Tag: life

  • When Your Ideas Outpace Your Identity

    Most leaders I know aren’t lacking strategy. They’re not short on ideas. In fact, they’re often visionaries—dreaming big, casting compelling pictures of what could be, whether in business, church, nonprofits, or creative ventures. But I’ve noticed something important—and a little troubling. While many leaders can articulate what they want to build, fewer have clarity on who they…

  • When Comparison Cripples

    by Scott Lowe Ever feel like you’re giving it everything you’ve got—your energy, your time, your heart—and yet, somehow, it still doesn’t feel like enough? Then comes the comparison.Not the kind where you look at your neighbor mowing their lawn in a straight line and think, “I could probably do better.”No, I’m talking about the comparison…

  • When It’s Time to Let Go: Coaching a Founder Through the Hardest Goodbye

    LETTING GO of something you CREATED—something that carries your fingerprints, your late nights, your heart—is one of the HARDEST things a LEADER will ever DO. I had the privilege of walking with a nonprofit founder through the most courageous decision of her leadership life: stepping away after 15 years. This organization wasn’t just a job…

  • The Fragile Power of a Moment: How to Restore a Broken Business Relationship

    Have you ever had a moment you wish you could take back? It’s sobering how a single moment can bury the years of trust, loyalty, and collaboration that once defined a relationship. Whether it’s a careless comment, a broken promise, a moment of silence when words were needed—or words spoken when silence would have been…

  • Three Questions – I asked – To Find Another Vocation

    I had spent 27 years in professional ministry—everything from youth director to church planter to Senior Pastor. And in 2019, I resigned from a great church where I had the privilege of serving as Senior Pastor and stepped into a new world of coaching and Real Estate. It was a big life change. So how…

  • VOCATION CHANGE: Three Questions that Helped Me!

    I spent 27 years in professional ministry, holding roles from youth director to church planter to Senior Pastor. This past summer, I resigned as Senior Pastor of a wonderful church to step into coaching and real estate—a big life change. How did I get here? It came down to three guiding questions: What am I…