The Undivided Life Blog

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

During college, a few friends and I embarked on a series of road trips that were far from ordinary. We were seeking adventure but didn’t want to get into any trouble, so we created the...

“You think you’re something special, College Boy? You think you’re better than me?”

I wanted to respond, but two things were holding me back.

First, I was being choked...

While raising seven young kids, including an infant, and tackling our family's daily medical needs, we’ve added a new layer of adventure to the mix—miniature Donkeys.

Introducing Daisy...

I will never forget my disappointment in November 2018, when I watched my Fighting Texas Aggie football team throw an interception and lose to LSU near the end of the fourth quarter. I clicked the...

It Takes a Strong Team to Weather the Storms

The lights flickered in the house as I was gearing up for a great Tuesday start to the week after Memorial Day. My wife, kids, and visiting niece were...

The first time I read Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization, I was struck by the practical ways an organization can improve its overall culture as it moves...