The Undivided Life Blog

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...

“Let’s be clear, I never said I was sorry. I'm simply telling you how this works.”

We were in the middle of a due diligence sprint with the incoming owner of First Choice Power (FCP), and the time ha...

“I wish everything I tried always worked out like it does for you, Jeff.”

I’ve heard this ridiculous statement many times over the past 25 years, and it drives me crazy. Not only is it fundamentally ...

“I have to meet with you tonight to tell you how deeply your daughter has impacted me.”

In 2010, Todd and Tara Storch found themselves in a nightmare. What started as an exciting family vacation for ...

On this day one year ago, I was having the best day ever. We had a new baby and a new home, and there was overall excitement about the adventures God had in store for our family. With so much change h...

We circled each building at the intersection, looking behind the dumpsters and down the alleyways, but still no signs of my new friend. Only hours earlier, I had encountered him at a nearby gas statio...

“I’m sorry. The last time we talked, I lost my cool. There is no excuse for that behavior. I was reacting from a place of stress and was far from acting my best.”

He sat and watched the river flow by...

How do you get someone to give your technology platform another shot after they’ve already convinced themselves that it isn’t good enough?

At First Choice Power (FCP), we had the best technology in t...

John Ruhlin passed away at 44, leaving behind a wife and four daughters. He was a business hero of mine, and his legacy continues today through the GIFT-OLOGY concepts taught to so many of us.

GIFT-O...

Well, it’s 3:00 o’clock, so you have about five hours to convince me this cannot work. Until you successfully demonstrate that we cannot combine all seven of our existing online experiences into one m...

I heard the car horn and the screeching brakes. Then I looked over just in time to see that I was about to be t-boned by someone from the cross traffic at an intersection.

My life didn’t flash before...

I couldn’t figure out why my Wednesday morning alarm sounded just like my ringtone.

Ring, ring.
Ring, ring.

I cleared my eyes to see the clock.

3:50 am.

Then I grabbed the phone. Oh wow, this was ...

Kathy was slow to answer the door and appeared caught off guard by my kids as they shouted, “Merry Christmas!” before handing her a round tin box. The kids had spent the previous day in the kitchen ma...

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 these kids, a...

“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 email invitation to an after...

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 could he ma...

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 Graham, ...

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 retrieve our mini...