You can read every book on discipline and still be undisciplined. You can watch every motivational video ever made and still never move. You can know exactly what needs to change and remain exactly the same.
At some point, learning has to become doing.
Underrated life advice: Become a purveyor of encouragement. Notice what's good in people. Tell them when they do something well. Celebrate their progress. Root for them to win. Be inspired by their success. The world already has enough critics. Be different.
You don't need more time. Everyone thinks they need more time. "Oh, if only I had the time..." they all say.
What you need: Fewer excuses. You need to remember that every time you choose your couch or endless scrolling on your phone that you are choosing not to pursue what you say your passion is.
You need to remember the words I live by: Nothing is impossible.
So... what's it gonna be?
#MondayMotivation
🚨To everyone in the media🚨
Stop leading with fear.
Yes, diseases like measles, hantavirus, and Ebola are real. But rare cases and worst case scenarios are too often turned into headlines that make it sound like a widespread crisis.
That’s not informing people. That’s alarming them.
Give people context. How common is it? Who’s actually at risk? What are the real odds?
Because when everything is treated like an emergency, people either panic or stop listening altogether.
We don’t need more fear.
We need perspective.
Eric Church on writing his viral UNC commencement speech:
“Trial and error. Frustration. One night I picked up my guitar just to get away from it… hit all six strings and thought, what if I made the whole speech out of this?”
Then he dropped timeless truth:
Faith. Family. Spouse. Community. Resilience. Individuality.
These aren’t new ideas — they’re the foundation blocks that built strong lives for generations.
But today? Kids are glued to phones, YouTube, and gaming. No filter. So he used the guitar to cut through the noise and actually reach them.
Real. Personal. Rooted.
Exactly why this speech is blowing up.
Country music still delivering the medicine America needs. Respect, Eric
Was not ready for Eric Church to deliver the best commencement speech I’ve ever heard.
Six guitar strings. Six pillars of a life.
Faith. Family. Spouse. Ambition. Community. You.
Tune them when you’re whole, not just when you’re broken.
Watch the whole thing.
Hannah Harper got married at 18 after meeting her husband at a small church in Missouri
Became a stay-at-home mom, raising three baby boys in a home they built themselves
She just publicly worshipped God in front of millions after winning American Idol
God can use anyone
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A wise thing to do in life is *nip it in the bud*.
Weight gain is happening? Nip it in the bud. Child's behavior is moving in a negative direction and you suspect it's connected to screens? Nip it in the bud. Finances are trending poorly? Nip it in the bud. Stress is mounting? Nip it in the bud.
The hard part of course is discerning HOW to tackle a problem before it escalates further. But you can't do that without deciding that you will so decide that something is worth nipping in the bud so that you can indeed NIP IT IN THE BUD.
One week ago, I married off my youngest daughter. I can't put into words how proud I felt (she also just passed the bar in the top 0.05 percent!) or how bittersweet it is. Feels like just yesterday she could fit in the crook of my arm…
For me, it was a startling reminder that it goes by so quickly and we only get one go at it. So squeeze your loved ones tight, look them in the eye, and don't assume they know how much you love them—say it out loud. Early and often. You won't regret it.
Please be patient for a few minutes as the thousands of Strait of Hormuz Twitter experts are making the shift over to the Voting Rights Act.
They will be with you momentarily....