The Undivided Life Blog

When naysayers explain why something I’m passionate about will never happen, I am fueled to persevere with prayer, patience, and persistence. I then move forward to conquer each challenge ahead with h...

“You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, and at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your curren...

Just before the doors opened, as I finished my visualization exercises and prayers, the cast and crew would meet in the center of the theater for a tradition called Circle. Each Circle started with a ...

After successfully selling First Choice Power to one of our competitors in 2011, I knew that I’d get one more opportunity to push the flywheel of hope and purpose for the teammates that I’d led for se...

Only official student organizations were allowed to advertise in the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M, but we found a bona fide way to hang multiple banners promoting our comedy band's upcoming co...

When our first child was born in the Winter of 2013, we set up a special email address for notes and memories we wanted to send to her, and we encouraged her grandparents and Godparents to do the same...

As we honor Martin Luther King Jr. today, I reflect on how effectively he captured the hearts of so many and how his message came to life through his powerful presentations. He understood the gravity ...

“What’s the vision for Undivided Life, and how does the construction company you own fit in with all of your other mission-oriented brands like Howdy Homemade Ice Cream, The Catholic Gentleman, and th...

Linda never thought that saying yes to this one chance to share her daughter’s story would lead to decades of life-saving work.

It was November 11, 1998, and Linda had reluctantly agreed to speak tha...

Thirteen years ago, I hired a marketing firm to help me position my personal brand for keynote speaking and online thought leadership. They were a very successful team, and I loved the passion that th...

It was a tense time for our business as we continued to navigate the financial and social stress caused by the pandemic. I thought that I was above the fray until one morning, I snapped and unleashed ...

It feels strange to say that I am the cofounder and “former Chief Culture Officer” of the Best Place to Work in America.

When I heard the news that 5, the energy advisory firm that I co-founded in 20...

"We both dream bigger."

It was my senior year of high school, and even though we played pee-wee football together as kids, I had only recently become friends with Benji Coomer. When he explained that...

I was leaving a successful company that I had launched with a group of friends twelve years earlier, but I couldn’t discuss it openly with the employees since many critical details were still being de...

“You are seriously planning to forgo all wedding gifts?”

In 2010, I visited the Holy Land on a Biblical pilgrimage with a group that included Amanda (my fiancée at the time and now wife), my parents,...

I bent down and kissed the scar where his side had recently healed, overwhelmed with gratitude. As I pulled back to admire him, I noticed the puncture wounds on both of his hands and both of his feet....

When have you ever given everything to anything? When have you burned the ships, going all in with everything you have and know, for something you thought worthy of the effort? How did you feel when y...

“People are going to say a lot of mean stuff about us, and the next few years will be full of gossip and ugly rumors about you and me both. You sure you’re ready?”

Talk about romantic first-date bant...