Compete Against Yourself!

I don’t compete with others as a general rule. Instead, I compete against myself. As a young sales professional early in my career, I was given a sales quota of $600,000 for the year. Knowing the nature of the sales realities I was dealing with allowed for the possibility of closing business every week (as […]

From the Fringes to the Center The trans movement was hatched, then, on the fringes of American academia. But how did it move so quickly to the center of American public life? Like many other things, it began with a flood of cash, as some of the wealthiest people in the country began devoting enormous […]

Some of you are mildly aware that I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is a fascinating organization and one that I treasure and am devoted to. The organization is also a curiosity due to the fact that in spite of all the good they do in the […]

It’s interesting to realize that the manner in which people communicate, the way in which they carry themselves, seems to have a great deal of pull. I am becoming more and more convinced that people who go into attack mode on Facebook, coming across as hyper-aggressive to the point of being obnoxious, may not actually […]

Building Your Power of Expression Vanguard, n. Pronunciation: ˈvanˌɡärd Meaning: In a military context, this word referenced the foremost part of an advancing army or naval force. It also is more commonly used in reference to a group of people leading the way in new developments or ideas. In addition, it could be used to […]

Welcome to another infusion of Uncommon Sense! In the Self-Development column, I will give you a sure-fire way of overcoming lethargy. Read it, apply it, and then watch the results accumulate. There is something very dark taking place in Western Civilization, one that will cause future historians 200 years from now to look back on […]

All of us, from time to time, get into a sort of funk. We lose our focus. We get “writer’s block.” We get lethargic. We lose our momentum. I know an easy way to stay productive. When you have a list of tasks that need to get accomplished, you undoubtedly write them down somewhere. Some […]

The transgender movement is pressing its agenda everywhere. Most publicly, activist teachers are using classrooms to propagandize on its behalf and activist health professionals are promoting the mutilation of children under the euphemistic banner of “gender-affirming care.” The sudden and pervasive rise of this movement provokes two questions: where did it come from, and how […]

Currently a large part of my work is involved with Intel Corporation. They brought me on board last year under a three-year consulting contract to assist with some leadership development issues. Last month they held a TED Talks event where interested individuals could apply to be accepted to deliver a TED Talk lasting anywhere from […]

Whenever I hear someone speak or write in terms of “my truth” or “your truth,” I immediately recognize that truth is not their thing. Opinion is. Truth is simply there. It is not owned by me or by you. We either submit to truth, or we delude ourselves into imagining that whatever opinion or preference […]