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Kenneth has special needs… and special gifts. leadership mindset personal development undivided life Dec 02, 2024

As a teenager, I tried to defend the underdog but did very little to help my classmates who had special needs. What’s worse, I would go along to get along - If friends were making fun of...

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Would You Like To Fight in the Parking Lot After Work? company culture leadership strategy Nov 24, 2024

“I can’t believe your team is attempting to automate part of my job. Meet me in the parking lot after work, and I’ll show you what I think of your plan.”

I was reading an...

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He Didn’t Even Qualify for the Race but Persevered and Won It All leadership mindset personal development Nov 18, 2024

He didn’t wait to see what part of his body might be aching after crashing to the ground halfway through the 300-meter hurdle event. He knew this fall would cost him, but how much distance...

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I Wish I Would Have Skipped That Accounting Test... keynote speaker leadership mindset undivided life Nov 11, 2024

I could hardly believe the guest list as I scrolled through the names:

George W. Bush, then President Bill Clinton, Gerald and Betty Ford, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Rev. Billy...

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Rest on the Seventh company culture mindset personal development recruiting undivided life Nov 04, 2024

We were several hours into a very productive exercise to establish the company’s core values, and it looked like we were headed for extra innings as we sensed that something was still...

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Daisy Loves Pepe company culture keynote speaker leadership undivided life Oct 28, 2024

It’s 98 degrees outside, and once again, I am drenched head to toe in sweat as I reinforce yet another section of our fence. This is the third time I’ve been called to the pasture to...

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Look, Ma, We Bought a Construction Company company culture leadership strategy undivided life Oct 21, 2024

“I don’t get it. Why would Undivided Life purchase a construction company?”

That is the second most common response when people hear that Undivided Life acquired McKnight...

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Atypical Approach Leads to Atypical Results company culture leadership recruiting strategy undivided life Oct 14, 2024

I never expected to see his name on the calendar when the team was preparing for my two-day marathon test of a new concept we called Open Interviews. Our initial post announcing that anyone could...

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I'm Talking to the Man in the Mirror (and so are you) communication company culture leadership undivided life Oct 07, 2024

He was pacing back and forth on a phone call during my son’s baseball game, obviously engaged in a serious work conversation. His intensity was clear, but he also seemed to have the patience...

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Inspired People Inspire People mindset personal development undivided life Sep 30, 2024

Who buys a one-way ticket to Poland to start filming a feature-length film before securing the actors and locations, not to mention the need for personal lodging arrangements?

The answer - Anthony...

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It Wasn’t Pretty, But I Finished the Race Because I Said I Would leadership mindset personal development undivided life Sep 23, 2024

I was 20 miles into a long-distance trail race when my heart rate monitor registered a jump from 154 bpm to 197 bpm. I was being chased, and my entire life hung in the balance—or so I...

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When He Sold My Gift, I Received a Better One company culture leadership personal development undivided life Sep 15, 2024

“Jeff, in 2015, you gave Mark from Donuts Deluxe a book called Cowboy Ethics. I'll be honest - it doesn't look like Mark opened it. I bought it used, and I am reading through it now.

When I...

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Do Unto Others leadership mindset undivided life Sep 09, 2024

He was just about to purchase Subway sandwiches to share with his new friend Tony, a homeless man in Downtown Fort Worth, when Matt abruptly switched gears and made a bold move that I will never...

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Cuss Words and Ice Cream Cones communication company culture leadership personal development undivided life Aug 26, 2024

“Alright, kids, grab your stuff. We need to finish eating our ice cream somewhere else.”  

On hot summer days in Texas like this, air conditioning and ice cream are your two best...

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Remain Hopeful in Your Past-Tense Future mindset personal development undivided life Aug 19, 2024

I exhaled as if to indicate that I had no words to describe my emotional state. My wife and I had just sat down at the restaurant and found ourselves in a quiet moment only hours after receiving...

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I’ve Achieved My Goals… Now I’m More Miserable Than Before leadership personal development undivided life Aug 12, 2024

It was 6:30 a.m., and I was listening to my buddy explain how he felt a sense of emptiness at work and beyond. He had bounced around in his early career, always longing for more but disappointed by...

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Executives Down the Hall - - The Next Game Changer communication leadership strategy undivided life Aug 05, 2024

“You’re telling me that I get access to Undivided Life's entire lineup of executive firepower while only paying the cost of a fractional executive?”

Yup.

When we first started...

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Realizing We Were Never Going to Win, We Decided to Change the Game company culture keynote speaker leadership mindset personal development strategy undivided life Jul 28, 2024

In a competitive situation, it’s important to be the best in at least one of the main areas of comparison – speed, service, or price.

In the early 2000s, our energy company was near the...

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Kenneth has special needs… and special gifts.

Dec 02, 2024

Would You Like To Fight in the Parking Lot After Work?

Nov 24, 2024