’t win, then I at least want to lose because that...

I like to start my week with a mission, a focus, and a challenge.