Reflections

In 1901, Booker T. Washington wrote an autobiography, Up From Slavery. The book describes his position as a free black in the South, having to work his way up as a slave child (he was nine years old when the U.S. Civil War ended and the slaves were freed). I read this book via Audible […]

I recently completed Chuck Colson’s book, Born Again which I read via Audible. This was the 23rd book I completed in 2020. Chuck Colson was an attorney who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon. We all know the story of the downfall of Nixon and his Presidency – and Chuck Colson was known […]

The Grand Weaver is a powerful, yet short book by Ravi Zacharias that describes how the unseen hand of God is constantly working in our lives. Everything that happens in life is for a reason and sometimes we endure challenges and sufferings, but God is there with us. The book’s title paints a wonderful picture […]

Earlier this summer, I interviewed Orlando City Soccer Club player Chris Mueller on the Agents of Innovation podcast. One of the major highlights we covered in the interview was the fact he has recently started a book club, one he calls the “Be The Best” book club. I am a member and I encourage anyone […]

The Business of Expertise by David Baker guides you through the process by which entrepreneurial experts convert insight and experience into impact and wealth. It is a book that really strives to help those who want to help others through some knowledge or experience they have and to bring together that expertise in the form […]

July 3, 2020 was a great day at Mount Rushmore. The vision I had came fully true and then some. As I mentioned in my post written and published ahead of the event, I had gone to Mount Rushmore exactly two years prior to this day – on July 3, 2018 – and there were […]

In the spring of 2018, I realized I was going to be making my last ever payment of my student loan on July 5, 2018. That is just one day after Independence Day. It got me thinking. I should do something special for Independence Day. After all, with no mortgage, no car payment, and no […]

In modern times, Christianity is seen as a Western religion; some might even say it is the religion by imperialist white men. However, what was its origins? In Seeing Jesus From the East, Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray take “a fresh look at history’s most influential figure,” Jesus Christ, and help us learn about how […]

The last published book by Ravi Zacharias, Seeing Jesus from the East, published this year, was delivered to me just days before he died. I was in the midst of reading it as he was in the midst of taking his last breaths and I finished it days after he passed on May 19, 2020. […]

The Brand Gap is a great, quick book by Marty Neumeier that helps explain how to build a personal or company brand and how to manage it over time.  I read this book on my Kindle app on my iPad. It can be read in just a few hours. It’s a nice 30,000-foot view and […]